This is a list of vice presidents of the United States by other offices (either elected or appointive) held, either before or after service as the vice president.

Federal government Executive branch President President Year(s) served Notes John Adams 1797–1801 First sitting vice president elected president 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 Millard Fillmore 1850–1853 Became president after Taylor's death Andrew Johnson 1865–1869 Became president after Lincoln's assassination Chester A. Arthur 1881–1885 Became president after Garfield's assassination Theodore Roosevelt 1901–1909 Became president after McKinley's assassination; later elected to own term. Calvin Coolidge 1923–1929 Became president after Harding's death; later elected to own term. Harry S. Truman 1945–1953 Became president after Roosevelt's death; later elected to own term. Lyndon B. Johnson 1963–1969 Became president after Kennedy's assassination; later elected to own term. Richard Nixon 1969–1974 First former vice president elected president Gerald Ford 1974–1977 Became president after Nixon's resignation; had been appointed vice president after Agnew's resignation. George H. W. Bush 1989–1993 Fourth sitting vice president elected president Joe Biden 2021–2025 Second former vice president elected president

Cabinet secretaries Secretary Office President served under Year(s) served Notes Thomas Jefferson Secretary of State George Washington 1790–1793 John C. Calhoun Secretary of War James Monroe 1817–1825 Secretary of State John Tyler 1844–1845 Served after being vice president Martin Van Buren Secretary of State Andrew Jackson 1829–1831 Henry A. Wallace Secretary of Agriculture Franklin D. Roosevelt 1933–1940 Secretary of Commerce 1945–1946 Served after being vice presidentFranklin D. Roosevelt Harry S. Truman Dick Cheney Chief of Staff Gerald Ford 1975–1977 Secretary of Defense George H. W. Bush 1989–1993

Ambassadors Vice President Position President served under Year(s) served Notes John Adams Minister to the Netherlands Continental Congress 1782–1788 Minister to Britain Continental Congress 1785–1788 Thomas Jefferson Minister Plenipotentiary to France Continental Congress 1785–1789 Martin Van Buren Minister to Britain Andrew Jackson 1831–1832 George M. Dallas Minister to Russia Martin Van Buren 1837–1839 Minister to Britain James Buchanan 1856–1861 Served after being vice president William R. King Minister to France James K. Polk 1844–1846 Hannibal Hamlin Ambassador to Spain James A. Garfield 1881–1883 Served after being vice president Levi P. Morton Minister Plenipotentiary to France James A. Garfield 1881–1885 Chester A. Arthur Charles G. Dawes United States Ambassador to Britain Herbert Hoover 1929–1931 Served after being vice president Walter Mondale United States Ambassador to Japan Bill Clinton 1993–1996 Served after being vice president George H. W. Bush Ambassador to the United Nations Richard Nixon 1971–1973 Chief of the U.S. Liaison Office in Beijing Gerald R. Ford 1974–1975 Head of U.S. mission in China

Other federal appointees Vice President Office President appointed by Year(s) served Hannibal Hamlin Collector of the Port of Boston Andrew Johnson 1865–1866 (after vice presidency) Chester A. Arthur Collector of the Port of New York Ulysses S. Grant 1871–1878 Adlai Stevenson I First Assistant United States Postmaster General Grover Cleveland 1885–1889 Theodore Roosevelt Member, United States Civil Service Commission Benjamin Harrison 1889–1895 Assistant Secretary of the Navy William McKinley 1897–1898 Thomas R. Marshall Member, Lincoln Memorial Commission Warren G. Harding 1921–1923 (after vice presidency) Chairman, Federal Coal Commission Warren G. Harding 1922–1923 (after vice presidency) Charles G. Dawes Comptroller of the Currency William McKinleyTheodore Roosevelt 1898–1901 Director of the Bureau of the Budget Warren G. Harding 1921–1922 Nelson Rockefeller Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs Franklin D. Roosevelt 1940–1944 Assistant Secretary of State for American Republic Affairs Franklin D. Roosevelt 1944–1945 Chairman of the International Development Advisory Board Harry S. Truman 1950–1953 Under Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare Dwight D. Eisenhower 1953–1954 Special Assistant to the President for Foreign Affairs Dwight D. Eisenhower 1954–1956 George H. W. Bush Director of Central Intelligence Gerald Ford 1976–1977

Judicial branch

No vice presidents have yet served in the judicial branch.

