When the U.S. Government was formed it was decided that the vice president was the person who received the second most votes of the presidential candidates in the Electoral College. However, in 1800 there was a tie between Jefferson and Burr, and the House of Representatives had to make the decision of who was to be vice president. This led to the Twelfth Amendment to the Constitution, which decided there were to be separate ballots for the vice presidential candidates.
The main duty of the vice president was to succeed to the presidency if the president died, resigns or is impeached and removed from office. As of May 2017 only nine vice presidents have become president. Eight of them became president when the president died and one, Gerald Ford, when President Richard Nixon resigned in 1974.
Prior to the 25th Amendment to the Constitution, if a U.S. vice president passed away while in office, the office could not be filled until the next post-election inauguration. Sixteen vacancies occurred prior to the amendment being passed. The 25th Amendment allowed the president to appoint a replacement and this decision was then confirmed by both chambers of the U.S. Congress.
01- 1st US Vice President John Adams
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Small Mug, 11 oz.
Large Mug, 15 oz.
02- 2nd US Vice President Thomas Jefferson
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Large Mug, 15 oz.
03- 3rd US Vice President Aaron Burr
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Small Mug, 11 oz.
Large Mug, 15 oz.
04- 4th US Vice President George Clinton
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Small Mug, 11 oz.
Large Mug, 15 oz.
05- 5th US Vice President Elbridge Gerry
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Small Mug, 11 oz.
Large Mug, 15 oz.
06- 6th US Vice President Daniel Tompkins
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Large Mug, 15 oz.
07- 7th US Vice President John C. Calhoun
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Large Mug, 15 oz.
08- 8th US Vice President Martin Van Buren
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Large Mug, 15 oz.
09- 9th US Vice President Richard Johnson
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Small Mug, 11 oz.
Large Mug, 15 oz.
10th US Vice President John Tyler
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Small Mug, 11 oz.
Large Mug, 15 oz.
11th US Vice President George Dallas
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Large Mug, 15 oz.
12th US Vice President Millard Fillmore
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Large Mug, 15 oz.
13th US Vice President William King
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Large Mug, 15 oz.
14th US Vice President John Breckinridge
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Large Mug, 15 oz.
15th US Vice President Hannibal Hamlin
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Large Mug, 15 oz.
16th US Vice President Andrew Johnson
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Large Mug, 15 oz.
17th US Vice President Schuyler Colfax
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Large Mug, 15 oz.
18th US Vice President Henry Wilson
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Small Mug, 11 oz.
Large Mug, 15 oz.
19th US Vice President William Wheeler
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Small Mug, 11 oz.
Large Mug, 15 oz.
20th US Vice President Chester A. Arthur
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Small Mug, 11 oz.
Large Mug, 15 oz.
21st US Vice President Thomas Hendricks
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Small Mug, 11 oz.
Large Mug, 15 oz.
22nd US Vice President Levi Morton
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Small Mug, 11 oz.
Large Mug, 15 oz.
23rd US Vice President Adlai Stevenson
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Small Mug, 11 oz.
Large Mug, 15 oz.
25th US Vice President Theodore Roosevelt
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Small Mug, 11 oz.
Large Mug, 15 oz.
26th US Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks
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Small Mug, 11 oz.
Large Mug, 15 oz.
27th US Vice President James Sherman
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Small Mug, 11 oz.
Large Mug, 15 oz.
28th US Vice President Thomas Marshall
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Small Mug, 11 oz.
Large Mug, 15 oz.
29th US Vice President Calvin Coolidge
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Large Mug, 15 oz.
30th US Vice President Charles Dawes
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Small Mug, 11 oz.
Large Mug, 15 oz.
31st US Vice President Charles Curtis
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Small Mug, 11 oz.
Large Mug, 15 oz.
32nd US Vice President John Garner
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Large Mug, 15 oz.
33rd US Vice President Henry Wallace
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Large Mug, 15 oz.
34th US Vice President Harry S. Truman
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Large Mug, 15 oz.
36th US Vice President Richard Nixon
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Large Mug, 15 oz.
37th US Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson
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Large Mug, 15 oz.
38th US Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey
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Large Mug, 15 oz.
39th US Vice President Spiro Agnew
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Large Mug, 15 oz.
40th US Vice President Gerald Ford
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Small Mug, 11 oz.
Large Mug, 15 oz.
41st US Vice President Nelson Rockefeller
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Small Mug, 11 oz.
Large Mug, 15 oz.
42nd US Vice President Walter Mondale
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Small Mug, 11 oz.
Large Mug, 15 oz.
43rd US Vice President George H. W. Bush
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Small Mug, 11 oz.
Large Mug, 15 oz.
44th US Vice President Dan Quayle
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Small Mug, 11 oz.
Large Mug, 15 oz.
45th US Vice President Al Gore
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Small Mug, 11 oz.
Large Mug, 15 oz.
46th US Vice President Dick Cheney
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Small Mug, 11 oz.
Large Mug, 15 oz.
48th US Vice President Mike Pence
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Small Mug, 11 oz.
Large Mug, 15 oz.
49th US Vice President Kamala Harris
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Small Mug, 11 oz.
Large Mug, 15 oz.