List of vice presidents of the United States by education
Most vice presidents of the United States have undergone higher education at an American university, college or law school.
Vice president list[]
No. | Image | Name |
Home state |
Took office |
Left office |
Party |
School |
President(s) |
Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | John Adams | Massachusetts | April 21, 1789 | March 4, 1797 | Federalist | Harvard College | George Washington | [1] | |
2 | Thomas Jefferson | Virginia | March 4, 1797 | March 4, 1801 | Democratic-Republican | College of William & Mary | John Adams | [2] | |
3 | Aaron Burr | New York | March 4, 1801 | March 4, 1805 | Democratic-Republican | Princeton | Jefferson | [3] | |
4 | George Clinton | New York | March 4, 1805 | April 20, 1812 | Democratic-Republican | Studied law with William Smith | Jefferson/ Madison |
[4] | |
Vacant | April 20, 1812 | March 4, 1813 | Madison | ||||||
5 | Elbridge Gerry | Massachusetts | March 4, 1813 | November 23, 1814 | Democratic-Republican | Harvard College | Madison | [5] | |
Vacant | November 23, 1814 | March 4, 1817 | Madison | ||||||
6 | Daniel D. Tompkins | New York | March 4, 1817 | March 4, 1825 | Democratic-Republican | Columbia | Monroe | [6] | |
7 | John C. Calhoun | South Carolina | March 4, 1825 | December 28, 1832 | Democratic-Republican/ Democratic |
Yale | J. Q. Adams/ Jackson |
[7] | |
Vacant | December 28, 1832 | March 4, 1833 | Jackson | ||||||
8 | Martin Van Buren | New York | March 4, 1833 | March 4, 1837 | Democratic | Kinderhook Academy and Washington Seminary studied law with Peter Silvester, Francis Sylvester and William P. Van Ness | Jackson | [8] | |
9 | Richard Mentor Johnson | Kentucky | March 4, 1837 | March 4, 1841 | Democratic | Transylvania University | Van Buren | [9] | |
10 | John Tyler | Virginia | March 4, 1841 | April 4, 1841 | Whig | College of William & Mary | W. Harrison | [10] | |
Vacant | April 4, 1841 | March 4, 1845 | Tyler | ||||||
11 | George M. Dallas | Pennsylvania | March 4, 1845 | March 4, 1849 | Democratic | Princeton University | Polk | [11] | |
12 | Millard Fillmore | New York | March 4, 1849 | July 9, 1850 | Whig | New Hope Academy, studied law with Judge Walter Wood, Cayuga County, New York | Taylor | [12] | |
Vacant | July 9, 1850 | March 4, 1853 | Fillmore | ||||||
13 | William R. King | Alabama | March 4, 1853 | April 18, 1853 | Democratic | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Pierce | [13] | |
Vacant | April 18, 1853 | March 4, 1857 | Pierce | ||||||
14 | John C. Breckinridge | Kentucky | March 4, 1857 | March 4, 1861 | Democratic | Centre College, Princeton University, Transylvania University | Buchanan | [14] | |
15 | Hannibal Hamlin | Maine | March 4, 1861 | March 4, 1865 | Republican | Hebron Academy, Studied law at the firm of Samuel Fessenden | Lincoln | [15] | |
16 | Andrew Johnson | Tennessee | March 4, 1865 | April 15, 1865 | Democratic | None (Self-taught and received instruction from his wife, Eliza McCardle Johnson) | Lincoln | [16] | |
Vacant | April 15, 1865 | March 4, 1869 | A. Johnson | ||||||
17 | Schuyler Colfax | Indiana | March 4, 1869 | March 4, 1873 | Republican | Common schools of New York City and New Carlisle, Indiana | Grant | [17] | |
18 | Henry Wilson | Massachusetts | March 4, 1873 | November 22, 1875 | Republican | Academies in Strafford, Wolfeboro, and Concord, New Hampshire | Grant | [18] | |
Vacant | November 22, 1875 | March 4, 1877 | Grant | ||||||
19 | William A. Wheeler | New York | March 4, 1877 | March 4, 1881 | Republican | University of Vermont | Hayes | [19] | |
20 | Chester A. Arthur | New York | March 4, 1881 | September 19, 1881 | Republican | Union College, State and National Law School | Garfield | [20] | |
Vacant | September 19, 1881 | March 4, 1885 | Arthur | ||||||
21 | Thomas A. Hendricks | Indiana | March 4, 1885 | November 25, 1885 | Democratic | Hanover College | Cleveland | [21] | |
Vacant | November 25, 1885 | March 4, 1889 | Cleveland | ||||||
22 | Levi P. Morton | New York | March 4, 1889 | March 4, 1893 | Republican | Shoreham Academy, Shoreham, Vermont | B. Harrison | [22] | |
23 | Adlai E. Stevenson | Illinois | March 4, 1893 | March 4, 1897 | Democratic | Illinois Wesleyan University, Centre College | Cleveland | [23] | |
