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Thomas
JEFFERSON |
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Party:
DEMOCRATIC-REPUBLICAN
Home State: VA
Electoral Votes: 73 |
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Aaron
BURR |
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Party:
DEMOCRATIC-REPUBLICAN
Home State: NY
Electoral Votes: 73 |
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Before the ratification of the 12th Amendment in 1804, each elector voted for two different people for president; there was no separate vote for vice president. The person receiving the majority of electoral votes was named president; the runner-up was named vice-president.
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John
ADAMS |
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Party:
FEDERALIST
Home State: MA
Electoral Votes: 65
|
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Charles Cotesworth
PINCKNEY |
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Party:
FEDERALIST
Home State: SC
Electoral Votes: 64
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John
JAY |
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Party:
FEDERALIST
Home State: NY
Electoral Votes: 1
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Total electors/electoral votes - 138/276
Majority needed to win - 70
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