Living vice presidents of the United States
This article shows the variation in the number of living vice presidents of the United States from the inauguration of the first vice president of the United States in 1789 until the present. The following table includes all persons who have taken the vice presidential oath of office. Currently, in addition to the incumbent, Mike Pence, there are five living former vice presidents: Walter Mondale, Dan Quayle, Al Gore, Dick Cheney, and Joe Biden.
Current living vice presidents
Living vice presidents as of June 27, 2020 (from oldest to youngest):[1]
Timeline
Number of vice presidents alive at each moment in United States history:
Number of vice presidents alive at each moment in United States history | |||
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Starting and ending events | Number living | names | Timespan | |
From: Apr 21, 1789 · 1st VP inauguration of John Adams To: Mar 4, 1797 · VP inauguration of Thomas Jefferson |
1 | Adams | 7 years, 317 days |
From: Mar 4, 1797 · VP inauguration of Thomas Jefferson To: Mar 4, 1801 · VP inauguration of Aaron Burr |
2 | Jefferson Adams | 4 years, 0 days |
From: Mar 4, 1801 · VP inauguration of Aaron Burr To: Mar 4, 1805 · 1st VP inauguration of George Clinton |
3 | Burr Jefferson Adams | 4 years, 0 days |
From: Mar 4, 1805 · 1st VP inauguration of George Clinton To: Apr 20, 1812 · Death of George Clinton |
4 | Clinton Burr Jefferson Adams | 7 years, 47 days |
From: Apr 20, 1812 · Death of George Clinton To: Mar 4, 1813 · VP inauguration of Elbridge Gerry (Vice presidency vacant throughout) |
3 | Burr Jefferson Adams | 318 days |
From: Mar 4, 1813 · VP inauguration of Elbridge Gerry To: Nov 23, 1814 · Death of Elbridge Gerry |
4 | Gerry Burr Jefferson Adams | 1 year, 264 days |
From: Nov 23, 1814 · Death of Elbridge Gerry To: Mar 4, 1817 · 1st VP inauguration of Daniel D. Tompkins (Vice presidency vacant throughout) |
3 | Burr Jefferson Adams | 2 years, 101 days |
From: Mar 4, 1817 · 1st VP inauguration of Daniel D. Tompkins To: Mar 4, 1825 · 1st VP inauguration of John C. Calhoun |
4 | Tompkins Burr Jefferson Adams | 8 years, 0 days |
From: Mar 4, 1825 · 1st VP inauguration of John C. Calhoun To: Jun 17, 1825 · Death of Daniel D. Tompkins |
5 | Calhoun Tompkins Burr Jefferson Adams | 105 days |
From: Jun 17, 1825 · Death of Daniel D. Tompkins To: Jul 4, 1826 · Death of Thomas Jefferson |
4 | Calhoun Burr Jefferson Adams | 1 year, 17 days |
From: Jul 4, 1826 · Death of Thomas Jefferson To: Jul 4, 1826 · Death of John Adams |
3 | Calhoun Burr Adams | 5½ hours |
From: Jul 4, 1826 · Death of John Adams To: Mar 4, 1833 · VP inauguration of Martin Van Buren |
2 | Calhoun Burr | 6 years, 243 days |
From: Mar 4, 1833 · VP inauguration of Martin Van Buren To: Sep 14, 1836 · Death of Aaron Burr |
3 | Van Buren Calhoun Burr | 3 years, 194 days |
From: Sep 14, 1836 · Death of Aaron Burr To: Mar 4, 1837 · VP inauguration of Richard Mentor Johnson |
2 | Van Buren Calhoun | 171 days |
From: Mar 4, 1837 · VP inauguration of Richard Mentor Johnson To: Mar 4, 1841 · VP inauguration of John Tyler |
3 | R. M. Johnson Van Buren Calhoun | 4 years, 0 days |
From: Mar 4, 1841 · VP inauguration of John Tyler To: Mar 4, 1845 · VP inauguration of George M. Dallas |
4 | Tyler R. M. Johnson Van Buren Calhoun | 4 years, 0 days |
From: Mar 4, 1845 · VP inauguration of George M. Dallas To: Mar 4, 1849 · VP inauguration of Millard Fillmore |
