Q: Elvis Presley was born on Jan 8, 1935. Where?
A: Tupelo, Mississippi
Q: How many presidents first served as vice-presidents?
A: 14: J. Adams, Jefferson, Van Buren, Tyler, Fillmore, A. Johnson, Arthur, T. Roosevelt, Coolidge, Truman, Nixon, L. Johnson, Ford, and George H.W. Bush.
Q: Vice Presidents were originally the presidential candidates receiving the second largest number of electoral votes. Which amendment passed in 1804, changed the system so that the electoral college voted separately for the president and vice president?
A: The Twelfth Amendment, The presidential candidate, however gradually gained power over the nominating convention to choose his own running mate.
Q: For two years the nation was run by a president and vice president who were not elected by the people. Who were they?
A: Gerald Ford and Nelson Rockefeller. After Vice President Spiro T. Agnew resigned in 1973, President Nixon appointed Gerald Ford as Vice president. Nixon resigned the following year and Ford appointed vice president, Nelson Rockefeller, as second in line.
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