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Most vice presidents of the United States have undergone higher education at an American university, college or law school.
No. |
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Name
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Home state
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Took office
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Left office
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Party
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School
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President(s)
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![John Adams](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/John_Adams_A18236.jpg/100px-John_Adams_A18236.jpg) |
John Adams |
Massachusetts |
April 21, 1789 |
March 4, 1797 |
Federalist |
Harvard College |
George Washington |
[1]
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2 |
![Thomas Jefferson](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Thomas_Jefferson_by_Rembrandt_Peale%2C_1800.jpg/100px-Thomas_Jefferson_by_Rembrandt_Peale%2C_1800.jpg) |
Thomas Jefferson |
Virginia |
March 4, 1797 |
March 4, 1801 |
Democratic-Republican |
College of William & Mary |
John Adams |
[2]
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3 |
![Aaron Burr](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/AaronBurr.jpg/100px-AaronBurr.jpg) |
Aaron Burr |
New York |
March 4, 1801 |
March 4, 1805 |
Democratic-Republican |
Princeton |
Jefferson |
[3]
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4 |
![George Clinton](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/George_Clinton.png/100px-George_Clinton.png) |
George Clinton |
New York |
March 4, 1805 |
April 20, 1812 |
Democratic-Republican |
Studied law with William Smith |
Jefferson/ Madison |
[4]
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zVacant |
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April 20, 1812 |
March 4, 1813 |
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Madison |
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5 |
![Elbridge Gerry](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Elbridge-gerry-painting.jpg/100px-Elbridge-gerry-painting.jpg) |
Elbridge Gerry |
Massachusetts |
March 4, 1813 |
November 23, 1814 |
Democratic-Republican |
Harvard College |
Madison |
[5]
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zVacant |
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November 23, 1814 |
March 4, 1817 |
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Madison |
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6 |
![Daniel Tompkins](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/DDTompkins.jpg/100px-DDTompkins.jpg) |
Daniel D. Tompkins |
New York |
March 4, 1817 |
March 4, 1825 |
Democratic-Republican |
Columbia |
Monroe |
[6]
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7 |
![John C. Calhoun](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/John_C._Calhoun.jpeg/100px-John_C._Calhoun.jpeg) |
John C. Calhoun |
South Carolina |
March 4, 1825 |
December 28, 1832 |
Democratic-Republican/ Democratic |
Yale |
J. Q. Adams/ Jackson |
[7]
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zVacant |
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December 28, 1832 |
March 4, 1833 |
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Jackson |
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8 |
![Martin Van Buren](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Martin_Van_Buren_edit.jpg/100px-Martin_Van_Buren_edit.jpg) |
Martin Van Buren |
New York |
March 4, 1833 |
March 4, 1837 |
Democratic |
Kinderhook Academy and Washington Seminary studied law with Peter Silvester, Francis Sylvester and William P. Van Ness |
Jackson |
[8]
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9 |
![Richard Mentor Johnson](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/RichardMentorJohnson.jpg/100px-RichardMentorJohnson.jpg) |
Richard Mentor Johnson |
Kentucky |
March 4, 1837 |
March 4, 1841 |
Democratic |
Transylvania University |
Van Buren |
[9]
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10 |
![John Tyler](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/John_Tyler.png/100px-John_Tyler.png) |
John Tyler |
Virginia |
March 4, 1841 |
April 4, 1841 |
Whig |
College of William & Mary |
W. Harrison |
[10]
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zVacant |
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April 4, 1841 |
March 4, 1845 |
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Tyler |
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11 |
![George M. Dallas](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Vice-president_of_the_US_George_Dallas.jpg/100px-Vice-president_of_the_US_George_Dallas.jpg) |
George M. Dallas |
Pennsylvania |
March 4, 1845 |
March 4, 1849 |
Democratic |
Princeton University |
Polk |
[11]
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12 |
![Millard Fillmore](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Millard_Fillmore.jpg/100px-Millard_Fillmore.jpg) |
Millard Fillmore |
New York |
March 4, 1849 |
July 9, 1850 |
Whig |
New Hope Academy, studied law with Judge Walter Wood, Cayuga County, New York |
Taylor |
[12]
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zVacant |
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July 9, 1850 |
