List of Vice Presidents of the United States by other offices held

This is a list of Vice Presidents of the United States by other offices (either elected or appointive) held, either before or after service as Vice President.

Federal Government

Executive Branch

Presidents

President	Year(s) served	Notes
John Adams	1797–1801
Thomas Jefferson	1801–1809
Martin Van Buren	1837–1841
John Tyler	1841–1845	Became President after Harrison's death
Millard Fillmore	1850–1853	Became President after Taylor's death
Andrew Johnson	1865–1869	Became President after Lincoln's assassination
Chester A. Arthur	1881–1885	Became President after Garfield's assassination
Theodore Roosevelt	1901–1909	Became President after McKinley's assassination
Calvin Coolidge	1923–1929	Became President after Harding's death
Harry S. Truman	1945–1953	Became President after Roosevelt's death
Lyndon B. Johnson	1963–1969	Became President after Kennedy's assassination
Richard Nixon	1969–1974	Only former Vice President to become President in a non-immediate fashion
Gerald Ford	1974–1977	Became President after Nixon's resignation
George H. W. Bush	1989–1993	First sitting Vice President elected President since Van Buren

In addition, both George H. W. Bush and Dick Cheney served as Acting Presidents for brief periods under Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush, respectively.

Cabinet Secretaries

Secretary	Office	President served under	Year(s) served	Notes
Thomas Jefferson	Secretary of State	George Washington	1790–1793
John C. Calhoun	Secretary of War	James Monroe	1817–1825
John C. Calhoun	Secretary of State	John Tyler	1844–1845	Served after being Vice President
Martin Van Buren	Secretary of State	Andrew Jackson	1829–1831
Charles G. Dawes	Director of Bureau of Budget	Warren G. Harding	1921–1922
Henry A. Wallace	Secretary of Agriculture	Franklin D. Roosevelt	1933–1940
	Secretary of Commerce	Franklin D. Roosevelt	1945–1946	Served after being Vice President
	Secretary of Commerce	Harry S. Truman	1945–1946	Served after being Vice President
Dick Cheney	Chief of Staff	Gerald Ford	1975–1977
Dick Cheney	Secretary of Defense	George H. W. Bush	1989–1993

John Adams (as Vice President) and Thomas Jefferson both served in the Cabinet of George Washington.

Theodore Roosevelt (from 1897–1898) served as Assistant Secretary of the Navy under President McKinley. John C. Breckinridge was Secretary of War in the Confederate States of America

Ambassadors

President	Position	President served under	Year(s) served	Notes
John Adams	Minister to the Netherlands	Continental Congress	1782–1788
John Adams	Minister to Britain	Continental Congress	1785–1788
Thomas Jefferson	Minister Plenipotentiary to France	Continental Congress	1785–1789
Martin Van Buren	Minister to Britain	Andrew Jackson	1831–1832
George M. Dallas	Minister to Russia	Martin Van Buren	1837–1839
George M. Dallas	Minister to Britain	James Buchanan	1856–1861	Served after being Vice President
William R. King	Minister to France	James K. Polk	1844–1846
Hannibal Hamlin	Ambassador to Spain	James A. Garfield	1881–1883	Served after being Vice President
Levi P. Morton	Minister Plenipotentiary to France	James A. Garfield	1881–1885
Levi P. Morton	Minister Plenipotentiary to France	Chester A. Arthur	1881–1885
Charles G. Dawes	United States Ambassador to Britain	Herbert Hoover	1929–1931	Served after being Vice-President
Walter Mondale	United States Ambassador to Japan	Bill Clinton	1993–1996	Served after being Vice-President
George H. W. Bush	Ambassador to the United Nations	Richard Nixon	1971–1973

Other Federal Appointees

President	Office	President appointed by	Year(s) served
Chester A. Arthur	Collector of the Port of New York	Ulysses S. Grant	1871–1878
George H. W. Bush	Director of Central Intelligence	Gerald Ford	1976–1977

