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What sitting Vice-President has run against a sitting President?
This happened in 1800 when VP Thomas Jefferson ran against President John Adams. In those days the presidential candidate with the second most votes became vice president so Jefferson was the VP because he lost to Adams in 1792. Since then the Constitution has been amended so that the president and vice-president are from the same party. so it is not likely to happen again.
Does an incumbent president automatically get to run for a second term?
No- he has to keep the support of his party and win its nomination.
When can a vice president run for office?
A candidate for vice president of the U.S. does not run separately. The VP candidate is selected as a running mate by the candidate for president, and they run as a team. Back in the beginning, they did run separately: the person with the most votes was president, and the one with the second most was vice president. That system didn't last very long; rivals who'd fought for election didn't usually team up too well. (But it could happen within a party!) A VP can run for president later if the person's party selects him or her as the candidate or if the person decides to run independently.
What is the main idea for the 12th amendment?
It required electors to vote for president and vice president separately. Before its ratification, the candidate with the most votes was elected president and the candidate that came in second was elected vice president.
Why was a new third party the progressive party created in 1912?
Pro- Roosevelt Republicans were dissatified with the nomination of president tafts as a candidate for a second term/ yeaaa budddy !
