<P> Prior to adoption of the Twenty - fifth Amendment in 1967, an intra-term vacancy in the office of the Vice President could not be filled until the next post-election inauguration . Several such vacancies occurred--seven vice presidents died, one resigned, and eight succeeded to the presidency . This amendment allowed for a vacancy to be filled through appointment by the President and confirmation by both chambers of the U.S. Congress . Since its ratification, the vice presidency has been vacant twice (both in the context of scandals surrounding the Nixon Administration), and was filled both times through this process: in 1973, following Spiro Agnew's resignation, and again in 1974, after Gerald Ford succeeded to the presidency . The amendment also established a procedure whereby a Vice President may, if the president is unable to discharge the powers and duties of the office, temporarily assume the powers and duties of the office as Acting President . George H.W. Bush did so once, on July 13, 1985 . Dick Cheney did so twice, on June 29, 2002, and on July 21, 2007 . </P> <P> The persons who have served as vice president were born in or primarily affiliated with 27 states plus the District of Columbia . New York has produced the most of any state, as eight have been born there, and three others considered it their home state . Most U.S. Vice Presidents have been in their 50s or 60s and had political experience prior to assuming the office . The youngest person to become Vice President was John C. Breckinridge at 36 years of age, while the oldest was Alben W. Barkley at 71 years of age . Two U.S. Vice Presidents--George Clinton and John C. Calhoun--served under more than one President . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="9"> Pro-Administration (1) Federalist (1) Democratic - Republican (6) Nullifier (1) Democratic (17) Whig (2) Republican (21) National Union (1) </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Vice presidency </Th> <Th_colspan="2"> Vice President </Th> <Th> Prior office </Th> <Th_colspan="2"> Party </Th> <Th> Election </Th> <Th> President </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> April 21, 1789--March 4, 1797 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> John Adams 1735--1826 (Lived: 90 years) </Td> <Td> United States Minister to the Court of St. James's (1785--1788) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Pro - Admin . </Td> <Td> (1788--89) </Td> <Td> George Washington </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Federalist </Td> <Td> (1792) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> March 4, 1797--March 4, 1801 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Thomas Jefferson 1743--1826 (Lived: 83 years) </Td> <Td> 1st United States Secretary of State (1790--1793) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Democratic - Republican </Td> <Td> (1796) </Td> <Td> John Adams </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> March 4, 1801--March 4, 1805 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Aaron Burr 1756--1836 (Lived: 80 years) </Td> <Td> Member of the New York State Assembly (1784--1785 & 1798--1799) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Democratic - Republican </Td> <Td> (1800) </Td> <Td> Thomas Jefferson </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> March 4, 1805--April 20, 1812 (Died in office) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> George Clinton 1739--1812 (Lived: 72 years) </Td> <Td> 1st Governor of New York (1777--1795 & 1801--1804) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Democratic - Republican </Td> <Td> 5 (1804) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 6 (1808) </Td> <Td> James Madison </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="7"> Office vacant April 20, 1812--March 4, 1813 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> March 4, 1813--November 23, 1814 (Died in office) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Elbridge Gerry 1744--1814 (Lived: 70 years) </Td> <Td> 9th Governor of Massachusetts (1810--1812) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Democratic - Republican </Td> <Td> 7 (1812) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="7"> Office vacant November 23, 1814--March 4, 1817 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> March 4, 1817--March 4, 1825 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Daniel D. Tompkins 1774--1825 (Lived: 50 years) </Td> <Td> 4th Governor of New York (1807--1817) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Democratic - Republican </Td> <Td> 8 (1816) </Td> <Td> James Monroe </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 9 (1820) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> March 4, 1825--December 28, 1832 (Resigned from office) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> John C. Calhoun 1782--1850 (Lived: 68 years) </Td> <Td> 10th United States Secretary of War (1817--1825) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Democratic - Republican </Td> <Td> 10 (1824) </Td> <Td> John Q. Adams </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Nullifier Democratic </Td> <Td> 11 (1828) </Td> <Td> Andrew Jackson </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="7"> Office vacant December 28, 1832--March 4, 1833 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 8 </Td> <Td> March 4, 1833--March 4, 1837 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Martin Van Buren 1782--1862 (Lived: 79 years) </Td> <Td> United States Minister to the Court of St. James's (1831--1832) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> 12 (1832) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 9 </Td> <Td> March 4, 1837--March 4, 1841 