Vice Presidents Who Became President Through Election

Because jefferson and burr tied in the electoral vote the election was decided by a contingent election held in the house of representatives.

Vice presidents who became president through election. Some were unexpectedly inaugurated after the president s resignation assassination or fatal illness. Only 4 elected president. There have been 49 vice presidents of the united states since the office came into existence in 1789.

Before biden the last vice president to successfully be elected to the president was george h w. Of the 43 men who have served as president 20 of them became president through the death or resignation of the president. John adams served as the 1st vice president of the united states from april of 1789 march of 1797 under george washington.

Here is a list of others who were vice before becoming presidents. From there adams succeeded washington and became the 2nd president of the united states. He s one of four vice presidents to be elected.

There have been 14 vice presidents who subsequently became president of the united states. Martin van buren elected president in 1836 lost reelection in 1840. Dec 23 2020 5 48 am joshua roberts reuters president elect joe biden served as vice president in the obama administration.

Originally the vice president was the person who received the second most votes for president in the electoral college however in the election of 1800 a tie in the electoral college between thomas jefferson and aaron burr led to the selection of the president by the house of representatives. Bush who was vice president to ronald reagan. Joe biden was sworn in on wednesday as 46th us president after serving as vice to barrack obama from 2008 2016.

Thomas jefferson elected president in 1800 won reelection in 1804. Jefferson was elected president and burr became vice president. At the time the presidential candidate with the second highest number of votes became the vice president.