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What happened during the election of 1800?

A) Jefferson lost to Burr in the General Election but Adams won in the house of representatives and selected Jefferson to be Vice President
B) Jefferson defeated Adams in the general election and the house of representatives chose him to be president over Burr
C)Jefferson defeated Burr in the general election then lost the Adams in the house of representatives
D) Jefferson lost to Adams in the general election but the house of representatives decided that Jefferson should be president

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Thomas Jefferson defeated Federalist John Adams by a margin of seventy-three to sixty-five electoral votes in the presidential election of 1800

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In the election of 1800, the Federalist incumbent John Adams ran against the rising Republican Thomas Jefferson. ... Unfortunately,Jefferson and his vice-presidential running mate Aaron Burr both received the identical number of electoral votes, and the House of Representatives voted to break the tie

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