The Revolution of 1850 was the first election in world history in which one party (the Federalist party of John Adams) willingly gave up power because of a lost election to another party (the Republican party of Thomas Jefferson) without bloodshed.

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The Revolution of 1850 did not happen. The first peaceful transfer of power in the United States from one political party to another occurred after the 1800 presidential election between the Federalist candidate John Adams and the Democratic-Republican candidate Thomas Jefferson. The Federalist Party, which had held power since the country's founding, peacefully relinquished control to the Democratic-Republicans, setting a precedent for future presidential elections.

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