Vice President of the United States (Cherry, Plum, and Chrysanthemum)

Vice President of the United States of America
Seal of the Vice President of the United States
Incumbent Elizabeth Warren since January 20, 2021
Residence	Number One Observatory Circle
Seat	Mayflower
Appointer	Direct popular election
Term length	Four years, no term limit
Constituting instrument	Constitution of the United States
Formation	March 4, 1789
First holder	John Adams

The Vice President of the United States is the second-highest officer in the executive branch of the federal government of the United States, after the President of the United States, and ranks first in the presidential line of succession. The vice president is ex officio President of the Senate. In this capacity, the vice president is empowered to preside over Senate deliberations, but may not vote except to cast a tie-breaking vote.

The role of the vice presidency has changed dramatically since it was created in 1787. Originally considered as an insignificant office, especially after the Twelfth Amendment meant that vice presidents were no longer the runners-up in the presidential election. Its role began steadily growing in importance by the 1930s and is now considered somehow as a stepping stone to the presidency. Following the Twenty-eighth Amendment adopted in 2006, the U.S. Vice President is directly elected by the universal suffrage to a four-year term, and is one of only two nationally elected federal officers other than the President of the United States.

List of Vice Presidents of the United States

  Federalist Party

  Democratic-Republican Party

  Nullifier Party

  Whig Party

  Democratic Party

  Republican Party

  Liberal Party

  Progressive Party

No.	Name (Birth–Death)		Term		Party	Election	President
			Took office	Left office
1		John Adams (1735–1826)	April 21, 1789	March 4, 1797	Federalist	1788	George Washington
						1792
2		Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)	March 4, 1797	March 4, 1801	Democratic-Republican	1796	John Adams
3		Aaron Burr (1756–1836)	March 4, 1801	March 4, 1805	Democratic-Republican	1800	Thomas Jefferson
4		George Clinton (1739–1812)	March 4, 1805	April 20, 1812 D	Democratic-Republican	1804
						1808	James Madison
Vacant (April 20, 1812 – March 4, 1813)
5		Daniel D. Tompkins (1774–1825)	March 4, 1813	November 23, 1814	Democratic-Republican	1812	Elbridge Gerry
Vacant (November 23, 1814 – March 4, 1817)							Daniel D. Tompkins
6		William Crawford (1772–1834)	March 4, 1817	March 4, 1825	Democratic-Republican	1816	James Monroe
						1820
7		John C. Calhoun (1782–1850)	March 4, 1825	December 28, 1832 R	Democratic-Republican	1824	John Quincy Adams
					Nullifier	1828	Andrew Jackson
Vacant (December 28, 1832 – March 4, 1833)
8		Martin Van Buren (1782–1862)	March 4, 1833	March 4, 1837	Democratic	1832
9		Richard Mentor Johnson (1780–1850)	March 4, 1837	March 4, 1841	Democratic	1836	Martin Van Buren
10		John Tyler (1790–1862)	March 4, 1841	April 4, 1841	Whig	1840	William Henry Harrison
Vacant (April 4, 1841 – March 4, 1845)							John Tyler
11		Theodore Frelinghuysen (1787–1862)	March 4, 1845	April 4, 1849	Whig	1844	Henry Clay
12		Millard Fillmore (1800–1874)	March 4, 1849	June 29, 1852	Whig	1848
Vacant (June 29, 1852 – March 4, 1857)							Millard Fillmore
						1852	William R. King
							David Rice Atchison
13		John C. Breckinridge (1821–1875)	March 4, 1857	March 4, 1861	Democratic	1856	James Buchanan
14		Hannibal Hamlin (1809–1891)	March 4, 1861	March 4, 1865	Republican	1860	Abraham Lincoln
15		Andrew Johnson (1808–1875)	March 4, 1865	April 15, 1865	Democratic National Union Party U	1864
Vacant (April 15, 1865 – March 4, 1869)							Andrew Johnson
