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TWELFTH AMENDMENT UNITED STATES. Congress of the United States. In Senate, December 3d, 1803. Resolved . . .that in lieu of the third paragraph of the first section of the second article of the constitution of the United States, the following be proposed as an amendment to the constitution . . . 2 pages. 8vo sheet; toned, minor chipping at edges. Washington, 1803
The result of the election crisis of 1800 in which Jefferson and Burr received the same number of votes in the electoral college, the twelfth amendment changed the system so that members of the college voted for President and Vice President separately. The present printing of the amendment is from the Senate, prior to the proposed amendment's passage in the House and before the final version printed after ratification. Shaw and Shoemaker 5281.
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