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Eight U. S. Vice Presidents were Presidential candidates while they were still Vice President:
- John Adams in 1796 (won, beating Thomas Jefferson)
- Thomas Jefferson in 1800 (won, beating John Adams)
- Martin Van Buren in 1836 (won, beating William Henry Harrison)
- John C. Breckinridge in 1860 (lost to Abraham Lincoln)
- Richard Nixon in 1960 (lost to John F. Kennedy)
- Hubert Humphrey in 1968 (lost to Richard Nixon)
- George H. W. Bush in 1988 (won, beating Michael Dukakis)
- Al Gore in 2000 (lost to George W. Bush)
Of the nine Vice Presidents who ascended to the Presidency upon the death or resignation of the President, five ran in the next Presidential election:
- Theodore Roosevelt in 1904 (won, beating Alton Parker)
- Calvin Coolidge in 1924 (won, beating John W. Davis)
- Harry Truman in 1948 (won, narrowly defeating Thomas E. Dewey)
- Lyndon Johnson in 1964 (won, beating Barry Goldwater)
- Gerald Ford in 1976 (lost to Jimmy Carter)
Two former Vice Presidents were major party candidates for President not while they were still Vice President or President but later:
- Richard Nixon in 1968 (won, beating V.P. Humphrey)
- Walter Mondale in 1984 (lost to Ronald Reagan)
Four former Vice Presidents were third party candidates after having left office:
- Martin Van Buren was the Free Soil Party candidate in 1848.
- Millard Fillmore ran for the Know Nothing Party in 1856.
- Theodore Roosevelt ran for the Progressive Party in 1912 (he came in 2nd!)
- Henry A. Wallace ran for the Progressive Party in 1948.
BTW, the U. S. Presidential Election of 2008 was the first one since 1952 in which neither of the two major-party candidates was either the incumbent president or the incumbent vice president!
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How many men became president of the US without having been elected?
There have been nine Presidents who did not win a presidential election before becoming President including four who won presidential elections after becoming President. The Vice Presidents who replaced the first four Presidents to die in office never won a presidential election. The Vice Presidents who replaced the other four Presidents who died in office won re-election at the ends of the terms in which they assumed office. Gerald Ford, however, was appointed to the vice presidency after Vice President Agnew resigned in 1973, and he ascended to the presidency when President Nixon resigned in 1974. He ran for re-election in 1976 but lost to Jimmy Carter, so he never won either a presidential election OR a vice-presidential election.
How many presidents served as vice president?
14 presidents served as vice president before becoming president
How many vice presidents is there?
There are 47 vice presidents from John Adams Jr. to Joseph Robinette Biden Jr.
Were there any presidents or vice presidents from Colorado?
No, there are no presidents or vice presidents from Colorado.
Why is there more presidents than vice presidents?
The last time the total number of Presidents and Vice Presidents was the same was near the end of the 19th century, when McKinley was President and Hobart was Vice President. Then after Vice President Hobart died McKinley needed a new running mate. When he was reelected, Theodore Roosevelt was his new Vice President, and the number of V.P.'s then exceeded the number of Presidents by one. The difference of one remained until Franklin Roosevelt was President. He changed Vice Presidents twice (he had a total of three). So at that point, when Roosevelt started his 4th term, the total of vice presidents was three more than the total of presidents. The difference of three remained until Gerald Ford was appointed to replace Vice President Agnew, who resigned in 1973. The difference then became four, where it remains to this day (43 presidents and 47 vice presidents).
How did the increasing power of political parties affect the candidates in the presidential election of 180?
each party nominated presidential and vice-presidential candidates
Which amendment changed the system where Vice-presidents were originally the presidential candidates receiving the second largest number of electoral votes?
12th
When is the vice presidential candidates officially chosen?
During the national convention
1984 presidential election?
The presidential candidates were president Ronald Reagan and former vice president Walter Mondale.The vice presidential candidates were vice president George H.W.Bush and representative Geraldline Ferraro
Who were the presidential candidates and vice presidential candidates in the presidential election of 1972?
Richard M.Nixon/Spiro Agnew George McGovern/R.Sargent Shriver
Meetings to select the party's presidential and vice presidential candidates are called?
In the US, the presidential and vice-presidential candidates for a party are announced at the party's respective convention. Both the Democratic and the Republican ones occured in fall of 2008.
What has the author Adinoyi Ojo Onukaba written?
Adinoyi Ojo Onukaba has written: 'Atiku' -- subject(s): Biography, Vice-Presidents, Politics and government, Presidential candidates
Who were the 2012 vice presidential candidates?
Joe Biden:former vice president Paul Ryan:congressman
Who did George Washington appoint to be vice president before he was inaugurated?
Presidents did not appoint Vice Presidents until after ratification of the 25th Amendment to the U. S. Constitution in February, 1967. In the first four U. S. Presidential Elections (1789-1800), the ballots made no distinction between Presidential candidates and Vice Presidential candidates. Each elector voted for two people. Whoever ended up with the second-highest total of electoral votes became the Vice President. In both of the elections in which George Washington was elected President, John Adams came in second and was therefore the Vice President under President Washington.
How many vice presidents were candidates in the same election before they were chosen as a running mate?
U. S. Vice Presidents who were chosen to be Vice Presidential candidates after they tried but failed to get the presidential nomination:George Clinton (1808)Daniel D. Tompkins (1816)John C. Calhoun (1824)Thomas A. Hendricks (1884)Thomas R. Marshall (1912)Calvin Coolidge (1920)Charles Curtis (1928)John Nance Garner (1932)Lyndon B. Johnson (1960)George H. W. Bush (1980)Joe Biden (2008)
Where are presidential and vice presidential candidates chosen by the individual political parties?
in the political guess office in navada.
Where did presidents and vice presidents take the oath?
They take their presidential oaths at Capitol Hill, at their inauguration.
