List of United States Vice Presidents by time in office

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John Adams First Vice President and the first to be elected President (1789–1797).
John Adams
First Vice President and the first to be elected President (1789–1797).
Daniel D. Tompkins The first of five Vice Presidents who served 2,922 days (1817–1825).
Daniel D. Tompkins
The first of five Vice Presidents who served 2,922 days (1817–1825).
William R. King served only 45 days and then died without ever being President (in 1853).
William R. King
served only 45 days and then died without ever being President (in 1853).

This is a complete list of United States Vice Presidents by time in office. The basis of the list is the difference between dates; if counted by number of calendar days all the figures would be one greater.

Contents

Rank
by time in office		 Order
in office		 Vice President Length of term
in days		 Explanation
1 6 Daniel Tompkins 2,922 Served two full terms.
28 Thomas Marshall
36 Richard Nixon
43 George H. W. Bush
45 Al Gore
6 32 John Nance Garner 2,880 Served two full terms, but first term was shortened by the 20th Amendment.
7 1 John Adams 2,865 Served two full terms, but the first term inaugural was postponed because the U.S. Congress had not properly convened.
8 7 John C. Calhoun 2,857 Resigned in his second term to take a seat in the U.S. Senate.
9 4 George Clinton 2,605 Died in office during his second term.
10 [1] 46 Dick Cheney 2,528 Currently serving his second term
11 39 Spiro Agnew 1,724 Resigned in his second term while under indictment.
12 3 Aaron Burr 1,461 Served one full term.
8 Martin Van Buren
9 Richard Johnson
11 George M. Dallas
14 John Breckinridge
15 Hannibal Hamlin
17 Schuyler Colfax
19 William A. Wheeler
22 Levi Morton
23 Adlai E. Stevenson
26 Charles Fairbanks
30 Charles Dawes
31 Charles Curtis
33 Henry Wallace
35 Alben Barkley
38 Hubert Humphrey
42 Walter Mondale
44 Dan Quayle
30 2 Thomas Jefferson 1,460 Served one full term without any leap year.
31 27 James Sherman 1,338 Died in office.
32 37 Lyndon Johnson 1,036 Succeeded to presidency.
33 18 Henry Wilson 993 Died in office.
34 24 Garret Hobart 992 Died in office.
35 29 Calvin Coolidge 881 Succeeded to presidency.
36 41 Nelson Rockefeller 763 Appointed and confirmed mid-term.
37 5 Elbridge Gerry 629 Died in office.
38 12 Millard Fillmore 491 Succeeded to presidency.
39 21 Thomas Hendricks 266 Died in office.
40 40 Gerald Ford 246 Appointed and confirmed mid-term, and later succeeded to presidency.
41 20 Chester A. Arthur 199 Succeeded to presidency.
42 25 Theodore Roosevelt 194 Succeeded to presidency.
43 34 Harry Truman 82 Succeeded to presidency.
44 13 William R. King 45 Died in office.
45 16 Andrew Johnson 42 Succeeded to presidency.
46 10 John Tyler 31 Succeeded to presidency.

1 ^  Cheney will tie…

…George Clinton on March 9, 2008
…Calhoun on November 16, 2008
…John Adams on November 24, 2008
…Garner on December 9, 2008
…the top five on January 20, 2009, assuming the conclusion of his second term.

Shortest "apprenticeship": John Tyler served only 31 days, then became President.
Shortest "apprenticeship":
John Tyler served only 31 days, then became President.
Rank by
length		 Reason Start End President
during
vacancy		 Length
in days
1 A April 4, 1841 March 4, 1845 John Tyler 1,430
2 A April 15, 1865 March 4, 1869 Andrew Johnson 1,418
3 B April 18, 1853 March 4, 1857 Franklin Pierce 1,415
4 A April 12, 1945 January 20, 1949 Harry Truman 1,379
5 A September 14, 1901 March 4, 1905 Theodore Roosevelt 1,267
6 A September 19, 1881 March 4, 1885 Chester A. Arthur 1,262
7 B November 25, 1885 March 4, 1889 Grover Cleveland 1,195
8 A July 9, 1850 March 4, 1853 Millard Fillmore 970
9 B November 23, 1814 March 4, 1817 James Madison 832
10 A August 2, 1923 March 4, 1925 Calvin Coolidge 580
11 B November 21, 1899 March 4, 1901 William McKinley 469
12 B November 22, 1875 March 4, 1877 Ulysses Grant 468
13 A November 22, 1963 January 20, 1965 Lyndon Johnson 425
14 B April 20, 1812 March 4, 1813 James Madison 318
15 A August 9, 1974 December 19, 1974 Gerald Ford 132 [2]
16 B October 30, 1912 March 4, 1913 William Taft 123
17 C December 28, 1832 March 4, 1833 Andrew Jackson 65
18 C October 10, 1973 December 6, 1973 Richard Nixon 57 [3]

Key to Reasons:

  • A - Succeeded to Presidency following death or resignation of the President
  • B - Death of the Vice President
  • C - Resignation of the Vice President

2 ^  3 ^  Vacancies occurring after the adoption of the 25th Amendment, allowing for a replacement Vice President to be nominated and confirmed.

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