A more difficult problem was how to structure the voting within the Electoral College. During the debates ... following a crisis in 1800, when Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr each received an ...

The last time an Electoral College tie occurred was in 1800, when Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr both won 73 electoral votes, Muller said. The House ultimately voted for Jefferson to be president.

This has happened only six times in U.S. history (1800, 1824, 1876 ... s founding fathers thinking when they created the ...

Madison lived to see “some messy episodes,” including the 1800 and 1824 elections, that redoubled his resolve. In 1801, President Jefferson and Vice President Burr tied in the Electoral College but ...

The Framers of the U.S. Constitution designed a unique system to choose our president in 1787: the Electoral College. More than two centuries later, it remains an invaluable institution that helps ...

A key issue to understand about Electoral College is "it proportionately favors smaller states over larger states," says Erwin Chemerinsky, dean of the law school a U.C. Berkley. It would take ...