It is quite probable that they could have made such terms with Burr, and it is possible that such conditions were proposed and accepted, but the Federalists knew that the defeat of Jefferson would be a monstrous perversion of the popular will; and Hamilton and Bayard, of Delaware, and other prominent Federalists earnestly opposed all affiliation with Burr. Burr having failed to announce that Jefferson had been elected President by the people, and should be elected by the House, and Jefferson having refused to make terms with the Federalists, the election went into the House under rules which had been adopted by Congress to meet the special case. Under the rules, the House was required to retire to its own chamber after the announcement of the electoral vote showing no choice, and proceed to ballot for President, and to continue to ballot without adjournment until a choice was effected. That session of the House continued for seven days. The balloting began on the 11th of February and ended on the 17th, as the House, instead of adjourning, simply took recesses from time to time. Each State could cast but one vote in the House, and that vote was determined by a majority of the delegation. Where the delegation was evenly divided the State had no vote. The following is the vote of the States on the 1st ballot, February 11, 1801: ════════════════╤════════════╤═══════╤═════════════════ STATES. │ Jefferson. │ Burr. │ State voted for. ────────────────┼────────────┼───────┼───────────────── New Hampshire │ ―― │ 4 │ Burr. Vermont │ 1 │ 1 │ Divided—Blank. Massachusetts │ 3 │ 11 │ Burr. Rhode Island │ ―― │ 2 │ Burr. Connecticut │ ―― │ 7 │ Burr. New York │ 6 │ 4 │ Jefferson. New Jersey │ 3 │ 2 │ Jefferson. Pennsylvania │ 9 │ 4 │ Jefferson. Delaware │ ―― │ 1 │ Burr. Maryland │ 4 │ 4 │ Divided—Blank. Virginia │ 16 │ 3 │ Jefferson. North Carolina │ 9 │ 1 │ Jefferson. South Carolina │ ―― │ 5 │ Burr. Georgia │ 1 │ ―― │ Jefferson. Kentucky │ 2 │ ―― │ Jefferson. Tennessee │ 1 │ ―― │ Jefferson. ├────────────┼───────┼───────────────── Total │ 55 │ 49 │ ────────────────┴────────────┴───────┴─────────────────