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Vice and Presidential
Taylor's Vice Presidential running mate, Millard Fillmore, likewise was not inaugurated.
In 2008, a Pakistani religious leader issued a fatwā on President Asif Ali Zardari for " indecent gestures " toward Sarah Palin, U. S. Vice Presidential candidate.
* Vice Presidential Museum at the Dan Quayle Center
In 1992, with H. Ross Perot mounting a formidable campaign, Kemp was again considered a Vice Presidential candidate.
Kemp gave public speeches for $ 35, 000 apiece between his time as Housing Secretary and his Vice Presidential nomination.
When Dole declined an invitation to speak to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, he suggested Kemp as a substitute even before Kemp had become the Vice Presidential nominee.
In the final October 9, 1996 Vice Presidential Debate against Al Gore ( held as the Dole – Kemp ticket trailed badly in the national polls ), Kemp was soundly beaten, and Al Gore's performance is considered one of the best modern debate performances.
* Remarks from Vice Presidential nomination acceptance
In case of a Vice Presidential vacancy, the Amendment permits the President to appoint, with the approval of both Houses of Congress, a new Vice President.
Currently, the Vice Presidential oath is the same as that for Members of Congress.
In order to prevent deadlocks from keeping the nation leaderless, the Twelfth Amendment provided that if the House could not choose a President before March 4 ( at that time the first day of a Presidential term ), the individual elected Vice President would act as President, " as in the case of the death or other constitutional disability of the President.
Section 3 of the Twentieth Amendment replaced that provision of the Twelfth Amendment by changing the date for the commencement of Presidential terms to January 20, clarifying that the Vice President-elect would only act as President if the House has not chosen a President by January 20, and permitting the Congress to direct, through legislation, " who shall then act as President " if there is no President-elect or Vice President-elect by January 20.
In that same election no candidate for Vice President secured a majority in the electoral college as Democratic Vice Presidential nominee Richard Mentor Johnson did not receive the electoral votes of Democratic electors from Virginia, because of his relationship with a former slave.
Section 1 of the amendment reduced the amount of time between Election Day and the beginning of Presidential, Vice Presidential and Congressional terms.
The first Presidential and Vice Presidential terms to begin under Section 1 were those of President Roosevelt and Vice President Garner, on January 20, 1937.
While the Vice President's only constitutionally prescribed functions aside from Presidential succession relate to his role as President of the Senate, the office is commonly viewed as a component of the executive branch of the federal government.
Harrison's Vice President, John Tyler, asserted that he had succeeded to the full Presidential office, powers, and title, and declined to acknowledge documents referring to him as " Acting President.
Section 2 of the Twenty-fifth Amendment provides for Vice Presidential succession:

Vice and nominee
Agnew's moderate image, immigrant background, and success in a traditionally Democratic state made him an attractive running mate for the 1968 Republican presidential nominee, former Vice President Richard Nixon.
Both Kennedy and Senator Eugene McCarthy of Minnesota had been running against the eventual Democratic presidential nominee, Vice President Hubert Humphrey.
Allen Granberry Thurman ( November 13, 1813 – December 12, 1895 ) was a Democratic Representative, Ohio Supreme Court justice, and Senator from Ohio, as well as the nominee of the Democratic Party for Vice President of the United States in 1888.
From left: President Harry S. Truman, Vice Presidential nominee Alabama United States Senate | Senator John J. Sparkman and Presidential nominee, Governor of Illinois | Illinois Governor Adlai Stevenson.
The nominee becomes Vice President if confirmed by each house of the Congress.
In 1988, he was the Democratic nominee for President, but lost to Republican then – Vice President, George H. W. Bush.
A former member of the Democratic Party, he was the party's nominee for Vice President in the 2000 election.
In the 2000 United States presidential election, Lieberman was the Democratic nominee for Vice President, running with presidential nominee Al Gore, becoming the first Jewish candidate on a major American political party presidential ticket.
John C. Breckinridge, Democratic nominee for president: and General Joseph Lane, Democratic nominee for Vice President
* Allen G. Thurman ( 1813 – 1895 ), Senator for Ohio and nominee of the Democratic Party for Vice President in 1888
Eventually, the delegates chose Dawes to be the Vice Presidential nominee.
Future U. S. Vice Presidential candidate James Stockdale and decorated U. S. Air Force pilot Bud Day were held as prisoners at the Hanoi Hilton, as was future Senator and 2008 Republican presidential nominee John McCain, who spent parts of his five and a half years as a POW there.
In 2000, Democratic nominee Vice President Al Gore, won Tensas Parish by 250 votes.
* Hadassah Lieberman, wife of U. S. Senator from Connecticut and 2000 Democratic nominee for Vice President Joseph Lieberman
* Walter Mondale, former Vice President of the United States, United States Senator, Minnesota Attorney General, and Presidential nominee was born in Ceylon.
He was later a United States Senator, was the first Republican nominee for Vice President ( in 1856 ), and Minister to France.
One common belief from the pro-blue camp in Taiwan is that Lee Teng-hui favored the unpopular Vice President Lien Chan over the highly popular Soong in a deliberate effort to sabotage the Kuomintang and was secretly supporting Chen, despite the fact that Lee is supposed to favor Kuomintang's own nominee Lien.
* Ray Sullivan, fictional Governor and Republican nominee for Vice President on the series The West Wing
He was the Republican nominee for Vice President in the 1960 Presidential election.

Vice and Lieberman
Bush, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush, and major-party nominees during this period include John Kerry ( 2004 ), Joseph Lieberman ( Vice President, 2000 ), and Sargent Shriver ( Vice President, 1972 ).
* August 14 – August 17 – The Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles nominates U. S. Vice President Al Gore for President and Senator Joe Lieberman for Vice President.
; 2000, Summer: Senator Joseph Lieberman becomes the first Jewish-American to be nominated for a national office ( Vice President of the United States ) by a major political party ( the Democratic Party ).
Members of the 2004 CPD include Vice President for Policy Larry Haas, Senator Joseph I. Lieberman, former CIA director R. James Woolsey, Jr., former National Security Advisor to President Reagan, Robert C. McFarlane and Reagan administration official and 1976 Committee founder Max Kampelman.
U. S. Senator Joe Lieberman from Connecticut, Gore's 2000 Vice Presidential running mate, had previously promised not to run should Gore seek their party's nomination.
The convention nominated Vice President Al Gore for President and Senator Joe Lieberman of Connecticut for Vice President.
Gore was nominated unanimously, and Senator Joe Lieberman was nominated as the party's candidate for Vice President by voice vote.
* Joseph Lieberman, U. S. Senator from Connecticut, 2000 Vice Presidential nominee and 2004 Presidential Candidate
" To this day, " C6HO " is inscribed in large white figures on the brick exterior of Centre's old post office. Norton Center for the Arts, the morning of the 2000 Vice Presidential Debate between Dick Cheney and Joe Lieberman
In October 2000, the Norton Center hosted the Vice Presidential Debate between Dick Cheney and Senator Joe Lieberman.
* Scheduled speeches by U. S. President George W. Bush, U. S. Vice President Dick Cheney and U. S. Senator Joe Lieberman were canceled because of Hurricane Gustav.
Franken's term is actually revealed to have had some benefits: Franken's campaign for Russia to enter NATO provides important global security ; Franken's Vice President, Joe Lieberman, turns out to be the greatest President in history serving eighteen years in office, and the effects of Franken's dismantling of the remains of the Glass – Steagall Act.
Franken correctly predicted that Joe Lieberman would be the Democratic Party's Vice Presidential nominee in the 2000 presidential election.

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