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The United States Presidential election of 1800 was the 4th quadrennial presidential election. It was held from Friday October 31 to Wednesday December 3 1800. In what is sometimes referred to as the Revolution of 1800 Thomas Jefferson defeated John Adams. The election was a realigning election that ushered in a generation of Democratic-Republican Party rule and the eventual demise of the Federalist Party in the First Party System.
