Until the 12th amendment was ratified in 1804, the vice-president was the person getting the second most votes for presidents in the electoral college. Since then the vice-president is elected separately from the president, but by the same electors who swear in advance that they will vote according to their party's nominations for president and vice-president.
No, they are elected together as a "ticket", each political party runs its own ticket, and the ticket that wins gets both Presidnt and VP jobs.
Yes, since 1804, U.S. vice presidential elections occur at the same times and in the same ways as U.S. presidential elections.
Yes.
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The vice president is elected with the president
The vice president is selected by the canidates and if they win the vice president they chose becomes vice president.
John Adams was the 1st vice president elected.
Thomas A. Hendricks, Democrat from Indiana, was elected vice-president in 1884.
He is elected in conjunction with the person running as president .
Adams was elected in 1787 to be the first US vice president.
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The President & Vice-President are elected by the ballots cast by citizens called electors.
Bill is not eligible to be elected vice president .
George Washington was not the Vice President; he was the President of the United States. His Vice President was John Adams, later 2nd President of the United States.
William McKinley was elected President in 1900.