Judicial Branch

None

Legislative Branch

Senators

State	Vice President	Year(s) served	Notes
Alabama	William R. King	1819–1844
Alabama	William R. King	1848–1852	Resigned to become Vice President
California	Richard Nixon	1951–1953	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 Curtis	1907–1913
Kansas	Charles Curtis	1915–1929	Resigned to become Vice President
Kentucky	Richard Mentor Johnson	1819–1829
	John C. Breckinridge	1861	Served after being Vice President
	Alben W. Barkley	1927–1949	Resigned to become Vice President
	Alben W. Barkley	1955–1956	Served after being Vice President
Maine	Hannibal Hamlin	1848–1861	Resigned to become Vice President
Maine	Hannibal Hamlin	1869–1881	Served after being Vice President
Massachusetts	Henry Wilson	1855–1873	Resigned to become Vice President
Minnesota	Hubert Humphrey	1949–1964	Resigned to become Vice President
	Hubert Humphrey	1971–1978	Served after being Vice President
	Walter Mondale	1964–1976	Resigned to become Vice President
Missouri	Harry S. Truman	1935–1945	Resigned to become Vice President
New York	Aaron Burr	1791–1797
New York	Martin Van Buren	1821–1828
Pennsylvania	George M. Dallas	1831–1833
South Carolina	John C. Calhoun	1832–1843	Served after being Vice President
South Carolina	John C. Calhoun	1845–1850	Died in office
Tennessee	Andrew Johnson	1857–1862
	Andrew Johnson	1875	Served after being Vice President
	Al Gore	1985–1993	Resigned to become Vice President
Texas	Lyndon B. Johnson	1949–1961	Senate Minority Leader 1953-1955 Senate Majority Leader 1955-1961 Resigned to become Vice President
Virginia	John Tyler	1827–1836

A number of future Vice Presidents served together while in the Senate:

Senator Johnson served with Senators Martin Van Buren (1821–1828) and Tyler (1827–1829). Senator Tyler later served with Senator Dallas (1831–1833).
Senator Hamlin served with Senators Wilson (1855–1861; 1869–1873) and Johnson (1857–1861; 1875). Senator Wilson also served with Senator Hendricks (1863–1869).
Senator Curtis served with Senator Barkley (1927–1929). Senator Barkley later served with Senators Truman (1935–1945), Humphrey (1955–1956) and Johnson (1955–1956). Senators Humphrey and Johnson also served with Senator Nixon (1950–1953). Humphrey would be succeeded by Senator Mondale and would later serve with him (1971–1976) and Senator Biden (1973–1977). Senator Biden would later serve with Senators Quayle (1981–1989) and Gore (1985–1993).

Members of the House of Representatives

State	Vice President	Year(s) served	Notes
California	Richard Nixon	1947–1950	Later elected to the Senate
Illinois	Adlai Stevenson	1875–1877
Illinois	Adlai Stevenson	1879–1881
Indiana	Schuyler Colfax	1855–1869	Served as Speaker of the House
	Thomas A. Hendricks	1851–1855
	Dan Quayle	1977–1981	Later elected to the United States Senate
	Mike Pence	2001–2013
Kansas	Charles Curtis	1893–1907
Kentucky	Richard M. Johnson	1806–1819
	Richard M. Johnson	1829–1837
	John C. Breckinridge	1851–1855
	Alben W. Barkley	1913–1927	Later elected to the United States Senate
Maine	Hannibal Hamlin	1843–1847
Massachusetts	Elbridge Gerry	1789–1793
Michigan	Gerald Ford	1949–1973	House Minority Leader 1965-1973
New York	Millard Fillmore	1833–1835
	Millard Fillmore	1837–1843
	William Wheeler	1861–1863
	William Wheeler	1869–1877
	Levi P. Morton	1879–1881
	James S. Sherman	1887–1891
	James S. Sherman	1893–1909
North Carolina	William R. King	1811–1816
South Carolina	John C. Calhoun	1811–1817
Tennessee	Andrew Johnson	1843–1853	Later elected to the Senate
Tennessee	Al Gore	1977–1985	Later elected to the United States Senate
Texas	John Nance Garner	1903–1933	Served as Speaker of the House
	Lyndon B. Johnson	1937–1949	Later elected to the Senate
	George H. W. Bush	1967–1971
Virginia	John Tyler	1816–1821	Later elected to Senate
Wyoming	Dick Cheney	1979–1989

A number of future Vice Presidents served in the House together:

Congressman Nixon served with Congressmen Johnson (1947–1949) and Ford (1949–1950). Congressman Ford later served with Congressman Bush (1967–1971).

