The competition for the chair was between three men; the eldest was Amédée de la Rive while the other two were both young men, Giovanni Ludovico Calandrini who was twenty-one years old and Cramer who was one year younger.
Ang kumpetisyon para sa upuan ay sa pagitan ng tatlong lalaki; pinakamatanda ay Amédée de la Rive habang ang iba pang dalawang mga kapwa batang lalaki, Giovanni Ludovico Calandrini na dalawampu't-isang taong gulang at Cramer na isang taon na mas bata.