Ourstory The Last Ballot (Season 1, Episode 4)
TV Episode | History

Ourstory

The Last Ballot (Season 1, Episode 4)

TV Episode | History

The election of 1800 ended in a fluke tie vote in the Electoral College between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr, throwing the choice of President into the House of Representatives. After seven days of deliberation, many of them around the ...See moreThe election of 1800 ended in a fluke tie vote in the Electoral College between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr, throwing the choice of President into the House of Representatives. After seven days of deliberation, many of them around the clock, and 35 ballots, the House still could not agree. This program tells the story of a little-remembered politician, Congressman James Bayard of Delaware, who cast the tie-breaking vote in the Presidential election of 1800. See less

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6 cast members

Name	Known for
Joe Lambie Edward Livingston Edward Livingston See fewer	MacGyver (1985)
Roy Poole Matthew Lyon Matthew Lyon See fewer	1776 (1972)
Gil Rogers Theodore Sedgewick Theodore Sedgewick See fewer	The Eden Myth (1999)
Jack Ryland Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson See fewer	A Woman Named Jackie (1991)
Thomas Toner General Smith General Smith See fewer	Another World (1964)
Ed Zang Aaron Burr Aaron Burr See fewer	The Cotton Club (1984)