Current vice president 2015 candidates

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List of presidential and vice presidential candidates

Jefferson ran against Adams for president. Since he received the second highest electoral vote, he automatically became vice president under the system that existed at the time. "Republican" refers to two different parties widely separated in time: Jeffersonian Republicans of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, and the present Republican Party, which was founded in the s.

The service dates should make clear which of the two parties is intended.

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Vice presidential candidates history

In the nation's early years, electors did not differentiate between their votes for president and vice president, and the runner-up for president became vice president. In Jefferson and Burr each received 73 electoral votes, thus sending the election to the House of Representatives, which selected Jefferson as president.

Burr automatically became vice president. This stalemate led to adoption of the Twelfth Amendment to the Constitution in

3. George Clinton died in office April 20, and the vice presidency remained vacant until