Thanks for the story! I was aware, but only barely, in the context free way that's so common these days.
On 10/05/2016 04:18 PM, John Dobson wrote: > I assume you guys all know about the only time the election has been thrown > into the House. It was 1824 when there were four candidates who won > electoral votes, although Andrew Jackson had a pretty large plurality of the > popular vote. John Quincy Adams bitterly hated Jackson and assumed > (Clinton/Bush dynasty-like) that he should be the president because his dad > had done such a dynamite job as Washington's successor in 1797. > > So, anyway, it was up to the House to select the winner, each state > delegation casting one vote. Adams benefitted because the underpopulated New > England States all went to him and he made what Jacksonians claimed was a > "corrupt bargain" with Henry Clay of Kentucky to basically drop out of the > race and swing his delegation to Adams. It worked. Adams won by a single > vote. Then he named Clay his secretary of state, the very job he was > relinquishing and the cabinet office that was most likely to insure that its > incumbent would have the inside track for the succeeding presidential > election. > > Of course, Jackson came back strong in 1828 winning the first of two terms > outright. Henry Clay continued to run for President as a Whig into the 1840s > but never managed to cash in the corrupt bargain for the top spot. Given > this year's candidates, I think any one of the three---Adams, Jackson, or > Clay---would be preferable. > > Even if Gary Johnson managed to "win" New Mexico, it's not clear what the > result in the House would be if each state's delegation had a single vote. I > suppose the Republicans; gerrymandering would work in their favor though as > there are more "red" states than blue at this point. > > Having a Ph.D. in American history doesn't help me much in doping out current > affairs. -- ␦glen? ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com
