List of Vice Presidents of the United States by other offices held

This is a list of Vice Presidents of the United States by other offices (either elected or appointive) held, either before or after service as Vice President.

Contents 1 Federal Government 1.1 Executive Branch 1.1.1 Presidents 1.1.2 Cabinet Secretaries 1.1.3 Ambassadors 1.1.4 Other Federal Appointees 1.2 Judicial Branch 1.2.1 Chief Justice of the United States 1.2.2 Other Federal Judges 1.3 Legislative Branch 1.3.1 Senators 1.3.2 Members of the House of Representatives 1.4 Continental Congress 2 State Government 2.1 Governors 2.2 State Legislators 2.3 Other Statewide Offices 3 Municipal Government 4 Vice Presidents without prior political occupation 5 Foreign Governments 5.1 Colonial and Confederate Legislators 6 Lost Races

Federal Government

Executive Branch

Presidents

President	Year(s) served	Notes
John Adams	1797–1801
Thomas Jefferson	1801–1809
Martin Van Buren	1837–1841
John Tyler	1841	Became President after Harrison's death
Millard Fillmore	1850–1853	Became President after Taylor's death
Andrew Johnson	1865–1869	Became President after Lincoln's assassination
Chester A. Arthur	1881–1885	Became President after Garfield's assassination
Theodore Roosevelt	1901–1909	Became President after McKinley's assassination
Calvin Coolidge	1923–1929	Became President after Harding's death
Harry S. Truman	1945–1953	Became President after Roosevelt's death
Lyndon B. Johnson	1963–1969	Became President after Kennedy's assassination
Richard Nixon	1969–1974	Only former Vice President to become President in a non-immediate fashion
Gerald Ford	1974–1977	Became President after Nixon's resignation
George H. W. Bush	1989–1993

In addition, both George H. W. Bush and Dick Cheney served as Acting Presidents for brief periods under Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush, respectively.

Cabinet Secretaries

Secretary	Office	President served under	Year(s) served	Notes
Thomas Jefferson	Secretary of State	George Washington	1790–1793
John C. Calhoun	Secretary of War	James Monroe	1817–1825
	Secretary of State	John Tyler	1843-1845	Served after being Vice-President
Martin Van Buren	Secretary of State	Andrew Jackson	1829–1831
Charles G. Dawes	Director of Bureau of Budget	Warren G. Harding	1921–1922
Henry A. Wallace	Secretary of Agriculture	Franklin D. Roosevelt	1933–1940
	Secretary of Commerce		1945–1946	Served after being Vice President
		Harry S. Truman
Dick Cheney	Chief of Staff	Gerald Ford	1975–1977
	Secretary of Defense	George H. W. Bush	1989–1993

John Adams (as Vice President) and Thomas Jefferson both served in the Cabinet of George Washington.

Theodore Roosevelt (from 1897–1898) served as Assistant Secretary of the Navy under President McKinley. John C. Breckinridge was Secretary of War in the Confederate States of America

Ambassadors

President	Position	President served under	Year(s) served	Notes
John Adams	Minister to Britain	Continental Congress	1785–1788
Thomas Jefferson	Minister Plenipotentiary to France	Continental Congress	1785–1789
Martin Van Buren	Minister to Britain	Andrew Jackson	1831–1832
George M. Dallas	Minister to Russia	Martin Van Buren	1837-39
	Minister to Britain	James Buchanan	1856–1861	Served after being Vice President
William Rufus deVane King	Minister to France	James K. Polk	1844-46
Hannibal Hamlin	Ambassador to Spain	James A. Garfield	1881-83	Served after being Vice President
Levi P. Morton	Minister Plenipotentiary to France	James A. Garfield	1881–1885
		Chester A. Arthur
George H. W. Bush	Ambassador to the United Nations	Richard Nixon	1971–1973

Other Federal Appointees

President	Office	President appointed by	Year(s) served
Chester A. Arthur	Collector of the Port of New York	Ulysses S. Grant	1871–1878
George H. W. Bush	Director of Central Intelligence	Gerald Ford	1976–1977

