document_title: List of Vice Presidents of the United States

question_text: name the vice president of the united states

text: List[edit]

text:
Pro-Administration (1)    Federalist (1)    Democratic-Republican (6)    Nullifier (1)    Democratic (17)    Whig (2)    Republican (21)    National Union (1)

Vice presidency

Vice President[a]

Prior office[b]

Party

Election

President

1

April 21, 1789[c]–March 4, 1797

John Adams1735–1826(Lived: 90 years)[3][4][5]

United States Ministerto theCourt of St. James's(1785–1788)

Pro-Admin.[d]

1(1788–89)

George Washington[e]

Federalist

2(1792)

2

March 4, 1797–March 4, 1801

Thomas Jefferson1743–1826(Lived: 83 years)[6][7][8]

1stUnited States Secretary of State(1790–1793)

Democratic-Republican

3(1796)

John Adams[f]

3

March 4, 1801–March 4, 1805

Aaron Burr1756–1836(Lived: 80 years)[9]

Member of the New York State Assembly(1784–1785 & 1798–1799)

Democratic-Republican

4(1800)

Thomas Jefferson

4

March 4, 1805–April 20, 1812(Died in office)

George Clinton1739–1812(Lived: 72 years)[10]

1stGovernor of New York(1777–1795 & 1801–1804)

Democratic-Republican

5(1804)

6(1808)

James Madison

Office vacant April 20, 1812 – March 4, 1813[g]

5

March 4, 1813–November 23, 1814(Died in office)

Elbridge Gerry1744–1814(Lived: 70 years)[11]

9thGovernor of Massachusetts(1810–1812)

Democratic-Republican

7(1812)

Office vacant November 23, 1814 – March 4, 1817[g]

6

March 4, 1817–March 4, 1825

Daniel D. Tompkins1774–1825(Lived: 50 years)[12]

4thGovernor of New York(1807–1817)

Democratic-Republican

8(1816)

James Monroe

9(1820)

7

March 4, 1825–December 28, 1832(Resigned from office)

John C. Calhoun1782–1850(Lived: 68 years)[13]

10thUnited States Secretary of War(1817–1825)

Democratic-Republican

10(1824)

John Q. Adams

Nullifier[h]Democratic

11(1828)

Andrew Jackson[i]

Office vacant December 28, 1832 – March 4, 1833[g]

8

March 4, 1833–March 4, 1837

Martin Van Buren1782–1862(Lived: 79 years)[14][15][16]

United States Ministerto theCourt of St. James's(1831–1832)

Democratic

12(1832)

9

March 4, 1837–March 4, 1841

Richard M. Johnson1780–1850(Lived: 70 years)[17]

U.S. Representative for Kentucky's 13th district(1833–1837)

Democratic

13(1836)

Martin Van Buren

10

March 4, 1841–April 4, 1841(Became President)

John Tyler1790–1862(Lived: 71 years)[18][19][20]

U.S. Senator from Virginia(1827–1836)

Whig

14(1840)

William H. Harrison(Died in office)

Office vacant April 4, 1841 – March 4, 1845[g]

John Tyler

11

March 4, 1845–March 4, 1849

George M. Dallas1792–1864(Lived: 72 years)[21]

United States Minister to Russia(1837–1839)

Democratic

15(1844)

James K. Polk

12

March 4, 1849–July 9, 1850(Became President)

Millard Fillmore1800–1874(Lived: 74 years)[22][23][24]

14thNew York State Comptroller(1848–1849)

Whig

16(1848)

Zachary Taylor(Died in office)

Office vacant July 9, 1850 – March 4, 1853[g]

Millard Fillmore

13

March 4, 1853[j]–April 18, 1853(Died in office)

William R. King1786–1853(Lived: 67 years)[25]

U.S. Senator from Alabama(1819–1844 & 1848–1852)President pro tempore(1850–1852)

Democratic

17(1852)

