Thanks for weighing in on this folks.
I did read each of your comments, in this swarm of them. If that is the ruling, then I stand corrected. Thanks again.
It hasn’t happened since 1824 so you can be excused for not knowing.
In that election (4 candidates) Jackson won the most electoral votes but didn’t get a majority so it went to the House, which elected 2nd place finisher JQ Adams. Jackson and Adams both had John C Calhoun as their running mate so he did get a majority of electoral votes for VP.
The Senate had to elect the VP just once, in 1836 democrat Van Buren was elected President but some of his electors refused to vote for his running mate, Richard Johnson, who fell just short of a majority. The Senate elected Johnson over the Whig runner-up on a near party line vote.
This was talked about a little bit during the last election cause some people were hoping McMullin would carry Utah and that neither Trump nor Clinton would get 270. Democrats and enough RINOs in the House could have then possibly elected McMullin.