C H A P T E R 13
The Presidency
SECTION 3 - Presidential Selection:
The Framers’ Plan
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Chapter 13
Presidential Quotes…
“Educate and inform
the whole mass of
the people... They
are the only sure
reliance for the
preservation of our
liberty”
-Thomas Jefferson
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Original Provisions
• According to the Constitution, the President
and Vice President are chosen by a special
body of presidential electors called the
Electoral College.
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Chapter 13, Section 3
Original Provisions
• Originally, these electors each cast two
electoral votes, each for a different candidate.
There was no distinction in their votes as to
which vote went to the President and which
was designated for a VP. The candidate with
the most votes would become President, and
the candidate with the second highest total
would become Vice President. (They did not yet see
potential problems created by new rival political parties)
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Chapter 13, Section 3
The Rise of Parties
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The electoral
college is the group
of people (electors)
chosen from each
State and the
District of Columbia
that formally selects
the President and
Vice President. With
the rise of political
parties in 1796,
flaws began to be
seen in the system.
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Chapter 13, Section 3
ELECTION of 1800 - A Big Mess
• Jefferson and Burr – running mates -
ended in a
tie with 73 votes each.
• The House of Representatives
had to decide the
election against Jefferson's own running mate.
• The House of Representatives picked Jefferson
to be the President in 1800.
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Election of 1800 – The Candidates
•Thomas Jefferson –
Presidential Candidate
•John Adams–
Presidential Candidate
VS.
•Araon Burr –
Jefferson’s VP running
mate
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•Jefferson &
Burr were
running mates
•Adams &
Pinckney were
running mates
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•Thomas Pinckney –
Adam’s VP running
mate
Election Results by the Electors
Jefferson 73 Votes
Adams 65 Votes
VS.
Pinckney 64 Votes
Burr 73 Votes
•Recall – Top vote getter becomes president and second place
gets vice presidency. Jefferson and his running mate TIED!!!
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Election 1800 Results
•Adams and Pinckney were out because they finished 3rd and 4th
respectively
•But now this pitted Jefferson against his running mate for the
Presidency since they tied.
VS.
•Thomas Jefferson –
Presidential Candidate
•Aaron Burr –
Jefferson’s VP running
mate
•As you already learned, the House of Representatives
• election
would decide the
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Election 1800 Results
•After weeks of Debate in the House they
settled on Thomas Jefferson to be the
President.
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•Aaron Burr became the V.P. as originally planned
when their campaign
• started.
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Election 1800 Results and Legacy
•RECALL…… Originally Jefferson and Burr were
running mates.
•When Burr learned he had a chance to win the
Presidency he actively campaigned against his
running mate Thomas Jefferson
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•Can you imagine that working relationship
as
President and Vice President after it was
resolved? Not a good one.
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Election 1800 Results and Legacy
•As a side note Alexander Hamilton (not even involved in
the election) hated Aaron Burr and did many unofficial
things to promote Jefferson over Burr for President when
the issue was up in the air.
•Frustrated Burr shot and killed Hamilton – Burr was
acquitted of murder in his trial.
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The 12th Amendment
•The long lasting
impact was the
creation of the
12th Amendment
prior to the election
of 1804 so this
would not happen
again.
• The major change in
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the electoral college
made by the
amendment was
that each elector
would distinctly
cast one
electoral vote for
President and one
for Vice President.
(key word “distinct”)
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