By the Numbers: Vice Presidents

1

The number of vice presidents who became president, but did not go directly from one office to the other. Richard Nixon left the office of vice president in 1961 and was inaugurated as president in 1969. It also represents the number of vice presidents accused of murder: Aaron Burr.

2

The number of vice presidents who resigned from office: John Calhoun and Spiro Agnew. That is also the number of vice presidents who were not elected to the office with the president. They are Gerald Ford and Nelson Rockefeller, both in the 1970s.

3

The number of vice presidents who, as president of the Senate, had to announce they’d lost the presidential election. They are John Breckinridge, Richard Nixon and Al Gore.

4

The number of vice presidents who went directly from that office to the presidency. They are John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Martin Van Buren and George H.W. Bush. Acting as president of the Senate, each man was able to announce his own election to the presidency.

10

The number of Democratic vice presidents since 1900.

13

The number of Republican vice presidents since 1900.

14

The number of vice presidents who became president of the United States. Eight of these were because of the death of the sitting president.

47

The number of vice presidents who have served the U.S. since 1789.

1967

The year the 25th Amendment was passed, clarifying what to do in the case of a presidential vacancy or disability.

Source: CNN