Among those ex vice-presidents that ran for President, Millard Fillmore, John C. Breckenridge, Gerald Ford, Hubert Humphrey, Walter Mondale and Al Gore failed to be elected. Fillmore was a third party nominee and Breckenridge ran against three other opponents in 1860. Richard Nixon lost the first time he ran, but was elected later. Martin Van Buren, George W. Bush and Theodore Roosevelt all lost after winning their first attempt.
vice president
The vice president is elected with the president
The vice president is selected by the canidates and if they win the vice president they chose becomes vice president.
Thomas A. Hendricks, Democrat from Indiana, was elected vice-president in 1884.
John Adams was the 1st vice president elected.
Gerald Ford is the only person to be president and vice president but never elected.
He is elected in conjunction with the person running as president .
vice president
Adams was elected in 1787 to be the first US vice president.
The President & Vice-President are elected by the ballots cast by citizens called electors.
Bill is not eligible to be elected vice president .
George Washington was not the Vice President; he was the President of the United States. His Vice President was John Adams, later 2nd President of the United States.