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 the vice president.
President | Year(s) served | Notes |
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John Adams | 1797–1801 | First sitting vice president elected president |
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 |
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; later elected to own term. |
Calvin Coolidge | 1923–1929 | Became president after Harding's death; later elected to own term. |
Harry S. Truman | 1945–1953 | Became president after Roosevelt's death; later elected to own term. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963–1969 | Became president after Kennedy's assassination; later elected to own term. |
Richard Nixon | 1969–1974 | First former vice president elected president |
Gerald Ford | 1974–1977 | Became president after Nixon's resignation; had been appointed vice president after Agnew's resignation. |
George H. W. Bush | 1989–1993 | Fourth sitting vice president elected president |
Joe Biden | 2021–Incumbent | Second former vice president elected president |
Secretary | Office | President served under | Year(s) served | Notes |
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Thomas Jefferson | Secretary of State | George Washington | 1790–1793 | |
John C. Calhoun | Secretary of War | James Monroe | 1817–1825 | |
Secretary of State | John Tyler | 1844–1845 | Served after being vice president | |
Martin Van Buren | Secretary of State | Andrew Jackson | 1829–1831 | |
Henry A. Wallace | Secretary of Agriculture | Franklin D. Roosevelt | 1933–1940 | |
Secretary of Commerce | 1945–1946 | Served after being vice president | ||
Franklin D. Roosevelt | ||||
Harry S. Truman | ||||
Dick Cheney | Chief of Staff | Gerald Ford | 1975–1977 | |
Secretary of Defense | George H. W. Bush | 1989–1993 |
No vice presidents have yet served in the judicial branch.
State | Vice President | Year(s) served | Notes |
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Alabama | William R. King | 1819–1844 | President pro tempore, 1836-1841 |
1848–1852 | President pro tempore, 1850-1852. Resigned to become vice president | ||
California | Richard Nixon | 1950–1953 | Resigned to become vice president |
Kamala Harris | 2017–2021 | 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 | President pro tempore, 1911 |
1915–1929 | Republican Whip, 1915–1924. Republican leader, 1924–1929. 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 | |
1955–1956 | Served after being vice president. Died in office | ||
Maine | Hannibal Hamlin | 1848–1861 | Resigned to become vice president |
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 |
1971–1978 | Served after being vice president. Died in office | ||
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 | |
Martin Van Buren | 1821–1828 | ||
Pennsylvania | George M. Dallas | 1831–1833 | |
South Carolina | John C. Calhoun | 1832–1843 | Served after being vice president |
1845–1850 | Served after being vice president. Died in office | ||
Tennessee | Andrew Johnson | 1857–1862 | |
1875 | Served after being vice president. Died in office | ||
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 | President pro tempore, 1835 |
A number of future and former vice presidents served together while in the Senate:
A number of future vice presidents served in the House together:
Vice President | State | Year(s) served |
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John Adams | Massachusetts | 1774–1778 |
Thomas Jefferson | Virginia | 1775–1776 1783–1784 |
Elbridge Gerry | Massachusetts | 1776–1780 |
State | Vice President | Year(s) served | Notes |
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Indiana | Thomas A. Hendricks | 1873–1877 | |
Thomas R. Marshall | 1909–1913 | ||
Mike Pence | 2013–2017 | ||
Maine | Hannibal Hamlin | 1857 | |
Massachusetts | Elbridge Gerry | 1810–1812 | |
Calvin Coolidge | 1919–1921 | ||
Maryland | Spiro Agnew | 1967–1969 | Resigned to become vice president |
New York | George Clinton | 1777–1795 | |
1801–1804 | |||
Daniel D. Tompkins | 1807–1817 | Resigned to become vice president | |
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 | |
1862–1865 | Military governor | ||
Virginia | Thomas Jefferson | 1779–1781 | |
John Tyler | 1825–1827 |
Vice President | Office and jurisdiction | Year(s) served |
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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 |
Kamala Harris | Attorney General of California | 2011–2017 |
Legislature | Vice President | Year(s) served | Notes |
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Confederate Cabinet | John C. Breckinridge | 1865 | Confederate States Secretary of War, served after being vice president |
Confederate Congress | John Tyler | 1861–1862 | Under the Confederate States of America during the Civil War, served after being vice president and president. |
Massachusetts House of Representatives | Elbridge Gerry | 1772–1775 | Under the Kingdom of Great Britain before 1776. |
John Adams | 1768–1774 | ||
Virginia House of Burgesses | Thomas Jefferson | 1769–1774 | |
Other than immediate re-election to the vice presidency
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