List of vice presidents of the United States by other offices held
This is a list of vice presidents of the United States by other offices (either elected or appointive) held, either before or after service as the vice president.
Federal government
Presidents
President | Year(s) served | Notes |
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John Adams | 1797–1801 | First sitting vice president elected president |
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 |
Millard Fillmore | 1850–1853 | Became president after Taylor's death |
Andrew Johnson | 1865–1869 | Became president after Lincoln's assassination |
Chester A. Arthur | 1881–1885 | Became president after Garfield's assassination |
Theodore Roosevelt | 1901–1909 | Became president after McKinley's assassination, later elected to own term. |
Calvin Coolidge | 1923–1929 | Became president after Harding's death, later elected to own term. |
Harry S. Truman | 1945–1953 | Became president after Roosevelt's death, later elected to own term. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963–1969 | Became president after Kennedy's assassination, later elected to own term. |
Richard Nixon | 1969–1974 | First vice president to become president in a non-immediate fashion |
Gerald Ford | 1974–1977 | Became president after Nixon's resignation, appointed as vice president after Agnew's resignation. |
George H. W. Bush | 1989–1993 | Fourth sitting vice president elected president |
Joe Biden | 2021–present | Second vice president to become president in a non-immediate fashion |
In addition, both George H. W. Bush and Dick Cheney served briefly as acting president while the president, Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush respectively, was undergoing a routine medical procedure.
Cabinet secretaries
Secretary | Office | President served under | Year(s) served | Notes |
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Thomas Jefferson | Secretary of State | George Washington | 1790–1793 | |
John C. Calhoun | Secretary of War | James Monroe | 1817–1825 | |
Secretary of State | John Tyler | 1844–1845 | Served after being vice president | |
Martin Van Buren | Secretary of State | Andrew Jackson | 1829–1831 | |
William Howard Taft | Secretary of War | Theodore Roosevelt | 1904–1908 | |
Henry A. Wallace | Secretary of Agriculture | Franklin D. Roosevelt | 1933–1940 | |
Secretary of Commerce | 1945–1946 | Served after being vice president | ||
Harry S. Truman | ||||
Dick Cheney | Chief of Staff | Gerald Ford | 1975–1977 | |
Secretary of Defense | George H. W. Bush | 1989–1993 |
Ambassadors
President | Position | President served under | Year(s) served | Notes |
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John Adams | Minister to the Netherlands | Continental Congress | 1782–1788 | |
Minister to Britain | Continental Congress | 1785–1788 | ||
Thomas Jefferson | Minister Plenipotentiary to France | Continental Congress | 1785–1789 | |
Martin Van Buren | Minister to Britain | Andrew Jackson | 1831–1832 | |
George M. Dallas | Minister to Russia | Martin Van Buren | 1837–1839 | |
Minister to Britain | James Buchanan | 1856–1861 | Served after being Vice President | |
William R. King | Minister to France | James K. Polk | 1844–1846 | |
Hannibal Hamlin | Ambassador to Spain | James A. Garfield | 1881–1883 | Served after being Vice President |
Levi P. Morton | Minister Plenipotentiary to France | James A. Garfield | 1881–1885 | |
Chester A. Arthur | ||||
Charles G. Dawes | United States Ambassador to Britain | Herbert Hoover | 1929–1931 | Served after being Vice President |
Walter Mondale | United States Ambassador to Japan | Bill Clinton | 1993–1996 | Served after being Vice President |
George H. W. Bush | Ambassador to the United Nations | Richard Nixon | 1971–1973 | |
Chief of the U.S. Liaison Office in Beijing | Gerald R. Ford | 1974–1975 | Head of U.S. mission in China |
Other federal appointees
Judicial branch
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Senators
State | Vice President | Year(s) served | Notes |
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Alabama | William R. King | 1819–1844 | |
1848–1852 | Resigned to become vice president | ||
California | Richard Nixon | 1950–1953 | Resigned to become vice president |
