“…This practice was not, it should be stressed, mandated by the Twelfth Amendment. In fact, the three states that voted for Rufus King in the election of 1816 voted for a different vice presidential candidate than his official running mate, John Howard (Lampi, 2003). In 1820, Daniel Tompkins, James Monroe's vice presidential pick, garnered 218 Electoral College votes, while the remaining 14 votes for Monroe went to three other vice presidential candidates (Turner, 1955).…”