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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 one has dropped out. Eleven have earned the primary nomination in their ...
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.
Also, four vice presidents have also gone on to be elected as president in their own right, directly after serving a full term as vice president (John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Martin Van Buren, George H. W. Bush), while two (Richard Nixon and Joe Biden) were elected as president non-sequentially to serving as vice president. The vice president ...
Since 1836, only one sitting vice president, George H.W. Bush in 1988, has been elected to the White House. Among those who tried and failed were Richard Nixon in 1960, Hubert Humphrey in 1968 and ...
The term corresponds to the term "president-elect of the United States", used for those elected president of the United States for the same period between their election and inauguration. Incumbent vice presidents who have won re-election for a second term are generally not referred to as vice presidents -elect, as they are already in office ...
August 26, 2024 at 4:23 AM. WASHINGTON (AP) — She’s the sitting vice president who has been in office for 3 1/2 years. She’s also the presidential candidate of just five weeks promising a ...
George H. W. Bush. Ronald Reagan. 1981–1989. Incumbent vice president succeeded Reagan after winning the 1988 election. Joe Biden. Barack Obama. 2009–2017. Did not run as incumbent vice president in the 2016 election, later ran and won the 2020 election becoming the second former vice president to win the presidency.
Thomas Jefferson. 1801–1809. Second sitting vice president elected president. Martin Van Buren. 1837–1841. Third sitting vice president elected president. John Tyler. 1841–1845. Became president after Harrison 's death, first vice president to become president upon the death of his predecessor.