5 | Dallas Tyler R. M. Johnson Van Buren Calhoun | 4 years, 0 days |
From: Mar 4, 1849 · VP inauguration of Millard Fillmore To: Mar 31, 1850 · Death of John C. Calhoun |
6 | Fillmore Dallas Tyler R. M. Johnson Van Buren Calhoun | 1 year, 27 days |
From: Mar 31, 1850 · Death of John C. Calhoun To: Nov 19, 1850 · Death of Richard Mentor Johnson |
5 | Fillmore Dallas Tyler R. M. Johnson Van Buren | 233 days |
From: Nov 19, 1850 · Death of Richard Mentor Johnson To: Mar 4, 1853 · VP inauguration of William R. King |
4 | Fillmore Dallas Tyler Van Buren | 2 years, 105 days |
From: Mar 4, 1853 · VP inauguration of William R. King To: Apr 18, 1853 · Death of William R. King |
5 | King Fillmore Dallas Tyler Van Buren | 45 days |
From: Apr 18, 1853 · Death of William R. King To: Mar 4, 1857 · VP inauguration of John C. Breckinridge (Vice presidency vacant throughout) |
4 | Fillmore Dallas Tyler Van Buren | 3 years, 320 days |
From: Mar 4, 1857 · VP inauguration of John C. Breckinridge To: Mar 4, 1861 · VP inauguration of Hannibal Hamlin |
5 | Breckinridge Fillmore Dallas Tyler Van Buren | 4 years, 0 days |
From: Mar 4, 1861 · VP inauguration of Hannibal Hamlin To: Jan 18, 1862 · Death of John Tyler |
6 | Hamlin Breckinridge Fillmore Dallas Tyler Van Buren | 320 days |
From: Jan 18, 1862 · Death of John Tyler To: Jul 24, 1862 · Death of Martin Van Buren |
5 | Hamlin Breckinridge Fillmore Dallas Van Buren | 187 days |
From: Jul 24, 1862 · Death of Martin Van Buren To: Dec 31, 1864 · Death of George M. Dallas |
4 | Hamlin Breckinridge Fillmore Dallas | 2 years, 160 days |
From: Dec 31, 1864 · Death of George M. Dallas To: Mar 4, 1865 · VP inauguration of Andrew Johnson |
3 | Hamlin Breckinridge Fillmore | 63 days |
From: Mar 4, 1865 · VP inauguration of Andrew Johnson To: Mar 4, 1869 · VP inauguration of Schuyler Colfax |
4 | A. Johnson Hamlin Breckinridge Fillmore | 4 years, 0 days |
From: Mar 4, 1869 · VP inauguration of Schuyler Colfax To: Mar 4, 1873 · VP inauguration of Henry Wilson |
5 | Colfax A. Johnson Hamlin Breckinridge Fillmore | 4 years, 0 days |
From: Mar 4, 1873 · VP inauguration of Henry Wilson To: Mar 8, 1874 · Death of Millard Fillmore |
6 | Wilson Colfax A. Johnson Hamlin Breckinridge Fillmore | 1 year, 4 days |
From: Mar 8, 1874 · Death of Millard Fillmore To: May 17, 1875 · Death of John C. Breckinridge |
5 | Wilson Colfax A. Johnson Hamlin Breckinridge | 1 year, 70 days |
From: May 17, 1875 · Death of John C. Breckinridge To: Jul 31, 1875 · Death of Andrew Johnson |
4 | Wilson Colfax A. Johnson Hamlin | 75 days |
From: Jul 31, 1875 · Death of Andrew Johnson To: Nov 22, 1875 · Death of Henry Wilson |
3 | Wilson Colfax Hamlin | 114 days |
From: Nov 22, 1875 · Death of Henry Wilson To: Mar 4, 1877 · VP inauguration of William A. Wheeler (Vice presidency vacant throughout) |
2 | Colfax Hamlin | 1 year, 102 days |
From: Mar 4, 1877 · VP inauguration of William A. Wheeler To: Mar 4, 1881 · VP inauguration of Chester A. Arthur |
3 | Wheeler Colfax Hamlin | 4 years, 0 days |
From: Mar 4, 1881 · VP inauguration of Chester A. Arthur To: Jan 13, 1885 · Death of Schuyler Colfax |
4 | Arthur Wheeler Colfax Hamlin | 3 years, 315 days |
From: Jan 13, 1885 · Death of Schuyler Colfax To: Mar 4, 1885 · VP inauguration of Thomas A. Hendricks |
3 | Arthur Wheeler Hamlin | 50 days |
From: Mar 4, 1885 · VP inauguration of Thomas A. Hendricks To: Nov 25, 1885 · Death of Thomas A. Hendricks |
