Vice Presidents and Protest Candidates

This chapter tells the story of Joseph Smith’s search for a running mate. Smith and the Council of Fifty first determine to ask respected New York educator and recent Mormon convert James Arlington Bennet to run for vice president with Smith. When Bennet is unable to accept, Smith invites Solomon Copeland of Tennessee to join him on the ticket. When Copeland does not reply to the request and in a crunch for time, Smith invites one of his fellow Mormon leaders, Sidney Rigdon of Pennsylvania, to join him as a candidate for the vice presidency. Rigdon accepts and the ticket is set. This chapter also considers the prospects of another third party candidate, James G. Birney, who runs for the Liberty party, calling for the total and immediate abolition of slavery.

US vice-presidency will gain more influence

Significance Biden’s choice will matter for all the normal reasons: running mates can help win votes, and every vice-president needs to be capable of stepping into the presidency and be popularly regarded as such. As Biden said in an interview earlier this month, he needs someone “if I were to walk away immediately from the office for whatever reason” who can become president and command public confidence. Impacts Biden will announce his running mate by August, when the Democratic Party’s convention will be held. At 74 and 78 respectively in 2021, Trump and Biden would be the oldest people to be inaugurated US president. Preparedness for another wave of COVID-19 and the state of the economy will be major election campaign issues.

Older US candidate field may promote vice presidency

Headline UNITED STATES: Vice president influence may grow

Towards a Multidisciplinary Approach to Improve Cattle Health and Production in Uganda

A meeting and course supported by the Vice-Presidency for International Affairs of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and the National Agricultural Research Organization of Uganda (NARO) were held at the National Livestock Resources Research Institute (NaLIRRI) in Nakyesasa, Wakiso, Uganda on September 2–9, 2019. The activities were conducted within the collaboration program between the Institute of Game and Wildlife Research (IREC, CSIC-UCLM-JCCM, Spain) and NARO for the development of vaccines and other interventions for the control of cattle ticks in Uganda.