March 4, 1853 |
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Fillmore |
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13 |
![William R. King](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/William_Rufus_DeVane_King_1839_portrait.jpg/100px-William_Rufus_DeVane_King_1839_portrait.jpg) |
William R. King |
Alabama |
March 4, 1853 |
April 18, 1853 |
Democratic |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Pierce |
[13]
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zVacant |
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April 18, 1853 |
March 4, 1857 |
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Pierce |
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14 |
![John C. Breckinridge](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/John_C_Breckinridge-04775-restored.jpg/100px-John_C_Breckinridge-04775-restored.jpg) |
John C. Breckinridge |
Kentucky |
March 4, 1857 |
March 4, 1861 |
Democratic |
Centre College, Princeton University, Transylvania University |
Buchanan |
[14]
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15 |
![Hannibal Hamlin](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Hannibal_Hamlin%2C_photo_portrait_seated%2C_c1860-65.jpg/100px-Hannibal_Hamlin%2C_photo_portrait_seated%2C_c1860-65.jpg) |
Hannibal Hamlin |
Maine |
March 4, 1861 |
March 4, 1865 |
Republican |
Hebron Academy, Studied law at the firm of Samuel Fessenden |
Lincoln |
[15]
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16 |
![Andrew Johnson](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Andrew_Johnson_-_3a53290u.png/100px-Andrew_Johnson_-_3a53290u.png) |
Andrew Johnson |
Tennessee |
March 4, 1865 |
April 15, 1865 |
Democratic |
None (Self-taught and received instruction from his wife, Eliza McCardle Johnson) |
Lincoln |
[16]
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zVacant |
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April 15, 1865 |
March 4, 1869 |
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A. Johnson |
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17 |
![Schuyler Colfax](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Schuyler_Colfax%2C_photo_portrait_seated%2C_c1855-1865.jpg/100px-Schuyler_Colfax%2C_photo_portrait_seated%2C_c1855-1865.jpg) |
Schuyler Colfax |
Indiana |
March 4, 1869 |
March 4, 1873 |
Republican |
Common schools of New York City and New Carlisle, Indiana |
Grant |
[17]
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18 |
![Henry Wilson](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Henry_Wilson%2C_US_Vice_President%2C_photo_portrait_seated.jpg/100px-Henry_Wilson%2C_US_Vice_President%2C_photo_portrait_seated.jpg) |
Henry Wilson |
Massachusetts |
March 4, 1873 |
November 22, 1875 |
Republican |
Academies in Strafford, Wolfeboro, and Concord, New Hampshire |
Grant |
[18]
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zVacant |
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November 22, 1875 |
March 4, 1877 |
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Grant |
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19 |
![William A. Wheeler](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/VicePresident-WmAlWheeler.jpg/100px-VicePresident-WmAlWheeler.jpg) |
William A. Wheeler |
New York |
March 4, 1877 |
March 4, 1881 |
Republican |
University of Vermont |
Hayes |
[19]
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20 |
![Chester A. Arthur](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Chester_Alan_Arthur.jpg/100px-Chester_Alan_Arthur.jpg) |
Chester A. Arthur |
New York |
March 4, 1881 |
September 19, 1881 |
Republican |
Union College, State and National Law School |
Garfield |
[20]
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zVacant |
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September 19, 1881 |
March 4, 1885 |
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Arthur |
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21 |
![Thomas Hendricks](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Thomas_Andrews_Hendricks%2C_photo_portrait_seated%2C_1860-65.jpg/100px-Thomas_Andrews_Hendricks%2C_photo_portrait_seated%2C_1860-65.jpg) |
Thomas A. Hendricks |
Indiana |
March 4, 1885 |
November 25, 1885 |
Democratic |
Hanover College |
Cleveland |
[21]
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zVacant |
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November 25, 1885 |
March 4, 1889 |
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Cleveland |
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22 |
![Levi Morton](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Levi_Morton_-_Brady-Handy_portrait_-_tight_3x4_crop.jpg/100px-Levi_Morton_-_Brady-Handy_portrait_-_tight_3x4_crop.jpg) |
Levi P. Morton |
New York |
March 4, 1889 |
March 4, 1893 |
Republican |
Shoreham Academy, Shoreham, Vermont |
B. Harrison |
[22]
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23 |
![Adlai E. Stevenson](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Adlai_Ewing_Stevenson_I_head-on-shoulders.jpg/100px-Adlai_Ewing_Stevenson_I_head-on-shoulders.jpg) |
Adlai E. Stevenson |
Illinois |
March 4, 1893 |
March 4, 1897 |
Democratic |
Illinois Wesleyan University, Centre College |
Cleveland |
[23]
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24 |
![Garret Hobart](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/GHobart.jpg/100px-GHobart.jpg) |
