Question

When this President came face to face with the incoming president, witnesses say he said, " You have put me out. You have put me out"

Answer 1

Answer: John Adams

Step-by-step explanation:

According to a witness, after the election that took Jefferson to the Presidency, but before the inauguration day, the outgoing President John Adams met Jefferson in the White House and said to him the provided quote. Adams was upset because of the results of the election, which had a tie majority vote that required the House to decide between Jefferson and Burr, and actually exposed problems in the Electoral College system that would be later changed by the 12th amendment.