Ancestral background of vice presidents of the United States

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This is a list of ancestral origins of the people who have served as Vice President of the United States. Similarly to the Presidency of the United States, most holders of the office of the Vice Presidency have come from prominent or wealthy families of predominantly Northern European and Protestant backgrounds. [1] In the American political system Vice Presidential candidates have historically been chosen either by a political party, or by a presidential nominee. Because of this, their ethnic and geographic background can play heavily into their selection, either in an effort to double down on a key electoral base, or to potentially expand the appeal of a presidential ticket to a wider demographic group. [2] [3]

Contents

Ancestry table

Summary:

No. [4] Vice President and parents Flag of Denmark.svg Danish Flag of the Netherlands.svg Dutch Flag of England.svg English Flag of France.svg French Flag of Germany.svg German Flag of Greece.svg Greek Flag of India.svg Indian Flag of Ireland.svg Irish Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaican Kaw Flag of the Isle of Man.svg Manx Flag of Norway.svg Norwegian Flag of the Osage Nation.svg Osage Flag of Poland.svg Polish Potawatomi Flag of Scotland.svg Scottish Flag of Sweden.svg Swedish Flag of Ulster.svg Ulster Scots Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Welsh Citation
1. (1789-1797) John Adams

(1735-1826) John Adams Sr.

Susanna Boylston

YesYes [5] [6]
2. (1797-1801) Thomas Jefferson

(1743-1826) Peter Jefferson

Jane Randolph

YesYesYes [6] [7] [8]
3. (1801-1805) Aaron Burr

(1756-1836) Aaron Burr Sr.

Esther Edwards

YesYes
4. (1805-1812) George Clinton

(1739-1812) Charles Clinton

Elizabeth Denniston

Yes [9]
5. (1813-1814) Elbridge Gerry

(1744-1814) Thomas Gerry

Elizabeth Greenleaf

Yes [10]
6. (1817-1825) Daniel D. Thompkins

(1774-1825) Jonathan Griffin Tompkins

Sarah Ann Hyatt

YesYes
7. (1825-1832) John C. Calhoun

(1782-1850) Patrick Calhoun

Martha Caldwell

Yes [11] [12]
8. (1833-1837) Martin Van Buren

(1782-1862) Abraham Van Buren

Maria Hoes

Yes [13] [14]
9. (1837-1841) Richard Mentor Johnson

(1780-1850) Robert Johnson

Jemima Suggett

YesYesYes
10. (1841-1841) John Tyler

(1790-1862) John Tyler Sr.

Mary Marot Armistead

YesYes [15] [5]
11. (1845-1849) George M. Dallas

(1792-1864) Alexander James Dallas

Arabella Maria Smith

YesYes [16] [17]
12. (1849-1850) Millard Fillmore

(1800-1874) Nathaniel Fillmore

Phoebe Millard

Yes [18]
13. (1853-1853) William R. King

(1786-1853) William King

Margaret DeVane

YesYesYes
14. (1867-1861) John C. Breckinridge

(1821-1875) Cabell Breckinridge

Mary Clay Smith

YesYes [19]
15. (1861-1865) Hannibal Hamlin

(1809-1891) Cyrus Hamlin

Anna Livermore

Yes [20]
16. (1865-1865) Andrew Johnson

(1808-1875) Jacob Johnson

Mary McDonough

YesYesYesYes [18] [21]
17. (1869-1873) Schuyler Colfax

(1823-1875) Schuyler Colfax Sr.

Hannah Stryker

Yes [22]
18. (1873-1875) Henry Wilson

(1812-1875) Winthrop Colbath

Abigail Witham

Yes [23]
19. (1877-1881) William A. Wheeler

(1819-1887) Almon Wheeler

Eliza Woodward

YesYesYes
20. (1881-1881) Chester A. Arthur

(1829-1886) William Arthur

Malvina Stone

YesYesYes [21] [24]
21. (1885-1885) Thomas A. Hendricks

(1819-1885) John Hendricks

Jane Thomson

YesYes
22. (1889- 1893) Levi P. Morton

(1824-1920) Daniel Oliver Morton

Lucretia Parsons

Yes [25]
23. (1893-1897) Adlai Stevenson I

(1835-1914) John Turner Stevenson

Eliza Ann Ewing

YesYes [26]
24. (1897-1899) Garret Hobart

(1844-1899) Addison Willard Hobart

Sophia Vanderveer

Yes [27]
25. (1901-1901) Theodore Roosevelt

(1858-1919) Theodore Roosevelt Sr.

