Word: burrs
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...Federalist Party had lost the presidency but retained a majority in the House. Most Federalists hated Burr less than they hated Jefferson and voted accordingly. On the first ballot, with nine states necessary for election, Jefferson had eight, Burr six; two were divided. Ballot after ballot followed, day after day passed, and a sense of crisis began to spread across the country. The whole succession procedure seemed to be failing...
...Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr, the presidential and vice-presidential nominees of what was then called the Republican Party (which later became the Democratic Party), ended up in an Electoral College tie, with 73 votes each. The choice devolved on the lame-duck House of Representatives, with each state's delegation voting as a unit...
With five rookies and seven returning players, Head Coach Jean Marie Burr will depend on the leadership and athleticism of centers Rachel McDonald and Keri Larkin to anchor the team...
...Burr will also be watching newcomer Miranda Craigwell, who was the first player in her high school to score 1,000 points. Craigwell should benefit from McDonald and Larkin's guidance...
...Finally Alexander Hamilton, who deeply distrusted Burr, persuaded enough Federalists to go to Jefferson - "I trust," he said, "the Federalists will not finally be so mad as to vote for Burr" - that the House at last elected Jefferson on the 36th ballot. (Four years later, Burr killed Hamilton in a duel.) The crisis of 1800 led to reform: the 12th Amendment required that the electoral college must thereafter vote separately for president and vice president...