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The vice president of the United States is the second-highest officer in the executive branch of the United States federal government after the president of the United States. [1] The vice president also serves as the president of the Senate and may choose to cast a tie-breaking vote on decisions made by the Senate. Vice presidents have ...
A list of U.S. vice presidents grouped by primary state of residence and birth, with priority given to residence. Only 22 out of the 50 states are represented. Vice presidents with an asterisk (*) did not primarily reside in their respective birth states (they were not born in the state listed below).
Washington's tomb at the United States Capitol in Washington D.C., originally designed to entomb the body of George Washington. Burial places of presidents and vice presidents of the United States are located across 23 states and the District of Columbia. Since the office was established in 1789, 45 people have served as President of the United ...
The following table is a list of all 50 states and their respective dates of statehood. The first 13 became states in July 1776 upon agreeing to the United States Declaration of Independence, and each joined the first Union of states between 1777 and 1781, upon ratifying the Articles of Confederation, its first constitution. [6]
A vice president is a standalone office existing for deputizing or replacing a president. In other countries where the vice presidency is absent or vacant, a separate office or series of offices may instead be designated ex officio to act as head of state, for example the speaker of a legislature or a head of government .
President of the United States: 1844: Lost to James K. Polk: John Tyler: Vice President of the United States: 1836: Lost to Richard Mentor Johnson. Later won in 1840. George M. Dallas: Democratic nomination for President of the United States: 1848: Lost to Lewis Cass: Millard Fillmore: United States Senator from New York 1843: Lost to Silas ...
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No. Image Name Home state Took office Left office Party School President(s) Ref 1: John Adams: Massachusetts: April 21, 1789: March 4, 1797: Federalist: Harvard College