Electoral College
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...Before adoption of the Twelfth Amendment (1804), in the...the vice president. The Twelfth Amendment, however, resulting...provided that electors vote for president and vice president separately. It also reduced...had a majority (only two presidents, Jefferson and John Quincy...