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Richard M. Johnson 1780--1850 (Lived: 70 years) </Td> <Td> U.S. Representative for Kentucky's 13th district (1833--1837) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> 13 (1836) </Td> <Td> Martin Van Buren </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> March 4, 1841--April 4, 1841 (Became President) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> John Tyler 1790--1862 (Lived: 71 years) </Td> <Td> U.S. Senator from Virginia (1827--1836) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Whig </Td> <Td> 14 (1840) </Td> <Td> William H. Harrison (Died in office) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="7"> Office vacant April 4, 1841--March 4, 1845 </Td> <Td> John Tyler </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 11 </Td> <Td> March 4, 1845--March 4, 1849 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> George M. Dallas 1792--1864 (Lived: 72 years) </Td> <Td> United States Minister to Russia (1837--1839) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> 15 (1844) </Td> <Td> James K. Polk </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 12 </Td> <Td> March 4, 1849--July 9, 1850 (Became President) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Millard Fillmore 1800--1874 (Lived: 74 years) </Td> <Td> 14th New York State Comptroller (1848--1849) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Whig </Td> <Td> 16 (1848) </Td> <Td> Zachary Taylor (Died in office) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="7"> Office vacant July 9, 1850--March 4, 1853 </Td> <Td> Millard Fillmore </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 13 </Td> <Td> March 4, 1853--April 18, 1853 (Died in office) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> William R. King 1786--1853 (Lived: 67 years) </Td> <Td> U.S. Senator from Alabama (1819--1844 & 1848--1852) President pro tempore (1850--1852) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> 17 (1852) </Td> <Td> Franklin Pierce </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="7"> Office vacant April 18, 1853--March 4, 1857 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 14 </Td> <Td> March 4, 1857--March 4, 1861 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> John C. Breckinridge 1821--1875 (Lived: 54 years) </Td> <Td> U.S. Representative for Kentucky's 8th district (1851--1855) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> 18 (1856) </Td> <Td> James Buchanan </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 15 </Td> <Td> March 4, 1861--March 4, 1865 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Hannibal Hamlin 1809--1891 (Lived: 81 years) </Td> <Td> U.S. Senator from Maine (1848--1857 & 1857--1861) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Republican </Td> <Td> 19 (1860) </Td> <Td> Abraham Lincoln (Died in office) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 16 </Td> <Td> March 4, 1865--April 15, 1865 (Became President) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Andrew Johnson 1808--1875 (Lived: 66 years) </Td> <Td> 15th Governor of Tennessee (1853--1857) Military Governor of Tennessee (1862--1865) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> National Union </Td> <Td> 20 (1864) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="7"> Office vacant April 15, 1865--March 4, 1869 </Td> <Td> Andrew Johnson </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 17 </Td> <Td> March 4, 1869--March 4, 1873 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Schuyler Colfax 1823--1885 (Lived: 61 years) </Td> <Td> U.S. Representative for Indiana's 9th district (1855--1869) Speaker of the House (1863--1869) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Republican </Td> <Td> 21 (1868) </Td> <Td> Ulysses S. Grant </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 18 </Td> <Td> March 4, 1873--November 22, 1875 (Died in office) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Henry Wilson 1812--1875 (Lived: 63 years) </Td> <Td> U.S. Senator from Massachusetts (1855--1873) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Republican </Td> <Td> 22 (1872) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="7"> Office vacant November 22, 1875--March 4, 1877 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 19 </Td> <Td> March 4, 1877--March 4, 1881 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> William A. Wheeler 1819--1887 (Lived: 67 years) </Td> <Td> U.S. Representative for New York's 19th district (1875--1877) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Republican </Td> <Td> 23 (1876) </Td> <Td> Rutherford B. Hayes </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 20 </Td> <Td> March 4, 1881--September 19, 1881 (Became President) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Chester A. Arthur 1829--1886 (Lived: 57 years) </Td> <Td> 10th Chairman of the New York State Republican Executive Committee (1879--1881) (No prior elected office) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Republican </Td> <Td> 24 (1880) </Td> <Td> James A. Garfield (Died in office) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="7"> Office vacant September 19, 1881--March 4, 1885 </Td> <Td> Chester A. Arthur </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 21 </Td> <Td> March 4, 1885--November 25, 1885 (Died in office) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Thomas A. Hendricks 1819--1885 (Lived: 66 years) </Td> <Td> 16th Governor of Indiana (1873--1877) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> 25 (1884) </Td> <Td> Grover Cleveland </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="7"> Office vacant November 25, 1885--March 4, 1889 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 22 </Td> <Td> March 4, 1889--March 4, 