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Vice President of the United States of America (view source)
Revision as of 07:49, February 5, 2015
, 07:49, February 5, 2015DR-JR
:''"Vice President" redirects here. For a more general article on vice presidents, please see [[Vice president]].''
:''"Vice President" redirects here. For a more general article on vice presidents, please see [[vice president]].''
The '''Vice President of the United States of America''' is first in the [[order of succession]] to the [[President of the United States of America|presidency]]. While the only duty spelled out for the position in the [[Constitution of the United States|Constitution]] is to preside over the [[United States Senate|Senate]], other duties have been assumed over time.
The '''Vice President of the United States of America''' is first in the [[order of succession]] to the [[president of the United States of America|presidency]]. While the only duty spelled out for the position in the [[Constitution of the United States|Constitution]] is to preside over the [[United States Senate|Senate]], other duties have been assumed over time.
==Incumbent==
==Incumbent==
==Election==
==Election==
Currently, the vice-president is elected together with the president, each [[Electoral College|elector]] voting for one man for president and another for vice-president. This system was mandated by the [[Twelfth Amendment]], ratified in 1804.
Currently, the vice-president is elected together with the president, each [[Electoral College|elector]] voting for one man for president and another for vice-president. This system was mandated by the [[Twelfth Amendment]], ratified in 1804. Previously, each elector had voted for two different people for president, and the runner-up had become vice-president. However, this system broke down in the [[United States presidential election, 1800|election of 1800]], when [[Thomas Jefferson]], the [[Jeffersonian Republican]] presidential candidate, tied with [[Aaron Burr]], his running mate.
==List of vice-presidents==
==List of Vice-Presidents==
Vice-presidents have included some "remarkable individuals"<ref>[http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/briefing/Vice_President.htm]</ref>:
Vice-presidents have included some "remarkable individuals"<ref>[http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/briefing/Vice_President.htm]</ref>:
|1797-1801
|1797-1801
|[[Virginia]]
|[[Virginia]]
|Democratic-Republican<ref>This was before the [[Twelfth Amendment]]; Jefferson was actually the losing candidate for president. President Adams was a Federalist.</ref>
|Republican (Jeffersonian)<ref>This was before the [[Twelfth Amendment]]; Jefferson was actually the losing candidate for president. President Adams was a Federalist.</ref>
|Adams
|Adams
|-
|-
|1801-1805
|1801-1805
|[[New York]]
|[[New York]]
|Democratic-Republican
|Republican (Jeffersonian)
|Jefferson
|Jefferson
|-
|-
|1805-1812
|1805-1812
|[[New York]]
|[[New York]]
|Democratic-Republican
|Republican (Jeffersonian)
|Jefferson, Madison
|Jefferson, Madison
|-
|-
|1813-1814
|1813-1814
|[[Massachusetts]]
|[[Massachusetts]]
|Democratic-Republican
|Republican (Jeffersonian)
|Madison
|Madison
|-
|-
|1817-1825
|1817-1825
|[[New York]]
|[[New York]]
|Democratic-Republican
|Republican (Jeffersonian)
|Monroe
|Monroe
|-
|-
|1825-1832
|1825-1832
|[[South Carolina]]
|[[South Carolina]]
|Democratic-Republican, Democratic
|Republican (Jeffersonian), Democrat
|Adams, Jackson
|Adams, Jackson
|-
|-