QUESTIONS:
1. There has been talk that Vice President Dick Cheney may voluntarily leave the Bush re-election ticket. Who was the last Republican Vice President who voluntarily announced he wasn??¢â???¬â???¢t running?
2. Who was the last Democratic Vice President who voluntarily stepped down from his party??¢â???¬â???¢s national ticket?
3. Cheney has already said publicly that, if re-elected Vice President this year, he will not be a candidate for President in ??¢â???¬â???¢08. Who was the last sitting Vice President who was not nominated for President by his party when the incumbent stepped down?
4. Who was the last Vice President to seek elective office after leaving the second-highest office in the land?
5. The 22nd Amendment to the Constitution limits the President to two four-year-terms. How many terms is the Vice President limited to?
ANSWERS:
1. Nelson Rockefeller, who announced in 1975 that he would not run with President Gerald Ford in ??¢â???¬â???¢76.
2. John Nance Garner, who announced he would not run again with FDR in 1940.
3. Democrat Alben Barkley in 1952, who briefly competed for the Democratic nomination but withdrew before the party??¢â???¬â???¢s national convention when labor and party leaders told him that, at 72, he was too old.
4. Democrat Walter Mondale, Vice President from 1976-80, who lost a race for the U.S. Senate from Minnesota in ??¢â???¬â???¢02.
5. None. Vice Presidents can be re-elected for any number of terms.
