↑ The 1796 presidential election was the first contested American presidential election and resulted in a situation where the persons elected president and vice president belonged to opposing political parties.President never to be affiliated with a political party. Greatly concerned about the very real capacity of political parties to destroy the fragile unity holding the nation together, he was, and remains, the only U.S. ↑ George Washington remained unaffiliated with any political faction or party throughout his eight-year presidency.↑ Pro-Administration is a contemporary term for the supporters of the political and economic policies of the Washington Administration prior to the formation of the Federalist and Democratic–Republican parties.As a result, his first term was only 1,413 days long, and was the shortest term for a U.S. ↑ Due to logistical delays, John Adams assumed the office of vice president 1 month and 17 days after the Mascheduled start of operations of the new government under the Constitution.Also reflects the president's political party unless otherwise noted beside the individual's name. Changes during their time in office are noted. ↑ Reflects the vice president's political party at the start of their vice presidency.Then, after Ford succeeded to the presidency later in that same term, Nelson Rockefeller became the 41st vice president and served out the remainder of the term.
Following the resignation of 39th vice president Spiro Agnew, Gerald Ford became the 40th vice president even though he was chosen to serve out the remainder of Agnew's second term. Likewise, George Clinton is counted as the fourth and John Calhoun as the seventh, even though each one's consecutive terms in office were served under more than one president. For example, John Adams served two consecutive terms and is counted as the first vice president (not the first and second). vice presidents are counted according to uninterrupted periods of time served by the same person. The following is a list of vice presidents of the United States. Main article: Vice President of the United States
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