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Daily National Intelligencer
Washington, District Of Columbia
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Massachusetts General Court passes resolve directing election of 13 presidential electors by congressional districts and 2 by popular vote in November, recommended for convenience and alignment with government principles.
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June 20.
A Resolve has passed the two Houses of the General Court (Legislature) of the State of Massachusetts, directing that thirteen of the Electors for President and Vice President of the United States, shall be chosen in November next by the congressional districts, and the other two by the people at large. This mode was recommended on account of the particular inconvenience of assembling the Legislature for the purpose the present year. It might, however, have been recommended by considerations still more cogent. It is a mode more congenial to the principles of our government and the habitudes of the People— We hope to live to see the day when our constitution will direct that the Election of Representatives to Congress, and of Electors of President and Vice President, shall be made by districts throughout the Union,
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State Of Massachusetts
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Tuesday, June 20.
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resolve passed the two houses of the general court
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Directing that thirteen of the Electors for President and Vice President of the United States shall be chosen in November next by the congressional districts, and the other two by the people at large. This mode was recommended on account of the particular inconvenience of assembling the Legislature for the purpose the present year. It might, however, have been recommended by considerations still more cogent. It is a mode more congenial to the principles of our government and the habitudes of the People— We hope to live to see the day when our constitution will direct that the Election of Representatives to Congress, and of Electors of President and Vice President, shall be made by districts throughout the Union.