History of the United States I / Unit 8 USH1 1096 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The 1804 Election
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The idea
Jefferson was re-elected in eighteen oh four, taking all but fourteen of the one hundred seventy-six electoral votes cast.
In practice
A margin reflecting how completely the Federalists had collapsed as a national party.
Where people slip
The party that wrote the Constitution never won the presidency again after eighteen hundred.
Your place on the trail
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