The vice president of the United States is the second-highest officer in the executive branch of the U.S. federal government, after the president of the United States. The vice president is also an officer in the legislative branch, as president of the Senate. In this capacity, the vice president is empowered to preside over Senate deliberations, but may not vote except to cast a tie-breaking vote. The vice president also presides over joint sessions of Congress.
Vice presidents[]
Vice presidency | Vice President |
Party |
Election | President | |||
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1 | April 21, 1789
– March 4, 1797 |
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John Adams | Pro-Administration | 1788–89 | George Washington | |
Federalist | 1792 | ||||||
2 | March 4, 1797
– March 4, 1801 |
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Thomas Jefferson | Democratic-Republican | 1796 | John Adams | |
3 | March 4, 1801
– March 4, 1805 |
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Aaron Burr | Democratic-Republican | 1800 | Thomas Jefferson | |
4 | March 4, 1805
– April 20, 1812 (died in office) |
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George Clinton | Democratic-Republican | 1804 | ||
1808 | James Madison | ||||||
Office vacant: April 20, 1812 – March 4, 1813 | |||||||
5 | March 4, 1813
– November 23, 1814 (died in office) |
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Elbridge Gerry | Democratic-Republican | 1812 | ||
Office vacant: November 23, 1814 – March 4, 1817 | |||||||
6 | March 4, 1817
– March 4, 1825 |
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Daniel D. Tompkins | Democratic-Republican | 1816 | James Monroe | |
1820 | |||||||
7 | March 4, 1825
– December 28, 1832 (resigned from office) |
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John C. Calhoun | Democratic-Republican | 1824 | John Quincy Adams | |
Nullifier | 1828 | Andrew Jackson | |||||
Office vacant: December 28, 1832 – March 4, 1833 | |||||||
8 | March 4, 1833
– March 4, 1837 |
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Martin Van Buren | Democratic | 1832 | ||
9 | March 4, 1837
– March 4, 1841 |
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Richard Mentor Johnson | Democratic | 1836 | Martin Van Buren | |
10 | March 4, 1841
– April 4, 1841 (succeeded to presidency) |
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John Tyler | Whig | 1840 | William H. Harrison | |
Office vacant: April 4, 1841 – March 4, 1845 | John Tyler | ||||||
11 | March 4, 1845
– March 4, 1849 |
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George M. Dallas | Democratic | 1844 | James K. Polk | |
12 | March 4, 1849
– July 9, 1850 (succeeded to presidency) |
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Millard Fillmore | Whig | 1848 | Zachary Taylor | |
Office vacant: July 9, 1850 – March 4, 1853 | Millard Fillmore | ||||||
13 | March 4, 1853
– April 18, 1853 (died in office) |
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William R. King | Democratic | 1852 | Franklin Pierce | |
Office vacant: April 18, 1853 – March 4, 1857 | |||||||
14 | March 4, 1857
– March 4, 1861 |
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John C. Breckinridge | Democratic | 1856 | James Buchanan | |
15 | March 4, 1861
– March 4, 1865 |
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Hannibal Hamlin | Republican | 1860 | Abraham Lincoln | |
16 | March 4, 1865
– April 15, 1865 (succeeded to presidency) |
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Andrew Johnson | National Union | 1864 | ||
Office vacant: April 15, 1865 – March 4, 1869 | Andrew Johnson | ||||||
17 | March 4, 1869
– March 4, 1973 |
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Schuyler Colfax | Republican | 1868 | Ulysses S. Grant | |
18 | March 4, 1873
– November 22, 1875 (died in office) |
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Henry Wilson | Republican | 1872 | ||
Office vacant: November 22, 1875 – March 4, 1877 | |||||||
19 | March 4, 1877
– March 4, 1881 |
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William A. Wheeler | Republican | 1876 | Rutherford B. Hayes | |
20 | March 4, 1881
– September 19, 1881 (succeeded to presidency) |
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Chester A. Arthur | Republican | 1880 | James A. Garfield | |
Office vacant: September 19, 1881 – March 4, 1885 | Chester A. Arthur | ||||||
21 | March 4, 1885
– November 25, 1885 (died in office) |
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Thomas A. Hendricks | - | Democratic | 1884 | Grover Cleveland |
Office vacant: November 25, 1885 – March 4, 1889 | |||||||
22 | March 4, 1889
– March 4, 1893 |
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Levi P. Morton | Republican | 1888 | Benjamin Harrison | |
23 | March 4, 1893
– March 4, 1897 |
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Adlai Stevenson I | Democratic | 1892 | Grover Cleveland | |
24 | March 4, 1897
– November 21, 1899 (died in office) |
