Vice Presidents

The most powerful men in America, the women behind them, the men a heartbeat away from becoming the commander-in-chief, and the men and women appointed to the highest judicial position by our nation's presidents--these are the leaders who have helped shape the political landscape of our great democracy. Suitable for exploratory research or for casual reading, the newly revised

Acknowledgments

vi

Introduction

vii

John Adams

1

(13)

Thomas Jefferson

14

(9)

Aaron Burr

23

(9)

George Clinton

32

(11)

Elbridge Gerry

43

(9)

Daniel D. Tompkins

52

(9)

John Caldwell Calhoun

61

(11)

Martin Van Buren

72

(10)

Richard Mentor Johnson

82

(8)

John Tyler

90

(12)

George Mifflin Dallas

102

(11)

Millard Fillmore

113

(9)

William Rufus de Vane King

122

(7)

John Cabell Breckinridge

129

(9)

Hannibal Hamlin

138

(9)

Andrew Johnson

147

(7)

Schuyler Colfax

154

(8)

Henry Wilson

162

(8)

William A. Wheeler

170

(8)

Chester Alan Arthur

178

(8)

Thomas Andrews Hendricks

186

(8)

Levi Parsons Morton

194

(10)

Adlai Ewing Stevenson

204

(12)

Garret Augustus Hobart

216

(10)

Theodore Roosevelt

226

(11)

Charles Warren Fairbanks

237

(5)

James Schoolcraft Sherman

242

(9)

Thomas Riley Marshall

251

(11)

Calvin Coolidge

262

(10)

Charles Gates Dawes

272

(11)

Charles Curtis

283

(6)

John Nance Garner

289

(8)

Henry Agard Wallace

297

(9)

Harry S. Truman

306

(8)

Alben W. Barkley

314

(8)

Richard Milhous Nixon

322

(10)

Lyndon Baines Johnson

332

(9)

Hubert H. Humphrey, Jr.

341

(9)

Spiro Theodore Agnew

350

(6)

Gerald Rudolph Ford

356

(6)

Nelson A. Rockefeller

362

(11)

Walter F. Mondale

373

(12)

George Herbert Walker Bush

385

(8)

J. Danforth Quayle

393

(8)

Albert Arnold Gore, Jr.

401

(13)

Richard Bruce Cheney

414

(13)

Appendices

427

(60)

Chronology of Events

429

(54)

Vice Presidents of the United States (In Alphabetical Order with Years of Service)

483

(1)

Vice Presidents of the United States (Listed by State)

484

(2)

Unsuccessful Vice-Presidential Candidates

486

(1)

General References

487

(2)

Index

489

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Praise for the previous editions:
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Recommended for its currency. All levels.—Choice
John Adams, the first vice president, called the vice presidency "the most insignificant office that was the invention of man," and Herbert Humphrey compared it to "being naked in the middle of a blizzard with no one to even offer you a match to keep you warm." Nonetheless, the majority of our vice presidents have been men of extraordinary high aspiration, ability, and achievement. For some the vice presidency was the deflating end of a political career; for others, the office was a stepping stone to the presidency.
Vice Presidents, Third Edition is an informative, multi-author compendium that details the lives and careers of America's vice presidents. Completely updated through the 2005 inauguration, this edition contains biographies of each vice president written by prominent experts and scholars, portraits of each vice president, a detailed chronology of the political history of the United States from the Revolution to the present, and suggested further reading about each vice president.