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List of Vice Presidents of the United States
There have been 47
vice presidents of the United States
, from
John Adams
to
Joe Biden
. 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
. To prevent such an event from happening again, the
Twelfth Amendment
was added to the Constitution, creating the current system where electors cast a separate ballot for the vice presidency.
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