The Presidential Election of 1800 “Thomas Jefferson, who began so many things in the early career of the United States, was the first object upon whom the Campaign Liar tried his unpracticed ...

A tie is always a possibility, although there has only been one time when a presidential election in the US ended in a tie. It happened in 1800 when Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr were face to face.

The victory banner—featuring a crudely drawn cartoon of Thomas Jefferson and an American eagle, inscribed with the motto “T. Jefferson President of the United States of America/John Adams is ...