At the Constitutional Convention, a compromise is reached between having the national executive elected be the people at large, or by the national legislature: the national executive will be elected by an Electoral College, which is elected by the State legislatures (8-2).
[restored 9/26/2021]
Subsequent Events:
Authority:
Articles of Confederation, Article XIII
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References:
“Chronology of Events, 1774-1804,” from The Debate on the Constitution, two volumes, Bernard Bailyn, ed., (New York: Library of America, 1992), 2:1055.
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