note This and the previous election's controversies led to the adoption of the Twelfth Amendment to remove the "runner-up becomes Vice President" rule, and avoid another "running mates pitted against each other in a contingent election" situation. Ran as Jefferson's running mate in the 1800 presidential election, but an Electoral College tie between Burr and Jefferson resulted in the House of Representatives, under pre-Twelfth Amendment rules, having to decide the president between the two in a contingent election, ultimately voting in Jefferson's favor, with Burr becoming Jefferson's vice president after coming second. The Vice President during Thomas Jefferson's first term. Aaron Burr (1801–05, Democratic-Republican).Second vice president to be elected president later, and only one to defeat his former boss due to the later reshaping of the election rules with the 12th Amendment.
The original rules under which the presidential elections were held (in which the election's runner-up was elected Vice President) resulted in the awkward situation of Jefferson serving Adams's administration, which he constantly served to undermine with James Madison, he anonymously wrote the provocative Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions in 17, which sought to strengthen states' rights by nullifying the federal Alien and Sedition Acts. Wrote the Declaration of Independence before serving as governor of Virginia, then was first Secretary of State under Washington, beginning his Friendly Enemy relationship with Adams. Thomas Jefferson (1797–1801, Democratic-Republican).Died in 1826 (on July 4!), the same day as. President," and Adams' enemies in Congress nicknamed the short and fat Veep "His Rotundity." First vice president to be elected president later, and the first vice president to announce their own election as president to a joint session of Congress.
He also tried to create a formal style for the President and Vice President, such as "His Highness." Washington instead chose the modest "Mr. Began the long tradition of the President rarely consulting the Vice President Adams was rarely consulted for policy advice, and he notoriously called the vice presidency "the most insignificant office that ever the invention of man contrived or his imagination conceived." Ironically, he also cast more tie-breaking votes in the Senate than any other vice president. Originally an active member of the Continental Congress and an important foreign minister in the nation's early years. The Vice President under George Washington. John Adams (1789–97, "Pro-Administration"/Federalist).For portrayals of the vice presidency in fiction (and in particular their neglected status), see Vice President Who?.
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For the TV series named after a certain nickname for the American vice president, see Veep. For the vice president of the Confederate States of America during The American Civil War, see Alexander Stephens. The Vice Presidents of the United States of America under the Constitution, whose duties and powers are explained in length on the American Political System page.įor a list of the chief executives that these politicians stood behind (and, in several cases, replaced), see our list on The Presidents of the United States.