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Three vice presidents have briefly acted as president under the 25th Amendment: George H. W. Bush on July 13, 1985; Dick Cheney on June 29, 2002, and on July 21, 2007; and Kamala Harris on November 19, 2021. The persons who have served as vice president were born in or primarily affiliated with 27 states plus the District of Columbia.
Kamala Harris is the 49th and current vice president of the United States. A former senator, she is the first African American, first Asian American and first female occupant of the office. Harris is the highest ranking female official in United States history. She assumed office on January 20, 2021.
This is a list of vice presidents of the United States by time in office.The basis of the list is the difference between dates.The length of a full four-year vice-presidential term of office amounts to 1,461 days (three common years of 365 days plus one leap year of 366 days).
Four presidents died in office of natural causes (William Henry Harrison, Zachary Taylor, Warren G. Harding, and Franklin D. Roosevelt), four were assassinated (Abraham Lincoln, James A. Garfield, William McKinley, and John F. Kennedy), and one resigned (Richard Nixon, facing impeachment and removal from office). [ 9 ]
A list of U.S. vice presidents grouped by primary state of residence and birth, with priority given to residence. Only 22 out of the 50 states are represented. Vice presidents with an asterisk (*) did not primarily reside in their respective birth states (they were not born in the state listed below).
The oldest living vice president is Dick Cheney, born on January 30, 1941 (age 83 years, 218 days). The youngest living vice president is the incumbent, Kamala Harris, born on October 20, 1964 (age 59 years, 320 days). The shortest-lived vice president was Daniel D. Tompkins, who died at the age of 50 years, 355 days, only 99 days after leaving
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.
Notes. ^ These vice presidents include John Tyler, Millard Fillmore, Andrew Johnson, Chester A. Arthur, Teddy Roosevelt, Calvin Coolidge, Harry S. Truman, Lyndon B. Johnson, and Gerald Ford. ^ a b Election occurred prior to the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution which formalized the process for electing the president and vice ...