Legislative branch Senators State Vice President Year(s) served Notes Alabama William R. King 1819–1844President pro tempore, 1836–1841 1848–1852 President pro tempore, 1850–1852. Resigned to become vice president California Richard Nixon 1950–1953 Resigned to become vice president Kamala Harris 2017–2021 Resigned to become vice president Delaware Joe Biden 1973–2009 Resigned to become vice president Indiana Thomas A. Hendricks 1863–1869 Charles W. Fairbanks 1897–1905 Resigned to become vice president Dan Quayle 1981–1989 Resigned to become vice president Kansas Charles Curtis 1907–1913 President pro tempore, 1911 1915–1929 Republican Whip, 1915–1924. Republican leader, 1924–1929. Resigned to become vice president. Kentucky Richard Mentor Johnson 1819–1829 John C. Breckinridge 1861 Served after being vice president Alben W. Barkley 1927–1949 Resigned to become vice president 1955–1956 Served after being vice president. Died in office Maine Hannibal Hamlin 1848–1861 Resigned to become vice president 1869–1881 Served after being vice president Massachusetts Henry Wilson 1855–1873 Resigned to become vice president Minnesota Hubert Humphrey 1949–1964 Resigned to become vice president 1971–1978 Served after being vice president. Died in office Walter Mondale 1964–1976 Resigned to become vice president Missouri Harry S. Truman 1935–1945 Resigned to become vice president New York Aaron Burr 1791–1797 Martin Van Buren 1821–1828 Ohio JD Vance 2023–2025 Resigned to become vice president Pennsylvania George M. Dallas 1831–1833 South Carolina John C. Calhoun 1832–1843 Served after being vice president 1845–1850 Served after being vice president. Died in office Tennessee Andrew Johnson 1857–1862 1875 Served after being vice president. Died in office Al Gore 1985–1993 Resigned to become vice president Texas Lyndon B. Johnson 1949–1961 Senate minority leader 1953–1955Senate majority leader 1955–1961. Resigned to become vice president Virginia John Tyler 1827–1836President pro tempore, 1835

A number of future and former vice presidents served together while in the Senate: King served with R. Johnson (1819–1829), Van Buren (1821–1828), Tyler (1827–1836), Dallas (1831–1833), Calhoun (1832–1843, 1848–1850) and Hamlin (1848–1852). Hamlin later served with Wilson (1855–1861; 1869–1873) and A. Johnson (1857–1861; 1875). Wilson and A. Johnson, during their continued service with each other (1861–1862), also served with Breckinridge (1861). Wilson also served with Hendricks (1863–1869). Curtis served with Barkley (1927–1929). Barkley later served with Truman (1935–1945), Humphrey (1955–1956) and L. Johnson (1955–1956). Humphrey and L. Johnson, who had served together before and after their service with Barkley (1949–1961), also served with Nixon (1950–1953). Humphrey would be succeeded by Mondale and would later serve with him (1971–1976) and Biden (1973–1978). Biden later served with Quayle (1981–1989) and Gore (1985–1993).

Representatives State Vice President Year(s) served Notes California Richard Nixon 1947–1950 Illinois Adlai Stevenson I 1875–1877 1879–1881 Indiana Schuyler Colfax 1855–1869 Served as speaker of the House Thomas A. Hendricks 1851–1855 Dan Quayle 1977–1981 Mike Pence 2001–2013 KansasCharles Curtis 1893–1907 Kentucky Richard M. Johnson 1806–1819 1829–1837 John C. Breckinridge 1851–1855 Alben W. Barkley 1913–1927 Maine Hannibal Hamlin 1843–1847 Massachusetts Elbridge Gerry 1789–1793 Michigan Gerald Ford 1949–1973 House minority leader (1965–1973); resigned to become vice president New York Millard Fillmore 1833–1835 1837–1843 William Wheeler 1861–1863 1869–1877 Levi P. Morton 1879–1881 James S. Sherman 1887–1891 1893–1909 North Carolina William R. King 1811–1816 South Carolina John C. Calhoun 1811–1817 Tennessee Andrew Johnson 1843–1853 Al Gore 1977–1985 Texas John Nance Garner 1903–1933 Served as speaker of the House Lyndon B. Johnson 1937–1949 George H. W. Bush 1967–1971 Virginia John Tyler 1816–1821 Wyoming Dick Cheney 1979–1989 Republican whip, 1989