Franklin Pierce

Office vacant April 18, 1853 – March 4, 1857[g]

14

March 4, 1857–March 4, 1861

John C. Breckinridge1821–1875(Lived: 54 years)[26]

U.S. Representative for Kentucky's 8th district(1851–1855)

Democratic

18(1856)

James Buchanan

15

March 4, 1861–March 4, 1865

Hannibal Hamlin1809–1891(Lived: 81 years)[27]

U.S. Senator from Maine(1848–1857 & 1857–1861)

Republican

19(1860)

Abraham Lincoln[k](Died in office)

16

March 4, 1865–April 15, 1865(Became President)

Andrew Johnson1808–1875(Lived: 66 years)[28][29][30]

15thGovernor of Tennessee(1853–1857)  Military Governor of Tennessee(1862–1865)

National Union

20(1864)

Office vacant April 15, 1865 – March 4, 1869[g]

Andrew Johnson

17

March 4, 1869–March 4, 1873

Schuyler Colfax1823–1885(Lived: 61 years)[31]

U.S. Representative for Indiana's 9th district(1855–1869)Speaker of the House(1863–1869)

Republican

21(1868)

Ulysses S. Grant

18

March 4, 1873–November 22, 1875(Died in office)

Henry Wilson1812–1875(Lived: 63 years)[32]

U.S. Senator from Massachusetts(1855–1873)

Republican

22(1872)

Office vacant November 22, 1875 – March 4, 1877[g]

19

March 4, 1877–March 4, 1881

William A. Wheeler1819–1887(Lived: 67 years)[33]

U.S. Representative for New York's 19th district(1875–1877)

Republican

23(1876)

Rutherford B. Hayes

20

March 4, 1881–September 19, 1881(Became President)

Chester A. Arthur1829–1886(Lived: 57 years)[34][35][36]

10thChairman of the New York State Republican Executive Committee(1879–1881)(No prior elected office)

Republican

24(1880)

James A. Garfield(Died in office)

Office vacant September 19, 1881 – March 4, 1885[g]

Chester A. Arthur

21

March 4, 1885–November 25, 1885(Died in office)

Thomas A. Hendricks1819–1885(Lived: 66 years)[37]

16thGovernor of Indiana(1873–1877)

Democratic

25(1884)

Grover Cleveland

Office vacant November 25, 1885 – March 4, 1889[g]

22

March 4, 1889–March 4, 1893

Levi P. Morton1824–1920(Lived: 96 years)[38]

U.S. Minister to France(1881–1885)

Republican

26(1888)

Benjamin Harrison

23

March 4, 1893–March 4, 1897

Adlai Stevenson1835–1914(Lived: 78 years)[39]

First AssistantUnited States Postmaster General(1885–1889)

Democratic

27(1892)

Grover Cleveland

24

March 4, 1897–November 21, 1899(Died in office)

Garret Hobart1844–1899(Lived: 55 years)[40]

Vice Chairman of theRepublican National Committee (1892–1896)

Republican

28(1896)

William McKinley(Died in office)

Office vacant November 21, 1899 – March 4, 1901[g]

25

March 4, 1901–September 14, 1901(Became President)

Theodore Roosevelt1858–1919(Lived: 60 years)[41][42][43]

33rdGovernor of New York(1899–1900)

Republican

29(1900)

Office vacant September 14, 1901 – March 4, 1905[g]

Theodore Roosevelt

26

March 4, 1905–March 4, 1909

Charles W. Fairbanks1852–1918(Lived: 66 years)[44]

U.S. Senator from Indiana(1897–1905)

Republican

30(1904)

27

March 4, 1909–October 30, 1912(Died in office)

James S. Sherman1855–1912(Lived: 57 years)[45]

U.S. Representative for New York's 27th district(1903–1909)

Republican

31(1908)

William H. Taft

Office vacant October 30, 1912 – March 4, 1913[g]

28

March 4, 1913–March 4, 1921

Thomas R. Marshall1854–1925(Lived: 71 years)[46]

