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The length of a full four-year vice-presidential term of office amounts to 1,461 days (three common years of 365 days plus one leap year of 366 days). If counted by number of calendar days all the figures would be one greater. Since 1789, there have been 49 people sworn into office as Vice President of the United States. Of these, nine ...
This is a list of heads of state and government who died in office. In general, hereditary office holders (kings, queens, emperors, emirs, and the like) and holders of offices where the normal term limit is life (popes, presidents for life, etc.) are excluded because, until recently, their death in office was the norm.
The incumbent vice president is Kamala Harris, who assumed office on January 20, 2021 under President Joe Biden. [3] The vice president-elect is JD Vance, who will assume office as the 50th vice president on January 20, 2025. [4] [5] There have been 49 U.S. vice presidents since the office was created in 1789. Originally, the vice president was ...
Vice President Kamala Harris, Vice President-elect JD Vance and former Vice Presidents Mike Pence, Dan Quayle and Al Gore also attended the service. Carter died on Dec. 29 at age 100 while at his ...
Carter, who served from 1977 to 1981, was the only president alive who was in office during the 1970s after the death in 2006 of Gerald Ford, and, at age 98, was the oldest living former president.
The second U.S. president to die in office, Zachary Taylor, died on July 9, 1850, from acute gastroenteritis. [4] While Abraham Lincoln was the third U.S. president to die in office, he was the first to be killed. He was shot by John Wilkes Booth on the night of April 14, 1865, and died the following morning. [5]
Richard Bruce Cheney (/ ˈ tʃ eɪ n i / CHAY-nee; [a] born January 30, 1941) is an American former politician and businessman who served as the 46th vice president of the United States from 2001 to 2009 under President George W. Bush. He has been called the most powerful vice president in American history.
John Tyler was the first vice president to assume the presidency during a presidential term, and set the precedent that a vice president who does so becomes the fully functioning president with their own administration. [10] Throughout most of its history, American politics has been dominated by political parties. The Constitution is silent on ...