List of Presidents of The United States Senate - Vice Presidents Who Became Presidents

Vice Presidents Who Became Presidents

There have been 14 vice presidents who have become President of the United States.

• John Adams, elected president in 1796.
• Thomas Jefferson, elected president in 1800.
• Martin Van Buren, elected President in 1836.
• John Tyler, became president when William Henry Harrison died in office.
• Millard Fillmore, became president when Zachary Taylor died in office.
• Andrew Johnson, became president when Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in office.
• Chester A. Arthur, became president when James A. Garfield was assassinated in office.
• Theodore Roosevelt, became president when William McKinley was assassinated in office.
• Calvin Coolidge, became president when Warren G. Harding died in office.
• Harry S Truman, became president when Franklin D. Roosevelt died in office.
• Lyndon B. Johnson, became president when John F. Kennedy was assassinated in office.
• Richard Nixon, elected president in 1968. He is the only person on this list who was not serving as vice president when he became president.
• Gerald Ford, became president in 1974 when Richard Nixon resigned.
• George H. W. Bush, elected President in 1988.