...the President of the US Senate (ie, the incumbent Vice President). These certificates are opened by the President of the Senate, in the presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, and the votes are then counted. The person having a majority of the Vice...

...governing Twelfth Amendment provided only that the "votes shall ... be counted" after being opened by the president of the Senate "in the presence of the Senate and House of Representatives." Was the president of the Senate to resolve controversies, or the joint meeting?...

...in session on the second Monday in October in the year 18 — , and on the same day in every sixth year thereafter; and the President of the Senate, in the presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, shall open all the certificates, and the votes shall then be counted. The...

...certificate of electoral votes in the respective States for President and Vice-President shall be opened by the President of the Senate in the presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, and the vote shall then be counted. (See Electoral Vote.) The act of Congress...

...certificate of electoral votes in the respective States for President and Vice-President shall be opened by the President of the Senate in the presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, and the votes shall then be counted. Congress shall be in session on the...

...States in the choice of a President and Vice President of the United States as the same were declared by the President of the Senate in the presence of the Senate and the House, whereby it appeared that George Washington, Esq., was elected President, and John Adams,...