List of vice presidents of the United States by time in office
This is a list of vice presidents of the United States by time in office . The basis of the list is the difference between dates . The length of a full four-year vice-presidential term of office amounts to 1,461 days (three common years of 365 days plus one leap year of 366 days). If counted by number of calendar days all the figures would be one greater.
Since 1789, there have been 49 people sworn into office as Vice President of the United States . Of these, nine succeeded to the presidency during their term, seven died while in office, and two resigned. Since the adoption of the Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution (February 10, 1967), when there is a vacancy in the office of the vice president, the president nominates a successor who takes office upon confirmation by a majority vote of both Houses of Congress .
Vice presidents by time in office
Rank
Vice President
Lengthin days
Order of vice presidency
President served under
Number of terms
1tie
Daniel D. Tompkins
2,922
6th • March 4, 1817 – March 4, 1825
James Monroe
Two full terms
Thomas R. Marshall
2,922
28th • March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1921
Woodrow Wilson
Two full terms
Richard Nixon
2,922
36th • January 20, 1953 – January 20, 1961
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Two full terms
George H. W. Bush
2,922
43rd • January 20, 1981 – January 20, 1989
Ronald Reagan
Two full terms
Al Gore
2,922
45th • January 20, 1993 – January 20, 2001
Bill Clinton
Two full terms
Dick Cheney
2,922
46th • January 20, 2001 – January 20, 2009
George W. Bush
Two full terms
Joe Biden
2,922
47th • January 20, 2009 – January 20, 2017
Barack Obama
Two full terms
8
John Nance Garner
2,879[a]
32nd • March 4, 1933 – January 20, 1941
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Two full terms
9
John Adams
2,874[b]
1st • April 21, 1789 – March 4, 1797
George Washington
Two full terms
10
John C. Calhoun
2,856
7th • March 4, 1825 – December 28, 1832 [c]
John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson
One full term; resigned 3 years, 9 months and 24 days into second term
11
George Clinton
2,604
4th • March 4, 1805 – April 20, 1812 [d]
Thomas Jefferson and James Madison
One full term; died 3 years, 1 month and 16 days into second term
12
Spiro Agnew
1,724
39th • January 20, 1969 – October 10, 1973 [c]
Richard Nixon
One full term; resigned 8 months and 20 days into second term
13tie
Aaron Burr
1,461
3rd • March 4, 1801 – March 4, 1805
Thomas Jefferson
One full term
Martin Van Buren
1,461
8th • March 4, 1833 – March 4, 1837
Andrew Jackson
One full term
Richard Johnson
1,461
9th • March 4, 1837 – March 4, 1841
Martin Van Buren
One full term
George M. Dallas
1,461
11th • March 4, 1845 – March 4, 1849
James K. Polk
One full term
John C. Breckinridge
1,461
14th • March 4, 1857 – March 4, 1861
James Buchanan
One full term
Hannibal Hamlin
1,461
15th • March 4, 1861 – March 4, 1865
Abraham Lincoln
One full term
Schuyler Colfax
1,461
17th • March 4, 1869 – March 4, 1873
Ulysses S. Grant
One full term
William A. Wheeler
1,461
19th • March 4, 1877 – March 4, 1881
Rutherford B. Hayes
One full term
Levi P. Morton
1,461
22nd • March 4, 1889 – March 4, 1893
Benjamin Harrison
One full term
Adlai E. Stevenson
1,461
23rd • March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1897
Grover Cleveland
One full term
Charles W. Fairbanks
1,461
26th • March 4, 1905 – March 4, 1909
Theodore Roosevelt
One full term
Charles G. Dawes
1,461
30th • March 4, 1925 – March 4, 1929
Calvin Coolidge
One full term
Charles Curtis
1,461
31st • March 4, 1929 – March 4, 1933
Herbert Hoover
One full term
Henry A. Wallace
1,461
33rd • January 20, 1941 – January 20, 1945
Franklin D. Roosevelt
One full term
Alben W. Barkley
1,461
35th • January 20, 1949 – January 20, 1953
Harry S. Truman
One full term
Hubert Humphrey
1,461