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Garret Hobart | Republican | 1896 | William McKinley | |
Office vacant: November 21, 1899 – March 4, 1901 | |||||||
25 | March 4, 1901
– September 14, 1901 (succeeded to presidency) |
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Theodore Roosevelt | Republican | 1900 | ||
Office vacant: September 14, 1901 – March 4, 1905 | Theodore Roosevelt | ||||||
26 | March 4, 1905
– March 4, 1909 |
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Charles W. Fairbanks | Republican | 1904 | ||
27 | March 4, 1909
– October 30, 1912 (died in office) |
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James S. Sherman | Republican | 1908 | William H. Taft | |
Office vacant: October 30, 1912 – March 4, 1913 | |||||||
28 | March 4, 1913
– March 4, 1921 |
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Thomas R. Marshall | Democratic | 1912 | Woodrow Wilson | |
1916 | |||||||
29 | March 4, 1921
– August 2, 1923 (succeeded to presidency) |
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Calvin Coolidge | Republican | 1920 | Warren G. Harding | |
Office vacant: August 2, 1923 – March 4, 1925 | Calvin Coolidge | ||||||
30 | March 4, 1925
– March 4, 1929 |
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Charles G. Dawes | Republican | 1924 | ||
31 | March 4, 1929
– March 4, 1933 |
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Charles Curtis | Republican | 1928 | Herbert Hoover | |
32 | March 4, 1933
– January 20, 1941 |
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John Nance Garner | Democratic | 1932 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | |
1936 | |||||||
33 | January 20, 1941
– January 20, 1945 |
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Henry A. Wallace | Democratic | 1940 | ||
34 | January 20, 1945
– April 12, 1945 (succeeded to presidency) |
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Harry S. Truman | Democratic | 1944 | ||
Office vacant: April 12, 1945 – January 20, 1949 | Harry S. Truman | ||||||
35 | January 20, 1949
– January 20, 1953 |
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Alben W. Barkley | Democratic | 1948 | ||
36 | January 20, 1953
– January 20, 1961 |
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Richard Nixon | Republican | 1952 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | |
1956 | |||||||
37 | January 20, 1961
– November 22, 1963 (succeeded to presidency) |
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Lyndon B. Johnson | Democratic | 1960 | John F. Kennedy | |
Office vacant: November 22, 1963 – January 20, 1965 | Lyndon B. Johnson | ||||||
38 | January 20, 1965
– January 20, 1969 |
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Hubert Humphrey | Democratic | 1964 | ||
39 | January 20, 1969
– October 10, 1973 (resigned from office) |
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Spiro Agnew | Republican | 1968 | Richard Nixon | |
1972 | |||||||
Office vacant: October 10 – December 6, 1973 | |||||||
40 | December 6, 1973
– August 9, 1974 (succeeded to presidency) |
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Gerald Ford | Republican | |||
Office vacant: August 9 – December 19, 1974 | Gerald Ford | ||||||
41 | December 19, 1974
– January 20, 1977 |
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Nelson Rockefeller | Republican | |||
42 | January 20, 1977
– January 20, 1981 |
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Walter Mondale | Democratic | 1976 | Jimmy Carter | |
43 | January 20, 1981
– January 20, 1989 |
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George Bush | Republican | 1980 | Ronald Reagan | |
1984 | |||||||
44 | January 20, 1989
– January 20, 1997 |
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??? | ??? | 1988 | Stevenson | |
1992 | |||||||
45 | January 20, 1997
– January 20, 2005 |
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??? | ??? | 1996 | POTUS 42 | |
2000 | |||||||
46 | January 20, 2005
– January 20, 2013 |
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??? | Opposition | 2004 | POTUS 43 | |
2008 | |||||||
47 | January 20, 2013
– January 24, 2016 (succeeded to presidency) |
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Selina Meyer | Main | Stuart Hughes | ||
Office vacant: January 24, 2016 – February 2016 | Selina Meyer | ||||||
48 | February 2016
– January 20, 2017 |
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Andrew Doyle | Main | |||
Office vacant: January 20, 2017 – January 20, 2021 | Laura Montez | ||||||
49 | January 20, 2021
– his impeachment (removed/resigned from office) |
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Jonah Ryan | Main | Selina Meyer | ||
Office vacant: until January 20, 2025 | |||||||
January 20, 2025
– January 20, 2041 |
??? | 2024 | Kemi Talbot and other(s) | ||||
??? | 2028 | ||||||
??? | 2032 | ||||||
??? | 2036 | ||||||
January 20, 2041
– Incumbent |
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??? | Main | 2040 | Richard Splett | ||
2044 |