Friday, January 7, 2011

Electoral College Commenced

Charles Willson Peale: Colonel George Washington222 years ago today, the landed gentry of those United States voted for electors to the Electoral College.

2 comments:

Flambeaux said...

And we'd be better off in the US if the landed gentry were still the only ones with the franchise.

If we must live in a republic, let it be an aristocratic republic and not the tawdry egalitarian mess with which we are presently afflicted.

Love this blog. Theodore Harvey introduced me to it. Thank you.

J.K. Baltzersen said...

Indeed, sir!

Thank you!