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    List of Vice Presidents of the United States

    A vice president in the U.S. is considered the second highest public authority after the president, is elected indirectly by the electoral college, and holds office for a term of 4 years. The vice president succeeds the presidency in case of the president's death, resignation, or impeachment. Buzzle lists down all the vice presidents of the U.S., and provides useful information about them.

    Did You Know?
    Gerald Ford was the only vice president who became president by ascension, secured his party's nomination, and then lost in the general election.
    The United States of America has witnessed 47 vice presidents till date, the first being John Adams, and the current being Joe Biden. A vice president of the U.S. is granted certain powers and has some duties to perform as per the constitution. The major function is to succeed the president in cases of his/her death, resignation, or impeachment. In addition to this, the vice president has the power to cast a tie-breaking vote on the decisions made by the Senate. When it comes to U.S vice presidency, 2 amendments are considered very important. Firstly, the twelfth amendment, which was made to avoid ties in the process. The amendment gave power to the electoral college to elect both, the president and the vice president, and was ratified on June 15, 1804. The next was the twenty-fifth amendment. Prior to 1967, a vacancy in the office of the vice president could not be filled until the next election. This amendment allowed a vacancy to be filled with the appointment by the president and confirmation from both chambers of Congress.
    Complete List of Vice Presidents of the United States
    Name: John Adams (1735-1826) State: Massachusetts Time in Office: April 21, 1789 to March 4, 1797 Party: Federalist
    Name: Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) State: Virginia Time in Office: March 4, 1797 to March 4, 1801 Party: Democratic-Republican
    Name: Aaron Burr (1756-1836) State: New York Time in Office: March 4, 1801 to March 4, 1805 Party: Democratic-Republican
    Name: George Clinton (1739-1812) State: New York Time in Office: March 4, 1805 to April 20, 1812 Party: Democratic-Republican
    Name: Elbridge Gerry (1744-1814) State: Massachusetts Time in Office: March 4, 1813 to November 23, 1814 Party: Democratic-Republican
    Name: Daniel D. Tompkins (1774-1825) State: New York Time in Office: March 4, 1817 to March 4, 1825 Party: Democratic-Republican
    Name: John C. Calhoun (1782-1850) State: South Carolina Time in Office: March 4, 1825 to December 28, 1832 Party: Democratic-Republican/Democratic
    Name: Martin Van Buren (1782-1862) State: New York Time in Office: March 4, 1833 to March 4, 1837 Party: Democratic
    Name: Richard Mentor Johnson (1780-1850) State: Kentucky Time in Office: March 4, 1837 to March 4, 1841 Party: Democratic
    Name: John Tyler (1790-1862) State: Virginia Time in Office: March 4, 1841 to April 4, 1841 Party: Whig
    Name: George M. Dallas (1792-1864) State: Pennsylvania Time in Office: March 4, 1845 to March 4, 1849 Party: Democratic
    Name: Millard Fillmore (1800-1874) State: New York Time in Office: March 4, 1849 to July 9, 1850 Party: Whig
    Name: William R. King (1786-1853) State: Alabama Time in Office: March 4, 1853 to April 18, 1853 Party: Democratic
    Name: John C. Breckinridge (1821-1875) State: Kentucky Time in Office: March 4, 1857 to March 4, 1861 Party: Democratic
    Name: Hannibal Hamlin (1809-1891) State: Maine Time in Office: March 4, 1861 to March 4, 1865 Party: Republican
    Name: Andrew Johnson (1808-1875) State: Tennessee Time in Office: March 4, 1865 to April 15, 1865 Party: Democratic
    Name: Schuyler Colfax (1823-1885) State: Indiana Time in Office: March 4, 1869 to March 4, 1873 Party: Republican
    Name: Henry Wilson (1812-1875) State: Massachusetts Time in Office: March 4, 1873 to November 22, 1875 Party: Republican
    Name: William A. Wheeler (1819-1887) State: New York Time in Office: March 4, 1877 to March 4, 1881 Party: Republican
    Name: Chester A. Arthur (1829-1886) State: New York Time in Office: March 4, 1881 to September 19, 1881 Party: Republican
    Name: Thomas A. Hendricks (1819-1885) State: Indiana Time in Office: March 4, 1885 to November 25, 1885 Party: Democratic
    Name: Levi P. Morton (1824-1920) State: New York Time in Office: March 4, 1889 to March 4, 1893 Party: Republican
