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Two vice presidents—George Clinton and John C. Calhoun—served under more than one president. The incumbent vice president is JD Vance, who assumed office as the 50th vice president on January 20, 2025. [3] [4] There have been 50 U.S. vice presidents since the office was created in 1789. Originally, the vice president was the person who ...
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 ...
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 50 people sworn into office as Vice President of the United States. Of these, nine ...
Tesla’s vice president of investor relations announced he would leave after seven years. Three top executives at Tesla have resigned in two weeks, with the latest departure at the end of its ...
10 October: Spiro Agnew, Vice President of the United States, over allegations of financial irregularities. 6 December: Gerald Ford, United States Representative, to accept appointment as the Vice President of the United States. 18 December: Nelson Rockefeller, Governor of New York, to allow his deputy Malcolm Wilson to run for governorship. [1]
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 .
Some vice presidents had no choice but to become president due to the death or resignation of their predecessors.
Vice President Spiro Agnew (R-MD) was convicted of tax fraud stemming from bribery charges in Maryland and forced to resign. [199] Gerald R. Ford (R-MI) was nominated by Nixon to replace Agnew as vice president, becoming the first person appointed to the Vice Presidency under the terms of the 25th Amendment.