If you have the time, do check out "The Impossible H.L. Mencken" edited by Marion Elizabeth Rodgers. In it at around page 288 the Esteemed Dr. Mencken mentions the possibility that Robert La Follette's independent Presidential campaign might get the 1924 thrown into the U.S. House for a decision. He even goes on to note that if La Follette is able to swing enough votes in the congress his way he could in theory prolong the balloting past the March 1925 inauguration date. At which point, Mencken notes with glee "the whole comedy will be transferred to the Supreme Court of the United States....nine lawyers including one good one, will elect the President. I
give warning that I shall need the stadium to laugh in".
Who is laughing now?
:)