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Many people do not know that the much-maligned Aaron Burr tied with Thomas Jefferson in the presidential election of 1800. Despite urging from both Republicans and Federalists, Burr allowed his friend Sen. Bayard of Delaware to give the vote to Mr. Jefferson (in exchange for Massa Tom leaving Bayard's Federalist friend collector of the Port of Wilmington).
But what if things had gone differently? What if Burr had been elected president by the House of Representatives in 1801?