The election of 1800 was decided by the vote by the House of Representatives after a tie in the Electoral College votes, resulting in Thomas Jefferson's election as president.
The election of 1800 was decided by the vote by the House of Representatives. In the original design of the Electoral College system, if no presidential candidate received a majority of the electoral votes, the decision would fall to the House of Representatives, with each state delegation having one vote.
This situation occurred in the 1800 election, where Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr each received an equal number of electoral votes, resulting in the House choosing between the two. The House cast 36 ballots before Jefferson was finally selected as president, marking the first time in U.S. history that the presidency was decided in this manner.
The complete question is probably:
What method decided the election of 1800? Was it the vote by the House of Representatives, the popular vote, the Electoral College vote, or some other method like the resignation of a candidate?