With Washington retiring after two terms, both parties sought the presidency for the first time. Before the ratification of the 12th Amendment in 1804, each elector was to vote for two persons but was not able to indicate which vote … See more

• Results by county explicitly indicating the percentage of the winning candidate in each county. Shades of blue are for Jefferson (Democratic-Republican) and shades of yellow … See more

The following four years were the only time that the president and vice president were from different parties. John Quincy Adams and See more

• Inauguration of John Adams
• Bibliography of Thomas Jefferson
• History of the United States (1789–1849)
• First Party System
• 1796–97 United States House of Representatives elections See more

Tennessee was admitted into the United States after the 1792 election, increasing the Electoral College to 138 electors.
Under the system … See more

The French foreign minister, Charles Delacroix, wrote that France "must raise up the [American] people and at the same time conceal the … See more

• Cunningham, Noble E., Jr. ed. The Making of the American Party System 1789 to 1809 (1965), short excerpts from primary sources See more