The US president has always been elected in substantially the same way. The real change was in the way the vice-president was elected.
There was no president before 1789 and Washington, so no one was "elected". We had an English king.
None, actually. Arthur was originally Vice-President under James Garfield. Garfield was assassinated, and Arthur became President.
The position of the Vice President of the United States was not originally elected by the people. Instead, the Vice President was the candidate who received the second-most votes in the Electoral College during presidential elections. This system was established in the U.S. Constitution and was in place until the 12th Amendment was ratified in 1804, which changed the electoral process for electing the President and Vice President.
Both were vice-presidents who became president when the elected president died in office.
he was for the constitution (was elected the president of the constitutional convention of 1787). he was VERY dissatisfied with the Articles of Confederation..
Kennedy(43) was the youngest elected, but Teddy(42) was the youngest to take office (He was originally the VP).
William McKinley was elected President in 1900.
President Barack Obama was elected in 2008 and re-elected in 2012.
THE president is elected by the electrol college. Congress is elected by the people
He was originally Vice President under Kennedy. When JFK was assassinated in 1963, Johnson became President. He was then elected to a full term in 1964, and chose not to run again in '68.
The president is the highest elected official in our government. Currently the highest elected president is Barack Obama. He is the first black elected president in the United States.
He was elected president in 1789.