Who is the Greatest VP in US History
Who is the Greatest VP in US History
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1. Who is the Greatest VP in US History
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John Adams -- 1st VP; 2nd most tie-breaking senate votes with 290
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Thomas Jefferson -- Only incumbent VP to run against an incumbent president0
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Aaron Burr -- Only known VP to kill a person while holding office0
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George Clinton -- 1st Party Ticket VP; 1st VP to serve for two different presidents; 1st VP to die in office.0
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Daniel D Tompkins -- 1st VP to serve two full terms as VP0
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John C Calhoun -- 1st VP to resign as VP; Most tie-breaking Senate votes with 31.0
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Martin Van Buren -- 1st VP to serve occasionally as an advisor to the president0
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John Tyler -- 1st VP to become president on the death of a president; 1st VP to never cast a tie-breaking vote0
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George M Dallas -- One of three VPs known to work regularly as President of the Senate; 3rd most tie-breaking Senate votes with 190
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John C Breckinridge -- Youngest VP at age 360
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Levi P Morton -- One of three VPs known to work regularly as President of the Senate0
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Garret Hobart -- One of three VPs known to work regularly as President of the Senate0
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Thomas Marshall -- 1st VP to preside over occasional cabinet meetings0
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Charles Curtis -- 1st VP partially of another race (Native American)
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John Nance Garner -- 1st VP to be given any sort of executive duties; Creation of Executive Office of the VP
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Henry A Wallace -- 1st VP to be placed in charge of government programs0
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Alben W Barkley -- Oldest VP at age 710
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Richard Nixon -- 1st VP to lead a major diplomatic mission (Kitchen Debate in the USSR vs Khruschev)
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Lyndon B Johnson -- 1st VP to get an office outside of the US Senate building--and an entire building at that.
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Gerald Ford -- 1st VP to become president on the resignation of a president; Only unelected/unnominated VP
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Walter Mondale -- 1st VP to be a regular partner of the president; 1st VP to have an office in the West Wing of the White House
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Dan Quayle -- Only VP since 1977 to hold relatively limited duties as VP0
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Dick Cheney -- Only VP to make policy decisions on his own0
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Joe Biden -- Reverted VP'y back to pre-Cheney powers; only two-term VP to never cast a tie-breaking vote
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Mike Pence -- Most tie-breaking US Senate votes by a VP since 1873 with 13 (7th overall)
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Kamala Harris -- 1st woman VP; 1st Black and Asian VP0
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