United States Presidential Election, 1796 (Brotherly Love)

The United States Presidential Election of 1796   was the 3rd quadrennial   presidential election. It was held from Friday, November 4 to Wednesday, December 7, 1796. It was the first contested American presidential election and the only one in which a president and vice president were elected from opposing tickets. The ratification of the   Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1804 made such a result unlikely in the future. 