Report of A Debate, in the Senate of the United States, On A Resolution for Recommending to the Legislatures of the Federal States, An Amendment to the Third Paragraph of the First Section of the Second Article of the Constitution of the United States, Relative to the Mode of Electing A President and Vice President of the United States
[Philadelphia]: Printed by William Duane, 1804.
First Edition. Wraps. Wraps. 158 pages. Disbound stitched wraps. Title page 1. Blank rear wrap. Remnants of a leather spine. Light toning and scattered brown spots to the contents. Some lower corner page corner creases. Good condition.
Contents concern a resolution amending the United States Constitution regarding electors from the States. The language is is printed on pages 3,4, and 5. The debate on the amendment is recorded in this report. On pages 157 and 158 are the "yeas" and "nays" from the individual Senators and Representatives. The proposed amendment become the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution. The 12th amendment changed how the President and Vice President were elected in the United States. This amendment was in place when Thomas Jefferson was elected President and George Clinton was elected as Vice President.
Printed on page 1, "Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives on the United States of America in Congress, assembled, Two thirds of the Houses concurring, That the following amendment to the constitution of the United States, which, when ratified by three fourths of the said legislatures, shall be valid to all intents and purposes, as part of said constitution, to Wit: That the third paragraph of the first person section of the second article of the constitution of the United States, in the words following, to wit: "The electors shall meet in their respective states and vote by ballot for two persons, of whom one at least, shall be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves: And they shall make a list of all the persons voted for, and of the number of votes for each, which list they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the seat of Government of the United States, directed to the President of the Senate...."
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