4 | Hendricks Arthur Wheeler Hamlin | 266 days |
From: Nov 25, 1885 · Death of Thomas A. Hendricks To: Nov 18, 1886 · Death of Chester A. Arthur (Vice presidency vacant throughout) |
3 | Arthur Wheeler Hamlin | 358 days |
From: Nov 18, 1886 · Death of Chester A. Arthur To: Jun 4, 1887 · Death of William A. Wheeler (Vice presidency vacant throughout) |
2 | Wheeler Hamlin | 198 days |
From: Jun 4, 1887 · Death of William A. Wheeler To: Mar 4, 1889 · VP inauguration of Levi P. Morton (Vice presidency vacant throughout) |
1 | Hamlin | 1 year, 273 days |
From: Mar 4, 1889 · VP inauguration of Levi P. Morton To: Jul 4, 1891 · Death of Hannibal Hamlin |
2 | Morton Hamlin | 2 years, 122 days |
From: Jul 4, 1891 · Death of Hannibal Hamlin To: Mar 4, 1893 · VP inauguration of Adlai Stevenson I |
1 | Morton | 1 year, 243 days |
From: Mar 4, 1893 · VP inauguration of Adlai Stevenson I To: Mar 4, 1897 · VP inauguration of Garret Hobart |
2 | Stevenson Morton | 4 years, 0 days |
From: Mar 4, 1897 · VP inauguration of Garret Hobart To: Nov 21, 1899 · Death of Garret Hobart |
3 | Hobart Stevenson Morton | 2 years, 262 days |
From: Nov 21, 1899 · Death of Garret Hobart To: Mar 4, 1901 · VP inauguration of Theodore Roosevelt (Vice presidency vacant throughout) |
2 | Stevenson Morton | 1 year, 103 days |
From: Mar 4, 1901 · VP inauguration of Theodore Roosevelt To: Mar 4, 1905 · VP inauguration of Charles W. Fairbanks |
3 | Roosevelt Stevenson Morton | 4 years, 0 days |
From: Mar 4, 1905 · VP inauguration of Charles W. Fairbanks To: Mar 4, 1909 · VP inauguration of James S. Sherman |
4 | Fairbanks Roosevelt Stevenson Morton | 4 years, 0 days |
From: Mar 4, 1909 · VP inauguration of James S. Sherman To: Oct 30, 1912 · Death of James S. Sherman |
5 | Sherman Fairbanks Roosevelt Stevenson Morton | 3 years, 240 days |
From: Oct 30, 1912 · Death of James S. Sherman To: Mar 4, 1913 · 1st VP inauguration of Thomas R. Marshall (Vice presidency vacant throughout) |
4 | Fairbanks Roosevelt Stevenson Morton | 125 days |
From: Mar 4, 1913 · 1st VP inauguration of Thomas R. Marshall To: Jun 14, 1914 · Death of Adlai Stevenson I |
5 | Marshall Fairbanks Roosevelt Stevenson Morton | 1 year, 102 days |
From: Jun 14, 1914 · Death of Adlai Stevenson I To: Jun 4, 1918 · Death of Charles W. Fairbanks |
4 | Marshall Fairbanks Roosevelt Morton | 3 years, 355 days |
From: Jun 4, 1918 · Death of Charles W. Fairbanks To: Jan 5, 1919 · Death of Theodore Roosevelt |
3 | Marshall Roosevelt Morton | 215 days |
From: Jan 5, 1919 · Death of Theodore Roosevelt To: May 16, 1920 · Death of Levi P. Morton |
2 | Marshall Morton | 1 year, 132 days |
From: May 16, 1920 · Death of Levi P. Morton To: Mar 4, 1921 · VP inauguration of Calvin Coolidge |
1 | Marshall | 292 days |
From: Mar 4, 1921 · VP inauguration of Calvin Coolidge To: Mar 4, 1925 · VP inauguration of Charles G. Dawes |
2 | Coolidge Marshall | 4 years, 0 days |
From: Mar 4, 1925 · VP inauguration of Charles G. Dawes To: Jun 1, 1925 · Death of Thomas R. Marshall |
3 | Dawes Coolidge Marshall | 89 days |
From: Jun 1, 1925 · Death of Thomas R. Marshall To: Mar 4, 1929 · VP inauguration of Charles Curtis |
2 | Dawes Coolidge | 3 years, 276 days |
From: Mar 4, 1929 · VP inauguration of Charles Curtis To: Jan 5, 1933 · Death of Calvin Coolidge |
3 | Curtis Dawes Coolidge | 3 years, 277 days |
From: Jan 5, 1933 · Death of Calvin Coolidge To: Mar 4, 1933 · 1st VP inauguration of John Nance Garner |
