Who established the electoral college?

Answer 1

The answer to what created the Electoral College is the Constitution, but the question asks who. The Constitution is not a "who"; so let's find that out.

The decision to elect the president using an electoral college first occurred at the Constitutional Convention of 1787. It's here where a committee, known as the Committee of Eleven on Postponed Matters, came up with general idea for an Electoral College. There are numerous reasons why the Electoral College was chosen over other ways to elect the president, but let's save that for a different question. So, the members of this committee, the answer to "who" created the Electoral College, were:

-David Brearly of New Jersey

-Daniel Carrol of Maryland

-Rufus King of Massachusetts

-James Madison of Virginia

-Abraham Baldwin of Georgia

-Roger Sherman of Connecticut

-Hugh Williamson of North Carolina

-Gouvernour Morris of Pennsylvania

-John Dickinson of Delaware

-Nicholas Gilman of New Hampshire

-Pierce Butler of South Carolina

Answer 2

I learned in a 60's history class in junior high (now middle school) that, at the time the wealthiest man in America, John Hancock, demanded an Electoral College over a winner of the popular vote because someone might not get more than 50% of the votes. To solve this, according to Hancock, the plan for the Electoral College solved this, plus the founding fathers felt the common man was not that informed. As a wealthy man, like usual, he also wanted to be able to have some control of the outcome. As I learned in the book being used in my class is that an Electoral Candidate is only required to cast the first vote in favor of his/her state's vote and if no candidate gets the majority the electoral candidate is then free to cast the net ballot or who ever that candidate pleases. To Hancock it would take less money to buy that vote than to buy individual votes.

My granddaughter is being asked this question and so far I have not been able to find, online, who exactly was the person that suggested that "WE THE PEOPLE" should decide a presidential election by an Electoral College. I hope my past might add some light to this interesting question.

Answer 3

In the U.S. Presidential Election of 1788-1789, ten states appointed the 73 electors to the electoral college as follows:

• In five states, all electors were chosen by the state legislature.
• In three states, all electors were appointed based on the statewide popular vote (the method used by 96% of the states today).
• Two states were divided into electoral districts, the number of districts equal to the number of electors, and each district chose its own elector.

Answer 4

Alexander Hamilton is the founding father that proposed the electoral college.

Answer 5

founding fathers

Answer 6

The first goverment.

Answer 7

the constitution invented it

Answer 8

James Wilson