<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Mentor_Johnson" id="mwcQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Richard Mentor Johnson">Richard Johnson</a> becomes the first and only <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vice_President_of_the_United_States" id="mwcg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Vice President of the United States">Vice President of the United States</a> chosen by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate" id="mwcw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="United States Senate">Senate</a>.<sup about="#mwt91" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-16"}}' id="cite_ref-16" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./February_8#cite_note-16" id="mwdA" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 16;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwdQ">[16]</span></a></sup><sup about="#mwt95" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-17"}}' id="cite_ref-17" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./February_8#cite_note-17" id="mwdg" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 17;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwdw">[17]</span></a></sup>
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