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U.S. Pres. John Adams
John Adams, oil on canvas by Gilbert Stuart, c. 1800–15; in the National Gallery...
Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; gift of Mrs. Robert Homans, 1954.7.1
U.S. Vice Pres. Aaron Burr
Aaron Burr, oil painting by John Vanderlyn, 1809; in the collection of the New-York...
Collection of The New-York Historical Society
U.S. Vice Pres. George Clinton
George Clinton, detail of an oil painting by Ezra Ames, 1814; in the collection of...
Collection of The New-York Historical Society
George Clinton
U.S. Vice Pres. George Clinton, engraving by John Chester Buttre after a painting...
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (neg. no. LC-USZ62-110647)
U.S. Vice Pres. Elbridge Gerry
Elbridge Gerry, detail of an oil painting by James Bogle, 1861, after a portrait...
Courtesy of the Independence National Historical Park Collection, Philadelphia
Tompkins, Daniel D.
Daniel D. Tompkins.
The New York Public Library Digital Collection; The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs (b13512824)
John Calhoun
John Calhoun, detail of a daguerreotype by Mathew Brady, c. 1849.
Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C (2017897495)
Richard Johnson
U.S. Vice Pres. Richard Johnson, lithograph portrait by Charles Fenderich, 1840.
Courtesy of the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
John Tyler
U.S. Pres. John Tyler, oil painting by Hart, c. 1841–45; in the Library of Virginia,...
The Library of Virginia
Dallas, George
George Dallas, engraving by T.B. Welch.
Courtesy of the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
American president Millard Fillmore
The 13th U.S. president was a member of the Whig Party.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
John C. Breckinridge
U.S. Vice Pres. John C. Breckinridge, photograph by Brady's National Photographic...
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (LC-DIG-ppmsca-79879)
Abolitionist and president
As a lawyer in 1855, Chester A. Arthur, represented Lizzie Jennings, a Black woman,...
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Hendricks, Thomas
Vice president Thomas Hendricks.
Courtesy of the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Adlai Stevenson
U.S. Vice Pres. Adlai Stevenson, undated photograph.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (reproduction no. LC-DIG-bellcm-03047)
Hobart, Garret
Vice president Garret Hobart, 1896.
Courtesy of the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Charles Fairbanks
Indiana Sen. Charles Fairbanks, c. 1904.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (LC-USZ62-29674)
James Sherman
James Sherman.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (reproduction no. LC-DIG-hec-15676)
Charles G. Dawes
Vice president Charles G. Dawes, 1925.
Courtesy of the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
John Nance Garner
U.S. Vice Pres. John Nance Garner, undated photograph.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Harry S. Truman
The 33rd U.S. president, Harry S. Truman led the U.S. through the final stages of...
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (LC-USZ62-13033)
Architect of the “Great Society”
Lyndon B. Johnson got passed some of the most consequential social legislation in...
White House Collection
Gerald Ford
Gerald Ford was the only person to have served as U.S. vice president and U.S. president...
The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum
Kamala Harris
As vice president, Kamala Harris presided over more tie-breaking votes in the U.S....
Courtesy of Kamala Harris for Senate
From author to vice president
JD Vance, shown here in 2023, was 31 years old when he wrote Hillbilly Elegy....
Office of U.S. Senator J.D. Vance
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