Vice Presidents that became President
Information about Vice Presidents that became President
There have been 14 Vice Presidents that became President and they can be
divided into different categories:
Sitting Vice Presidents elect: These are the Presidents that went straight
from being Vice President to President. Four Vice Presidents accomplished
this: John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Martin Van Buren, and George H. W. Bush.
Past Vice President elect: Richard Nixon is the only President that had a
gap between being Vice President and being elected President.
The other nine Vice Presidents that became Presidents became so because the
sitting President died or resigned.
Here are more details about the 14 Vice Presidents that became President:
John Adams
John Adams was Vice President from 1789 to 1797 and served under President
George Washington. After being Vice President for 8 years, John Adams served
as President for 4 years. He did not run for a second term. Interesting to
note that although John Adams was President George Washington's Vice President, he also ran against
him for President in 1788 and 1792.
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson was Vice President from 1797 to 1801 and served under
President John Adams. After being Vice President for 4 years, Thomas
Jefferson served as President for 8 years.
Martin Van Buren
Martin Van Buren was Vice President from 1833 to 1837 and served under
President Andrew Jackson. Martin Van Buren became President after serving
four years as Vice President.
John Tyler
Vice President John Tyler became President when President William Henry
Harrison died after just a little more than 30 days in office. President
Tyler served the remaining term, but did not run again for President.
Millard Fillmore
Vice President Millard Fillmore became President when President Zachary
Taylor died in office. President Millard Fillmore did not get the nomination
to run for another term.
Andrew Johnson
Vice President Andrew Johnson became President when President Abraham
Lincoln was assassinated. Andrew Johnson did not run for President in 1868
because his party did not nominate him.
Chester A. Arthur
Vice President Chester A. Arthur became President when President James A.
Garfield was shot. The Republican Party nominated James G. Blaine instead of
Garfield for the 1884 election. Thus, Chester A. Arthur never ran for
President.
Theodore Roosevelt
Vice President Theodore Roosevelt became President in 1901 after President
William McKinley was shot. He did win the Presidential election in 1904,
but did not run in 1908. However, he did try to run again in 1912, but he
lost.
Calvin Coolidge
Vice President Calvin Coolidge became President after President Warren G.
Harding died of a heart attack in 1923. Calvin Coolidge did run for
president in 1924 and won, but he did not run again in 1928.
Harry S. Truman
Vice President Harry S. Truman became President when President Franklin D.
Roosevelt died in 1945. Harry S. Truman also ran and won the 1948
Presidential election. However, he did not run for President in 1952.
Richard Nixon
Vice Richard M. Nixon served under President Dwight D. Eisenhower from 1953
to 1961. Richard Nixon ran for President in 1960 but lost to John F.
Kennedy. Richard Nixon ran again in 1968 and 1972 and won both times.
Lyndon B. Johnson
Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson became President after President John F.
Kennedy was shot in 1963. Lyndon B. Johnson also ran for President in 1964
and won election. He chose not to run for President in 1968.
Gerald Ford
Gerald R. Ford became Vice President when Spiro T. Agnew resigned as Vice
President in 1973. Then, when Richard Nixon resigned in 1974, Gerald R. Ford
became President.
Gerald Ford did actually run for President in 1976, but lost to Jimmy
Carter. Gerald R. Ford is therefore the only President that was never
elected to become President or Vice President.
George H. W. Bush
Vice President George H.W. Bush was elected President in 1988 after serving
under President Ronald Reagan for eight years. However, George H.W. Bush did
not win re-election in 1992.
Interesting to note that Lyndon B. Johnson, Harry S. Truman, and Calvin
Coolidge all became President because their President died in office and all
three were elected for one more term, and all three chose not to run for a
second term.
Andrew Johnson, Chester A. Arthur, and Millard Fillmore all became President
because the current President died, but all of them failed to get the
Presidential nomination at the next election.
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