During the first 62 years of the presidency,fewer slaveholders would have held the position if it had not been for the

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The three-fifths clause, which counted slaves as three-fifths of a person for the purpose of determining a state's representation in Congress, gave disproportionate political power to slaveholding states. Without this clause, fewer slaveholders would have held the presidency during the first 62 years because the non-slaveholding states would have had a greater say in electing the president.

During the First 62 Years of the Presidency,fewer Slaveholders Would