The decision of the delegates to the Philadelphia Constitutional Convention to have the President of the United States elected through the electoral college is known as the Great Compromise.

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The Great Compromise, also known as the Connecticut Compromise, was an agreement during the Constitutional Convention that established a two-house legislature, with representation based on population in the House of Representatives and equal representation for all states in the Senate, not the method of electing the President.

The Decision of the Delegates to the Philadelphia Constitutional Convention