TOP 10 RANKING
US Vice Presidents
Rank all 50 US Vice Presidents from John Adams to JD Vance. From power brokers to punchlines — who was the greatest VP in American history?
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01
Theodore Roosevelt
The youngest VP who became the youngest president after McKinley's assassination.
02
Aaron Burr
The VP who killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel and was charged with murder.
03
Lyndon B. Johnson
Sworn in on Air Force One next to Jackie Kennedy after JFK's assassination in Dallas.
04
Harry S. Truman
Was VP for 82 days before becoming president and making the decision to use the atomic bomb.
05
Calvin Coolidge
Sworn in by his father at 2am in Vermont after Harding died — then won the presidency himself.
06
Richard Nixon
The only person elected VP twice and president twice — and the only president to resign.
07
Joe Biden
Obama's VP who became the 46th President — and the oldest person ever elected to the office.
08
Kamala Harris
First woman, first Black American, and first South Asian American to serve as VP.
09
John C. Calhoun
The only VP to resign from office — over a states' rights dispute with Andrew Jackson.
10
Dick Cheney
The most powerful VP in history — shaped post-9/11 policy from an undisclosed location.