selected
Richard Mentor Johnson became the only person ever to be elected Vice President of the United States by the Senate.
Related Wikipedia articles
Richard Mentor Johnson
Vice President of the United States from 1837 to 1841
Richard Mentor Johnson was an American lawyer, military officer and politician who served as the ninth vice president of the United States from 1837 to 1841 under President Martin Van Buren. He is the only vice president elected by the United States Senate under the provisions…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Vice President of the United States
Second-highest constitutional office in the United States
The vice president of the United States is the second-highest ranking office in the executive branch of the U.S. federal government, after the president of the United States, and ranks first in the presidential line of succession. The vice president is also an officer in the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
United States Senate
Upper house of the U.S. Congress
The United States Senate is a chamber of the bicameral United States Congress; it is the upper house, with the U.S. House of Representatives being the lower house. Together, the Senate and House have the authority under Article One of the U.S. Constitution to pass or defeat…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)