Vice-Presidents of The United States
- Daniel D Tompkins—6th Vice-President of the United States, 4th Governor of New York, declined appointment as United States Secretary of State by President James Madison
- Theodore Roosevelt—(Law) 25th Vice-President of the United States, organized and helped command the Rough Riders in the Spanish American War, Medal of Honor
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