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This is a list of vice presidents of the United States by place of primary affiliation. Some vice presidents have been born in one state, but are commonly associated with another. New York was the birth state of eight vice presidents, the most of any state: George Clinton, Daniel D. Tompkins, Martin Van Buren, Millard Fillmore, Schuyler Colfax ...
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 ...
A list of U.S. Presidents including the state with which each was primarily affiliated or most closely associated with, due to residence, professional career, and electoral history. OP. President. State. 1. George Washington. Virginia. 2. John Adams.
President Jimmy Carter was the first president to give his vice president, Walter Mondale, an office in the West Wing of the White House, which all vice presidents have since retained. Because of their function as president of the Senate, vice presidents still maintain offices and staff members on Capitol Hill.
The role that various vice presidents-elect have played in United States presidential transitions has differed. Two vice presidents-elect have been in charge of presidential transitions as formal chairmen, Dick Cheney in the presidential transition of George W. Bush (2000–01) [2] and Mike Pence in the presidential transition of Donald Trump ...
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 ...
State legislature Vice President Year(s)served Notes Indiana House of Representatives: Thomas A. Hendricks: 1849 Speaker of the House 1849 Kentucky House of Representatives: Richard M. Johnson: 1804–1806; 1819; 1841-1843 and 1850 (after vice presidency) Only vice president to serve in a state legislature after his vice presidency. Died in office
Henry Agard Wallace (October 7, 1888 – November 18, 1965) was an American politician, journalist, farmer, and businessman who served as the 33rd vice president of the United States, from 1941 to 1945, under President Franklin D. Roosevelt. He served as the 11th U.S. secretary of agriculture and the 10th U.S. secretary of commerce.