The 1804 United States presidential election was the fifth quadrennial presidential election. Incumbent Democratic-Republican President Thomas Jefferson defeated Federalist Charles Cotesworth Pinckney of South Carolina. It was the first presidential election conducted following the ratification of the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which reformed procedures for electing presidents and vice presidents.
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The 1804 United States presidential election was the fifth quadrennial presidential election. Incumbent Democratic-Republican President Thomas Jefferson defeated Federalist Charles Cotesworth Pinckney of South Carolina. It was the first presidential election conducted following the ratification of the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which reformed procedures for electing presidents and vice presidents. Jefferson was re-nominated by his party’s congressional nominating caucus without opposition, and the party nominated Governor George Clinton of New York to replace Aaron Burr as Jefferson’s running mate.
The Federalists attacked the Louisiana Purchase as unconstitutional, criticized Jefferson’s gunboat navy, and alleged that Jefferson had fathered children with his slave, Sally Hemings. Jefferson’s 45. 6 percentage point victory margin in the popular vote remains the highest victory margin in a presidential election in which there were multiple major party candidates. This was the last time that Massachusetts voted for the Democratic-Republicans until 1820.
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