1893 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Levi P. Morton 1824--1920 (Lived: 96 years) </Td> <Td> U.S. Minister to France (1881--1885) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Republican </Td> <Td> 26 (1888) </Td> <Td> Benjamin Harrison </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 23 </Td> <Td> March 4, 1893--March 4, 1897 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Adlai Stevenson 1835--1914 (Lived: 78 years) </Td> <Td> First Assistant United States Postmaster General (1885--1889) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> 27 (1892) </Td> <Td> Grover Cleveland </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 24 </Td> <Td> March 4, 1897--November 21, 1899 (Died in office) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Garret Hobart 1844--1899 (Lived: 55 years) </Td> <Td> Vice Chairman of the Republican National Committee (1892--1896) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Republican </Td> <Td> 28 (1896) </Td> <Td> William McKinley (Died in office) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="7"> Office vacant November 21, 1899--March 4, 1901 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 25 </Td> <Td> March 4, 1901--September 14, 1901 (Became President) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Theodore Roosevelt 1858--1919 (Lived: 60 years) </Td> <Td> 33rd Governor of New York (1899--1900) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Republican </Td> <Td> 29 (1900) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="7"> Office vacant September 14, 1901--March 4, 1905 </Td> <Td> Theodore Roosevelt </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 26 </Td> <Td> March 4, 1905--March 4, 1909 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Charles W. Fairbanks 1852--1918 (Lived: 66 years) </Td> <Td> U.S. Senator from Indiana (1897--1905) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Republican </Td> <Td> 30 (1904) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 27 </Td> <Td> March 4, 1909--October 30, 1912 (Died in office) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> James S. Sherman 1855--1912 (Lived: 57 years) </Td> <Td> U.S. Representative for New York's 27th district (1903--1909) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Republican </Td> <Td> 31 (1908) </Td> <Td> William H. Taft </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="7"> Office vacant October 30, 1912--March 4, 1913 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 28 </Td> <Td> March 4, 1913--March 4, 1921 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Thomas R. Marshall 1854--1925 (Lived: 71 years) </Td> <Td> 27th Governor of Indiana (1909--1913) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> 32 (1912) </Td> <Td> Woodrow Wilson </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 33 (1916) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 29 </Td> <Td> March 4, 1921--August 2, 1923 (Became President) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Calvin Coolidge 1872--1933 (Lived: 60 years) </Td> <Td> 48th Governor of Massachusetts (1919--1921) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Republican </Td> <Td> 34 (1920) </Td> <Td> Warren G. Harding (Died in office) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="7"> Office vacant August 2, 1923--March 4, 1925 </Td> <Td> Calvin Coolidge </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 30 </Td> <Td> March 4, 1925--March 4, 1929 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Charles G. Dawes 1865--1951 (Lived: 85 years) </Td> <Td> 1st Director of the U.S. Bureau of the Budget (1921--1922) (No prior elected office) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Republican </Td> <Td> 35 (1924) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 31 </Td> <Td> March 4, 1929--March 4, 1933 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Charles Curtis 1860--1936 (Lived: 76 years) </Td> <Td> U.S. Senator from Kansas (1907--1913 & 1915--1929) President pro tempore (1911) Senate Majority Leader (1925--1929) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Republican </Td> <Td> 36 (1928) </Td> <Td> Herbert Hoover </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 32 </Td> <Td> March 4, 1933--January 20, 1941 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> John N. Garner 1868--1967 (Lived: 98 years) </Td> <Td> U.S. Representative for Texas's 15th district (1903--1933) House Minority Leader (1929--1931) Speaker of the House (1931--1933) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> 37 (1932) </Td> <Td> Franklin D. Roosevelt (Died in office) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 38 (1936) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 33 </Td> <Td> January 20, 1941--January 20, 1945 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Henry A. Wallace 1888--1965 (Lived: 77 years) </Td> <Td> 11th United States Secretary of Agriculture (1933--1940) (No prior elected office) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> 39 (1940) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 34 </Td> <Td> January 20, 1945--April 12, 1945 (Became President) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Harry S. Truman 1884--1972 (Lived: 88 years) </Td> <Td> U.S. Senator from Missouri (1935--1945) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> 40 (1944) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="7"> Office vacant April 12, 1945--January 20, 1949 </Td> <Td> Harry S. Truman </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 35 </Td> <Td> January 20, 1949--January 20, 1953 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Alben W. Barkley 1877--1956 (Lived: 78 years) </Td> <Td> U.S. Senator from Kentucky (1927--1949) Senate