Election of President by the House of Representatives.--In
case no Presidential candidate receives a majority of the electoral
votes, the election goes to the House of Representatives, as is
provided in the amendment we are considering. Here the three
candidates having the highest number of votes are alone considered.
The voting is by States. In 1825 John Quincy Adams was elected
President in this way. He had fewer popular and fewer electoral
votes than Andrew Jackson, but he received the votes of thirteen
out of twenty-four States in the House.
Choice of Vice-President by the Senate.--The Senate is called
on to select the Vice-President in case no candidate has received a
majority of the electoral votes. The two candidates having the
highest number of votes are considered. The only instance of the
election of a Vice-President in this way occurred in 1837.
Disputed Returns, Election of 1876.--Disputes have arisen,
from time to time, over some of the returns of the electoral votes.
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