There have been nine occasions when the vice president has become president:
- 4 by assassination (Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley, Kennedy)
- 4 by natural causes (Wm. Harrison, Taylor, Harding, FDR)
- 1 by resignation (Nixon)
Charles Curtis became the first Native American US senator in 1907. He represented Kansas in Congress. He became Vice President to Herbert Hoover in 1929.
33 of the 47 US vice-president never became President. See the related questions for more details.
yes= that is what he would do. His choice must be confirmed by Congress.
Under the current system in the US, the president and the vice president are ALWAYS from the same party (this has not always been the case; in the first few elections the person receiving the most votes became President and the person receiving the second highest number of votes became Vice President, meaning that it was possible and perhaps even likely that they would have opposing viewpoints). Our current President Obama and Vice President Biden are democrats.
They are called for in the US Constitution but no means of election is specified. Originally they were individual candidates for president, whoever got the most votes became president and whoever got the second most votes became vice president. This was eventually found to result in presidents and vice presidents that could not work together well. So eventually the parties started picking a president/vice president pair and they were elected together.
John Adams
Andrew Johnson was his Vice President and became president when Lincoln was shot.
speaker of the house
For President or Vice President, you must be a natural born citizen of the US. That means born in the US.
Andrew Johnson, who became the 17th President,was the 16th vice president.
Speaker of The House
John Adams, America's first Vice President under Washington became the second US President.
John Tyler never bothered trying to appoint a Vice President after he became President.
Millard Fillmore was the Vice President of the 12th US President, Zachary Taylor. When Taylor died in 1850, Fillmore became the 13th US President.
John Adams was the first vice-President of the United States. He also became the second President after Washington's voluntary two terms.
Thomas Jefferson was the vice-president while John Adams was president. Jefferson became vice president because he was the runner-up to Adams in the presidential election. He defeated Adams in the next presidential election.John Adams was the 1st US Vice President for 2 terms while George Washington was the President.He later became the 2nd US President.
Charles Curtis became the first Native American US senator in 1907. He represented Kansas in Congress. He became Vice President to Herbert Hoover in 1929.