On this day in 1803, Congress passed the 12th Amendment, changing the rules for how the vice president is elected. | American Experience | PBS

On this day in 1803, Congress passed the 12th Amendment, changing the rules for how the vice president is elected. 🇺🇸 Stream THE AMERICAN VICE PRESIDENT on YouTube and the @PBS App → https://to.pbs.org/4fPigHB #VicePresidentPBS | American Experience | PBS

The framers of the Constitution intended the runner-up in a presidential contest to become vice president, but emerging partisan divides made this idea increasingly fraught. Enter the 12th Amendment. THE AMERICAN VICE PRESIDENT premieres October 1st at 8/7c on PBS → https://to.pbs.org/4fPigHB #VicePresidentPBS | American Experience | PBS