Amendment+XII

Amendment XII Dennis and Ryan

The name of twelth amendement is The Election of President and Vice President. The twelth amendment was proposed on December 9, 1803. It later became ratified on June 15, 1804 and fifteen states ratified it. It was sponsored by Congress after they proposed it. At this time in the United States many things were occuring like the Hamilton-Burr Duel, The Election of 1804, The First Working Full Size Railway Steam Locomotive was used, The Lewis and Clarke Expedition was underway, and New Jersey abolished slavery. Things that were happening in the world at this time were Haiti Declared Independence from France and Ohio University at Athens is the first insitute of higher learning in the Northwest territory. The sponsor of the Twelth Amendment is unavailable.

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