The vice president is a president’s right hand, and the first in the line of presidential succession in case of the president’s incapacitation. He also also the holder of the public office. This is a list of american vice presidents throughout history, when they took office, when they left, and what was their home state.
List of Vice Presidents | |||||||||
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Name | Home State | Took Office | Left Office | ||||||
John Adams | Massachusetts | April 21, 1789 | March 4, 1797 | ||||||
Thomas Jefferson | Virginia | March 4, 1797 | March 4, 1801 | ||||||
Aaron Burr | New York | March 4, 1801 | March 4, 1805 | ||||||
George Clinton | New York | March 4, 1805 | April 20, 1812 | ||||||
Vacant | April 20, 1812 | March 4, 1813 | |||||||
Elbridge Gerry | Massachusetts | March 4, 1813 | November 23, 1814 | ||||||
Vacant | November 23, 1814 | March 4, 1817 | |||||||
Daniel D. Tompkins | New York | March 4, 1817 | March 4, 1825 | ||||||
John C. Calhoun | South Carolina | March 4, 1825 | December 28, 1832 | ||||||
Vacant | December 28, 1832 | March 4, 1833 | |||||||
Martin Van Buren | New York | March 4, 1833 | March 4, 1837 | ||||||
Richard Mentor Johnson | Kentucky | March 4, 1837 | March 4, 1841 | ||||||
John Tyler | Virginia | March 4, 1841 | April 4, 1841 | ||||||
Vacant | April 4, 1841 | March 4, 1845 | |||||||
George M. Dallas | Pennsylvania | March 4, 1845 | March 4, 1849 | ||||||
Millard Fillmore | New York | March 4, 1849 | July 9, 1850 | ||||||
Vacant | July 9, 1850 | March 4, 1853 | |||||||
William R. King | Alabama | March 4, 1853 | April 18, 1853 | ||||||
Vacant | April 18, 1853 | March 4, 1857 | |||||||
John C. Breckinridge | Kentucky | March 4, 1857 | March 4, 1861 | ||||||
Hannibal Hamlin | Maine | March 4, 1861 | March 4, 1865 | ||||||
Andrew Johnson | Tennessee | March 4, 1865 | April 15, 1865 | ||||||
Vacant | April 15, 1865 | March 4, 1869 | |||||||
Schuyler Colfax | Indiana | March 4, 1869 | March 4, 1873 | ||||||
Henry Wilson | Massachusetts | March 4, 1873 | November 22, 1875 | ||||||
Vacant | November 22, 1875 | March 4, 1877 | |||||||
William A. Wheeler | New York | March 4, 1877 | March 4, 1881 | ||||||
Chester A. Arthur | New York | March 4, 1881 | September 19, 1881 | ||||||
Vacant | September 19, 1881 | March 4, 1885 | |||||||
Thomas A. Hendricks | Indiana | March 4, 1885 | November 25, 1885 | ||||||
Vacant | November 25, 1885 | March 4, 1889 | |||||||
Levi P. Morton | New York | March 4, 1889 | March 4, 1893 | ||||||
Adlai E. Stevenson | Illinois | March 4, 1893 | March 4, 1897 | ||||||
Garret Hobart | New Jersey | March 4, 1897 | November 21, 1899 | ||||||
Vacant | November 21, 1899 | March 4, 1901 | |||||||
Theodore Roosevelt | New York | March 4, 1901 | September 14, 1901 | ||||||
Vacant | September 14, 1901 | March 4, 1905 | |||||||
Charles W. Fairbanks | Indiana | March 4, 1905 | March 4, 1909 | ||||||
James S. Sherman | New York | March 4, 1909 | October 30, 1912 | ||||||
Vacant | October 30, 1912 | March 4, 1913 | |||||||
Thomas R. Marshall | Indiana | March 4, 1913 | March 4, 1921 | ||||||
Calvin Coolidge | Massachusetts | March 4, 1921 | August 2, 1923 | ||||||
Vacant | August 2, 1923 | March 4, 1925 | |||||||
Charles G. Dawes | Illinois | March 4, 1925 | March 4, 1929 | ||||||
Charles Curtis | Kansas | March 4, 1929 | March 4, 1933 | ||||||
John Nance Garner | Texas | March 4, 1933 | January 20, 1941 | ||||||
Henry A. Wallace | Iowa | January 20, 1941 | January 20, 1945 | ||||||
Harry Truman | Missouri | January 20, 1945 | April 12, 1945 | ||||||
Vacant | April 12, 1945 | January 20, 1949 | |||||||
Alben Barkley | Kentucky | January 20, 1949 | January 20, 1953 | ||||||
Richard Nixon | California | January 20, 1953 | January 20, 1961 | ||||||
Lyndon Baines Johnson | Texas | January 20, 1961 | November 22, 1963 | ||||||
Vacant | November 22, 1963 | January 20, 1965 | |||||||
Hubert Humphrey | Minnesota | January 20, 1965 | January 20, 1969 | ||||||
Spiro Agnew | Maryland | January 20, 1969 | October 10, 1973 | ||||||
Vacant | October 10, 1973 | December 6, 1973 | |||||||
Gerald Ford | Michigan | December 6, 1973 | August 9, 1974 | ||||||
Vacant | August 9, 1974 | December 19, 1974 | |||||||
Nelson Rockefeller | New York | December 19, 1974 | January 20, 1977 | ||||||
Walter Mondale | Minnesota | January 20, 1977 | January 20, 1981 | ||||||
George H. W. Bush | Texas | January 20, 1981 | January 20, 1989 | ||||||
Dan Quayle | Indiana | January 20, 1989 | January 20, 1993 | ||||||
Al Gore | Tennessee | January 20, 1993 | January 20, 2001 | ||||||
Dick Cheney | Wyoming | January 20, 2001 | January 20, 2009 | ||||||
Joe Biden | Delaware | January 20, 2009 | Incumbent |