2 | Curtis Dawes | 58 days |
From: Mar 4, 1933 · 1st VP inauguration of John Nance Garner To: Feb 8, 1936 · Death of Charles Curtis |
3 | Garner Curtis Dawes | 2 years, 341 days |
From: Feb 8, 1936 · Death of Charles Curtis To: Jan 20, 1941 · VP inauguration of Henry A. Wallace |
2 | Garner Dawes | 4 years, 347 days |
From: Jan 20, 1941 · VP inauguration of Henry A. Wallace To: Jan 20, 1945 · VP inauguration of Harry S. Truman |
3 | Wallace Garner Dawes | 4 years, 0 days |
From: Jan 20, 1945 · VP inauguration of Harry S. Truman To: Jan 20, 1949 · VP inauguration of Alben W. Barkley |
4 | Truman Wallace Garner Dawes | 4 years, 0 days |
From: Jan 20, 1949 · VP inauguration of Alben W. Barkley To: Apr 23, 1951 · Death of Charles G. Dawes |
5 | Barkley Truman Wallace Ganer Dawes | 2 years, 93 days |
From: Apr 23, 1951 · Death of Charles G. Dawes To: Jan 20, 1953 · 1st VP inauguration of Richard Nixon |
4 | Barkley Truman Wallace Garner | 1 year, 272 days |
From: Jan 20, 1953 · 1st VP inauguration of Richard Nixon To: Apr 30, 1956 · Death of Alben W. Barkley |
5 | Nixon Barkley Truman Wallace Garner | 3 years, 101 days |
From: Apr 30, 1956 · Death of Alben W. Barkley To: Jan 20, 1961 · VP inauguration of Lyndon B. Johnson |
4 | Nixon Truman Wallace Garner | 4 years, 265 days |
From: Jan 20, 1961 · VP inauguration of Lyndon B. Johnson To: Jan 20, 1965 · VP inauguration of Hubert Humphrey |
5 | L. B. Johnson Nixon Truman Wallace Garner | 4 years, 0 days |
From: Jan 20, 1965 · VP inauguration of Hubert Humphrey To: Nov 18, 1965 · Death of Henry A. Wallace |
6 | Humphrey L. B. Johnson Nixon Truman Wallace Garner | 302 days |
From: Nov 18, 1965 · Death of Henry A. Wallace To: Nov 7, 1967 · Death of John Nance Garner |
5 | Humphrey L. B. Johnson Nixon Truman Garner | 1 year, 354 days |
From: Nov 7, 1967 · Death of John Nance Garner To: Jan 20, 1969 · 1st VP inauguration of Spiro Agnew |
4 | Humphrey L. B. Johnson Nixon Truman | 1 year, 74 days |
From: Jan 20, 1969 · 1st VP inauguration of Spiro Agnew To: Dec 26, 1972 · Death of Harry S. Truman |
5 | Agnew Humphrey L. B. Johnson Nixon Truman | 3 years, 341 days |
From: Dec 26, 1972 · Death of Harry S. Truman To: Jan 22, 1973 · Death of Lyndon B. Johnson |
4 | Agnew Humphrey L. B. Johnson Nixon | 27 days |
From: Jan 22, 1973 · Death of Lyndon B. Johnson To: Dec 6, 1973 · Confirmation of Gerald Ford as VP |
3 | Agnew Humphrey Nixon | 318 days |
From: Dec 6, 1973 · Confirmation of Gerald Ford as VP To: Dec 19, 1974 · Confirmation of Nelson Rockefeller as VP |
4 | Ford Agnew Humphrey Nixon | 1 year, 13 days |
From: Dec 19, 1974 · Confirmation of Nelson Rockefeller as VP To: Jan 20, 1977 · VP inauguration of Walter Mondale |
5 | Rockefeller Ford Agnew Humphrey Nixon | 2 years, 32 days |
From: Jan 20, 1977 · VP inauguration of Walter Mondale To: Jan 13, 1978 · Death of Hubert Humphrey |
6 | Mondale Rockefeller Ford Agnew Humphrey Nixon | 358 days |
From: Jan 13, 1978 · Death of Hubert Humphrey To: Jan 26, 1979 · Death of Nelson Rockefeller |
5 | Mondale Rockefeller Ford Agnew Nixon | 1 year, 13 days |
From: Jan 26, 1979 · Death of Nelson Rockefeller To: Jan 20, 1981 · 1st VP inauguration of George H. W. Bush |
4 | Mondale Ford Agnew Nixon | 1 year, 360 days |
From: Jan 20, 1981 · 1st VP inauguration of George H. W. Bush To: Jan 20, 1989 · VP inauguration of Dan Quayle |
5 | Bush Mondale Ford Agnew Nixon | 8 years, 0 days |