Martha Bulloch

YesYesYesYesYesYesYes [15] [6] [28]
26. (1905-1909) Charles W. Fairbanks

(1852-1918) Loriston Monroe Fairbanks

Mary Adelaide Smith

YesYes
27. (1909-1912) James S. Sherman

(1855-1912) Richard Updike Sherman

Mary Frances Sherman

Yes [29]
28. (1913-1921) Thomas R. Marshall

(1854-1925) Daniel M. Marshall

Martha E. Patterson

YesYesYesYes
29. (1921-1923) Calvin Coolidge

(1872-1933) John Calvin Coolidge Sr.

Victoria Josephine Moor

YesYes [5] [30]
30. (1925-1929) Charles G. Dawes

(1865-1951) Rufus R. Dawes

Mary Beman Gates

YesYes
31. (1929-1933) Charles Curtis

(1860-1936) Orren Arms Curtis

Ellen Pappan

YesYesYesYesYesYesYes [31] [32]
32. (1933-1941) John Nance Garner

(1868-1967) John Nance Garner Jr.

Sarah Jane Guest

YesYes [33]
33. (1941-1945) Henry A. Wallace

(1888-1965) Henry Cantwell Wallace

Carrie May Brodhead

YesYes [34]
34. (1945-1945) Harry S. Truman

(1884-1972) John Anderson Truman

Martha Ellen Young

YesYesYesYesYes [35]
35. (1949-1953) Alben W. Barkley

(1877-1956) John Wilson Barkley

Electa Eliza Smith

Yes [36]
36. (1953-1961) Richard Nixon

(1913-1994) Francis Anthony Nixon

Hannah Elizabeth Milhous

YesYesYesYes [6] [21]
37. (1961-1963) Lyndon B. Johnson

(1908-1973) Samuel Ealy Johnson Jr.

Rebekah Baines

YesYesYesYesYes [37]
38. (1965-1969) Hubert Humphrey

(1911-1978) Hubert Horatio Humphrey Sr.

Ragnild Kristine Sannes

YesYes [38]
39. (1969-1973) Spiro Agnew

(1918-1996) Theodore Spiros Agnew

Margaret Marian Akers

YesYes [39] [40]
40. (1973-1974) Gerald R. Ford

(1913-2006) Leslie Lynch King Sr.

Dorothy Ayer Gardner

YesYesYes [41] [42]
41. (1974-1977) Nelson Rockefeller

(1908-1979) John Davison Rockefeller Jr.

Abigail Greene Aldrich

YesYesYesYesYes [43]
42. (1977-1981) Walter Mondale

(1928-2021) Theodore Sigvaard Mondale

Claribel Hope Cowan

YesYesYesYes [44]
43. (1981-1989) George H. W. Bush

(1924-2018) Prescott Sheldon Bush

Dorothy Wear Walker

YesYesYesYesYesYesYes [45] [46] [47] [48]
44. (1989-1993) Dan Quayle

(born 1947) James Cline Quayle

Martha Corinne Pulliam

YesYes [49]
45. (1993-2001) Al Gore

(born 1948) Albert Arnold Gore Sr.

Pauline Annette LaFon

YesYesYes [50]
46. (2001-2009) Dick Cheney

(born 1941) Richard Herbert Cheney

Marjorie Lorraine Dickey

YesYesYes [51] [52]
47. (2009-2017) Joe Biden

(born 1942) Joseph Robinette Biden Sr.

Catherine Eugenia Finnegan

YesYesYes [53] [54]
48. (2017-2021) Mike Pence

(born 1959) Edward Joseph Pence Jr.

Ann Jane Cawley

YesYesYes [55]
49. (2021-2025) Kamala Harris

(born 1964) Donald Jasper Harris

Shyamala Gopalan

YesYesYes [56] [57] [58]
50.

(2025-present)

 JD Vance

(born 1984) Donald Ray Bowman

Beverly Carol Vance

YesYes [59]

See also

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