24 | Garret Hobart | New Jersey | March 4, 1897 | November 21, 1899 | Republican | Rutgers College | McKinley | [24] | |
Vacant | November 21, 1899 | March 4, 1901 | McKinley | ||||||
25 | Theodore Roosevelt | New York | March 4, 1901 | September 14, 1901 | Republican | Harvard College, Columbia Law School | McKinley | [25] | |
Vacant | September 14, 1901 | March 4, 1905 | T. Roosevelt | ||||||
26 | Charles W. Fairbanks | Indiana | March 4, 1905 | March 4, 1909 | Republican | Ohio Wesleyan University | T. Roosevelt | [26] | |
27 | James S. Sherman | New York | March 4, 1909 | October 30, 1912 | Republican | Hamilton College | Taft | [27] | |
Vacant | October 30, 1912 | March 4, 1913 | Taft | ||||||
28 | Thomas R. Marshall | Indiana | March 4, 1913 | March 4, 1921 | Democratic | Wabash College | Wilson | [28] | |
29 | Calvin Coolidge | Massachusetts | March 4, 1921 | August 2, 1923 | Republican | Amherst College | Harding | [29] | |
Vacant | August 2, 1923 | March 4, 1925 | Coolidge | ||||||
30 | Charles G. Dawes | Illinois | March 4, 1925 | March 4, 1929 | Republican | Marietta College, University of Cincinnati College of Law | Coolidge | [30] | |
31 | Charles Curtis | Kansas | March 4, 1929 | March 4, 1933 | Republican | Topeka High School, studied law with Aderial H. Case | Hoover | [31] | |
32 | John Nance Garner | Texas | March 4, 1933 | January 20, 1941 | Democratic | Vanderbilt University | F. Roosevelt | [32] | |
33 | Henry A. Wallace | Iowa | January 20, 1941 | January 20, 1945 | Democratic | Iowa State University | F. Roosevelt | [33] | |
34 | Harry S. Truman | Missouri | January 20, 1945 | April 12, 1945 | Democratic | Spalding's Commercial College (did not graduate) Kansas City Law School (did not graduate) |
F. Roosevelt | [34] | |
Vacant | April 12, 1945 | January 20, 1949 | Truman | ||||||
35 | Alben W. Barkley | Kentucky | January 20, 1949 | January 20, 1953 | Democratic | Marvin College, Emory University, University of Virginia School of Law | Truman | [35] | |
36 | Richard Nixon | California | January 20, 1953 | January 20, 1961 | Republican | Whittier College, Duke University School of Law | Eisenhower | [36] | |
37 | Lyndon B. Johnson | Texas | January 20, 1961 | November 22, 1963 | Democratic | Southwest Texas State Teachers College | Kennedy | [37] | |
Vacant | November 22, 1963 | January 20, 1965 | L. Johnson | ||||||
38 | Hubert Humphrey | Minnesota | January 20, 1965 | January 20, 1969 | Democratic | University of Minnesota, Louisiana State University, | L. Johnson | [38] | |
39 | Spiro Agnew | Maryland | January 20, 1969 | October 10, 1973 | Republican | Johns Hopkins University, University of Baltimore School of Law | Nixon | [39] | |
Vacant | October 10, 1973 | December 6, 1973 | Nixon | ||||||
40 | Gerald Ford | Michigan | December 6, 1973 | August 9, 1974 | Republican | University of Michigan, Yale Law School | Nixon | [40] | |
Vacant | August 9, 1974 | December 19, 1974 | Ford | ||||||
41 | Nelson Rockefeller | New York | December 19, 1974 | January 20, 1977 | Republican | Dartmouth College | Ford | [41] | |
42 | Walter Mondale | Minnesota | January 20, 1977 | January 20, 1981 | Democratic | Macalester College, University of Minnesota | Carter | [42] | |
43 | George H. W. Bush | Texas | January 20, 1981 | January 20, 1989 | Republican | Yale | Reagan | [43] | |
44 | Dan Quayle | Indiana | January 20, 1989 | January 20, 1993 | Republican | DePauw University, Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis | G. H. W. Bush | [44] | |
45 | Al Gore | Tennessee | January 20, 1993 | January 20, 2001 | Democratic | Harvard University, Vanderbilt University | Clinton | [45] | |
46 | Dick Cheney | Wyoming | January 20, 2001 | January 20, 2009 | Republican | University of Wyoming | G. W. Bush | [46] | |
47 | Joe Biden | Delaware | January 20, 2009 | January 20, 2017 | Democratic | University of Delaware, Syracuse University College of Law | Obama | [47] | |
48 | Mike Pence | Indiana | January 20, 2017 | January 20, 2021 | Republican | Hanover College, Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law | Trump | [48] | |
49 | Kamala Harris | California | January 20, 2021 | Incumbent | Democratic | Howard University, University of California, Hastings College of the Law | Biden | [49] |
References[]
- ^ "John Adams". United States Senate. Retrieved 2009-06-10.
