the electoral college
In 1831, the Anti-Masonic party nominated William Wirt to run for president; in the process, it became the first American political party to select a presidential candidate by means of a national convention.
The delegates settled the dispute over voting during the Constitutional Convention by establishing a compromise known as the Great Compromise or Connecticut Compromise. This agreement created a bicameral legislature, with the House of Representatives based on population and the Senate granting equal representation to each state. This balanced the interests of both larger and smaller states, providing a fair voting system while ensuring that all states had a voice in the legislative process.
The Montgomery Convention in February 1861 established the first provisional form of the Confederate States of America. Jefferson Davis was made provisional President and a committee wrote the first constitution for the Confederacy. There were representatives from 7 seceded states and 2 more that were in the process of seceding.
The system used to count slaves for representation in Congress was the Three-Fifths Compromise. Established during the Constitutional Convention of 1787, it stipulated that each slave would be counted as three-fifths of a person when apportioning representation and taxation among the states. This compromise aimed to balance the interests of slaveholding states with those of free states in the legislative process.
The Founding Fathers created the Electoral College as a compromise between electing the President by popular vote and having Congress choose the President. They believed it would balance the interests of smaller and larger states and prevent a single region from dominating the election process.
Electoral college
At the Constitutional Convention, there was a compromise reached on the process by which the President is elected. The final proposal was written by Madison and described the electoral college process.
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The plan that included what came to be known as the Electoral College was the Great Compromise, reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787. This compromise established a bicameral legislature and addressed the issue of how to elect the President. The Electoral College was created as a method for electing the President indirectly through a body of electors chosen by the states, balancing the influence of populous and less populous states in the electoral process.
Washington served as the supreme commander of colonial forces during the Revolutionary War and so got credit for winning the war. He later helped form the Constitutional Convention of 1787 and was later chosen to be president of the convention. Washington played a strong role in helping to ratify the constitution. Due to the high regard of the American people for his abilities, Washington was elected as the first President of the newly formed United States of America following the process outlined in the newly ratified Constitution,
No he didn't write it, but he was the president of the convention. I have read that he didn't express his thoughts or make any statements on the Constitution. He was there to keep all motivated and on task.
they become president, stupid. i don't if I'm a kid and I'm calling a adult stupid. Hello , "The presidential candidates in the United States are selected by a process of primary elections. The major political parties do not directly select the candidate, instead the voters are requesting delegates to represent their vote when they attend the national party convention." See link . =)
Fifty-five men worked on it from May to September and each one came to the convention with ideas about government. During the process they had to compromise and shape their views and ideas to form a working government. In a group not everyone can get everything they want all the time. This is the art of compromise.
"Electors" chosen by the states according to state laws was the method agreed upon - after 60 ballots - for the selection of the President. At various times, the Convention approved and then rejected congressional appointment and election by state legislators. (This crafty compromise left each state free to determine how it would participate in the presidential selection process - and left to public pressure the task of assuring that in each state a public electoral process would be chosen.)July, 1787
citizens vote for delegates in primaries and caucuses and delegates then select the candidate at a national nominating convention
"The Electoral College is a process, not a place. The founding fathers established it in the Constitution as a compromise between election of the President by a vote in Congress and election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens."
In a nascent democracy the first step is to create and establish a process whereby delegates to a constitutional convention cam be selected. This can be a muddled affair. Who, for example, has the authority to convene such a convention? In a nation with an established constitution, that constitution should include the procedure for amending the existing constitution. A convention may be organized to propose amendments but there is still a ratification step whereby the constituent provinces or sub-states formally accept the constitution.