1. Framers in the Constitution
Madison argued for an executive chosen by the national legislature and on May 29 this had been adopted with a provision that after his seven-year term was concluded, the chief magistrate should not be eligible for relocation. A good deal of desultory speech-making ensued, but the gist of the problem was the opposition from two sources to election by the legislature. ... In total, all the proposals amounted to election by the people, the governors, or electors chosen by the state legislatures. ...
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