- ^ "Thomas Jefferson". United States Senate. Retrieved 2009-06-10.
- ^ "Aaron Burr". United States Senate. Retrieved 2009-06-10.
- ^ "George Clinton". United States Senate. Retrieved 2009-06-10.
- ^ "Elbridge Gerry". United States Senate. Retrieved 2009-06-10.
- ^ "Daniel Tompkins". United States Senate. Retrieved 2009-06-10.
- ^ "John Calhoun". United States Senate. Retrieved 2009-06-10.
- ^ "Martin Van Buren". United States Senate. Retrieved 2009-06-10.
- ^ "Richard Mentor Johnson". United States Senate. Retrieved 2009-06-10.
- ^ "John Tyler". United States Senate. Retrieved 2009-06-10.
- ^ "George Dallas". United States Senate. Retrieved 2009-06-10.
- ^ "Millard Fillmore". United States Senate. Retrieved 2009-06-10.
- ^ "William Rufus King". United States Senate. Retrieved 2009-06-10.
- ^ "John Breckinridge". United States Senate. Retrieved 2009-06-10.
- ^ "Hannibal Hamlin". United States Senate. Retrieved 2009-06-10.
- ^ "Andrew Johnson". United States Senate. Retrieved 2009-06-10.
- ^ "Schuyler Colfax". United States Senate. Retrieved 2009-06-10.
- ^ "Henry Wilson". United States Senate. Retrieved 2009-06-10.
- ^ "William Wheeler". United States Senate. Retrieved 2009-06-10.
- ^ "Chester Arthur". United States Senate. Retrieved 2009-06-10.
- ^ "Thomas Hendricks". United States Senate. Retrieved 2009-06-10.
- ^ "Levi Morton". United States Senate. Retrieved 2009-06-10.
- ^ "Adlai Stevenson". United States Senate. Retrieved 2009-06-10.
- ^ "Garret Hobart". United States Senate. Retrieved 2009-06-10.
- ^ "Theodore Roosevelt". United States Senate. Retrieved 2009-06-10.
- ^ "Charles Fairbanks". United States Senate. Retrieved 2009-06-10.
- ^ "James Sherman". United States Senate. Retrieved 2009-06-10.
- ^ "Thomas Marshall". United States Senate. Retrieved 2009-06-10.
- ^ "Calvin Coolidge". United States Senate. Retrieved 2009-06-10.
- ^ "Charles Dawes". United States Senate. Archived from the original on 2014-11-06. Retrieved 2009-06-10.
- ^ "Charles Curtis". United States Senate. Retrieved 2009-06-10.
- ^ "John Nance Garner". United States Senate. Retrieved 2009-06-10.
- ^ "Henry Wallace". United States Senate. Retrieved 2009-06-10.
- ^ "Harry Truman". United States Senate. Retrieved 2009-06-10.
- ^ "Alben W. Barkley". United States Senate. Retrieved 2009-06-10.
- ^ "Richard Nixon". United States Senate. Retrieved 2009-06-10.
- ^ "Lyndon Johnson". United States Senate. Retrieved 2009-06-10.
- ^ "Hubert Humphrey". United States Senate. Retrieved 2009-06-10.
- ^ "Spiro Agnew". United States Senate. Retrieved 2009-06-10.
- ^ "Gerald Ford". United States Senate. Retrieved 2009-06-10.
- ^ "Nelson Rockefeller". United States Senate. Retrieved 2009-06-10.
- ^ "Walter Mondale". United States Senate. Retrieved 2009-06-10.
- ^ "George Bush". United States Senate. Retrieved 2009-06-10.
- ^ "Dan Quayle". United States Senate. Retrieved 2009-06-10.
- ^ "Albert Gore". United States Senate. Retrieved 2009-06-10.
- ^ "Richard Cheney". United States Senate. Retrieved 2009-06-10.
- ^ United States Congress. "Biden, Joseph Robinette (Joe), Jr". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved June 10, 2009.
- ^ United States Congress. "Pence, Mike". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved November 8, 2020.
- ^ United States Congress. "Harris, Kamala Devi". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
Categories:
- Lists of schools in the United States
- Vice presidency of the United States-related lists