16		Schuyler Colfax (1823–1885)	March 4, 1869	March 4, 1877	Republican	1868	Ulysses S. Grant
						1872
17		Charles Francis Adams Sr. (1807–1886)	March 4, 1877	March 4, 1881	Liberal	1876	Samuel J. Tilden
18		James A. Garfield (1831–1898)	March 4, 1881	March 4, 1885	Republican	1880	Ulysses S. Grant
19		James G. Blaine (1830–1893)	March 4, 1885	March 4, 1889	Republican	1884	George F. Edmunds
20		Adlai E. Stevenson I (1835–1914)	March 4, 1889	March 4, 1897	Liberal	1888	Grover Cleveland
						1892
21		Garret Hobart (1844–1899)	March 4, 1897	November 21, 1899 D	Republican	1896	William McKinley
Vacant (November 21, 1899 – March 4, 1901)
22		Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1929)	March 4, 1901	September 14, 1901	Republican	1900
Vacant (September 14, 1901 – March 4, 1905)							Theodore Roosevelt
23		Charles W. Fairbanks (1852–1918)	March 4, 1905	March 4, 1909	Republican	1904
24		James S. Sherman (1855–1912)	March 4, 1909	October 30, 1912 D	Republican	1908	William Howard Taft
Vacant (October 30, 1912 – March 4, 1913)
25		Hiram Johnson (1866–1945)	March 4, 1913	March 4, 1917	Progressive	1912	Theodore Roosevelt
26		Henry Cabot Lodge (1850–1924)	March 4, 1917	March 4, 1921	Progressive	1916
27		Calvin Coolidge (1872–1933)	March 4, 1921	March 4, 1925	Republican	1920	Charles Evans Hughes
28		Hiram Johnson (1866–1945) (2nd term)	March 4, 1925	June 18, 1925	Progressive	1924	Robert M. La Follette
Vacant (June 18, 1925 – March 4, 1929)							Hiram Johnson
29		Charles Curtis (1860–1936)	March 4, 1929	March 4, 1933	Republican	1928	Herbert Hoover
30		Frank Knox (1874–1944)	March 4, 1933	March 4, 1937	Progressive	1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt
31		Robert M. La Follette Jr. (1895–1955)	March 4, 1937	March 4, 1941	Progressive	1936
32		Henry A. Wallace (1888–1965)	March 4, 1941	March 4, 1945	Progressive	1940
33		Thomas E. Dewey (1902–1971)	March 4, 1945	April 12, 1945	Progressive	1944
Vacant (April 12, 1945 – January 20, 1949)							Thomas E. Dewey
34		Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (1902–1971)	January 20, 1949	January 20, 1953	Progressive	1948
35		Richard Nixon (1913–1994)	January 20, 1953	January 20, 1961	Liberal	1952	Joseph P. Kennedy
						1956
36		Hubert Humphrey (1911–1978)	January 20, 1961	January 20, 1969	Progressive	1960	Nelson Rockefeller
						1964
37		John A. Volpe (1918–1996)	January 20, 1969	January 20, 1977	Liberal	1968	Richard Nixon
						1972
38		John F. Kennedy (1917–1999)	January 20, 1977	January 20, 1985	Liberal	1976	Gerald Ford
						1980
39		George H. W. Bush (1924–2018)	January 20, 1981	January 20, 1989	Liberal	1984	John F. Kennedy
40		Paul Simon (1928–2003)	January 20, 1989	January 20, 1997	Progressive	1988	Michael Dukakis
						1992
41		George Pataki (1945–)	January 20, 1997	January 20, 2001	Liberal	1996	Mitt Romney
42		Paul Wellstone (1944–2002)	January 20, 2001	October 25, 2002 D	Progressive	2000	Joe Lieberman
Vacant (October 25 – December 17, 2002)
43		Bill Bradley (1943–)	December 17, 2002	January 20, 2009	Progressive
						2004
44		Joe Biden (1942–)	January 20, 2009	January 20, 2017	Progressive	2008	Barack Obama
						2012
45		John Kasich (1952–)	January 20, 2017	January 20, 2021	Liberal	2016	Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
46		Elizabeth Warren (1949–)	January 20, 2021	Incumbent	Progressive	2020	Bernie Sanders
						2024

Notes

• ^D Died in office of natural causes.
• ^A Assassinated.
• ^R Resigned.
• ^N Former Democrat who ran for Vice President on Whig ticket. Clashed with Whig congressional leaders and was expelled from the Whig party in 1841.
• ^U Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson were, respectively, a Republican and a Democrat who ran on the National Union ticket in 1864.