Can an elected President for a second term change his first term VP after the second term elections?

Answer 1

Yes.

Now aside from cases involving death there were four times when the incumbent President was reelected with a new Vice President:

1. Thomas Jefferson was elected with Aaron Burr and reelected with George Clinton.
2. Abraham Lincoln was elected with Hannibal Hamlin and reelected with Andrew Johnson.
3. Ulysses S. Grant was elected with Schuyler Colfax and reelected with Henry Wilson.
4. Franklin Roosevelt switched for his third and fourth terms from John Nance Garner to Henry Wallace then to Harry Truman.

Some multi-term presidents were forced to have a new running mate due to the death or resignation of the Vice President:

1. James Madison ran with Elbridge Gerry in 1812 after the death of George Clinton.
2. Andrew Jackson ran with Martin Van Buren in 1832 after the resignation of John C. Calhoun.
3. After the death of V.P. Hendricks, Grover Cleveland ran with Allen Thurman in 1888 but lost and won with Adlai Stevenson in 1892.
4. William McKinley ran with Theodore Roosevelt in 1900 after the death of Garret Hobart.

Answer 2

The president can seek a new running mate if he runs for a second term.

The actual nomination is done by the president's party convention, but he has a lot of influence on the choice. Once his running mate is officially chosen, the presidential candidate can not make any changes.

Answer 3

No. Nine two term Presidents have had more than one VP

Jefferson - Aaron Burr and George Clinton

Madison - George Clinton and Elbridge Gerry

Jackson - John C Calhoun and Martin Van Buren

Lincoln - Hannibal Hamlin and Andrew Johnson.

Grant - Schuyler Colfax and Henry Wilson

Cleveland - Thomas A Hendricks and Adlai E Stevenson

McKinley - Garret A Hobart and Theodore Roosevelt

FD Roosevelt - John Nance Garner, Henry A Wallace and Harry S Truman

Nixon - Spiro T Agnew and Gerald R Ford.

In addition, eight presidents would probably or certainly have had new VPs if re-elected or returned later to the White House

J Adams 1800 - CC Pinckney (or possibly Aaron Burr) in place of Jefferson

JQ Adams 1828 - Richard Rush in place of Calhoun

Van Buren 1848 - Charles Francis Adams in place of Richard M Johnson

Cleveland 1888 - Allan Thurman in place of Hendricks

B Harrison 1892 - Whitelaw Reid in place of Levi P Morton

Taft 1912 - Nicholas Murray Butler in place of James S Sherman

TR 1912 - Hiram Johnson in place of Charles W Fairbanks

Ford 1976 - Robert Dole in place of Nelson Rockefeller.

Answer 4

Yes. There have been nine times in U.S. history when the incumbent president ran for reelection with a running mate other than the incumbent vice president (of course, I'm not counting instances in which a new running mate was chosen due to the death of the vice president):

1804 - President Jefferson's V.P. was Aaron Burr, but his running mate was George Clinton.

1828 - President Adams' V.P. was John C. Calhoun, but his running mate was Richard Rush.

1832 - President Jackson's V.P. was John C. Calhoun, but his running mate was Martin Van Buren.

1864 - President Lincoln's V.P. was Hannibal Hamlin, but his running mate was Andrew Johnson.

1872 - President Grant's V.P. was Schuyler Colfax, but his running mate was Henry Wilson.

1888 - President Harrison's V.P. was Levi P. Morton, but his running mate was Whitelaw Reid.

1940 - President Roosevelt's V.P. was John N. Garner, but his running mate was Henry Wallace.

1944 - President Roosevelt's V.P. was Henry Wallace, but his running mate was Harry Truman.

1976 - President Ford's V.P. was Nelson Rockefeller, but his running mate was Bob Dole.

(John C. Calhoun's resignation in 1832 was not until after the election.)

Answer 5

Six -- Jefferson, Madison, Jackson, Lincoln, Grant and Cleveland changed vice presidents after their first term. Madison and Cleveland lost their first-term VP's due to death . Jackson's VP resigned to run for the Senate, but Jackson was happy to replace him. Franklin Roosevelt got a new VP for his 3rd term and changed again for his 4th term.

Answer 6

1. In 1912, Nicholas Butler was selected to replace William Howard Taft's running mate James S. Sherman, who died about a week before Election Day.
2. In 1972, Sargent Shriver was picked to replace George McGovern's running mate Thomas Eagleton, who withdrew from the ticket.

Answer 7

Yes- the first to do this was Jefferson.

Answer 8

no he cant