| The Origins of the Twelfth Amendment: The Electoral College in the Early Republic, 1787-1804 Contributor(s): Kuroda, Tadahisa (Author) |
|
 |
ISBN: 0313291519 ISBN-13: 9780313291517 Publisher: Praeger OUR PRICE: $94.05 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 1994 Annotation: "Kuroda, in a concise format and readable text, offers a complete assessment of the college from its 1787 inception to its 1804 revision that has long been needed and is well worth reading." New York State Historical Association |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - Colonial Period (1600-1775) - Political Science | Political Process - Campaigns & Elections - History | Americas (north Central South West Indies) |
| Dewey: 324.630 |
| LCCN: 93044508 |
| Lexile Measure: 1560 |
| Series: Contributions in Political Science |
| Physical Information: 0.88" H x 6.17" W x 8.99" (1.16 lbs) 256 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This work provides the first in-depth study of the Twelfth Amendment of the United States Constitution from the larger perspective of the development of the electoral college. Too often viewed as a modest reform to prevent the recurrence of the 1800-1801 election crisis, the Twelfth Amendment, according to Kuroda, was actually the decisive step in the evolution of the modern electoral college. Significantly, the amendment implicitly recognized the existence of national political parties and allowed the party which won the most electoral votes to win the offices of President and Vice President. But it was also significant for what it did not do: it did not abolish presidential electors; did not prohibit a winner-take-all electoral system; and did not mandate district election of electors. |