Continental Congress

Vice President	State	Year(s) served
John Adams	Massachusetts	1774–1778
Thomas Jefferson	Virginia	1775–1776 1783–1784
Elbridge Gerry	Massachusetts	1776–1780

State Government

Governors

State	Vice President	Year(s) served	Notes
Indiana	Thomas A. Hendricks	1873–1877
	Thomas R. Marshall	1909–1913
	Mike Pence	2013–2017
Maine	Hannibal Hamlin	1857
Massachusetts	Elbridge Gerry	1810–1812
Massachusetts	Calvin Coolidge	1919–1921	In 1919, Coolidge gained national attention when he ordered the Massachusetts National Guard to forcefully end the Boston Police Department strike.
Maryland	Spiro Agnew	1967–1969
New York	George Clinton	1777–1795
	George Clinton	1801–1804
	Daniel D. Tompkins	1807–1817
	Martin Van Buren	1829
	Levi P. Morton	1895–1896	Served after being Vice-President
	Theodore Roosevelt	1899–1900
	Nelson Rockefeller	1959–1973
Tennessee	Andrew Johnson	1853–1857
Tennessee	Andrew Johnson	1862–1865	Military Governor
Virginia	Thomas Jefferson	1779–1781
Virginia	John Tyler	1825–1827

State Legislators

See below for information about pre-1776 colonial offices held.

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
Kentucky House of Representatives	John C. Breckinridge	1849–1851
Maine House of Representatives	Hannibal Hamlin	1836–1841
Massachusetts House of Representatives	Henry Wilson	1841–1852
Massachusetts House of Representatives	Calvin Coolidge	1907–1909
Massachusetts Senate	Calvin Coolidge	1912–1915
New York Senate	Martin Van Buren	1812–1820
New York Senate	William A. Wheeler	1858–1859
New Jersey General Assembly	Garret Hobart	1873–1876	Speaker of the House 1874
New Jersey Senate	Garret Hobart	1876–1882	President of the Senate 1881-1882
New York State Assembly	Aaron Burr	1784–1785
	Aaron Burr	1798–1799
	George Clinton	1800–1801
	Millard Fillmore	1829–1831
	William A. Wheeler	1850–1851
	Theodore Roosevelt	1882–1884	Assembly Minority Leader 1883
Texas House of Representatives	John Nance Garner	1899–1903
Tennessee House of Representatives	Andrew Johnson	1835–1837
Tennessee Senate	Andrew Johnson	1841–1843
Virginia House of Delegates	Thomas Jefferson	1776–1779
	John Tyler	1811–1816
	John Tyler	1823–1825

Other Statewide Offices

Vice President	Office and Jurisdiction	Year(s) served
Aaron Burr	Attorney General of New York	1789–1791
Martin Van Buren	Attorney General of New York	1815–1819
George M. Dallas	Attorney General of Pennsylvania	1833–1835
Millard Fillmore	New York State Comptroller	1848–1849
Calvin Coolidge	Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts	1916–1919
Walter Mondale	Attorney General of Minnesota	1960–1964

Municipal Government

Vice President	Office and jurisdiction	Year(s) served
Martin Van Buren	Surrogate of Columbia County, New York	1808–1812
George M. Dallas	Mayor of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	1828–1829
Andrew Johnson	Alderman, Greeneville, Tennessee	1828–1830
Andrew Johnson	Mayor of Greeneville, Tennessee	1830–1833
William A. Wheeler	District Attorney; Franklin County, New York	1846–1849
James S. Sherman	Mayor of Utica, New York	1884
Theodore Roosevelt	Superintendent of the New York Board of Police Commissioners	1895–1897
Calvin Coolidge	Mayor of Northampton, Massachusetts	1910–1911
Harry S. Truman	Judge, Jackson County, Missouri	1922–1924
Alben W. Barkley	District Attorney of McCracken County, Kentucky	1906–1913
Hubert H. Humphrey	Mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota	1945–1948
Spiro Agnew	County Executive of Baltimore, Maryland	1962–1966
Joe Biden	Member of the New Castle County, Delaware County Council	1970–1972

