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The presidential election of 1804 was from Friday, November 2 - December 5, 1804.
Federalists knew they would have a tough time trying to defeat the popular Jefferson. However, they still tried. They criticized Jefferson's Louisiana Purchase for being unconstitutional and said he had an affair with one of his slaves. However, a lot of the Federalist's chances to win were destroyed when their party leader, Alexander Hamilton, was shot and killed in a duel. Because of this, the party had a lot of disorganization with no leader.
The electoral college increased to 176 electoral votes; 89 needed to win. 143,029 people voted in this election.
162/176 electoral votes
72.8% of the popular vote
14/176 electoral votes
27.2% of the popular vote
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