Source: U.S. Congress, Senate, Committee on the Judiciary; hearings before a subcommittee, Nomination and Election of President and Vice President, 83d Cong., 1st sess., 1953, pp. 183-184. Under the proportional system other candidates would have recieved 9,100 electoral votes. State-by-State outcome under the District system is not available. Library of Congress. Legislative Reference Service January 1969 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 1948 ....... 13.8 Alabama.. WOON 77,597 9 5, 251 50,959 149, 659 239, 714 267, 288 69,588 67,813 76,691 254, 646 101,514 107,370 821, 079 807,833 909, 370 1,151, 788 5,043 19, 384 96,770 119,071 29, 357 31, 291 80, 303 105, 464 258, 572459,070 115, 139 . 95,812 -woon 10.411 2,476 38, 157 - oooooooooooo- 46,515 225 167,538 .... . 3,998 ORO 1.7 Source: U.S. Congress, House Committee on the Judiciary, hearings before Subcommittee No. 1, "Amend the Constitution with Respect to Election of President and Vice President,"' 81st Cong., 1st sess., 1949, pp. 44-45 for tabulated results except those listed under the district plan, District plan results from following source Senate Committee on the Judiciary, hearings before a subcommittee, "Nomination and Election of President and Vice President," 83d Cong., 1st sess., 1963, p. 237. (Library of Congress. Legislative Reference Service) TABLE 1.-Contingent election of the President by the House of Representa tives number of state congressional delegations with Democratic or Republican majorities, or evenly divided (Each State having 1 vote) 818T CONGRESS, 18T SESSION ? 87TH CONGRESS, 18T SESSION ? 1948 election : 1960 election : Democratic Democratic Republican Republican Evenly divided.. · Total 89TH CONGRESS, 18T SESSION 1952 election : 1964 election : Democratic Democratic Republican Republican Evenly divided... Total 85TH CONGRESS, 18T SESSION 918T CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION 1956 election : 1968 election : Democratic ---------------- Democratic ----------Republican ---------------- Republican ---------- Evenly divided.------ Total ----1 Reflects the composition of the House of Representatives on January 3 next following the presidential election. Sources: Congressional Directories, 1949, 1953, 1957, 1961, 1965; New York Times, November 8, 1969, p. 27. i TABLE II.—Contingent election of the Vice President by the Senate (Each Senator having 1 vote) 818T CONGRESS, 18T SESSION" 87TH CONGRESS, 18T SESSION ? 1948 election : Democrats 1960 election : Democrats Republicans Total 83D CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION 89TH CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION 1952 election : Democrats - 1964 election : Republicans Democrats -- Republicans ------- Total 919T CONGRESS, 18T SESSION 1956 election : 1968 election : Democrats ----- Democrats Republicans --- Total 100 2 Reflects the composition of the Senate on January 3, next following the presidential election. Sources : Congressional Directories, 1949, 1953, 1957, 1961, 1965; New York Times, November 8, 1968, p. 27. 11 2 TABLE III.—Comparative contingent election of the Vice President by the Senate (Each Senator having 1 vote) 1948 ELECTION 80th Congress, 2d session 81st Congress, 1st session (Dec. 13, 1948-Jan. 3, 1949) (Jan. 3, 1949) Democrats 45 | Democrats Republicans 51 Republicans -Total 96 | Total -- 1956 ELECTION 84th Congress, 2d session) 85th Congress, 1st session (Dec. 17, 1956-Jan. 3, 1957) (Jan. 3, 1957) Democrats 49 Democrats ---Republicans ------- 47 | Republicans Total Total 11 1960 ELECTION 1 --- icans 1 1 1 86th Congress, 2d session 87th Congress, 1st session (Dec. 19, 1960-Jan. 3, 1961) (Jan. 3, 1961) Democrats 65 | Democrats Republicans ------------------- 35 Republicans 1001 Total Total -------------------- 100 1954 ELECTION 88th Congress, 2d session 89th Congress, 1st session (Dec. 14, 1964-Jan. 3, 1965) (Jan. 3, 1965) Democrats 65 | Democrats Republicans 35 Republicans --Total 1001 Total - 1 11 11 1968 ELECTION 11 90th Congress, 2d session 91st Congress, 1st session (Dec. 16, 1968-Jan. 3, 1969) (Jan. 3, 1969) Democrats 62 Democrats 57 Republicans 38 | Republicans 43 Total --- 1001 Total 100 NOTE.—The dates shown beneath the Second Sessions of the outgoing Congresses are from the convening of the electoral college to the convening date of the incoming Congress. Were an outgoing Congress to determine a contingent election under present conditions, this is the hypothetical period in which it would have to meet and make that determination. Accordingly figures for Democratic and Republican Senators have been calculated for those time periods shown. SOURCE: Congressional Directories, 1948, 1949, 1952, 1953, 1956, 1957, 1960, 1961, 1964, 1965, 1968 ; and New York Times, November 8, 1968, p. 27. |