Winfield S. Hancock ran against him in 1880 for president.
Tippecanoe was William Henry Harrison. He ran as a Whig for President, and his vice president running mate was John Tyler. Harrison died from pneumonia about a month after his inauguration, so Tyler took over the Presidency. This was the first time a vice president took over after a president's death.
John Kerrys running mate was John Edwards.
Aldai Stevenson's running mate in 1956 was Estes Kefauver. He was from Tennessee, and the two of them ran on the Democratic ticket together, although the presidency went to Dwight D. Eisenhower in a landslide.
In the 1960 campaign, Johnson, as John F. Kennedy's running mate, was elected Vice President. On November 22, 1963, when Kennedy was assassinated, Johnson was sworn in as President.
Johnson took over as President after Kennedy was assassinated. Then in 1964 the Democratic Party's Johnson and running mate Humphrey beat Goldwater and his running mate William Miller who were the Republican nominees.
In the office of the President of the United States, a running mate is the person that the candidate who receives the nomination selects to be their vice president.
When a candidate runs for office, he picks a running mate. When that candidate wins, his/her running mate becomes vice president.
In the 1952 and 1956 elections, Richard Nixon was the running mate of Dwight D. Eisenhower. In the 1960 election, Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. was Nixon's running mate, and in the 1968 and 1972 elections, Spiro T. Agnew was his running mate.
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Of course-- And since he died in office, his running mate, Millard Fillmore became the 13th US president.
Not yet. So far only women running mate.
Obama's running mate is Joe Biden
A running mate is a person running together with another person on a joint ticket during an election. It can also be used to reference the vice president of the president in our current national political system.
Hubert H. Humphrey served as Lyndon B. Johnson's vice president from 1965 to 1969.
Millard Fillmore of New York was Taylor's running mate. He became the 13th president upon the death of President Taylor.