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è stato aggiornato: 12 ott 2022
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Created byMALCOLM MITCHELL
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Thomas Jefferson wins the 1800 United States presidential electionPresident Adams nominates Federalist John Marshall to be Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.Senate Confirms John Marshall.Electoral votes counted in Congress; Jefferson and Burr tie. In this situation, the election is determined in the House of Representatives, one vote per state.Outgoing Federalist Congress passes (and President Adams signs) a Judiciary Act which creates 16 new Circuit Court judgeships.Jefferson elected by the House on the 36th ballot. This victory marks the emergence of the Democrat-Republican party which will dominate until the late 1820s. Jefferson later calls this the “revolution of 1800.”Adams begins the nomination of Judges to fill positions created by the Judiciary act. This is perceived by Jefferson’s partisans as an attempt by the outgoing Federalists to control the federal court system despite not winning the election.Message in Reply to Notification of election by the President Elect.The final group of Federalist Judicial nominees are confirmed on this date.Pardons David Brown who had been convicted and imprisoned for sedition.Periodi
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