 | Richard Fobes - Political Science - 2006 - 412 pages
...number of Electors appointed; and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list the Senate shall choose the Vice President; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary... | |
 | Israel Ward Andrews - Constitutional law - 1874 - 420 pages
...number of Electors appointed, and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list the Senate shall choose the Vice- President...eligible to that of Vice -President of the United States. According to the original clause the Electors were to vote for two persons without designating either... | |
 | Viscount James Bryce - History - 2007 - 741 pages
...whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice- President of the United States, 1 Amendt. XI was proposed by Congress Sept. 5, 1794, and declared to have been ratified by the legislatures... | |
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The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice President, shall be the Vice President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed, and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list, the... 