    Name: Adlai Stevenson (1835-1914) State: Illinois Time in Office: March 4, 1893 to March 4, 1897 Party: Democratic
    Name: Garret Hobart (1844-1899) State: New Jersey Time in Office: March 4, 1897 to November 21, 1899 Party: Republican
    Name: Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) State: New York Time in Office: March 4, 1901 to September 14, 1901 Party: Republican
    Name: Charles W. Fairbanks (1852-1918) State: Indiana Time in Office: March 4, 1905 to March 4, 1909 Party: Republican
    Name: James S. Sherman (1855-1912) State: New York Time in Office: March 4, 1909 to October 30, 1912 Party: Republican
    Name: Thomas R. Marshall (1854-1925) State: Indiana Time in Office: March 4, 1913 to March 4, 1921 Party: Democratic
    Name: Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933) State: Massachusetts Time in Office: March 4, 1921 to August 2, 1923 Party: Republican
    Name: Charles G. Dawes (1865-1951) State: Illinois Time in Office: March 4, 1925 to March 4, 1929 Party: Republican
    Name: Charles Curtis (1860-1936) State: Kansas Time in Office: March 4, 1929 to March 4, 1933 Party: Republican
    Name: John Nance Garner (1868-1967) State: Texas Time in Office: March 4, 1933 to January 20, 1941 Party: Democratic
    Name: Henry A. Wallace (1888-1965) State: Iowa Time in Office: January 20, 1941 to January 20, 1945 Party: Democratic
    Name: Harry S. Truman (1884-1972) State: Missouri Time in Office: January 20, 1945 to April 12, 1945 Party: Democratic
    Name: Alben W. Barkley (1877-1956) State: Kentucky Time in Office: January 20, 1949 to January 20, 1953 Party: Democratic
    Name: Richard Nixon (1913-1994) State: California Time in Office: January 20, 1953 to January 20, 1961 Party: Republican
    Name: Lyndon B. Johnson (1908-1973) State: Texas Time in Office: January 20, 1961 to November 22, 1963 Party: Democratic
    Name: Hubert Humphrey (1911-1978) State: Minnesota Time in Office: January 20, 1965 to January 20, 1969 Party: Democratic
    Name: Spino Agnew (1918-1996) State: Maryland Time in Office: January 20, 1969 to October 10, 1973 Party: Republican
    Name: Gerald Ford (1913-2006) State: Michigan Time in Office: December 6, 1973 to August 9, 1974 Party: Republican
    Name: Nelson Rockefeller (1908-1979) State: New York Time in Office: December 19, 1974 to January 20, 1977 Party: Republican
    Name: Walter Mondale (Born: 1928) State: Minnesota Time in Office: January 20, 1977 to January 20, 1981 Party: Democratic
    Name: George H. W. Bush (Born: 1924) State: Texas Time in Office: January 20, 1981 to January 20, 1989 Party: Republican
    Name: Dan Quayle (Born: 1947) State: Indiana Time in Office: January 20, 1989 to January 20, 1993 Party: Republican
    Name: Al Gore (Born: 1948) State: Tennessee Time in Office: January 20, 1993 to January 20, 2001 Party: Democratic
    Name: Dick Cheney (Born: 1941) State: Wyoming Time in Office: January 20, 2001 to January 20, 2009 Party: Republican
    Incumbent Vice President
    Name: Joe Biden (Born: 1942) State: Delaware Time in Office: January 20, 2009 to Present Party: Democratic
    Vice Presidents Elected as Presidents
    Name: John Adams Elected: 1796 Defeated/Reelected: Defeated in 1800
    Name: Thomas Jefferson Elected: 1800 Defeated/Reelected: Reelected in 1804
    Name: Martin Van Buren Elected: 1836 Defeated/Reelected: Defeated in 1840
    Name: John Tyler Elected: 1841 Defeated/Reelected: Lost nomination in 1844
    Name: Millard Fillmore Elected: 1850 Defeated/Reelected: Lost nomination in 1852
    Name: Andrew Johnson Elected: 1865 Defeated/Reelected: Lost nomination in 1868
    Name: Chester A. Arthur Elected: 1881 Defeated/Reelected: Lost nomination in 1884
    Name: Theodore Roosevelt Elected: 1901 Defeated/Reelected: Reelected in 1904
    Name: Calvin Coolidge Elected: 1923 Defeated/Reelected: Reelected in 1924
    Name: Harry S. Truman Elected: 1945 Defeated/Reelected: Reelected in 1948
    Name: Lyndon B. Johnson Elected: 1963 Defeated/Reelected: Reelected in 1964
    Name: Richard Nixon Elected: 1968 Defeated/Reelected: Reelected in 1972
    Name: Gerald Ford Elected: 1974 Defeated/Reelected: Defeated in 1976
    Name: George H. W. Bush Elected: 1988 Defeated/Reelected: Reelected in 1992
    Now that you know all about the vice presidents of the United States, you can move onto reading the list of presidents to have held office in this country over the decades.

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