Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution
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The Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution is the 1804 amendment that reformed the presidential election process by requiring separate Electoral College votes for president and vice president to prevent electoral deadlocks and conflicts between running mates.
Aliases (2)
- Twelfth Amendment ×1
- Twelfth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution ×1
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
amendment to the United States Constitution
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constitutional amendment → |
| adoptedIn |
United States
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| appliesToOffice |
President of the United States
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Vice President of the United States → |
| changes |
procedure for casting electoral votes
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procedure for counting electoral votes → procedure for resolving no-majority outcomes in presidential elections → |
| clarifies |
procedure for counting electoral votes in the presence of the Senate and House
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| country |
United States of America
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| effectiveFrom |
1804
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| followedBy |
Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
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| follows |
Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution
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| historicalContext |
rise of political parties in the early United States
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| jurisdiction |
United States federal government
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| language |
English
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| legalStatus |
in force
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| limits |
number of presidential candidates considered by the House in a contingent election to three
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| locationInDocument |
Article II of the United States Constitution as modified
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| mainEffect |
prevented president and vice president from being political opponents elected from different parties under most circumstances
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reduced likelihood of electoral deadlocks between presidential and vice presidential candidates → reformed the original presidential election procedure in Article II, Section 1 → required separate Electoral College ballots for president and vice president → |
| motivatedBy |
electoral crisis of the election of 1800
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| numberInSequence |
12
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| partOf |
United States Constitution
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| precededBy |
Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution
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| proposedBy |
United States Congress
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| proposedOn |
1803-12-09
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| provides |
that a majority of all states is required to elect a president in the House
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that a majority of the whole number of senators is required to elect a vice president in the Senate → that a two-thirds quorum of the whole number of senators is required for a contingent vice presidential election → that each state delegation in the House has one vote in a contingent presidential election → that electors cast one distinct vote for president → that electors cast one distinct vote for vice president → that no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of president shall be eligible to that of vice president → that the House chooses the president from the top three electoral vote-getters → that the House of Representatives chooses the president if no candidate receives a majority of electoral votes → that the Senate chooses the vice president from the top two electoral vote-getters for vice president → that the Senate chooses the vice president if no candidate receives a majority of electoral votes for vice president → |
| ratifiedBy |
state legislatures of the United States
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| ratifiedOn |
1804-06-15
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| subject |
Electoral College
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United States presidential elections → United States vice presidential elections → contingent election in the House of Representatives → contingent election in the Senate → presidential succession procedures → |