European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 7, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                              It has happened twice in history by Sid Whipple staff writer or twice in american history t h e j. Election of a president has been thrown into the House of representatives because no candidate had received majority of the votes cast by the electoral coi lege. On each occasion the Choice of the new chief executive had a profound effect noon the course of  1800 under the constitutional pro visions governing Federal elections the candidate regardless of party who received the most votes in the Electora College became president and the run Ner up became vice president. In the event of a tie it devolved upon the House to decide which Man should As sume the top Post and which should be second in command. The Young nation in that year was divided by two opposing political parties the first briefly described As aristocratic and conservative the second As lib eral and democratic. The first headed by Alexander Hamilton and the then president John Adams was called the federalist party. The second under the leadership of Thomas Jefferson called itself Democrat republicans. Members of Congress held their respective caucuses forerunners of to Day s National conventions to recommend presidential candidates and in the 1800 Campaign the opponents were John Adams and Thomas Pinckney for the federalists and Jefferson and Aaro Burr for the Democrat republicans. When the electoral votes were counted the federalist candidates had 69 votes and Jefferson and Burr were tied with73 votes each. The House chose Jeffer son As president and Burr moved into the vice  agree that this was a fortunate Choice for Aaron Burr impulsive Headstrong and dominated by a craving for Power later killed Ham Ilton in a Duel and eventually wound up in disgrace accused of seditious plotting to separate Southern and Western states from the Union. Although formally acquitted Burr was politically dead. The second occasion in which the House wus called upon to choose a presi Dent came in 1824 a time of great political ferment when party lines were being crossed and re crossed and there was great Public confusion Over foreign and Domestic policies. John Quincy Adams of Massachusetts Henry Clay of Kentucky Andrew Jack son of Tennessee and William h. Craw Ford of Georgia were the principal con tenders. Here arose a strange situation in which the Man who actually polled the most votes in the popular election failed to become president because he failed Towin an electoral College majority. An Drew Jackson polled 155,872 votes an received 99 electoral College votes. John Quincy Adams polled 105,321 popular votes and received 84 electoral Colleg votes. But since Henry Clay and Wil Liam Crawford were still in the running with a total of 78 votes Between them no candidate had a Clear majority in the electoral College and the Issue was dumped in the Lap of the  this Point Clay gave his support to Adams and the House gave the prize to the Man from , quite naturally Felt bitter Over the whole Deal. And he Felt evermore bitter when Adams appointed Clay his Secretary of  the rights or wrongs of the Adams Clay Maneu vers Andy Jack son had his revenge four years later when he whipped John Quincy Adams both in the popular vote and in the electoral College 178 to 83. While vice president Flurr killed Alexander Hamilton in Duel ended career. I i. Thomas Jefferson won first election in House after tie with Aaron Burr. 7, 1968 president elect Adams far right honoured rival Jackson Center wit i grand Ball. The stars and stripes pc 9e 13