Thomas Dewey (The Revolution Ended)

Thomas Dewey (March 24, 1902-March 16, 1971) was the 37th Vice-President of the United States from 1953-1961, 47th Governor of New York from 1943-1953, the 33rd District Attorney of New York County from 1938-1941, and the acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York from November 22, 1933-December 26, 1933. He ran for the Presidency in 1948 winning the Republican nomination but losing to President Harry Truman.

Vice-Presidency

Vice-President Dewey was given a lot of responsibilities by President Eisenhower which was more than any other Vice-President in American History. He attended every cabinet and National Security meetings and chaired them when Eisenhower was not present. He played a big role in foreign relations by visiting Saigon, Hanoi, and French Indonesia. When President Eisenhower suffered from a heart attack in 1955, Dewey took on the role of taking his place until he was able to perform the duties of President again even though the 25th Amendment wasn't ratified to the constitution yet but opened the door for it. Infrastructure projects were a big role during his time in office like it was during his time as Governor of New York. While Eisenhower was in charged of the projects in the states major cities and capitals, he was in charged of the ones in the minor cities. In 1957, he visited Africa as a part of his foreign relations responsibility. He helped create and push the Civil Rights Act of 1957 and urged President Eisenhower to sign it into law in which he did. Vice-President Dewey made a visit to South America to discuss college students of foreign policy. In 1959, President Eisenhower sent him to the Soviet Union to open the American National Exhibition in Moscow.

Post Vice-Presidency and Legacy

After his Vice-Presidency, he spent most of his retirement helping Republicans with their presidential campaigns such as Richard Nixon in 1960 and 1968 and Barry Goldwater in 1964. He died of a sudden heart attack at his home in Pawling, New York on March 16, 1971 where which President Nixon's daughter Tricia founded him dead that evening. He is buried next to his wife Frances in the Pawling Town Cemetery whom died a little over a half a year before him. Thomas Dewey is known as one of the best Vice-Presidents in American History due to his foreign relation skills, ability to work with congress on both sides of the isle, and the contribution to Eisenhower's infrastructure projects.