Creating the United States
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Vote Forced Federalists into A Desperate State
With a tied electoral vote between Republicans Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr, leaders of their own party such as Virginia governor James Monroe, feared that faced with the A desperate state of its affairs the Federalists would resort to all steps short of disunion to retain control of the presidency.