By One Vote
In 1800 - Thomas Jefferson was elected President by one vote in the House of Representatives after a tie in the electoral college.
In 1824 - Andrew Jackson won the presidential popular vote but lost by one vote in the House of Representatives to John Quincy Adams after an electoral college dead-lock.
In 1868 - President Andrew Johnson was Impeached but not convicted because the Senate was one vote shy of the necessary two thirds majority required to remove him from office.
In 1920 - in 1920 one vote gave women the right to vote in the United States. It was decided by a single vote cast in the Tennessee legislature.
In 1962 - Governors of Maine, Rhode Island and North Dakota were elected by an average of one vote per precinct.
In 1997 - Dakota Democrat John McIntyre led Republican Hal Wick 4,195 to 4,191 for the second seat in Legislative District 12 on election night. A subsequent recount showed Wick the winner at 4,192 to 4,191.
In 2000 - One vote decided the Presidential election. The Supreme Court voted 5-4, in the case of Gore v. Bush, to stop recounting in Florida. Mr. Bush was declared the winner in Florida by 527 votes out of almost 6 million votes cast. By some recounts, Mr. Gore would have won Florida, and with it the presidency. Florida was NOT the tightest state in the 2000 election: Gore won New Mexico by only 179 votes, although Florida was tighter in percentage terms.
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