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If there is a tie the president and vice president are chosen by contingent election. In this a vote of the united states House of Representatives decides the president while the Senate decides the contingent election for the vice president. Contingent election procedure was decided by Article Two, Section 1, Clause 3 of the U. S constitution, it was modified in 1804 by the 12 th amendment.
Contingent elections have occurred only three times in US history during early 1800s.
Yes. I believe thats what created and shaped our world.
The United States presidential election of 1876 was one of the most disputed presidential elections in American history. Samuel J. Tilden of New York outpolled Ohio's Rutherford B. Hayes in the popular vote, and had 184 electoral votes to Hayes' 165, with 20 votes uncounted. In result, It tested the Constitution and resulted in a compromise that ended Reconstruction in America.
