The USA's 48 Vice Presidents: Adams-Pence, 1789-2017
The SECOND most important people in the USA
ONE heartbeat away from the US presidency!
There have been 48 vice presidents of the United States of America, some VPs are VERY well known, others COMPLETELY obscure.
Fate and fortunes determine in which category each VP ends up.
Q: Are there always Vice Presidents?
A: Yes, technically, but EIGHTEEN times in American history the position has been (gasp!) empty. You'll see those gaps in the list below.
Here's the list of all 48 VPs
Number - VP - (term) - [President serving under]
1. John Adams (1789 - 1797) [George Washington]
2. Thomas Jefferson (1797 - 1801) [John Adams]
3. Aaron Burr (1801 - 1805) [Thomas Jefferson]
4. George Clinton (1805 - 1812) [Thomas Jefferson/James Madison]
1812 - 1813: none [James Madison]
5. Elbridge Gerry (1813 -1814) [James Madison]
1814 - 1817: none [James Madison]
6. Daniel Tompkins (1817 - 1825) [James Monroe]
7. John C. Calhoun (1825 - 1832) [John Quincy Adams / Andrew Jackson]
1832 -1833: none [Andrew Jackson]
8. Martin Van Buren (1833 - 1837) [Andrew Jackson]
9. Richard M. Johnson (1837 - 1841) [Martin Van Buren]
10. John Tyler (1841) [William Henry Harrison]
1841 - 1845: none [John Tyler]
11. George M. Dallas (1845 - 1849) [James K. Polk]
12. Millard Fillmore (1849 - 1950) [Zachary Taylor]
1850 - 1853: none [Millard Fillmore]
13. William Rufus De Vane King (1853) [Franklin Pierce]
1853 - 1857: none [Franklin Pierce]
14. John C. Breckinridge (1857 - 1861) [James Buchanan]
15. Hanibal Hamlin (1861 - 1865) [Abraham Lincoln]
16. Andrew Johnson (1865) ]Abraham Lincoln]
1865 - 1869: none [Abraham Lincoln]
17. Schuyler Colfax (1869 - 1873) [Ulysses Grant]
18. Henry Wilson (1873 - 1875) [Ulysses Grant]
1875 - 1877: none [Ulysses Grant]
19. William A. Wheeler (1877 - 1881) [Rutherford Hayes]
20. Chester A. Arthur (1881) [James Garfield]
1881 - 1885: none [Chester A. Arthur]
21. .Thomas H. Hendricks (1885) [Grover Cleveland]
1885 - 1889: none [Grover Cleveland]
22: Levy P. Morton {1889 - 1893) [Benjamin Harrison]
23. Adlai E. Stevenson (1893 - 1897) [Grover Cleveland]
24. Garret A. Hobart (1897 - 1899) [William McKinley]
1899 - 1901: none [William McKinley]
25. Theodore Roosevelt (1901) [William McKinley]
1901 - 1905: none [Theodore Roosevelt]
26. Charles W. Fairbanks (1905 - 1909) [Theodore Roosevelt]
27. James S. Sherman (1909 - 1912) [William H. Taft]
1912 - 1913: none [William H. Taft]
28. Thomas R. Marshall (1913 - 1921) [Woodrow Wilson]
29. Calvin Coolidge (1921 - 1923) [Woodrow Wilson]
1923 - 1925: none [Calvin Coolidge]
30. Charles G. Dawes (1925 - 1929) [Calvin Coolidge]
31. Charles Curtis (1929 - 1933) [Herbert Hoover]
32. John N. Garner (1933 - 1941) [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
33. Henry A. Wallace (1941 - 1945) [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
34. Harry S. Truman (1945) [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1945 - 1949: none [Harry S. Truman]
35. Alben W. Barkley (1949 - 1953) [Harry S. Truman]
36. Richard M. Nixon (1953 - 1961) [Dwight D. Eisenhower]
37. Lyndon B. Johnson (1961 - 1963) [John F. Kennedy]
1963 - 1965: none [Lyndon B. Johnson]
38. Herbert H. Humphrey (1965 - 1969) [Lyndon B. Johnson]
39. Spiro Agnew (1969 - 1973) [Richard M. Nixon]
40. Gerald R. Ford (1973 - 1974) [Richard M. Nixon[]
1974: none [Gerald R. Ford]
41. Nelson A. Rockefeller (1974 - 1977) [Gerald R. Ford]
42. Walter F. Mondale (1977 - 1981) [Jimmy Carter]
43. George H. W. Bush (1981 - 1989) [Ronald Reagan]
44. James Danforth Quayle (1989 - 1993) [George H. W. Bush]
45. Albert A. Gore, Jr. (1993 - 2001) [Bill Clinton]
46. Richard B. Cheney (2001 - 2009) [George W. Bush]
47. Joseph R. Biden (2009 - 2017) [Barack H. Obama]
48. Michael R. Pense (2017 - ) [Donald J. Trump]
NEW! White House web site
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Links to learn more!
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The USA's 67 Secretaries of State, Thomas Jefferson to Rex Tillerson
CIA Directors of the United States, 1946 - 2009
Top 10 DEFINING DOCUMENTS in American history
JOB HUNTING
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DISCO and SOUL music history (also DANCE and R&B)
MELODY, HARMONY & RHYTHM: the DNA of music
Songs of Protest, Revolution & Change in America
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