[105] Works, Vol. I, p. 29. Cralle's Ed.
[108] Pennsylvania and Georgia had only a single legislative body.
[109] "There was certainly no intention of making the appointment of the Presidential electors subject to popular election. I think it is evident that the framers were anxious to avoid this." Burgess, Political Science and Constitutional Law, Vol. II, p. 219.
According to Fiske, "electors were chosen by the legislature in New Jersey till 1816; in Connecticut till 1820; in New York, Delaware, and Vermont, and with one exception in Georgia, till 1824; in South Carolina till 1868. Massachusetts adopted various plans, and did not finally settle down to an election by the people until 1828." The Critical Period of American History, p. 286.
[110] Elliot's Debates, Vol. I, p. 421.
[111] Madison, Elliot's Debates, Vol. I, p. 450.
[112] Elliot's Debates, Vol. V, p. 158.
[113] Boutmy, Studies in Constitutional Law, p. 91 (Eng. Trans.).
See also Ford, The Rise and Growth of American Politics, p. 254.