Editing Elective monarchy (section)

===The Americas===

====Mexico====
The [[Tlatoani]]meh of the [[Aztec Empire]] were chosen by a council of elders, nobles, and priests. He would be selected from a pool of four candidates.{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}}

====Costa Rica====
The ''mánkeme'' (king) of the [[Kingdom of Nicoya]] was elected by a council of elders known as the ''monéxico''.{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}}

====Chile and Argentina====

French explorer [[Orélie-Antoine de Tounens]] claimed to be elected by the [[Mapuches|Mapuche]] to be the Great [[Toqui]], Supreme Chieftain of the Mapuches, possibly in the belief that their cause might be better served with a European acting on their behalf. He later proclaimed himself as the King of [[Kingdom of Araucanía and Patagonia|Araucanía and Patagonia]].{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}}

====United States====
An attempt to create an elective monarchy in the [[United States]] failed. [[Alexander Hamilton]] argued in a long speech before the [[Philadelphia Convention|Constitutional Convention of 1787]] that the [[President of the United States]] should be an elective monarch, ruling for "good behavior" (i.e., [[President for life|for life]], unless [[impeachment|impeached]]) and with extensive powers. Hamilton believed that elective monarchs had sufficient power domestically to resist foreign corruption, yet there was enough domestic control over their behavior to prevent tyranny at home.<ref name="The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, Volume 9"/> His proposal was resoundingly voted down in favor of a four-year term with the possibility of reelection.

====Haiti====
The crown of the [[Empire of Haiti (1804–1806)|Empire of Haiti]], established in 1804, was also elective according to its 1805 constitution.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://faculty.webster.edu/corbetre/haiti/history/earlyhaiti/1805-const.htm|title=Haiti: 1805 Constitution|website=faculty.webster.edu|access-date=2016-09-11|archive-date=2015-09-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150915080544/http://faculty.webster.edu/corbetre/haiti/history/earlyhaiti/1805-const.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>