During the first three Presidential elections the President and the Vice-President were chosen by electoral college.
The electoral college is a body of electors established by the United States Constitution. This body is constituted only every four years with the purpose of electing the president and the vice presiden of the United States. The Electoral college is made up of electors and after the twelfth amendment of the Constitution each elector cast two votes for president. The candidate who gathered the majority of the votes won the presidency, and the runner-up became vice president.