27thGovernor of Indiana(1909–1913)

Democratic

32(1912)

Woodrow Wilson

33(1916)

29

March 4, 1921–August 2, 1923(Became President)

Calvin Coolidge1872–1933(Lived: 60 years)[47][48][49]

48thGovernor of Massachusetts(1919–1921)

Republican

34(1920)

Warren G. Harding(Died in office)

Office vacant August 2, 1923 – March 4, 1925[g]

Calvin Coolidge

30

March 4, 1925–March 4, 1929

Charles G. Dawes1865–1951(Lived: 85 years)[50]

1st Director of theU.S. Bureau of the Budget(1921–1922)(No prior elected office)

Republican

35(1924)

31

March 4, 1929–March 4, 1933

Charles Curtis1860–1936(Lived: 76 years)[51]

U.S. Senator from Kansas(1907–1913 & 1915–1929)President pro tempore(1911)Senate Majority Leader(1925–1929)

Republican

36(1928)

Herbert Hoover

32

March 4, 1933–January 20, 1941[l]

John N. Garner1868–1967(Lived: 98 years)[52]

U.S. Representative for Texas's 15th district(1903–1933)House Minority Leader(1929–1931)Speaker of the House(1931–1933)

Democratic

37(1932)

Franklin D. Roosevelt(Died in office)

38(1936)

33

January 20, 1941–January 20, 1945

Henry A. Wallace1888–1965(Lived: 77 years)[53]

11thUnited States Secretary of Agriculture(1933–1940)(No prior elected office)

Democratic

39(1940)

34

January 20, 1945–April 12, 1945(Became President)

Harry S. Truman1884–1972(Lived: 88 years)[54][55][56]

U.S. Senator from Missouri(1935–1945)

Democratic

40(1944)

Office vacant April 12, 1945 – January 20, 1949[g]

Harry S. Truman

35

January 20, 1949–January 20, 1953

Alben W. Barkley1877–1956(Lived: 78 years)[57]

U.S. Senator from Kentucky(1927–1949)Senate Majority Leader(1937–1947)Senate Minority Leader(1947–1949)

Democratic

41(1948)

36

January 20, 1953–January 20, 1961

Richard Nixon1913–1994(Lived: 81 years)[58][59][60]

U.S. Senator from California(1950–1953)

Republican

42(1952)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

43(1956)

37

January 20, 1961–November 22, 1963(Became President)

Lyndon B. Johnson1908–1973(Lived: 64 years)[61][62]

U.S. Senator from Texas(1949–1961)Senate Majority Leader(1955–1961)

Democratic

44(1960)

John F. Kennedy(Died in office)

Office vacant November 22, 1963 – January 20, 1965[g]

Lyndon B. Johnson

38

January 20, 1965–January 20, 1969

Hubert Humphrey1911–1978(Lived: 66 years)[63]

U.S. Senator from Minnesota(1949–1964)Senate Majority Whip(1961–1964)

Democratic

45(1964)

39

January 20, 1969–October 10, 1973(Resigned from office)

Spiro Agnew1918–1996(Lived: 77 years)[64]

55thGovernor of Maryland(1967–1969)

Republican

46(1968)

Richard Nixon(Resigned from office)

47(1972)

Office vacant October 10 – December 6, 1973[m]

40

December 6, 1973–August 9, 1974(Became President)

Gerald Ford1913–2006(Lived: 93 years)[65][66][67]

U.S. Representative for Michigan's 5th district(1949–1973)House Minority Leader(1965–1973)

Republican

Office vacant August 9 – December 19, 1974[m]

Gerald Ford

41

December 19, 1974–January 20, 1977

Nelson Rockefeller1908–1979(Lived: 70 years)[68]

49thGovernor of New York(1959–1973)

Republican

42

January 20, 1977–January 20, 1981

Walter MondaleBorn 1928(90 years old)[69]

