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Three vice presidents have briefly acted as president under the 25th Amendment: George H. W. Bush on July 13, 1985; Dick Cheney on June 29, 2002, and on July 21, 2007; and Kamala Harris on November 19, 2021. The persons who have served as vice president were born in or primarily affiliated with 27 states plus the District of Columbia.
Four sitting vice presidents have been elected president: John Adams in 1796, Thomas Jefferson in 1800, Martin Van Buren in 1836, and George H. W. Bush in 1988. Likewise, two former vice presidents have won the presidency, Richard Nixon in 1968 and Joe Biden in 2020.
The oldest living vice president is Dick Cheney, born on January 30, 1941 (age 83 years, 234 days). The youngest living vice president is the incumbent, Kamala Harris, born on October 20, 1964 (age 59 years, 336 days). The shortest-lived vice president was Daniel D. Tompkins, who died at the age of 50 years, 355 days, only 99 days after leaving
Kamala Harris, the most recent U.S. vice president to run for president. Nineteen of the 49 vice presidents of the United States have attempted a run for the presidency after being elected vice president. [1] Six have been elected to the presidency, or over a third of running vice-presidents, while seven have lost the presidential election, and ...
This is a list of vice presidents of the United States by time in office.The basis of the list is the difference between dates.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).
Kamala Devi Harris (/ ˈkɑːmələˈdeɪvi / ⓘ KAH-mə-lə DAY-vee[ 2 ]) (born October 20, 1964) is an American politician and attorney who has been the 49th and current vice president of the United States since 2021, serving with President Joe Biden. She is the first female, African American, and Asian American vice president, making her ...
For other uses, see Richard Cheney (disambiguation). Richard Bruce Cheney (/ ˈtʃeɪni / CHAY-nee; [ a ] born January 30, 1941) is an American retired 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 ...
Dan Quayle. James Danforth Quayle (/ ˈkweɪl /; born February 4, 1947) is an American retired politician who served as the 44th vice president of the United States from 1989 to 1993 under President George H. W. Bush. A member of the Republican Party, Quayle represented Indiana in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1977 to 1981 and in the U ...