Municipal Government
Vice President | Office and jurisdiction | Year(s) served |
---|---|---|
Martin Van Buren | Surrogate of Columbia County, New York | 1808–1812 |
George M. Dallas | Mayor of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 1828-1829 |
Andrew Johnson | Alderman, Greeneville, Tennessee | 1828–1830 |
Mayor of Greeneville, Tennessee | 1830–1833 | |
William A. Wheeler | District Attorney; Franklin County, New York | 1846-1849 |
James S. Sherman | Mayor of Utica, New York | 1884 |
Theodore Roosevelt | Superintendent of the New York Board of Police Commissioners | 1895–1897 |
Calvin Coolidge | Mayor of Northampton, Massachusetts | 1910–1911 |
Harry S. Truman | Judge, Jackson County, Missouri | 1922-1924 |
Alben W. Barkley | District Attorney of McCracken County, Kentucky | 1906-1913 |
Hubert H. Humphrey | Mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota | 1945-1948 |
Spiro Agnew | County Executive of Baltimore, Maryland | 1962-1966 |
Joe Biden | Member of the New Castle County, Delaware County Council | 1970-1972 |
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