The presidential election of 1804, in which Thomas Jefferson was re-elected as president of the United States of America.
Courtesy of the U.S. National Atlas.
The U.S. presidential election of 1804 was the first conducted under the Twelfth Amendment, which required separate ballots for president and vice president. This change was a direct response to the constitutional crisis of the 1800 election. Incumbent President Thomas Jefferson, representing the Democratic-Republican Party, soundly defeated Federalist candidate Charles Cotesworth Pinckney.
Jefferson's popularity, fueled by the Louisiana Purchase and a strong economy, led to a landslide victory. He won 162 electoral votes to Pinckney's 14, carrying 15 of the 17 states. The election firmly established the dominance of the Democratic-Republican Party for a generation.
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