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Election for the Third term, commencing 4th March, 1797, and terminating 3d March, 1801.

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John Adams, elected President, took the oath of office, and entered upon its duties on 4th March, 1797. Thomas Jefferson, elected Vice President, took the oath of office, and entered upon its duties on 4th March, 1797.

Election for the Fourth term, commencing 4th March, 1801, and terminating

3d March, 1805.

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The electoral vote for Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr being equal, no choice was made by the people, and the House of Representatives proceeded on Wednesday, February 11, 1801, in the manner prescribed by the Constitution to the choice of a President of the United States. On the first ballot eight States voted for Thomas Jefferson, of Virginia, six States voted for Aaron Burr, of New York, and the votes of two States were divided. The balloting continued until Tuesday, 17th February, 1801, when the thirty-fifth ballot, as had all the previous ballots, resulted the same as the first. The House then proceeded to the thirty-sixth ballot, and it having been concluded, the Speaker declared that the votes of ten States had been given for Thomas Jefferson, of Virginia, the votes of four States for Aaron Burr, of New York, and the votes of two States in blank; and that, consequently, Thomas Jefferson, of Virginia, had been, agreeably to the Constitution, elected President of the United States, for the term of four years, commencing on the 4th day of March, 1801.

Thomas Jefferson, thus elected, took the oath of office, and entered upon his duties on 4th of March, 1801.

Aaron Burr, as Vice President, took the oath of office, and entered upon his duties on 4th of March, 1801.

Election for the Fifth term, commencing 4th March, 1805, and terminating 3d March, 1809.

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Thomas Jefferson, elected President, took the oath of office for a second term on 4th March, 1805.

George Clinton, elected Vice President, took the oath of office in Senate Chamber on 4th March, 1805.

Election for the Sixth term, commencing 4th March, 1809, and terminating 3d March, 1813.

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James Madison, elected President, took the oath of office, and entered upon its duties on 4th March, 1809.

George Clinton, elected Vice President, took the oath of office in Senate Chamber on 4th March, 1809.

Election for the Seventh term, commencing 4th March, 1813, and terminating 3d March, 1817.

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James Madison, elected President for a second term.

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notice on the Journals of Congress of his having taken the oath.) Elbridge Gerry, elected Vice President, attended in the Senate 24th May, 1813, and exhibited a certificate of his having taken the oath of office prescribed by law, which was read.

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