Garret Hobart |
New Jersey |
March 4, 1897 |
November 21, 1899 |
Republican |
Rutgers College |
McKinley |
[24]
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zVacant |
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November 21, 1899 |
March 4, 1901 |
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McKinley |
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25 |
![Theodore Roosevelt](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/President_Theodore_Roosevelt%2C_1904.jpg/100px-President_Theodore_Roosevelt%2C_1904.jpg) |
Theodore Roosevelt |
New York |
March 4, 1901 |
September 14, 1901 |
Republican |
Harvard College, Columbia Law School (did not graduate) |
McKinley |
[25]
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zVacant |
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September 14, 1901 |
March 4, 1905 |
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T. Roosevelt |
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26 |
![Charles W. Fairbanks](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Charles_Fairbanks_photo_portrait_seated.jpg/100px-Charles_Fairbanks_photo_portrait_seated.jpg) |
Charles W. Fairbanks |
Indiana |
March 4, 1905 |
March 4, 1909 |
Republican |
Ohio Wesleyan University |
T. Roosevelt |
[26]
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27 |
![James S. Sherman](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/James_Sherman%2C_Bain_bw_photo_portrait_facing_left.jpg/100px-James_Sherman%2C_Bain_bw_photo_portrait_facing_left.jpg) |
James S. Sherman |
New York |
March 4, 1909 |
October 30, 1912 |
Republican |
Hamilton College |
Taft |
[27]
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zVacant |
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October 30, 1912 |
March 4, 1913 |
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Taft |
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28 |
![Thomas R. Marshall](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/VPthomasrmarshall.JPG/100px-VPthomasrmarshall.JPG) |
Thomas R. Marshall |
Indiana |
March 4, 1913 |
March 4, 1921 |
Democratic |
Wabash College |
Wilson |
[28]
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29 |
![Calvin Coolidge](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Calvin_Coolidge_photo_portrait_head_and_shoulders.jpg/100px-Calvin_Coolidge_photo_portrait_head_and_shoulders.jpg) |
Calvin Coolidge |
Massachusetts |
March 4, 1921 |
August 2, 1923 |
Republican |
Amherst College |
Harding |
[29]
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zVacant |
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August 2, 1923 |
March 4, 1925 |
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Coolidge |
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30 |
![Charles G. Dawes](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Charles_Dawes%2C_Bain_bw_photo_portrait.jpg/100px-Charles_Dawes%2C_Bain_bw_photo_portrait.jpg) |
Charles G. Dawes |
Illinois |
March 4, 1925 |
March 4, 1929 |
Republican |
Marietta College, University of Cincinnati College of Law |
Coolidge |
[30]
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31 |
![Charles Curtis](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Charles_Curtis.jpg/100px-Charles_Curtis.jpg) |
Charles Curtis |
Kansas |
March 4, 1929 |
March 4, 1933 |
Republican |
Topeka High School, studied law with Aderial H. Case |
Hoover |
[31]
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32 |
![John Nance Garner](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/John_n_garner.jpg/100px-John_n_garner.jpg) |
John Nance Garner |
Texas |
March 4, 1933 |
January 20, 1941 |
Democratic |
Vanderbilt University |
F. Roosevelt |
[32]
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33 |
![Henry A. Wallace](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Henry-A.-Wallace-Townsend.jpeg/100px-Henry-A.-Wallace-Townsend.jpeg) |
Henry A. Wallace |
Iowa |
January 20, 1941 |
January 20, 1945 |
Democratic |
Iowa State University |
F. Roosevelt |
[33]
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34 |
![Harry S. Truman](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Harry_S._Truman.jpg/100px-Harry_S._Truman.jpg) |
Harry S. Truman |
Missouri |
January 20, 1945 |
April 12, 1945 |
Democratic |
Spalding's Commercial College (did not graduate) Kansas City Law School (did not graduate) |
F. Roosevelt |
[34]
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zVacant |
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April 12, 1945 |
January 20, 1949 |
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Truman |
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35 |
![Alben W. Barkley](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/AlbenBarkley.jpg/100px-AlbenBarkley.jpg) |
Alben W. Barkley |
Kentucky |
January 20, 1949 |
January 20, 1953 |
Democratic |
Marvin College, Emory University, University of Virginia School of Law |
Truman |
[35]
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36 |
![Richard Nixon](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Richard_M._Nixon%2C_ca._1935_-_1982_-_NARA_-_530679.jpg/100px-Richard_M._Nixon%2C_ca._1935_-_1982_-_NARA_-_530679.jpg) |
Richard Nixon |
California |
January 20, 1953 |
January 20, 1961 |
Republican |
Whittier College, Duke University School of Law |
Eisenhower |
[36]
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37 |