From: Jan 20, 1989 · VP inauguration of Dan Quayle To: Jan 20, 1993 · 1st VP inauguration of Al Gore |
6 | Quayle Bush Mondale Ford Agnew Nixon | 4 years, 0 days |
From: Jan 20, 1993 · 1st VP inauguration of Al Gore To: Apr 22, 1994 · Death of Richard Nixon |
7 | Gore Quayle Bush Mondale Ford Agnew Nixon | 1 year, 92 days |
From: Apr 22, 1994 · Death of Richard Nixon To: Sep 17, 1996 · Death of Spiro Agnew |
6 | Gore Quayle Bush Mondale Ford Agnew | 2 years, 148 days |
From: Sep 17, 1996 · Death of Spiro Agnew To: Jan 20, 2001 · 1st VP inauguration of Dick Cheney |
5 | Gore Quayle Bush Mondale Ford | 4 years, 125 days |
From: Jan 20, 2001 · 1st VP inauguration of Dick Cheney To: Dec 26, 2006 · Death of Gerald Ford |
6 | Cheney Gore Quayle Bush Mondale Ford | 5 years, 340 days |
From: Dec 26, 2006 · Death of Gerald Ford To: Jan 20, 2009 · 1st VP inauguration of Joe Biden |
5 | Cheney Gore Quayle Bush Mondale | 2 years, 25 days |
From: Jan 20, 2009 · 1st VP inauguration of Joe Biden To: Jan 20, 2017 · VP inauguration of Mike Pence |
6 | Biden Cheney Gore Quayle Bush Mondale | 8 years, 0 days |
From: Jan 20, 2017 · VP inauguration of Mike Pence To: Nov 30, 2018 · Death of George H. W. Bush |
7 | Pence Biden Cheney Gore Quayle Bush Mondale | 1 year, 314 days |
From: Nov 30, 2018 · Death of George H. W. Bush To: (present) |
6 | Pence Biden Cheney Gore Quayle Mondale | 1 year, 210 days |
Starting and ending events | Number living | names | Timespan | |
Sources:[2][3][4] |
Most and fewest living vice presidents
There have been two time periods with seven living vice presidents (i.e., the incumbent and six former vice presidents):[1]
- January 1993 to April 1994 – Richard Nixon, Spiro Agnew, Gerald Ford, Walter Mondale, George H. W. Bush, Dan Quayle, and Al Gore
- January 2017 to November 2018 – Mondale, G. H. W. Bush, Quayle, Gore, Dick Cheney, Joe Biden, and Mike Pence (seven consecutive vice presidents)
There have been four time periods with only one living vice president:[5][6]
- April 1789 to March 1797 – John Adams, who, being the first vice president, had no predecessors
- June 1887 to March 1889 – Hannibal Hamlin, after the death of William A. Wheeler during a period when the vice presidency was vacant
- July 1891 to March 1893 – Levi P. Morton, after the death of his last living predecessor, Hannibal Hamlin
- May 1920 to March 1921 – Thomas R. Marshall, after the death of his last living predecessor, Levi Morton
References
- Feinman, Ronald L. "Seven Living Vice Presidents, Most For Second Time In American History, And Longevity Of Presidents And First Ladies". The Progressive Professor. Retrieved January 7, 2018.
- "Vice Presidential Inaugurations". aoc.gov. Washington, D.C.: Architect of the Capitol. Retrieved October 18, 2018.
- "Vice President of the United States (President of the Senate)". .senate.gov. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Senate. Retrieved October 18, 2018.
- "Inauguration Ceremonies". .senate.gov. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Senate. Retrieved October 18, 2018.
- Strock, Ian Randal (2016). Ranking the Vice Presidents: True Tales and Trivia, from John Adams to Joe Biden. Skyhorse Publishing. p. 17. ISBN 978-1-63144-061-8. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
- "Veeps: Hannibal Hamlin". Presidential History Geeks Journal, livejournal.com. September 2, 2013. Retrieved January 9, 2018.
External links
- Library of Congress information: presidents, vice presidents