Electoral College

electoral college English Proper noun Electoral College 1 en US politics An electoral college chosen, within a state, to formally cast that state's votes for the president and vice president of the United States. en Each state's Electoral College submits its votes to the President of the Senate. en 1898 Charles N. Kent Field and Staff of the Seventeenth History of the Seventeenth Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, 1862-1863 https://archive.org/details/historyofsevente00kent/ Concord, N.H. 1536265 44 https://archive.org/details/historyofsevente00kent/page/44/ In later years Colonel Kent has been much in public life. He was an alternate delegate to the National Convention which nominated Abraham Lincoln in 1860, and in 1864 a member of the New Hampshire Electoral College, voting for Lincoln and Johnson. en 1957 w:Stephen G. Kurtz The Presidency of John Adams: The Collapse of Federalism, 1795-1800 https://archive.org/details/presidencyofjohn0000kurt/ Philadelphia w:University of Pennsylvania Press 0-8122-7101-7 57-7764 426043 171–172 https://archive.org/details/presidencyofjohn0000kurt/page/172/ Oliver Wolcott, Jr., in summing up the election reports for his father at the end of November, pointed to the Rutledge faction as holding the presidency within its hands; the result would turn upon the balloting of the South Carolina electoral college, he stated, and Edward Rutledge was believed to command its decision. His reports from all over the Union indicated that Adams lacked but three votes for a majority. His fear was that Rutledge’s disgust with the Jay treaty would give the decision to Jefferson. en 1961 Guilford, "The Metropolis" Official History of Guilford, Vermont, 1678-1961 With Genealogies and Biographical Sketches https://archive.org/details/officialhistoryo00unse/ Guilford, Vermont Town of Guilford 3984069 157 https://archive.org/details/officialhistoryo00unse/page/157/ Although not now generally known, Guilford had a vital part in the presidential election of 1800, one of its citizens, John Noyes, being a member of the Vermont electoral college, which supported Thomas Jefferson, who was opposed by Aaron Burr, each receiving the same number of electoral votes. en US politics All of the electoral colleges of the United States, considered as one body. en 1954 w:Alben W. Barkley That Reminds Me https://archive.org/details/thatremindsme0000bark/ Garden City, NY w:Doubleday & Company 54-10775 1222881612 6156719M 276 https://archive.org/details/thatremindsme0000bark/page/276/ In accordance with these opinions I believe that the ancient and outmoded Electoral College system should be abolished and that the people should vote directly in all the states for President and Vice President. The Electoral College was established in the beginning of our history for the same reasons which actuated our forefathers in providing that United States senators should be elected by the legislatures rather than by the people of the respective states. en electoral college. from 1647 en 1647 Journal of the House of Lords Some Observations upon the Articles delivered by the Ambassadors of the Emperor London ix https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015056722518?urlappend=%3Bseq=180 174 The Electoral College is composed of Six Electors; Three Ecclesiatical, Mentz, Trier, Collen; and Three Secular, The Palatine, Sane, and Brandebourg Translations body chosen to elect the president and vice president of the US Belarusian: be кале́гія вы́баршчыкаў f Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 選舉人團 xuǎnjǔ réntuán Danish: da valgmandskollegium n, da valgkollegium n Finnish: fi valitsijamiehistö French: fr collège électoral m Georgian: ka ამომრჩეველთა კოლეგია, ka საარჩევნო კოლეგია German: de Electoral College n, de Wahlmännergremium n, de Wahlmänner-Gremium n, de Wahlmännerkollegium n Japanese: ja 選挙人団 せんきょにんだん, senkyo nindan Korean: ko 선거인단 Norwegian: Bokmål: nb valgmannskollegium n Nynorsk: nn valmannskollegium n Polish: pl Kolegium Elektorów n Romanian: ro Colegiu Electoral n Russian: ru колле́гия вы́борщиков f Turkish: tr seçiciler kurulu Ukrainian: uk коле́гія виборникі́в f German Noun n.sg 1 de politics electoral college