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List of vice presidents of the United States who ran for president

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Kamala Harris, the most recent U.S. vice president to run for president

Nineteen of the 49 vice presidents of the United States have attempted a run for the presidency after being elected vice president.[1] Six have been elected to the presidency, or almost a third of running vice-presidents, while seven have lost the presidential election, and one (Mike Pence) has dropped out. Eleven have earned the primary nomination in their party, with most of them winning the presidency. Seven unsuccessfully sought the presidential nomination of their party. Additionally, fourteen vice presidents ran while they were in office.

The list excludes the nine vice presidents who ascended to the presidency due to a vacancy, and then sought an additional full term for president.[a]

List of vice presidents who ran for president

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Vice presidents with their numbers in bold won the presidency.

Year Vice President
(dates of service as Vice President) 		Popular vote (%) Electoral college Party President
1796[b] John Adams[α]
(Apr 21 1789 − Mar 4 1797) 		35,726 (53.4%) 71/138 Federalist George Washington
1800[b] Thomas Jefferson[α]
(Mar 4 1797 − Mar 4 1801) 		41,330 (61.4%) 73/138 Democratic-Republican John Adams
1808 George Clinton[α]
(Mar 4 1805 − Apr 20 1812) 		Did not receive nomination Democratic-Republican Thomas Jefferson
1836 Martin Van Buren[α]
(Mar 4 1833 − Mar 4 1837) 		764,176 (50.8%) 170/294 Democratic Andrew Jackson
1860 John C. Breckinridge[α]
(Mar 4 1857 − Mar 4 1861) 		848,019 (18.1%) 72/303 Southern Democratic James Buchanan
 

1908

 

Charles W. Fairbanks[α]
(Mar 4 1905 − Mar 4 1909) 		Did not receive nomination Republican Theodore Roosevelt
 

1916

 

Charles W. Fairbanks
(Mar 4 1905 − Mar 4 1909)
1920 Thomas R. Marshall[α]
(Mar 4 1913 − Mar 4 1921) 		Did not receive nomination Democratic Woodrow Wilson
1940 John Nance Garner[β]
(Mar 4 1933 − Jan 20 1941) 		Did not receive nomination Democratic Franklin D. Roosevelt
1948 Henry A. Wallace[c]
(Jan 20 1941 − Jan 20 1945) 		1,157,328 (2.37%) 0/531 Progressive
1952 Alben W. Barkley[α]
(Jan 20 1949 − Jan 20 1953) 		Did not receive nomination Democratic Harry S. Truman
1960 Richard Nixon[α]
(Jan 20 1953 − Jan 20 1961) 		34,108,157 (49.5%) 219/537 Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower
1968 Hubert Humphrey[γ][d]
(Jan 20 1965 − Jan 20 1969) 		31,271,839 (42.7%) 191/538 Democratic Lyndon B. Johnson
Richard Nixon
(Jan 20 1953 − Jan 20 1961) 		31,783,783 (43.4%) 301/538 Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower
1972 Hubert Humphrey
(Jan 20 1965 − Jan 20 1969) 		Did not receive nomination Democratic Lyndon B. Johnson
1984 Walter Mondale
(Jan 20 1977 − Jan 20 1981) 		37,577,352 (40.6%) 13/538 Democratic Jimmy Carter
1988 George H. W. Bush[α]
(Jan 20 1981 − Jan 20 1989) 		48,886,597 (53.4%) 426/538 Republican Ronald Reagan
2000 Dan Quayle
(Jan 20 1989 − Jan 20 1993) 		Did not receive nomination Republican George H. W. Bush
Al Gore[α]
(Jan 20 1993 − Jan 20 2001) 		50,999,897 (48.4%)[e] 266/538[e] Democratic Bill Clinton
2020 Joe Biden
(Jan 20 2009 − Jan 20 2017) 		81,282,376 (51.3%) 306/538 Democratic Barack Obama
2024 Mike Pence
(Jan 20 2017 − Jan 20 2021) 		Did not receive nomination Republican Donald Trump
Kamala Harris[γ][f]
(Jan 20 2021 − present) 		TBD[g] 226/538 Democratic Joe Biden

Notes

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  1. ^ These vice presidents include John Tyler, Millard Fillmore, Andrew Johnson, Chester A. Arthur, Theodore Roosevelt, Calvin Coolidge, Harry S. Truman, Lyndon B. Johnson, and Gerald Ford.
  2. ^ a b Election occurred prior to the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution which formalized the process for electing the president and vice president. Prior to the Twelfth Amendment, the vice president was the runner-up in the presidential election.
  3. ^ Was a member of the Democratic Party while serving as Vice President of the United States, but ran for president under the short lived Progressive Party that he co-founded.
  4. ^ Humphrey initially expected to remain as Johnson's running mate for reelection until Johnson withdrew from the race on March 31, 1968.
  5. ^ a b Won the popular vote, but lost the presidency through the Electoral College.
  6. ^ Harris initially expected to remain as Biden's running mate for reelection until Biden withdrew from the race on July 21, 2024.
  7. ^ Popular vote total still being counted.
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Ran as the incumbent Vice President.
  2. ^ Ran as the incumbent Vice President against the incumbent President.
  3. ^ a b Incumbent Vice President who did not seek the presidency until the incumbent President dropped out of the race for reelection.

References

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  1. ^ Chang, Alvin (October 21, 2015). "A brief history of vice presidents trying to be president". Vox. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
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