Judicial Branch

Chief Justice of the United States

President	President nominated by	Year(s) served

Other Federal Judges

President	Court	President nominated by	Year(s) served

Legislative Branch

Senators

State	President	Year(s) served	Notes
Alabama	William Rufus deVane King	1819-44
		1848-52	Resigned to become Vice President
California	Richard Nixon	1951–1953	Resigned to become Vice President
Delaware	Joe Biden	1973–2009	Resigned to become Vice President
Indiana	Thomas A. Hendricks	1863–1869
	Charles W. Fairbanks	1897–1905	Resigned to become Vice President
	Dan Quayle	1981–1989	Resigned to become Vice President
Kansas	Charles Curtis	1907–1913
		1915–1929	Resigned to become Vice President
Kentucky	Richard Mentor Johnson	1819–1829
	John C. Breckinridge	1861	Served after becoming Vice President
	Alben W. Barkley	1927–1949	Resigned to become Vice President
		1955–1956	Served after being Vice President
Maine	Hannibal Hamlin	1848–1861	resigned to become Vice President
		1869–1881	Served after being Vice President
Massachusetts	Henry Wilson	1855–1873	Resigned to become Vice President
Minnesota	Hubert Humphrey	1949–1964	Resigned to become Vice President
		1971–1978	Served after being Vice President
	Walter Mondale	1964–1977	Resigned to become Vice President
Missouri	Harry S. Truman	1935–1945	Resigned to become Vice President
New York	Aaron Burr	1791-1797
	Martin Van Buren	1821–1828
Pennsylvania	George M. Dallas	1831–1833
South Carolina	John C. Calhoun	1832-1843	Served after being Vice President
		1845-1850	Died in office
Tennessee	Andrew Johnson	1857–1862
		1875	Served after being Vice President
	Al Gore	1985–1993	Resigned to become Vice President
Texas	Lyndon B. Johnson	1949–1961	Senate Minority Leader 1953-1955 Senate Majority Leader 1955-1961
Virginia	John Tyler	1827–1836

A number of future Vice Presidents served together while in the Senate:

• Senator Johnson served with Senators Martin Van Buren (1821–1828) and Tyler (1827–1829). Senator Tyler later served with Senator Dallas (1831–1833).
• Senator Hamlin served with Senators Wilson (1855–1861; 1869–1873) and Johnson (1857–1861; 1875). Senator Wilson also served with Senator Hendricks (1863–1869).
• Senator Curtis served with Senator Barkley (1927–1929). Senator Barkley later served with Senators Truman (1935–1945), Humphrey (1955–1956) and Johnson (1955–1956). Senators Humphrey and Johnson also served with Senator Nixon (1951–1953). Humphrey would be succeeded by Senator Mondale and would later serve with him (1971–1977) and Senator Biden (1973–1977). Senator Biden would later serve with Senators Quayle (1981–1989) and Gore (1985–1993).

Members of the House of Representatives

State	Vice President	Year(s) served	Notes
California	Richard Nixon	1947–1950	Later elected to the Senate
Illinois	Adlai Stevenson	1875-1877
		1879-1881
Indiana	Schuyler Colfax	1855-69	Served as Speaker of the House
	Thomas A. Hendricks	1851-1855
	Dan Quayle	1977-1981
Kentucky	Richard M. Johnson	1806-1819
		1829-1837
	John C. Breckinridge	1851-55
	Alben W. Barkley	1913-27	Later elected to the United States Senate
Maine	Hannibal Hamlin	1843-47
Massachusetts	Elbridge Gerry	1789-93
Michigan	Gerald Ford	1949–1973	House Minority Leader 1965-1973
New York	Millard Fillmore	1833–1835
		1837–1843
	William Wheeler	1861-63
		1869-77
	James S. Sherman	1887-91
		1893-1909
North Carolina	William Rufus DeVane King	1811-16
South Carolina	John C. Calhoun	1811-1817
Tennessee	Andrew Johnson	1843–1853	Later elected to the Senate
	Al Gore	1977-85	Later elected to the United States Senate
Texas	John Nance Garner	1903-1933	Served as Speaker of the House
	Lyndon B. Johnson	1937–1949	Later elected to the Senate
	George H. W. Bush	1967–1971
Virginia	John Tyler	1816–1821	Later elected to Senate
Wyoming	Dick Cheney	1979-1989

A number of future Vice Presidents served in the House together:

• Congressman Nixon served with Congressmen Johnson (1947–1949) and Ford (1949–1950). Congressman Ford later served with Congressman Bush (1967–1971).