Foreign Governments

Colonial, Confederate Legislators, and Confederate Cabinet

Legislature	Vice President	Year(s) served	Notes
Confederate cabinet	John C. Breckinridge	1865	Secretary of War Confederate States of America, served after being Vice President
Confederate Congress	John Tyler	1861–1862	Under the Confederate States of America during the Civil War, served after being President.
Massachusetts House of Representatives	Elbridge Gerry	1772–1775
Massachusetts House of Representatives	John Adams	1768–1774	Under the Kingdom of Great Britain before 1776.
Virginia House of Burgesses	Thomas Jefferson	1769–1774

Lost Races

Other than re-election to the Vice Presidency

Vice President	Office and jurisdiction	Year	Notes
Thomas Jefferson	President of the United States	1796	Won in 1800 and in 1804
Martin Van Buren	President of the United States	1848	Ran on Free Soil Ticket 1848
Millard Fillmore	President of the United States	1856	Ran on Know-Nothing Ticket 1856
John C. Breckinridge	President of the United States	1860	Ran as Southern Democrat 1860
Thomas A. Hendricks	Governor of Indiana	1860 1868	Later Elected 1872
Adlai Stevenson	Governor of Illinois	1908
Garret Hobart	United States Senator from New Jersey	1883	At the time Senators were chosen by the state legislature.
Theodore Roosevelt	Mayor of New York City	1886	Placed in distant third behind Abram S. Hewitt.
Charles W. Fairbanks	United States Senator from Indiana	1893	At the time Senators were chosen by the state legislature.
Charles G. Dawes	United States Senator from Illinois	1902	At the time Senators were chosen by the state legislature
Henry A. Wallace	President of the United States	1948	Ran on the Progressive Party ticket 1948
Richard Nixon	President of the United States	1960	Won in 1968 and in 1972
Richard Nixon	Governor of California	1962	Lost to Pat Brown by nearly 300,000 votes; in his concession speech, he lashed out at the media, saying "...you don't have Nixon to kick around any more, because, gentlemen, this is my last press conference."
Lyndon B. Johnson	United States Senator from Texas	1941	Later elected Senator in 1948
Hubert H. Humphrey	President of the United States	1968	Elected Senator from Minnesota in 1970 and 1976
Spiro Agnew	Circuit Court Judge of Maryland	1960
Walter Mondale	President of the United States	1984	Lost to Ronald Reagan in a landslide: Electoral Vote; 525-13
Walter Mondale	United States Senator from Minnesota	2002	Replaced Senator Paul Wellstone on the ballot after his death in a plane crash.
George H. W. Bush	United States Senator from Texas	1964 1970	Lost to Ralph Yarborough in 1964 and Lloyd Bentsen in 1970
George H. W. Bush	Republican nomination for President of the United States	1980	Won presidency in 1988 but lost re-election in 1992
Albert A. Gore	President of the United States	2000

Lists related to the Presidents and Vice Presidents of the United States

List of Presidents List of Vice Presidents

Presidents	Age Autobiographies Birth Burial places Death Historical rankings Lifespan timeline Number living Time in office

Professional careers	Approval rating Assassination attempts and plots Campaign slogans Control of Congress Doctrines Inaugurations International trips Judicial appointments Libraries Military rank Military service Other offices held Pardons Previous experience Vetoes

Personal life	Deaths in office Education Facial hair Firsts Handedness Multilingualism Net worth Nicknames Pets Home state Previous occupation Religious affiliation Residences Slave owners

Vice Presidents	Age Education Number living Other offices held Place of primary affiliation Religious affiliation Tie-breaking votes Time in office

Succession	Designated survivor Line of succession

Elections	Electoral College margin Popular vote margin Winner lost popular vote

Candidates	Democratic tickets Republican tickets Third party tickets African American Received at least one electoral vote Female Height Lost their home state

Families	First Families First Ladies Second Ladies Children Relatives

Namesakes, honors	U.S. postage stamp appearances Currency appearances U.S. county names U.S. Senate vice presidential bust collection

In fiction	Presidents Actors Vice Presidents Actors Candidates Line of succession

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/29/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.