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The constitution calls for the President to elected by electors from the states. It allows the state legislatures to decide how to choose its electors. Probably most of the framers expected the legislatures to elect the electors rather than holding a popular election to choose them.
The First Bank of the United States was opposed by Presidents Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, who both believed it to be unconstitutional.
It is widely believed that Thomas Jefferson contributed the original work. It also believed that his secretary was charged with the actual drafting of the final copy. Thomas Jeffersons contribution to the Constitution got him elected as the second President of our country. The above answer is wrong. Thomas Jefferson was not at the Constitutional Convention. He was the writer of the Declaration. He also was the 3rd president of the US, and because of several things happening all at once.
Alexander Hamilton is an example of an early politician who believed in loose construction in terms of the U.S. Constitution. Hamilton was America's 1st Secretary of the Treasury.
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