What was the Election of 1800? Who was involved? What happened as a result?

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What was the Election of 1800? Who was involved? What happened as a result?

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In what is sometimes referred to as the "Revolution of 1800", Vice President Thomas Jefferson of the Democratic-Republican Party defeated incumbent President John Adams of the Federalist Party. The election was a realigning election that ushered in a generation of Democratic-Republican rule.