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
editExecutive branch
editPresident
editPresident | 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, first vice president to become president upon the death of his predecessor |
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 former vice president elected president |
Gerald Ford | 1974–1977 | Became president after Nixon's resignation; had been appointed vice president after Agnew's resignation. |
George H. W. Bush | 1989–1993 | Fourth sitting vice president elected president |
Joe Biden | 2021–Incumbent | Second former vice president elected president |
Cabinet secretaries
editSecretary | 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 | |
Henry A. Wallace | Secretary of Agriculture | Franklin D. Roosevelt | 1933–1940 | |
Secretary of Commerce | 1945–1946 | Served after being vice president | ||
Franklin D. Roosevelt | ||||
Harry S. Truman | ||||
Dick Cheney | Chief of Staff | Gerald Ford | 1975–1977 | |
Secretary of Defense | George H. W. Bush | 1989–1993 |
Ambassadors
editOther federal appointees
editJudicial branch
editNo vice presidents have yet served in the judicial branch.
Legislative branch
editSenators
editState | Vice President | Year(s) served | Notes |
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Alabama | William R. King | 1819–1844 | President pro tempore, 1836-1841 |
1848–1852 | President pro tempore, 1850-1852. 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 | President pro tempore, 1911 |
1915–1929 | Republican Whip, 1915–1924. Republican leader, 1924–1929. 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. Died in office | ||
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 | President pro tempore, 1835 |
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
editA 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
editVice 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
editGovernors
editState | 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 | Resigned to become vice president |
New York | George Clinton | 1777–1795 | |
1801–1804 | |||
Daniel D. Tompkins | 1807–1817 | Resigned to become vice president | |
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
edit- See below for information about pre-1776 colonial offices held.
Other statewide offices
editVice 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
editForeign governments
editColonial, Confederate legislators, and Confederate Cabinet
editLegislature | Vice President | Year(s) served | Notes |
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Confederate Cabinet | John C. Breckinridge | 1865 | Confederate States Secretary of War, served after being vice president |
Confederate Congress | John Tyler | 1861–1862 | Under the Confederate States of America during the Civil War, served after being vice president and 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
editOther than immediate re-election to the vice presidency