Vice President of the United States of America

The Vice President of the United States of America becomes the President upon the death, resignation, or removal by impeachment of the former President. Should the Vice President be unable to assume the Presidency, next in line is the [Speaker of the House of Representatives]?, followed the [President Pro Tempore]? of the United States Senate.

Since the adoption of the 25th Amendment in 1967, "Whenever there is a vacancy in the office of the Vice President, the President shall nominate a Vice President who shall take office upon confirmation by a majority vote of both Houses of Congress." (Prior to that time, if the vice president died in office, resign, or succeeded to the presidency, the office of vice president remained vacant until the next presidential election.) Gerald Ford was the first vice president selected by this method, after the resignation of [Spiro Agnew]?; after succeeding to the presidency, Ford nominated [Nelson Rockefeller]? as vice president.

See United States Constitution.

1. John Adams (1789-1797) Federalist
2. Thomas Jefferson (1797-1801) Democratic-Republican
3. [Aaron Burr]? (1801-1805)) Democratic-Republican
4. George Clinton (1805-1813)
5. Elbridge Gerry (1813-1814). Gerry died in office and at the time there was no provision for the appointment of a successor, so the Vice Presidency remained vacant until the next election and inauguration.
6. [Daniel D. Tompkins]? (1817-1825)
7. [John C. Calhoun]? (1825-1832)
8. Martin Van Buren (1833-1837)
9. [Richard Johnson]? (1837-1841)
10. John Tyler (1841). Tyler succeeded to the Presidency a month after inauguration as Vice President. There was no Vice President during the remainder of the term.
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Richard M. Nixon (1953-1961)

[Lyndon B. Johnson]? (1961-1963)

[Hubert H. Humphrey]? (1965-1969)

[Spiro Agnew]? (1969-1973)

Gerald R. Ford (1973-1974)

Nelson A. Rockefeller (1974-1977)

[Walter Mondale]? (1977-1981)

George Bush (1981-1989)

J. Danforth Quayle (1989-1993)

Albert Gore) (1993-2001)

Richard Cheney (2001-present)

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