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Nominating conventions, National
Previous to 1816 the custom was to hold a congressional caucus, canvass the subject, and name the candidates; then the several State legislatures selected the electors, who voted for whomsoever they pleased for the Presidency and Vice-Presidency.
In May, 1812, when the congressional caucus was called, the members assembled in their individual character, which clearly indicates the drift of the opinion of the day. It is true, that Madison was unanimously nominated, but the caucus went further, and appointed a committee on correspondence and arrangements of one from each State, to see that the nominations were duly respected.
In the congressional caucus of 1816, Mr. Taylor, of New York, offered a resolution to the effect that congressional caucus nominations for the Presidency were inexpedient and ought to be discontinued.
This was a new move, and although the motion did not prevail, the subject once started in that manner in the caucus itself w