Majority Leader (1937--1947) Senate Minority Leader (1947--1949) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> 41 (1948) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 36 </Td> <Td> January 20, 1953--January 20, 1961 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Richard Nixon 1913--1994 (Lived: 81 years) </Td> <Td> U.S. Senator from California (1950--1953) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Republican </Td> <Td> 42 (1952) </Td> <Td> Dwight D. Eisenhower </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 43 (1956) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 37 </Td> <Td> January 20, 1961--November 22, 1963 (Became President) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Lyndon B. Johnson 1908--1973 (Lived: 64 years) </Td> <Td> U.S. Senator from Texas (1949--1961) Senate Majority Leader (1955--1961) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> 44 (1960) </Td> <Td> John F. Kennedy (Died in office) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="7"> Office vacant November 22, 1963--January 20, 1965 </Td> <Td> Lyndon B. Johnson </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 38 </Td> <Td> January 20, 1965--January 20, 1969 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Hubert Humphrey 1911--1978 (Lived: 66 years) </Td> <Td> U.S. Senator from Minnesota (1949--1964) Senate Majority Whip (1961--1964) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> 45 (1964) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 39 </Td> <Td> January 20, 1969--October 10, 1973 (Resigned from office) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Spiro Agnew 1918--1996 (Lived: 77 years) </Td> <Td> 55th Governor of Maryland (1967--1969) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Republican </Td> <Td> 46 (1968) </Td> <Td> Richard Nixon (Resigned from office) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 47 (1972) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="7"> Office vacant October 10--December 6, 1973 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 40 </Td> <Td> December 6, 1973--August 9, 1974 (Became President) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Gerald Ford 1913--2006 (Lived: 93 years) </Td> <Td> U.S. Representative for Michigan's 5th district (1949--1973) House Minority Leader (1965--1973) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Republican </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="7"> Office vacant August 9--December 19, 1974 </Td> <Td> Gerald Ford </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 41 </Td> <Td> December 19, 1974--January 20, 1977 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Nelson Rockefeller 1908--1979 (Lived: 70 years) </Td> <Td> 49th Governor of New York (1959--1973) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Republican </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 42 </Td> <Td> January 20, 1977--January 20, 1981 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Walter Mondale Born 1928 (90 years old) </Td> <Td> U.S. Senator from Minnesota (1964--1976) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> 48 (1976) </Td> <Td> Jimmy Carter </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 43 </Td> <Td> January 20, 1981--January 20, 1989 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> George H.W. Bush Born 1924 (94 years old) </Td> <Td> 11th Director of Central Intelligence (1976--1977) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Republican </Td> <Td> 49 (1980) </Td> <Td> Ronald Reagan </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 50 (1984) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 44 </Td> <Td> January 20, 1989--January 20, 1993 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Dan Quayle Born 1947 (71 years old) </Td> <Td> U.S. Senator from Indiana (1981--1989) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Republican </Td> <Td> 51 (1988) </Td> <Td> George H.W. Bush </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 45 </Td> <Td> January 20, 1993--January 20, 2001 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Al Gore Born 1948 (70 years old) </Td> <Td> U.S. Senator from Tennessee (1985--1993) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> 52 (1992) </Td> <Td> Bill Clinton </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 53 (1996) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 46 </Td> <Td> January 20, 2001--January 20, 2009 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Dick Cheney Born 1941 (77 years old) </Td> <Td> 17th United States Secretary of Defense (1989--1993) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Republican </Td> <Td> 54 (2000) </Td> <Td> George W. Bush </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 55 (2004) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 47 </Td> <Td> January 20, 2009--January 20, 2017 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Joe Biden Born 1942 (75 years old) </Td> <Td> U.S. Senator from Delaware (1973--2009) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> 56 (2008) </Td> <Td> Barack Obama </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 57 (2012) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 48 </Td> <Td> January 20, 2017--Incumbent </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Mike Pence Born 1959 (59 years old) </Td> <Td> 50th Governor of Indiana (2013--2017) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Republican </Td> <Td> 58 (2016) </Td> <Td> Donald Trump </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="9"> Pro-Administration (1) Federalist (1) Democratic - Republican (6) Nullifier (1) Democratic (17) Whig (2) Republican (21) National Union (1) </Th> </Tr>

Name the vice president of the united states