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Three vice presidents have briefly acted as president under the 25th Amendment: George H. W. Bush on July 13, 1985; Dick Cheney on June 29, 2002, and on July 21, 2007; and Kamala Harris on November 19, 2021. The persons who have served as vice president were born in or primarily affiliated with 27 states plus the District of Columbia.
Kamala Harris is the 49th and current vice president of the United States. A former senator, she is the first African American, first Asian American and first female occupant of the office. Harris is the highest ranking female official in United States history. She assumed office on January 20, 2021.
This is a list of vice presidents of the United States by time in office.The basis of the list is the difference between dates.The length of a full four-year vice-presidential term of office amounts to 1,461 days (three common years of 365 days plus one leap year of 366 days).
Kamala Harris, the most recent U.S. vice president to run for president. Nineteen of the 49 vice presidents of the United States have attempted a run for the presidency after being elected vice president. [1] Six have been elected to the presidency, or over a third of running vice-presidents, while seven have lost the presidential election, and ...
This is a list of vice presidents of the United States by age.The first table charts the age of each vice president of the United States at the time of that person's inauguration (first inauguration if that person was elected to multiple and consecutive terms), at the time that that person left office, and at the time of that person's death.
Thomas Jefferson. 1801–1809. Second sitting vice president elected president. Martin Van Buren. 1837–1841. Third sitting vice president elected president. John Tyler. 1841–1845. Became president after Harrison 's death, first vice president to become president upon the death of his predecessor.
The Green Party has run a female candidate for president four times: Cynthia McKinney in 2008 and Jill Stein in 2012, 2016, and 2024. Stein's 1.5 million votes in 2016 represent the third-largest total for a female presidential candidate in U.S. history as of 2024. Pat LaMarche in 2004, Rosa Clemente in 2008, Cheri Honkala in 2012, and Angela ...
Since the office was established in 1789, 45 men have served in 46 presidencies. The first president, George Washington, won a unanimous vote of the Electoral College. [4] Grover Cleveland served two non-consecutive terms and is therefore counted as the 22nd and 24th president of the United States, giving rise to the discrepancy between the ...