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Several "fringe candidates" run in each election, and a few in each and every election, without success. About the most credible historic candidate was William Jennings Bryan, a minister and author who ran numerous times, came close, but never won. Gerald R. Ford, the 38th American President (who replaced Nixon when he resigned) was a Congressman who became Vice President after Spiro Agnew was forced to resign in a scandal. Nixon had his own scandal (Watergate) going on, and resigned in 1974. So he was never elected President or Vice President. Ford ran for President in 1976, but lost to Jimmy Carter; many people believed that Ford lost because he pardoned Nixon, and suspected that they had planned it together. (They hadn't; Ford believed the whole Watergate scandal was just going to further hurt the country, if Nixon were impeached or prosecuted, and he figured it was best to just move on. Nixon was out of office, and that was the main objective.)
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How are the vice president and president elected today different than when they were elected back then?
It has always been the same, never has it changed. Voting has changed (paper to electronic) but HOW you vote for the president and vice president hasnt changed
Who is the only president to not have been elected into office?
Technically speaking, they've all been elected in to *office*. However, Ford is the only one who was never elected to the Executive Office (as either President or Vice-President).
What president was never elected to a government office before becoming president?
All presidents have been elected to some government office, but Gerald Ford was the only one who was never elected as vice president or president. He did serve as a congressman, but was appointed, not elected, as vice president by Richard Nixon and took office after Nixon's resign without election.
How many women have been elected president or vice president?
At this writing, 5/3/2010, no woman has ever been elected President or Vice President of the US.
Could bill Clinton be elected vice president and become president if the president should die?
No- Clinton can not be president because he as already been twicel elected. Therefore he can not be vice-president.
How was the President originally elected?
The US president has always been elected in substantially the same way. The real change was in the way the vice-president was elected.
Who was the first vice president to be elected president right after his vice presidential term?
John Adams was the first Vice-President to be elected President immediately after his Vice-Presidential Term. He was the second person to serve as President of the United Sates, having been Vice-President during the Administration of George Washington.
Why couldn't Alexander hamliton have never been elected president?
Alexander Hamilton was the Treasurer lost a duel against vice president Burr, so he was deceased
Has there ever been a reelected president with a new vice president?
Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected with different vice presidents.
Who was your only non-elected president?
There have been several presidents that have not been elected as president. However, these men have all been elected as vice president, and became president on the death or exit of office of the president they served under. But only one was not elected as president or vice president. That was Gerald Rudolph Ford. He was not the vice president Richard Milhous Nixon was elected with, but appointed after Spiro Theodore Agnew left. Nixon was caught with The Watergate Scandal, and resigned before impeachment. Upon resignation, Gerald Rudolph Ford became preisdent.
What is the gender is the vice president?
male, there has never yet been a female president or vice president
How many vice presidents have been directly elected to president?
Nine
