Did you ever wonder who the vice presidents of the United States were? It is easy enough to find lists of presidents everywhere so I though it might be interesting to see the list of vice presidents.

Vice President Charles G. Dawes
Photo Source: Library of Congress (Cropped)

X - Died in office.
R - Resigned to become a Senator.
* Became Democratic Party Member under Jackson

Prior to the 25th Amendment which was ratified in 1967, there was no provision for replacing a vice president who died in office, that is why you see some big gaps where there was no vice president in office.

Some of the names of the vice presidents are quite well know and some of these went on to become presidents themselves. Others on the list are resting in obscurity. There are some misconceptions about vice presidents such as when we think of Abraham Lincoln most of us think of Andrew Johnson as his vice president. While it is true that Johnson was Lincoln's vice president when he was shot during the early part of his second term, Hannibal Hamlin was the vice president for Lincoln through most of the Civil War.

One of the most famous senators who ever lived was once a vice president, that was John Caldwell Calhoun. Aaron Burr, the man who killed Alexander Hamilton and who was accused of treason was vice president number three. But as I said there were also the obscure names such as Schuyler Colfax and Grant A. Hobart to mention a couple. All in all, the list of vice presidents contains some interesting names and it certainly is of historical significance.