<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1800_United_States_presidential_election" id="mwZA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1800 United States presidential election">United States presidential election</a>: A tie in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Electoral_College" id="mwZQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="United States Electoral College">Electoral College</a> between <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson" id="mwZg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Thomas Jefferson">Thomas Jefferson</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Burr" id="mwZw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Aaron Burr">Aaron Burr</a> is resolved when Jefferson is elected <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" id="mwaA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="President of the United States">President of the United States</a> and Burr <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vice_President_of_the_United_States" id="mwaQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Vice President of the United States">Vice President</a> by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" id="mwag" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="United States House of Representatives">United States House of Representatives</a>.