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Two vice presidents—George Clinton and John C. Calhoun—served under more than one president. Ill with tuberculosis and recovering in Cuba on Inauguration Day in 1853, William R. King, by an Act of Congress, was allowed to take the oath outside the United States. He is the only vice president to take his oath of office in a foreign country.
Vice President Length in days Order of vice presidency President served under Number of terms 1 tie: Daniel D. Tompkins: 2,922: 6th • March 4, 1817 – March 4, 1825: James Monroe: Two full terms Thomas R. Marshall: 2,922: 28th • March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1921: Woodrow Wilson: Two full terms Richard Nixon: 2,922: 36th • January 20, 1953 ...
The vice president of the United States ( VPOTUS) is the second-highest officer in the executive branch [ 8][ 9] of the U.S. federal government, after the president of the United States, and ranks first in the presidential line of succession. The vice president is also an officer in the legislative branch, as the president of the Senate.
Since the office was established in 1789, 45 men have served in 46 presidencies. The first president, George Washington, won a unanimous vote of the Electoral College. [ 4] Grover Cleveland served two non-consecutive terms and is therefore counted as the 22nd and 24th president of the United States, giving rise to the discrepancy between the ...
This is the only day of the year having the birthday of multiple vice presidents. [ 1] The oldest living vice president is Dick Cheney, born on January 30, 1941 (age 83 years, 195 days). The youngest living vice president is the incumbent, Kamala Harris, born on October 20, 1964 (age 59 years, 297 days). The shortest-lived vice president was ...
Thomas Jefferson. 1801–1809. Second sitting vice president elected president. Martin Van Buren. 1837–1841. Third sitting vice president elected president. John Tyler. 1841–1845. Became president after Harrison 's death, first vice president to become president upon the death of his predecessor.
Kamala Harris, the most recent U.S. vice president to run for president. Nineteen of the 49 vice presidents of the United States have attempted a run for the presidency after being elected vice president. [1] Six have been elected to the presidency, or over a third of running vice-presidents, while seven have lost the presidential election, and ...
George H. W. Bush. Ronald Reagan. 1981–1989. Incumbent vice president succeeded Reagan after winning the 1988 election. Joe Biden. Barack Obama. 2009–2017. Did not run as incumbent vice president in the 2016 election, later ran and won the 2020 election becoming the second former vice president to win the presidency.