![Lyndon B. Johnson](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/37_Lyndon_Johnson_3x4.jpg/100px-37_Lyndon_Johnson_3x4.jpg) |
Lyndon B. Johnson |
Texas |
January 20, 1961 |
November 22, 1963 |
Democratic |
Southwest Texas State Teachers College, Georgetown University Law Center (did not graduate) |
Kennedy |
[37]
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zVacant |
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November 22, 1963 |
January 20, 1965 |
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L. Johnson |
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38 |
![Hubert Humphrey](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Hubert_Humphrey_crop.jpg/100px-Hubert_Humphrey_crop.jpg) |
Hubert Humphrey |
Minnesota |
January 20, 1965 |
January 20, 1969 |
Democratic |
University of Minnesota, Louisiana State University, Capitol College of Pharmacy |
L. Johnson |
[38]
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39 |
![Spiro T. Agnew](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Spiro_Agnew.jpg/100px-Spiro_Agnew.jpg) |
Spiro Agnew |
Maryland |
January 20, 1969 |
October 10, 1973 |
Republican |
Johns Hopkins University, University of Baltimore School of Law |
Nixon |
[39]
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zVacant |
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October 10, 1973 |
December 6, 1973 |
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Nixon |
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40 |
![Gerald Ford](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Gerald_Ford_presidential_portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg/100px-Gerald_Ford_presidential_portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg) |
Gerald Ford |
Michigan |
December 6, 1973 |
August 9, 1974 |
Republican |
University of Michigan, Yale Law School |
Nixon |
[40]
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zVacant |
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August 9, 1974 |
December 19, 1974 |
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Ford |
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41 |
![Nelson Rockefeller](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Nelson_Rockefeller.jpg/100px-Nelson_Rockefeller.jpg) |
Nelson Rockefeller |
New York |
December 19, 1974 |
January 20, 1977 |
Republican |
Dartmouth College |
Ford |
[41]
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42 |
![Walter Mondale](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/WalterFMondale.png/100px-WalterFMondale.png) |
Walter Mondale |
Minnesota |
January 20, 1977 |
January 20, 1981 |
Democratic |
Macalester College, University of Minnesota |
Carter |
[42]
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43 |
![George Herbert Walker Bush](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Vice_President_George_H._W._Bush_portrait.jpg/100px-Vice_President_George_H._W._Bush_portrait.jpg) |
George H. W. Bush |
Texas |
January 20, 1981 |
January 20, 1989 |
Republican |
Yale |
Reagan |
[43]
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44 |
![Dan Quayle](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Dan_Quayle_crop.jpg/100px-Dan_Quayle_crop.jpg) |
Dan Quayle |
Indiana |
January 20, 1989 |
January 20, 1993 |
Republican |
DePauw University, Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis (J.D.) |
G. H. W. Bush |
[44]
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45 |
![Al Gore](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Al_Gore%2C_Vice_President_of_the_United_States%2C_official_portrait_1994.jpg/100px-Al_Gore%2C_Vice_President_of_the_United_States%2C_official_portrait_1994.jpg) |
Al Gore |
Tennessee |
January 20, 1993 |
January 20, 2001 |
Democratic |
Harvard University, Vanderbilt University |
Clinton |
[45]
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46 |
![Dick Cheney](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/46_Dick_Cheney_3x4.jpg/100px-46_Dick_Cheney_3x4.jpg) |
Dick Cheney |
Wyoming |
January 20, 2001 |
January 20, 2009 |
Republican |
University of Wyoming |
G. W. Bush |
[46]
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47 |
![Joe Biden](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Biden_2013_%28cropped%29.jpg/100px-Biden_2013_%28cropped%29.jpg) |
Joe Biden |
Delaware |
January 20, 2009 |
January 20, 2017 |
Democratic |
University of Delaware, Syracuse University College of Law (J.D.) |
Obama |
[47]
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48 |
![Mike Pence](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Mike_Pence_official_Vice_Presidential_portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg/100px-Mike_Pence_official_Vice_Presidential_portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg) |
Mike Pence |
Indiana |
January 20, 2017 |
January 20, 2021 |
Republican |
Hanover College, Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis (J.D.) |
Trump |
[48]
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49 |
![Kamala Harris](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Kamala_Harris_Vice_Presidential_Portrait.jpg/100px-Kamala_Harris_Vice_Presidential_Portrait.jpg) |
Kamala Harris |
California |
January 20, 2021 |
Incumbent |
Democratic |
Howard University, University of California, Hastings College of the Law (J.D.) |
Biden |
[49]
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