Kamala Harris | 2017–2021 | Resigned to become vice president | |
Delaware | Joe Biden | 1973–2009 | Resigned to become vice president |
Indiana | Thomas A. Hendricks | 1863–1869 | |
Charles W. Fairbanks | 1897–1905 | Resigned to become vice president | |
Dan Quayle | 1981–1989 | Resigned to become vice president | |
Kansas | Charles Curtis | 1907–1913 | |
1915–1929 | Resigned to become vice president | ||
Kentucky | Richard Mentor Johnson | 1819–1829 | |
John C. Breckinridge | 1861 | Served after being vice president | |
Alben W. Barkley | 1927–1949 | Resigned to become vice president | |
1955–1956 | Served after being vice president. Died in office | ||
Maine | Hannibal Hamlin | 1848–1861 | Resigned to become vice president |
1869–1881 | Served after being vice president | ||
Massachusetts | Henry Wilson | 1855–1873 | Resigned to become vice president |
Minnesota | Hubert Humphrey | 1949–1964 | Resigned to become vice president |
1971–1978 | Served after being vice president | ||
Walter Mondale | 1964–1976 | Resigned to become vice president | |
Missouri | Harry S. Truman | 1935–1945 | Resigned to become vice president |
New York | Aaron Burr | 1791–1797 | |
Martin Van Buren | 1821–1828 | ||
Pennsylvania | George M. Dallas | 1831–1833 | |
South Carolina | John C. Calhoun | 1832–1843 | Served after being vice president |
1845–1850 | Served after being vice president. Died in office | ||
Tennessee | Andrew Johnson | 1857–1862 | |
1875 | Served after being vice president. Died in office | ||
Al Gore | 1985–1993 | Resigned to become vice president | |
Texas | Lyndon B. Johnson | 1949–1961 | Senate minority leader 1953–1955 Senate majority leader 1955–1961. Resigned to become vice president |
Virginia | John Tyler | 1827–1836 |
A number of future and former vice presidents served together while in the Senate:
- King served with R. Johnson (1819–1829), Van Buren (1821–1828), Tyler (1827–1836), Dallas (1831–1833), Calhoun (1832–1843, 1848–1850) and Hamlin (1848–1852). Hamlin later served with Wilson (1855–1861; 1869–1873) and A. Johnson (1857–1861; 1875). Wilson and A. Johnson, during their continued service with each other (1861–1862), also served with Breckinridge (1861). Wilson also served with Hendricks (1863–1869).
- Curtis served with Barkley (1927–1929). Barkley later served with Truman (1935–1945), Humphrey (1955–1956) and L. Johnson (1955–1956). Humphrey and L. Johnson, who had served together before and after their service with Barkley (1949–1961), also served with Nixon (1950–1953). Humphrey would be succeeded by Mondale and would later serve with him (1971–1976) and Biden (1973–1978). Biden later served with Quayle (1981–1989) and Gore (1985–1993).
Members of the House of Representatives
State | Vice President | Year(s) served | Notes |
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California | Richard Nixon | 1947–1950 | |
Illinois | Adlai Stevenson | 1875–1877 | |
1879–1881 | |||
Indiana | Schuyler Colfax | 1855–1869 | Served as Speaker of the House |
Thomas A. Hendricks | 1851–1855 | ||
Dan Quayle | 1977–1981 | ||
Mike Pence | 2001–2013 | ||
Kansas | Charles Curtis | 1893–1907 | |
Kentucky | Richard M. Johnson | 1806–1819 | |
1829–1837 | |||
John C. Breckinridge | 1851–1855 | ||
Alben W. Barkley | 1913–1927 | ||
Maine | Hannibal Hamlin | 1843–1847 | |
Massachusetts | Elbridge Gerry | 1789–1793 | |
Michigan | Gerald Ford | 1949–1973 | House minority leader (1965–1973) |
New York | Millard Fillmore | 1833–1835 | |
1837–1843 | |||
William Wheeler | 1861–1863 | ||
1869–1877 | |||
Levi P. Morton | 1879–1881 | ||
James S. Sherman | 1887–1891 | ||
1893–1909 | |||
North Carolina | William R. King | 1811–1816 | |
South Carolina | John C. Calhoun | 1811–1817 | |
Tennessee | Andrew Johnson | 1843–1853 | |
Al Gore | 1977–1985 | ||
Texas | John Nance Garner | 1903–1933 | Served as Speaker of the House |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1937–1949 | ||
George H. W. Bush | 1967–1971 | ||
Virginia | John Tyler | 1816–1821 | |
Wyoming | Dick Cheney | 1979–1989 |
A number of future vice presidents served in the House together:
- R. Johnson served with King (1811–1816), Calhoun (1811–1817), Tyler (1816–1819) and Fillmore (1833–1835).
