The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-07-21
THOMAS JEFFERSON.
Elected President by the House In $50


sixteen states. the votes OF nine were
necessary for q choice
On the thirty-siX ballot and the sixth
day Of the contest jefferson finally
received the votes Of ten states and
having received the next highest. was
under a now obsolete clause of the
Constitution, declared elected as Vice.
President
The Old Method.
when tho House thus chose Jefferson
in 1901. the procedure was according
TO the original constitutional provision.
since superseded lin 1900 By the
twelfth amendment The House at
that time was permitted TO choose the
President from the nvc hignes, can
dldatcs on the electors list And tho
person having the next highest num-
her OF electoral votes-whethe A mo-
iori,y or not-was choscn Vice-Presi-
dent.
The Senate had no hand in the cleo
lion OF the Nice- President except In
case Of tie. when it chose by ballot"
between the tied candidates
But the second election TO be thrown
into the House was decided by the
Same rules that would govern its Sc.
lection Of President next winter. This
was the election Of 1924 In The cam
paisn OF that year. as threatens now.
politlca! parties were badly disorga-
nlzed Although Andrew Jackson won
over John Quincy Adams oy 1853 900 TO
10000 in the popular vote. ana oy %
70 s. in the electoral vote, neither Of
ine two had majority This Was ow-
{ lns 10 the fact that Clay and Crawford
We're also candidates. receiving. respec-
lively. 81 and ~ electoral votes.
so as had hcen anticipated before
the election. there was no choice OF a
President. although Calhoun had been
elected Vice President by more than
two thirds OF al the electoral votes
Congress- met the s of December.
| I'VE days after tho meeting ~ the
electors and. although IL was known
that there had been no choice OF a
President. no notice was taken OF the
fact until the 10 Of January. 1926.
when Tho House adopted "A resolution
appointing committee to prepare rules
TO ne observed in the House in the
choice Of q President Of the United
States This plan. close following
the procedure OF Jeffersons election
by the House in 1901. would probably
be closely followed by tho House
should it ma itself faced ay the neces-
/ silly 81 electing a President next Feb.
rHary.
Great Scnndny Bre,vcd.
/ In this contest the votes OF thir-
teen states were necessary to a choice
/ between Quincy Adams and Jackson.
Adams was sure OF the unanimous
votes OF the SIX New England states
and Of majority In New York. Mary
| land and Ohio. Before * began its
work great scandal brewed in the
House. There being charges and counter
charges OF much bargaining and trad
| Inc OF votes. \ Philadelphia journal
I published an alleged letter which &C
! cured Henry Clay OF having offered
| h!s votes In exchange for the state
| portfolio. and Clay came back with
! tho statement that the writer was "a
base and Infamous calumniator a das-
tnrd. ana g liar" Many other members
! Of Congress had to write letters OF ex-
| PLANTATION TO Constituents
On tho first ballot Adams was elected
/ BY the House receiving thirteen votes
to seven FOR Jackson and four for
| Crawford. clay having ben squeezed
out OF the running because the Consti-
tuition now limited the balloting to the
candidates receiving the three highest
electoral votes Jacksons followers
| swallowed their pill with difficulty and
many urged further amendment Of
the Constitution 10 prevent repeti-
ton OF what they termed a national
calamity
ne next excitement OF this kind
was in 1887, when the election OF the
Vice President had TO be thrown into
the Senate. In the previous campaign
r. NJ. cDick'D Johnson. Van I,urens
Democratic running mate. ran behind
his tinket. receiving only i4i cleo
toral votes whereas Van Buren, had
! 40 and = majority. majority was
lacking, however. in the case of Johnson
whose rivals for the vice presidency
with their electoral votes. were Francis
Granger. Wing. Il; John Tyler, whig,