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Vice President of the United States

50 people have held this office since Apr 21, 1789. Now: J.D. Vance R.

Holders

50

22 R · 20 D · 5 DR · 2 W · 1 F

Longest tenure

8 years

Daniel D. Tompkins

Current

21 months

J.D. Vance, since Jan 20, 2025

history/office/vice-presidentEvery holder, newest first

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Jan 20, 2025 – present · 21 months

Kamala D. Harris D

Jan 20, 2021 – Jan 20, 2025 · 4 years

Jan 20, 2017 – Jan 20, 2021 · 4 years

Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. D

Jan 20, 2009 – Jan 20, 2017 · 8 years

Richard Bruce Cheney R

Jan 20, 2001 – Jan 20, 2009 · 8 years

Albert Arnold Gore Jr. D

Jan 20, 1993 – Jan 20, 2001 · 8 years

James Danforth Quayle R

Jan 20, 1989 – Jan 20, 1993 · 4 years

George Herbert Walker Bush R

Jan 20, 1981 – Jan 20, 1989 · 8 years

Walter Frederick Mondale D

Jan 20, 1977 – Jan 20, 1981 · 4 years

Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller R

Dec 19, 1974 – Jan 20, 1977 · 2.1 years

Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. R

Dec 6, 1973 – Aug 9, 1974 · 8 months

Spiro Theodore Agnew R

Jan 20, 1969 – Oct 10, 1973 · 4.7 years

Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D

Jan 20, 1965 – Jan 20, 1969 · 4 years

Lyndon Baines Johnson D

Jan 20, 1961 – Nov 22, 1963 · 2.8 years

Richard Milhous Nixon R

Jan 20, 1953 – Jan 20, 1961 · 8 years

Alben William Barkley D

Jan 20, 1949 – Jan 20, 1953 · 4 years

Harry S. Truman D

Jan 20, 1945 – Apr 12, 1945 · 3 months

Henry Agard Wallace D

Jan 20, 1941 – Jan 20, 1945 · 4 years

John Nance Garner D

Mar 4, 1933 – Jan 20, 1941 · 7.9 years

Charles Curtis R

Mar 4, 1929 – Mar 4, 1933 · 4 years

Charles Gates Dawes R

Mar 4, 1925 – Mar 4, 1929 · 4 years

Calvin Coolidge R

Mar 4, 1921 – Aug 2, 1923 · 2.4 years

Thomas Riley Marshall D

Mar 4, 1913 – Mar 4, 1921 · 8 years

James Schoolcraft Sherman R

Mar 4, 1909 – Oct 30, 1912 · 3.7 years

Charles Warren Fairbanks R

Mar 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1909 · 4 years

Theodore Roosevelt R

Mar 4, 1901 – Sep 14, 1901 · 6 months

Garret Augustus Hobart R

Mar 4, 1897 – Nov 21, 1899 · 2.7 years

Adlai Ewing Stevenson D

Mar 4, 1893 – Mar 4, 1897 · 4 years

Levi Parsons Morton R

Mar 4, 1889 – Mar 4, 1893 · 4 years

Thomas Andrews Hendricks D

Mar 4, 1885 – Nov 25, 1885 · 9 months

Chester Alan Arthur R

Mar 4, 1881 – Sep 19, 1881 · 7 months

William Almon Wheeler R

Mar 4, 1877 – Mar 4, 1881 · 4 years

Henry Wilson R

Mar 4, 1873 – Nov 22, 1875 · 2.7 years

Schuyler Colfax R

Mar 4, 1869 – Mar 4, 1873 · 4 years

Andrew Johnson D

Mar 4, 1865 – Apr 15, 1865 · 42 days

Hannibal Hamlin R

Mar 4, 1861 – Mar 4, 1865 · 4 years

John Cabell Breckinridge D

Mar 4, 1857 – Mar 4, 1861 · 4 years

William Rufus de Vane King D

Mar 4, 1853 – Apr 18, 1853 · 1 months

Millard Fillmore W

Mar 4, 1849 – Jul 9, 1850 · 16 months

George Mifflin Dallas D

Mar 4, 1845 – Mar 4, 1849 · 4 years

John Tyler W

Mar 4, 1841 – Apr 4, 1841 · 31 days

Richard Mentor Johnson D

Mar 4, 1837 – Mar 4, 1841 · 4 years

Martin Van Buren D

Mar 4, 1833 – Mar 4, 1837 · 4 years

John Caldwell Calhoun DR→D

Mar 4, 1825 – Dec 28, 1832 · 7.8 years

Daniel D. Tompkins DR

Mar 4, 1817 – Mar 4, 1825 · 8 years

Elbridge Gerry DR

Mar 4, 1813 – Nov 23, 1814 · 21 months

George Clinton DR

Mar 4, 1805 – Apr 20, 1812 · 7.1 years

Aaron Burr Jr. DR

Mar 4, 1801 – Mar 4, 1805 · 4 years

Thomas Jefferson DR

Mar 4, 1797 – Mar 4, 1801 · 4 years

John Adams F

Apr 21, 1789 – Mar 4, 1797 · 7.9 years

Dates are from the @unitedstates congress-legislators project. Consecutive terms of one person are merged.