Electing a President

[Keith Broaders]

When George Washington was elected President of th united States he was well known and highly respected in all of the 13 coloinies.

Because the potential voters in the  different colonies were unfamiliar with the possible candidates it would have nearly  impossible for them to choose from men from a list of complete strangers.

The 56 men that attended the Second Continental Congress knew each other very well who could be trusted as our first President.

When the time had come for the states to choose how the President would be elected they decided choosing a panel trusted statesmen to elect the President was the best option.

Rather than trusting millions of ignorant and informed farmers, the founding father proposed that a panel of 69 Presidential Electors would be chosen to vote for the people living in their Congressional Districts

The founders believed that trusting  uninformed majority with the task of electing the President would be huge mistake.

They also wanted to prevent the tyranny of the majority that would result from a statewide popular election.

The Predidentiall Electors  in out first Presidential elction included John Hancock, Samuel Adams and Patrick Henrry along with State Senators, Representtives and Judges.

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