The election of 1800 was the last election in which there was no separate election for Vice President. In the first four elections both presidential and vice presidential hopefuls officially were all running for President. Each elector would vote for two candidates, and the candidate with the second-highest number of votes became the Vice President.
Unofficially, Thomas Jefferson's running mate was Aaron Burr, and John Adams' running mate was Charles C. Pinckney, brother of Thomas Pinckney, Adams' running mate four years earlier.
Thomas Jefferson was elected President, and Aaron Burrwas elected Vice-President in the 1800 Presidential election. The election was decided in the House of Representatives after Jefferson and Burr (from the same political party) inadvertently received the same number of electoral votes.
Under the original plan of the Constitution, each elector cast two votes, and the candidate with the second largest number of electoral votes became Vice President. This proved unworkable with the advent of political parties, as each party had to plan some intricate way for two of their candidates to achieve the necessary votes.
Technically, both Jefferson and Burr were running for President, and the plan to have Burr receive one fewer vote went awry, each receiving 73 votes. The incumbent, President John Adams, received only 65 votes.
The 12th Amendment to the Constitution (ratified June 15, 1804) established separate ballots for President and Vice President, making this type of "tie" impossible and making it unlikely that the elected President and Vice President could be from different parties, as had occurred when Jefferson was the Vice President under Adams (1797-1801).
You don't run for vice you get chosen by the president through his parties nominations.
Thomas Jefferson was the US vice president in 1800.
Aaron Burr
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson was elected in 1800 as the president and Aaron burr was Vice President at that time.
Jefferson held both offices. He was elected vice president in 1796 when he came in second in the presidential vote. He was elected President in 1800 and again in 1804.
vice president
John Adams was the only one who suffered this indignity, In those days, the presidential candidate who finished second was made the vice president. Thomas Jefferson finished behind Adams in 1796 and became vice president, but in 1800 he beat Adams and you might think Adams would be the his vice president, but they changed the law in time for the 1800 election.
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.
No, this has never happened but it could if the president went insane. Yes, Vice President Thomas Jefferson was elected President by the U.S. House of Representatives after the presidential election of 1800 ended in a tie for 1st place.
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.
vice president
The President & Vice-President are elected by the ballots cast by citizens called electors.