Final answer:
When there's an Electoral College tie, the president is chosen by C) the House of Representatives, despite the Founding Fathers' avoidance of direct Congressional election of the president.
Step-by-step explanation:
The irony about the Electoral College is that although the Founding Fathers did not want Congress to directly elect the President, in the case of an electoral college tie, it is indeed Congress, specifically the House of Representatives, that decides the presidency. Each state delegation in the House gets a single vote, and the majority of votes determines the winner.
This process was a result of a compromise meant to balance the power between large and small states and to provide a safeguard against direct democracy which the framers feared might lead to tyranny of the majority.