U.S. Senator from Minnesota(1964–1976)

Democratic

48(1976)

Jimmy Carter

43

January 20, 1981–January 20, 1989

George H. W. BushBorn 1924(94 years old)[70][71][72]

11thDirector of Central Intelligence(1976–1977)

Republican

49(1980)

Ronald Reagan

50(1984)

44

January 20, 1989–January 20, 1993

Dan QuayleBorn 1947(71 years old)[73]

U.S. Senator from Indiana(1981–1989)

Republican

51(1988)

George H. W. Bush

45

January 20, 1993–January 20, 2001

Al GoreBorn 1948(70 years old)[74]

U.S. Senator from Tennessee(1985–1993)

Democratic

52(1992)

Bill Clinton

53(1996)

46

January 20, 2001–January 20, 2009

Dick CheneyBorn 1941(77 years old)[75]

17thUnited States Secretary of Defense(1989–1993)

Republican

54(2000)

George W. Bush

55(2004)

47

January 20, 2009–January 20, 2017

Joe BidenBorn 1942(75 years old)[76]

U.S. Senator from Delaware(1973–2009)

Democratic

56(2008)

Barack Obama

57(2012)

48

January 20, 2017–Incumbent

Mike PenceBorn 1959(59 years old)[77][78]

50thGovernor of Indiana(2013–2017)

Republican

58(2016)

Donald Trump

text: Subsequent public office[edit]

text: Twenty–five vice presidents held other high U.S. state or federal government positions after leaving the vice presidency. Fourteen went on to become President of the United States (nine of them following their predecessor's death or resignation), and 4 served in the United States Senate. Several served as a member of the Cabinet of the United States, Ambassador of the United States or in state government.

text:
Vice President

Vice-Presidency[a]

Subsequent service

John Adams

1

1789–1797

2nd President of the United States (1797–1801)

Thomas Jefferson

2

1797–1801

3rd President of the United States (1801–1809)

John C. Calhoun

7

1825–1832

U.S. Senator from South Carolina (1832–1843 and 1845–1850); 16th U.S. Secretary of State (1844–1845)

Martin Van Buren

8

1833–1837

8th President of the United States (1837–1841)

Richard M. Johnson

9

1837–1841

Kentucky Representative (1841–1843 and 1850)

John Tyler

10

1841

10th President of the United States (1841–1845)

George M. Dallas

11

1845–1849

United States Minister to the Court of St. James's (1856–1861)

Millard Fillmore

12

1849–1850

13th President of the United States (1850–1853)

 John C. Breckinridge

14

1857–1861

U.S. Senator from Kentucky (1861)

Hannibal Hamlin

15

1861–1865

U.S. Senator from Maine (1869–1881); U.S. Minister to Spain (1881–1882)

Andrew Johnson

16

1865

17th President of the United States (1865–1869); U.S. Senator from Tennessee (1875)

Chester A. Arthur

20

1881

21st President of the United States (1881–1885)

Levi P. Morton

22

1889–1893

31st Governor of New York (1895–1896)

Theodore Roosevelt

25

1901

26th President of the United States (1901–1909)

Calvin Coolidge

29

1921–1923

30th President of the United States (1923–1929)

Charles G. Dawes

30

1925–1929

United States Ambassador to the Court of St. James's (1929–1931)

Henry A. Wallace

33

1941–1945

10th U.S. Secretary of Commerce (1945–1946)

Harry S. Truman

34

1945

33rd President of the United States (1945–1953)

Alben W. Barkley

35

1949–1953

U.S. Senator from Kentucky (1955–1956)

Richard Nixon

36

1953–1961

37th President of the United States (1969–1974)

Lyndon B. Johnson

37

1961–1963

36th President of the United States (1963–1969)

Hubert Humphrey

38

1965–1969

U.S. Senator from Minnesota (1971–1978)

Gerald Ford

40

1973–1974

38th President of the United States (1974–1977)

