No times. The senate has never chosen the vice-president. In 1824 when no candidate for president got a majority, John C. Calhoun still won a majority of the electoral vote for vice-president.
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The presiding officer of the Senate is technically voted on. The most senior member of the majority party has been traditionally chosen as the President Pro-Tempore.
The presiding officer of the Senate is technically voted on. The most senior member of the majority party has been traditionally chosen as the President Pro-Tempore.
Only once, on 8 Feb 1837...Richard M. Johnson, who was the running mate of Martin Van Buren in 1836, ended up one electoral vote short of a majority. The Senate elected him on the first ballot.
If you are referring to the President Pro Tempore of the United States Senate, this post is chosen by a simple majority vote in the Senate itself. That is, the Senators chose the President Pro Tempore of the Senate.
They are chosen soon after the presidential nominee has been chosen.
Since 1890, the most senior senator in the majority party has generally been chosen to be president pro tempore; this tradition has been observed without interruption since 1949. During the Vice President's absence, the president pro tempore is empowered to preside over Senate sessions.Orrin Hatch, a Republican and senior senator from Utah, is the president pro tempore of the Senate, having assumed office in January 2015.
They are chosen soon after the presidential nominee has been chosen.
The country in question has not been specified. In Australia, it is the President of the Senate. In the U.S., it is the Vice President.
Lyndon Banes Johnson, the 36th President of the United States, was Senate Majority Leader prior to becoming Vice President and then President.
No one has ever been elected by the Senate to be Vice-President of the United States. If the office of Vice President is vacant, the President apppoints a Vice-President with the advice and consent of the Senate. This is not an election, but a vote of approval. If a candidate slate for President / Vice-President does not obtain a majority of votes in the Electoral College, the decision falls to the House of Representatives, not to the Senate.
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