<P> The emergence of political parties and nationally coordinated election campaigns during the 1790s ( which the Constitution 's framers had not contemplated ) soon frustrated this original plan . In the election of 1796 , Federalist John Adams won the presidency , but his bitter rival , Democratic - Republican Thomas Jefferson came second and became vice president . Thus , the president and vice president were from opposing parties ; and Jefferson used the vice presidency to frustrate the president 's policies . Then , four years later , in the election of 1800 , Jefferson , and fellow Democratic - Republican Aaron Burr each received 73 electoral votes . In the contingent election that followed , Jefferson finally won on the 36th ballot , and Burr became vice president . Afterward , the system was overhauled through the Twelfth Amendment in time to be used in the 1804 election . </P>
<P> The emergence of political parties and nationally coordinated election campaigns during the 1790s ( which the Constitution 's framers had not contemplated ) soon frustrated this original plan . In the election of 1796 , Federalist John Adams won the presidency , but his bitter rival , Democratic - Republican Thomas Jefferson came second and became vice president . Thus , the president and vice president were from opposing parties ; and Jefferson used the vice presidency to frustrate the president 's policies . Then , four years later , in the election of 1800 , Jefferson , and fellow Democratic - Republican Aaron Burr each received 73 electoral votes . In the contingent election that followed , Jefferson finally won on the 36th ballot , and Burr became vice president . Afterward , the system was overhauled through the Twelfth Amendment in time to be used in the 1804 election . </P>
when did the vice president stop being elected
when did the vice president stop being elected
1804
1804