- Hamlin served with A. Johnson (1843–1847). Breckinridge and Hendricks served together (1851–1855), as well as with A. Johnson (1851–1853).
- Colfax served with Wheeler (1861–1863). Wheeler later served with Stevenson (1875–1877). Stevenson later served with Morton (1879–1881).
- Sherman served with Curtis (1893–1907) and Garner (1903–1909). Garner later served with Barkley (1913–1927).
- Nixon served with L. Johnson (1947–1949) and Ford (1949–1950). Ford later served with Bush (1967–1971).
- Gore served with Quayle (1977–1981) and Cheney (1979–1985).
Continental Congress
Vice President | State | Year(s) served |
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John Adams | Massachusetts | 1774–1778 |
Thomas Jefferson | Virginia | 1775–1776 1783–1784 |
Elbridge Gerry | Massachusetts | 1776–1780 |
State government
Governors
State | Vice President | Year(s) served | Notes |
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Indiana | Thomas A. Hendricks | 1873–1877 | |
Thomas R. Marshall | 1909–1913 | ||
Mike Pence | 2013–2017 | ||
Maine | Hannibal Hamlin | 1857 | |
Massachusetts | Elbridge Gerry | 1810–1812 | |
Calvin Coolidge | 1919–1921 | ||
Maryland | Spiro Agnew | 1967–1969 | |
New York | George Clinton | 1777–1795 | |
1801–1804 | |||
Daniel D. Tompkins | 1807–1817 | ||
Martin Van Buren | 1829 | ||
Levi P. Morton | 1895–1896 | Served after being Vice President | |
Theodore Roosevelt | 1899–1900 | ||
Nelson Rockefeller | 1959–1973 | ||
Tennessee | Andrew Johnson | 1853–1857 | |
1862–1865 | Military governor | ||
Virginia | Thomas Jefferson | 1779–1781 | |
John Tyler | 1825–1827 |
State legislators
- See below for information about pre-1776 colonial offices held.
Other statewide offices
Vice President | Office and jurisdiction | Year(s) served |
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Aaron Burr | Attorney General of New York | 1789–1791 |
Martin Van Buren | Attorney General of New York | 1815–1819 |
George M. Dallas | Attorney General of Pennsylvania | 1833–1835 |
Millard Fillmore | New York State Comptroller | 1848–1849 |
Calvin Coolidge | Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts | 1916–1919 |
Walter Mondale | Attorney General of Minnesota | 1960–1964 |
Kamala Harris | Attorney General of California | 2011–2017 |
Municipal government
Foreign governments
Colonial, Confederate legislators, and Confederate Cabinet
Legislature | Vice President | Year(s) served | Notes |
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Confederate Cabinet | John C. Breckinridge | 1865 | Secretary of War Confederate States of America, served after being Vice President |
Confederate Congress | John Tyler | 1861–1862 | Under the Confederate States of America during the Civil War, served after being President. |
Massachusetts House of Representatives | Elbridge Gerry | 1772–1775 | Under the Kingdom of Great Britain before 1776. |
John Adams | 1768–1774 | ||
Virginia House of Burgesses | Thomas Jefferson | 1769–1774 | |
Lost races
Other than immediate re-election to the vice presidency
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