James Madison 86Charles Pinckney 84George Clinton 6George Clinton 86
Rufus King 84
James Madison 3
James Monroe 3 Although few expected the election to be close, given the record low turnout for what was expected to be a Madison landslide, the election ended up being tight enough for faithless electors from New York to once again throw a wrench into the plans of the Virginia dynasty. The election was thrown to the House of Representatives for the first time in history. While Republicans had a narrow majority of delegations at the time, Vice-President Clinton's nephew, New York City mayor DeWitt Clinton, entered negotiations on his own accord with the Federalists, brokering a deal whereby Clinton would be elected President and King would be elected Vice-President. As with the 1800 election, Republicans cried fraud and attempted to overturn the results of the perceived coup, but were unsuccessful.