Walter Mondale

42

1977–1981

U.S. Ambassador to Japan (1993–1996)

George H. W. Bush

43

1981–1989

41st President of the United States (1989–1993)

text: In addition to their post-vice presidency service to the United States, two former Vice Presidents served in the Government of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War: John Tyler, as a member of the Provisional Confederate Congress, 1861–1862, elected to the Confederate House of Representatives in November 1861, but died before he could take his seat; and John C. Breckinridge, as Confederate States Secretary of War, 1865.

text: Notes[edit]

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^ Jump up to: a b The U.S. Vice Presidents are counted according to uninterrupted periods of time served by the same person. For example, John Adams served two consecutive terms and is counted as the first vice president (not the first and second). Likewise, George Clinton is counted as the fourth and John Calhoun as the seventh, even though each one's consecutive terms in office were served under more than one president. Following the resignation of 39th vice president Spiro Agnew, Gerald Ford became the 40th vice president even though he was chosen to serve out the remainder of Agnew's second term. Then, after Ford succeeded to the presidency later in that same term, Nelson Rockefeller became the 41st vice president and served out the remainder of the term.

Jump up ^ Listed here (unless otherwise noted) is the most recent position—either with a U.S. state or the federal government, or with a private corporation—held by the individual prior to becoming Vice President of the United States.

Jump up ^ Due to logistical delays, John Adams assumed the office of Vice President 1 month and 17 days after the March 4, 1789 scheduled start of operations of the new government under the Constitution. As a result, his first term was only 1,413 days long, and was the shortest term for a U.S. vice president who neither died in office nor resigned.

Jump up ^ Pro-Administration is a contemporary term used to describe the supporters of the political and economic policies of the Washington Administration prior to the formation of the Federalist and Democratic–Republican parties.

Jump up ^ George Washington remained unaffiliated with any political faction or party throughout his eight-year presidency. Greatly concerned about the very real capacity of political parties to destroy the fragile unity holding the nation together, he was, and remains, the only U.S. President never to be affiliated with a political party.

Jump up ^ The 1796 presidential election was the first contested American presidential election and resulted in a situation where the persons elected President and Vice President belonged to opposing political parties. Federalist John Adams was elected President, and Thomas Jefferson of the Democratic-Republicans was elected Vice President.

^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Prior to ratification of the Twenty-fifth Amendment, February 10, 1967, an intra-term vacancy in the vice presidency could not be filled.

Jump up ^ John Calhoun, formerly a Democratic-Republican, founded the Nullifier Party in 1828 to advance the cause of states' rights, but was brought on as Andrew Jackson's running mate in the 1828 presidential election in an effort to broaden the political coalition emerging around Jackson.

Jump up ^ Andrew Jackson's supporters from the former Democratic-Republican Party, which had largely collapsed by the mid-1820s, began calling themselves Democrat' during his first term in office, thus marking the evolution of Thomas Jefferson's Democratic-Republican Party into the modern Democratic Party.

Jump up ^ Ill with tuberculosis, William King traveled to Cuba after the 1852 election in an effort to regain his health, and was not able to be in Washington, D.C. to take his oath of office on March 4, 1853.  By a Special Act of Congress, he was allowed to take the oath outside the United States, and was sworn in on March 24, 1853 near Matanzas, Cuba. He is the only Vice President to take his oath of office in a foreign country.

Jump up ^ When he ran for reelection in 1864, Republican Abraham Lincoln formed a bipartisan electoral alliance with War Democrats by selecting Democrat Andrew Johnson as his running mate, and running on the National Union Party ticket.

Jump up ^ The Twentieth Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratified on January 23, 1933, moved Inauguration Day from March 4 to January 20, beginning in 1937. As a result, John Nance Garner's first term in office was 1 month and 12 days shorter than a normal term.

^ Jump up to: a b The Twenty-fifth Amendment established a process whereby an intra-term vacancy in the vice presidency is filled by presidential appointment.