A number of future vice presidents served in the House together: R. Johnson served with King (1811–1816), Calhoun (1811–1817), Tyler (1816–1819) and Fillmore (1833–1835). Hamlin served with A. Johnson (1843–1847). Breckinridge and Hendricks served together (1851–1855), as well as with A. Johnson (1851–1853). Colfax served with Wheeler (1861–1863). Wheeler later served with Stevenson (1875–1877). Stevenson later served with Morton (1879–1881). Sherman served with Curtis (1893–1907) and Garner (1903–1909). Garner later served with Barkley (1913–1927). Nixon served with L. Johnson (1947–1949) and Ford (1949–1950). Ford later served with Bush (1967–1971). Gore served with Quayle (1977–1981) and Cheney (1979–1985).

Continental Congress Vice President State Year(s) served John Adams Massachusetts 1774–1778 Thomas Jefferson Virginia 1775–17761783–1784 Elbridge Gerry Massachusetts 1776–1780

State government Governors State Vice President Year(s) served Notes Indiana Thomas A. Hendricks 1873–1877 Thomas R. Marshall 1909–1913 Mike Pence 2013–2017 Resigned to become vice president Maine Hannibal Hamlin 1857 Massachusetts Elbridge Gerry 1810–1812 Calvin Coolidge 1919–1921 Maryland Spiro Agnew 1967–1969 Resigned to become vice president New York George Clinton 1777–1795 1801–1804 Daniel D. Tompkins 1807–1817 Resigned to become vice president Martin Van Buren 1829 Levi P. Morton 1895–1896 Served after being vice president Theodore Roosevelt 1899–1900 Nelson Rockefeller 1959–1973 Tennessee Andrew Johnson 1853–1857 1862–1865 Military governor Virginia Thomas Jefferson 1779–1781 John Tyler 1825–1827

State legislators See below for information about pre-1776 colonial offices held. State legislature Vice President Year(s)served Notes Indiana House of Representatives Thomas A. Hendricks 1849 Speaker of the House 1849 Kentucky House of Representatives Richard M. Johnson 1804–1806; 1819; 1841-1843 and 1850 (after vice presidency) Only vice president to serve in a state legislature after his vice presidency. Died in office John C. Breckinridge 1849–1851 Maine House of Representatives Hannibal Hamlin 1836–1841 Speaker of the House, 1837–1838, 1839–1840 Massachusetts House of Representatives Henry Wilson 1841–1842 Calvin Coolidge 1907–1909 Massachusetts Senate Henry Wilson 1845–1847, 1851–1853 President of the Senate, 1851–1853 Calvin Coolidge 1912–1915 President of the Senate, 1914–1915 New York Senate Martin Van Buren 1812–1820 William A. Wheeler 1858–1859 New Jersey General Assembly Garret Hobart 1873–1876 Speaker of the House 1874 New Jersey Senate Garret Hobart 1876–1882 President of the Senate 1881–1882 New York State Assembly Aaron Burr 1784–1785 1798–1799 George Clinton 1800–1801 Millard Fillmore 1829–1831 William A. Wheeler 1850–1851 Theodore Roosevelt 1882–1884 Minority leader 1883 Texas House of Representatives John Nance Garner 1899–1903 Tennessee House of Representatives Andrew Johnson 1835–1837 Tennessee Senate Andrew Johnson 1841–1843 Virginia House of Delegates Thomas Jefferson 1776–1779 John Tyler 1811–1816 1823–1825

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