What role did Congress play in the election of 1800?

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Democratic-Republican Jefferson defeated Federalist John Adams by a margin of seventy-three to sixty-five electoral votes in the presidential election of 1800. ... Still dominated by Federalists, the sitting Congress loathed to vote for Jefferson—their partisan nemesis.

Democratic-Republican Jefferson defeated Federalist John Adams by a margin of seventy-three to sixty-five electoral votes in the presidential election of 1800. Still dominated by Federalists, the sitting Congress loathed to vote for Jefferson—their partisan nemesis.

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