The  person  having  the  greatest  number  of  votes  shall  be  the  President,
if  such  number  be  a  majority  of  the  whole  number  of  Electors  appointed ;
and  if  there  be  more  than  one  who  have  such  majority,  and  have  an  equal
number  of  votes,  then  the  House  of  Representatives  shall  immediately
choose  by  ballot  one  of  them  for  President ;  and  if  no  person  have  a  ma-
jority, then  from  the  five  highest  on  the  list  the  said  House  shall  in  like
manner  choose  the  President.  But  in  choosing  the  President,  the  vote
shall  be  taken  by  states,  the  representation  from  each  state  having  one
vote  ;  a  quorum  for  this  purpose  shall  consist  of  a  member  or  members
from  two-thirds  of  the  states,  and  a  majority  of  all  the  states  shall  be
necessary  to  a  choice.     In  every  case,  after  the  choice  of  the  President,

•  TJiis  clause  between  brackets  has  been  superseded  and  annulled  by  the  Twelfth  amendmpo*


274  ^^^   ITS  AMENDMENTS.
the  person  having  the  greatest  number  of  Totes  of  the  Electors  shall  be
the  Vice-President.  But  if  there  should  remain  two  or  more  who  have
equal  votes,  the  Senate  shall  choose  from  them  by  ballot  the  Vice-Presi-
dent.]

The  Congress  may  determine  the  time  of  choosing  the  Electors,  and
the  day  on  which  they  shall  give  their  votes ;  which  day  shall  be  the  same
throughout  the  United  States.
No  person  except  a  natural  born  citizen,  or  a  citizen  of  the  United
States  at  the  time  of  the  adoption  of  this  Constitution,  shall  be  eligible
to  the  office  of  President ;  neither  shall  any  person  be  eligible  to  that
office  who  shall  not  have  attained  the  age  of  thirty-five  years,  and  been
fourteen  years  a  resident  within  the  United  States.
