October 21, 1803
Mr. Clinton, after a few prefatory observations on the necessity of designating the dbtsods, severally, whom the people should wish to hold the offices of President and Vice President of the United Suies. and stating that the State which he represented, as well as others of the Union, had, tnrough the medium of their Legislatures, strongly recommended the adoption of ine princiEle, laid on the table the following motion, which e read; and it was made the order of the day for the next day, and printed.
Read from OCR scans of the printed page (col. 16). View the page image
- dbtsods, The scans read: “persons,” (microfilm scan), “dbtsods,” (main scan)
- Suies. The scans read: “Stales,” (Michigan scan), “States,” (microfilm scan), “Suies.” (main scan)
Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UniledSlaia of America in Congress assembled, two-thirds of both Houta concurring, That the following amendment be proposed to the Legislatures of the several States as an 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 the said Constitution, to wit: That the third paragraph of the first 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 not be an inhabitant of the same State with themselves. And the; 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. The President of the Senate shall, in the presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the certificates, and the votes shall then be counted. The person having the greatest number of votes shall be the President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed, and if there be more than one who have such majority, and have an equal number of votes, then the House of Kepshall immediately choose by ballot one ot Ibem for President; mi ir no person h^Te ■ majority, then, from the five highest on the list, the said Hoqm ■bdl, in Ilka manner, choose a President. But, in choosing the President, the votes shall be taken b; States, the representation from each State hating one iet«. A qaonim for this purpose shall consist of a member or ‘members from two-thirds of the States,
Read from OCR scans of the printed page (col. 16–17). View the page image
- UniledSlaia The scans read: “VnitedStalcl” (Michigan scan), “United States” (microfilm scan), “UniledSlaia” (main scan)
- Houta The scans read: “Haute*” (Michigan scan), “Houses” (microfilm scan), “Houta” (main scan)
- the; The scans read: “they” (microfilm scan), “the;” (main scan)
- Kepshall The scans read: “Representatives shall” (Michigan scan), “Kepshall” (main scan)
- Ibem The scans read: “Mie” (Michigan scan), “them” (microfilm scan), “Ibem” (main scan)
- mi The scans read: “if” (microfilm scan), “mi” (main scan)
- ir Only one scan has this word: “ir” (main scan)
- h^Te The scans read: “have” (microfilm scan), “h^Te” (main scan)
- Hoqm The scans read: “votM” (Michigan scan), “Hoqm” (main scan)
- ■bdl, Only one scan has this word: “■bdl,” (main scan)
- Ilka The scans read: “like” (microfilm scan), “Ilka” (main scan)
- b; The scans read: “by” (Michigan scan), “b;” (main scan)
- iet«. Only one scan has this word: “iet«.” (main scan)
- qaonim The scans read: “quoKim” (Michigan scan), “quorum” (microfilm scan), “qaonim” (main scan)
1 connection
- quotes Article II, Section 1, Clause 3 (suggested)
K'aritj of all (ha States shall be aeceaurj to a In every caae after the choice of the President, the person having the greatest number of vote* of the Electora shall be the Vice President ; but, if there should remain two or more who have equal votes, the Senate shall choose from them by ballot the Vice President:””— be expunged from the Constitution, and that the following paragraph be inserted in lieu thereof, to wit : " The Electors ibaU meet in their reapective Statea and vote by ballot for two persons, of whom one at least shall not be an inhabitant of the same State with themaelvea ; they shall name in distinct ballot* the person voted for as President, and the person voted for as Vice President ; and they shall make distinct lists of all ~ •on* voted for as President, and of all persons voted •* Vice President, and of the number of votes for each ; which Ii*t they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the seat of Government of the United States, directed to the President of the Senate. Tbe Pieudent of the Senate shall, in the presence of the Senate sind House of Representatives, open all the certificates, and the votes shall then be counted. The person having the greatest numbei of votes for President shall be President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed, and if there be more than one who have such majority, and have an equal number of votes, then the House of Representative* shall immediately choose by ballot one of them for President; and if no person have a majority, then from the highest on the list, the said House shall, in like manner, choose the President. But, in choosing the President, the votes shall be taken by Statea, the representation from each State having one vote: a quorum for this purpose shall consist of a member or members from two-thirds of the States, and a majority of all the States shall be necessary to a choice. The person having the greatest number of votes for Vice President shall be Vice President; and in case of an equal number of votes for two or more persona for Vice President, they being the highest on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice President from those having such an equal number; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two-thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a Mr. Brbckenridqe gave notice, that he should, to-morrow, ask leave to brin? ia a bill to enable the President of the United States to lake possestioti of the territories ceded by France to the United States, by the treaty concluded at Paris on the 30th of April last, and for other purposes.
Read from OCR scans of the printed page (col. 17). View the page image
- K'aritj The scans read: “a muority” (Michigan scan), “majority” (microfilm scan), “K'aritj” (main scan)
- (ha Only one scan has this word: “(ha” (main scan)
- aeceaurj The scans read: “neconary” (Michigan scan), “necessary” (microfilm scan), “aeceaurj” (main scan)
- In The scans read: “In” (Michigan scan), “In” (microfilm scan), “I” (main scan)
- vote* of The scans read: “volui^f” (Michigan scan), “votes of” (microfilm scan), “vote* of” (main scan)
- Electora The scans read: “Elector*” (Michigan scan), “Electors” (microfilm scan), “Electora” (main scan)
- ibaU Only one scan has this word: “ibaU” (main scan)
- themaelvea The scans read: “them•elves;” (Michigan scan), “ectselves;” (microfilm scan), “themaelvea” (main scan)
- ballot* The scans read: “bnllots” (Michigan scan), “ballots” (microfilm scan), “ballot*” (main scan)
- ~ Only one scan has this word: “~” (main scan)
- •on* The scans read: “•ons” (Michigan scan), “sons” (microfilm scan), “•on*” (main scan)
- Ii*t The scans read: “list” (Michigan scan), “liet” (microfilm scan), “Ii*t” (main scan)
- Tbe Only one scan has this word: “Tbe” (main scan)
- Pieudent Only one scan has this word: “Pieudent” (main scan)
- sind The scans read: “and” (Michigan scan), “sind” (main scan)
- numbei The scans read: “nambei” (Michigan scan), “numbei” (main scan)
- Representative* The scans read: “Reprraentatlves” (Michigan scan), “Representatives|” (microfilm scan), “Representative*” (main scan)
- Brbckenridqe The scans read: “BsECKBNRiDQB” (Michigan scan), “Breckennince” (microfilm scan), “Brbckenridqe” (main scan)
- ia The scans read: “Id” (Michigan scan), “ina” (microfilm scan), “ia” (main scan)
- lake The scans read: “take” (microfilm scan), “lake” (main scan)
- possestioti Only one scan has this word: “possestioti” (main scan)
- 30th The scans read: “30ib” (Michigan scan), “30th” (microfilm scan), “30th” (main scan)
2 connections
- quotes Article II, Section 1, Clause 3 (suggested)
- quotes Amendment XII (suggested)