Who was first vice president to be elected president?

Answer 1

The first Vice President to become President was John Adams, who was elected as the 2nd president when George Washington declined a third term in 1796. He was also the first sitting Vice President to be elected President.

The first Vice President to succeed to the office was John Tyler, when William Henry Harrison (the 9th US President) died on April 4, 1841, just 1 month after being inaugurated.

Answer 2

John Adams was the first vice president to become president. He was the 1st US Vice President and the 2nd US President. Vice President John Adams was elected president in 1796, after George Washington decided not to run for a third term.

The first vice president to become president when the president died was John Tyler, upon his predecessor Harrison's abrupt death.

Answer 3

Abraham Lincoln was the first President to be assassinated and was succeeded by Andrew Johnson, who was extremely unpopular and was the first President to go through impeachment proceedings, failing to be convicted (and removed from office) by one vote in the U.S. Senate.

Johnson was not the first Vice President to take office upon the death of the elected President. In 1841, John Tyler (of 'Tippecanoe and Tyler too' fame) assumed the office of President after William Henry Harrison died after only one month in office, due to a probable case of pneumonia brought on (according to legend) by extended outdoors exposure during his presidential inauguration celebration.

Answer 4

There are two answers to this question. First was John Adams, who was VP under George Washington, and was later elected himself. The other answer is John Tyler, VP under William Henry Harrison, who died a month after taking office, leaving Tyler as President.

Answer 5

John Tyler was the first vice-president to assume the role of president.
John Tyler was the first vice-president to assume the role of president.

Answer 6

Gerald Ford, following the resignation of Spiro Agnew in 1973

Answer 7

John Tyler was the first vice president to become president. Tippecanoe and Tyler too.

Answer 8

The last one to do so was Gerald Ford, who took over when Richard Nixon resigned in 1974.

Answer 9

John Adams was the first vice-president. After serving 8 years, he was elected the 2nd President.

Answer 10

John Adams.