List of vice presidents of the United States who ran 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 over 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. Six unsuccessfully sought the presidential nomination of their party. Additionally, twelve vice presidents ran while they were in office.

List of vice presidents who ran for president

Vice presidents with their numbers in bold won the presidency.

Year		Popular vote (%)	Electoral college	Party	President
1796^[a]	John Adams	35,726 (53.4%)	71/138	Federalist	George Washington
1800^[a]	Thomas Jefferson	41,330 (61.4%)	73/138	Democratic-Republican	John Adams
1808	George Clinton	Did not receive nomination		Democratic-Republican	Thomas Jefferson
1836	Martin Van Buren	764,176 (50.8%)	170/294	Democratic	Andrew Jackson
1860	John C. Breckinridge	848,019 (18.1%)	72/303	Southern Democratic	James Buchanan
1908	Charles W. Fairbanks	Did not receive nomination		Republican	Theodore Roosevelt
1916	Charles W. Fairbanks	Did not receive nomination		Republican	Theodore Roosevelt
1920	Thomas R. Marshall	Did not receive nomination		Democratic	Woodrow Wilson
1940	John Nance Garner	Did not receive nomination		Democratic	Franklin D. Roosevelt
1948	Henry A. Wallace	1,157,328 (2.37%)	0/531	Progressive	Franklin D. Roosevelt
1952	Alben W. Barkley	Did not receive nomination		Democratic	Harry S. Truman
1960	Richard Nixon	34,108,157 (49.5%)	219/537	Republican	Dwight D. Eisenhower
1968	Hubert Humphrey	31,271,839 (42.7%)	191/538	Democratic	Lyndon B. Johnson
1968	Richard Nixon	31,783,783 (43.4%)	301/538	Republican	Dwight D. Eisenhower
1972	Hubert Humphrey	Did not receive nomination		Democratic	Lyndon B. Johnson
1984	Walter Mondale	37,577,352 (40.6%)	13/538	Democratic	Jimmy Carter
1988	George H. W. Bush	48,886,597 (53.4%)	426/538	Republican	Ronald Reagan
2000	Dan Quayle	Did not receive nomination		Republican	George H. W. Bush
2000	Al Gore	50,999,897 (48.4%)^[b]	266/538^[b]	Democratic	Bill Clinton
2020	Joe Biden	81,282,376 (51.3%)	306/538	Democratic	Barack Obama
2024	Mike Pence	Did not receive nomination		Republican	Donald Trump

Notes

^ ^a ^b Election occurred prior to the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
^ ^a ^b Won the popular vote, but lost the presidency through the Electoral College.

References

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

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

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List of vice presidents who ran for president

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