Show The Vice President WHEN AT EN our forefathers brought our great republic V into being bein they created the tho office of vice president as one of great and responsibility When in 1789 George Washington was declared elected as our first President he had for his running mate John Adams one of the foremost statesmen of tho the time timo In 1793 Y Washington and Adams were re-elected re President and Vice President and four years later Vice President Adams was rewarded and elected to the tho presidency For his running mate he lie had Thomas Jefferson another leading statesman in founding the principles of out our democracy In 1800 J Jefferson ef erson was elected to the tho dency Until this time the office of or Vice President had bad run L true to form Its occupants were generally considered L on on a n par with those holding the executive office Following Following Fol Pol- lowing the election of Jefferson however er very few of our country's Vico Presidents have attained any great distinction Those who did como come to occupy tho the presidential presidential chair did so because of unforeseen events cents such as death which cut short tho the term of the tho chief e executive But one Theo Theodore ore Roosevelt was subsequently elected to the higher office Despite tho the fact however that the office of Vico Vice President is one which carries to its incumbent almost humorous obscurity it should be remembered that five fio times during tho the past hundred years tho Vice President has been called upon to succeed a President who died in office Fitness of the tho vice TIce presidential candidate to be able to assume the tho duties of chief executive of the tho nation should be therefore 4 i i prime consideration in his selection but tho the facts of recent history prove proe that geography and party expediency have hae had bad moro more to do with it than conspicuous capability Lack Ulek of proper foresight on the part of political parties in this respect might some somo day bring disaster upon the country |