Use the fields below to handle split electoral votes as well as the individuals to include in your interactive 1800 presidential election map. Review the FAQ for information on these and other features of the map.

• During this election, Electors had 2 votes each for President, and all but one voted for both candidates in their party. Therefore, the map shown is broken out by party, as opposed to candidate
• No candidate received a majority of electors, Jefferson elected by vote of House of Representatives
• Controversy over electoral tie vote (between Jefferson and Aaron Burr) led to passage of 12th Amendment
• One Elector in Rhode Island cast one of his votes for John Jay
• Maryland electors split their vote, with 5 each for the Federalist and D-R candidates
• North Carolina electors split their vote, with 8 votes for the D-R and 4 for the Federalist candidates
• Pennsylvania electors split their vote, with 8 votes for the D-R and 7 for the Federalist candidates
• Issues of the Day: Alien & Sedition Acts, XYZ Affair, Relations with France
• Federal Capital moved from Philadelphia to Washington, DC in 1800