Continental Congress

Vice President	State	Year(s) served
John Adams	Massachusetts	1774–1778
Thomas Jefferson	Virginia	1775–1776 1783–1784

State Government

Governors

State	Vice President	Year(s) served	Notes
Massachusetts	Calvin Coolidge	1919–1921	In 1919, Coolidge gained national attention when he ordered the Massachusetts National Guard to forcefully end the Boston Police Department strike.
New York	Martin Van Buren	1829
	Theodore Roosevelt	1899–1901
Tennessee	Andrew Johnson	1853–1857
		1862–1864	Military Governor
Virginia	Thomas Jefferson	1779–1781
	John Tyler	1825–1827

State Legislators

See below for information about pre-1776 colonial offices held.

State Legislature	Vice President	Year(s)served	Notes
Massachusetts House of Representatives	Calvin Coolidge	1907–1909
Massachusetts Senate	Calvin Coolidge	1912–1915
New York Senate	Martin Van Buren	1812–1820
New York State Assembly	Millard Fillmore	1829–1831
	Theodore Roosevelt	1882–1884	Assembly Minority Leader 1883
Tennessee House of Representatives	Andrew Johnson	1835–1837
Tennessee Senate	Andrew Johnson	1841–1843
Virginia House of Delegates	Thomas Jefferson	1776–1779
	John Tyler	1811–1816
		1823–1825

Other Statewide Offices

Vice President	Office and Jurisdiction	Year(s) served
Martin Van Buren	Attorney General of New York	1815–1819
Millard Fillmore	New York State Comptroller	1847–1849
Calvin Coolidge	Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts	1916–1918

Municipal Government

Vice President	Office and jurisdiction	Year(s) served
Martin Van Buren	Surrogate of Columbia County, New York	1808–1812
Andrew Johnson	Alderman, Greeneville, Tennessee	1828–1830
	Mayor of Greeneville, Tennessee	1830–1833
Theodore Roosevelt	Superintendent of the New York Board of Police Commissioners	1895–1897
Calvin Coolidge	Mayor of Northampton, Massachusetts	1910–1911

Vice Presidents without prior political occupation

Vice President	Term of office	Notes

Foreign Governments

Colonial and Confederate Legislators

Legislature	Vice President	Year(s) served	Notes
Confederate Congress	John Tyler	1861	Under the Confederate States of America during the Civil War.
Massachusetts House of Representatives	John Adams	1768–1774	Under the Kingdom of Great Britain before 1776.
Virginia House of Burgesses	Thomas Jefferson	1769–1774

Lost Races

Other than re-election to the Vice Presidency

Vice President	Office and jurisdiction	Year	Notes
Thomas Jefferson	President of the United States	1796	Won in 1800, 1804
Theodore Roosevelt	Mayor of New York City	1886	Placed in distant third behind Abram S. Hewitt.
Richard Nixon	President of the United States	1960	Won in 1968, 1972
	Governor of California	1962	Lost to Pat Brown by nearly 300,000 votes; in his concession speech, he lashed out at the media, saying "...you don't have Nixon to kick around any more, because, gentlemen, this is my last press conference."
Lyndon B. Johnson	United States Senator from Texas	1941	Later elected Senator in 1948
George H. W. Bush	United States Senator from Texas	1964, 1970	Lost to Ralph Yarborough in 1964 and Lloyd Bentsen in 1970
	Republican nomination for President of the United States	1980	Won presidency in 1988 but lost re-election in 1992

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