38th • January 20, 1965 – January 20, 1969
Lyndon B. Johnson
One full term
Walter Mondale
1,461
42nd • January 20, 1977 – January 20, 1981
Jimmy Carter
One full term
Dan Quayle
1,461
44th • January 20, 1989 – January 20, 1993
George H. W. Bush
One full term
Mike Pence
1,461
48th • January 20, 2017 – January 20, 2021
Donald Trump
One full term
32
Thomas Jefferson
1,460[e]
2nd • March 4, 1797 – March 4, 1801
John Adams
One full term
33
James S. Sherman
1,336
27th • March 4, 1909 – October 30, 1912 [d]
William Howard Taft
Died 3 years, 9 months and 26 days into term
34
Kamala Harris
1,242[f]
49th • January 20, 2021 – Incumbent
Joe Biden
Currently serving
35
Lyndon B. Johnson
1,036
37th • January 20, 1961 – November 22, 1963 [g]
John F. Kennedy
Succeeded to presidency 2 years, 10 months and 2 days into term
36
Henry Wilson
993
18th • March 4, 1873 – November 22, 1875 [d]
Ulysses S. Grant
Died 2 years, 8 months and 18 days into term
37
Garret Hobart
992[e]
24th • March 4, 1897 – November 21, 1899 [d]
William McKinley
Died 2 years, 8 months and 17 days into term
38
Calvin Coolidge
881
29th • March 4, 1921 – August 2, 1923 [g]
Warren G. Harding
Succeeded to presidency 2 years, 4 months and 29 days into term
39
Nelson Rockefeller
763
41st • December 19, 1974[h] – January 20, 1977
Gerald Ford
One partial term (2 years, 1 month and 1 day)
40
Elbridge Gerry
629
5th • March 4, 1813 – November 23, 1814 [d]
James Madison
Died 1 year, 8 months and 19 days into term
41
Millard Fillmore
492
12th • March 4, 1849 – July 9, 1850 [g]
Zachary Taylor
Succeeded to presidency 1 year, 4 months and 5 days into term
42
Thomas A. Hendricks
266
21st • March 4 – November 25, 1885 [d]
Grover Cleveland
Died 8 months and 21 days into term
43
Gerald Ford
246
40th • December 6, 1973[h] – August 9, 1974 [g]
Richard Nixon
Succeeded to presidency 8 months and 3 days into partial term
44
Chester A. Arthur
199
20th • March 4 – September 19, 1881 [g]
James A. Garfield
Succeeded to presidency 6 months and 15 days into term
45
Theodore Roosevelt
194
25th • March 4 – September 14, 1901 [g]
William McKinley
Succeeded to presidency 6 months and 10 days into term
46
Harry S. Truman
82
34th • January 20 – April 12, 1945 [g]
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Succeeded to presidency 2 months and 23 days into term
47
William R. King
45
13th • March 4 – April 18, 1853 [d]
Franklin Pierce
Died 1 month and 14 days into term
48
Andrew Johnson
42
16th • March 4 – April 15, 1865 [g]
Abraham Lincoln
Succeeded to presidency 1 month and 11 days into term
49
John Tyler
31
10th • March 4 – April 4, 1841 [g]
William Henry Harrison
Succeeded to presidency 31 days into term
Notes
^ The 20th Amendment (ratified January 23, 1933) moved Inauguration Day from March 4 to January 20. The 1937 presidential inauguration was the first to take place on the new date. As a result, John Nance Garner's first term in office (1933–1937) was only 1,418 days long, 1 month and 12 days shorter than a normal term.
^ Due to logistical issues, John Adams assumed the vice presidency 1 month and 17 days after the March 4, 1789 scheduled start of operations of the new government under the Constitution. As a result, his first term (1789–1793) was only 1,413 days long, the shortest term for a U.S. vice president who neither died in office nor resigned.
^ a b Resigned from office
^ a b c d e f g Died in office
^ a b Of years evenly divisible by 100, only those evenly divisible by 400 are leap years . The years 1800 and 1900 are divisible by 100, but not by 400; thus, the 1797 – 1801 term of Thomas Jefferson did not include a 366-day leap year, and so was one day shorter than a normal full term. The same was true for the 1897 – 1901 term to which Garret Hobart was elected, but he died before completing it.
^ As of June 15, 2024
^ a b c d e f g h i Succeeded to presidency
^ a b Confirmed by U.S. Congress.
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