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This is a list of ancestral origins of the people who have served as Vice President of the United States. Similarly to the Presidency of the United States, most holders of the office of the Vice Presidency have come from prominent or wealthy families of predominantly Northern European and Protestant backgrounds.[1] In the American political system Vice Presidential candidates have historically been chosen either by a political party, or by a presidential nominee. Because of this, their ethnic and geographic background can play heavily into their selection, either in an effort to double down on a key electoral base, or to potentially expand the appeal of a presidential ticket to a wider demographic group.[2][3]

Ancestry table

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Summary:

No.[4] Vice President DenmarkDanish NetherlandsDutch EnglandEnglish FranceFrench GermanyGerman GreeceGreek IndiaIndian Republic of IrelandIrish JamaicaJamaican Kaw Isle of ManManx NorwayNorwegian Osage PolandPolish Potawatomi ScotlandScottish SwedenSwedish UlsterUlster Scots WalesWelsh Citation
1. (1789-1797) John Adams

(1735-1826)

Yes Yes [5][6]
2. (1797-1801) Thomas Jefferson

(1743-1826)

Yes Yes Yes [6][7][8]
3. (1801-1805) Aaron Burr

(1756-1836)

Yes Yes [9]
4. (1805-1812) George Clinton

(1739-1812)

Yes [10]
5. (1813-1814) Elbridge Gerry

(1744-1814)

Yes [11]
6. (1817-1825) Daniel D. Thompkins

(1774-1825)

Yes Yes [12]
7. (1825-1832) John C. Calhoun

(1782-1850)

Yes [13][14]
8. (1833-1837) Martin Van Buren

(1782-1862)

Yes [15][16]
9. (1837-1841) Richard Mentor Johnson

(1780-1850)

Yes Yes Yes [17]
10. (1841-1841) John Tyler

(1790-1862)

Yes Yes [18][5]
11. (1845-1849) George M. Dallas

(1792-1864)

Yes Yes [19][20]
12. (1849-1850) Millard Fillmore

(1800-1874)

Yes [21]
13. (1853-1853) William R. King

(1786-1853)

Yes Yes Yes [22]
14. (1867-1861) John C. Breckinridge

(1821-1875)

Yes Yes [23]
15. (1861-1865) Hannibal Hamlin

(1809-1891)

Yes [24]
16. (1865-1865) Andrew Johnson

(1808-1875)

Yes Yes Yes Yes [21][25]
17. (1869-1873) Schuyler Colfax

(1823-1875)

Yes [26]
18. (1873-1875) Henry Wilson

(1812-1875)

Yes [27]
19. (1877-1881) William A. Wheeler

(1819-1887)

Yes Yes Yes [28]
20. (1881-1881) Chester A. Arthur

(1829-1886)

Yes Yes Yes [25][29]
21. (1885-1885) Thomas A. Hendricks

(1819-1885)

Yes Yes [30]
22. (1889- 1893) Levi P. Morton

(1824-1920)

Yes [31]
23. (1893-1897) Adlai Stevenson I

(1835-1914)

Yes Yes [32]
24. (1897-1899) Garret Hobart

(1844-1899)

Yes [33]
25. (1901-1901) Theodore Roosevelt

(1858-1919)

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes [18][6][34]
26. (1905-1909) Charles W. Fairbanks

(1852-1918)

Yes Yes [35]
27. (1909-1912) James S. Sherman

(1855-1912)

Yes [36]
28. (1913-1921) Thomas R. Marshall

(1854-1925)

Yes Yes Yes Yes [37]
29. (1921-1923) Calvin Coolidge

(1872-1933)

Yes Yes [5][38]
30. (1925-1929) Charles G. Dawes

(1865-1951)

Yes Yes [39]
31. (1929-1933) Charles Curtis

(1860-1936)

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes [40][41]
32. (1933-1941) John Nancy Garner

(1868-1967)

Yes Yes [42][43]
33. (1941-1945) Henry A. Wallace

(1888-1965)

Yes Yes [44]
34. (1945-1945) Harry S. Truman

(1884-1972)

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes [45]
35. (1949-1953) Alben W. Barkley

(1877-1956)

Yes [46]
36. (1953-1961) Richard Nixon

(1913-1994)

Yes Yes Yes Yes [6][25]
37. (1961-1963) Lyndon B. Johnson

(1908-1973)

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes [47]
38. (1965-1969) Hubert Humphry

(1911-1978)

Yes Yes [48][49]
39. (1969-1973) Spiro Agnew

(1918-1996)

Yes Yes [50][51]
40. (1973-1974) Gerald R. Ford

(1913-2006)

Yes Yes Yes [52][53]
41. (1974-1977) Nelson Rockefeller

(1908-1979)

Yes Yes Yes [54][55]
42. (1977-1981) Walter Mondale

(1928-2021)

Yes Yes Yes Yes [56]
43. (1981-1989) George H.W. Bush

(1924-2018)

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes [57][58][59][60]
44. (1989-1993) Dan Quayle

(born 1947)

Yes Yes [61]
45. (1993-2001) Al Gore

(born 1848)

Yes Yes Yes [62][63]
46. (2001-2009) Dick Cheney

(born 1841)

Yes Yes Yes [64][65]
47. (2009-2017) Joe Biden

(1942)

Yes Yes Yes [66][67]
48. (2017-2021) Mike Pence

(born 1959)

Yes Yes Yes [68][69]
49. (2021-Present) Kamala Harris

(born 1964)

Yes Yes Yes [70][71][72]

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