US Vice Presidents, 1805-1825

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The Vice Presidents are listed in chronological order.

For facts about and links to any Vice President, click on the name:

John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
Aaron Burr
George Clinton
Elbridge Gerry
Daniel D. Tompkins
John C. Calhoun
Martin Van Buren
Richard Mentor Johnson
John Tyler
George Mifflin Dallas
Millard Fillmore
William Rufus King
John C. Breckinridge
Hannibal Hamlin
Andrew Johnson
Schuyler Colfax
Henry Wilson
William Wheeler
Chester Alan Arthur
Thomas Hendricks
Levi Parsons Morton
Adlai E. Stevenson
Garret A. Hobart
Theodore Roosevelt
Charles W. Fairbanks
James Sherman
Thomas Marshall
Calvin Coolidge
Charles G. Dawes
Charles Curtis
John Nance Garner
Henry A. Wallace
Harry S. Truman
Alben W. Barkley
Richard M. Nixon
Lyndon B. Johnson
Hubert H. Humphrey
Spiro T. Agnew
Gerald R. Ford
Nelson Rockefeller
Walter Mondale
George Bush
Dan Quayle
Al Gore
Dick Cheney

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The Vice Presidents
of the United States

George Clinton

Elbridge Gerry

Daniel D. Tompkins

George Clinton Served under Thomas Jefferson from 1805-1809
Served under James M Served under James Madison from 1809-1812

The Fourth Vice President

Born: July 26, 1739
Died: April 20, 1812
State: New York
Party: Democratic-Republican

--Admitted to the New York State bar (1755).
--Fought in the French and Indian War (1758).
--Elected to the New York State Assembly (1768).
--Delegate to the Continental Congress (1775-76).
--Served as Brigadier-General during the Revolutionary War (1775-77).
--He was the first Governor of New York, and the longest serving Governor, with 21 years in office (1777-95 and 1801-04).
--He opposed the ratification of the Constitution, and later served as Vice President to James Madison, the main author of the Constitution.
--Received Electoral Votes for President in 1789, 1792 and 1796.
--Vice President of the United States (1805-09).
--The first Vice President to be elected as a "Running Mate" under the terms of the Twelfth Amendment.
--The first of two Vice Presidents to serve under two Presidents (the other is Calhoun).
--Unsuccessfully sought his party's Presidential nomination in 1808, and agreed to serve again as Vice President.
--Died in office.

Clinton Links:

*Senate Biography.
*Grolier's Page.
*James Madison University's Clinton Page.
*The Clinton Family.
*The French and Indian War.
*The American Revolution.
*Brigadier General.
*General Washington Writes to Governor Clinton.
*Governor of New York.
*A Famous Anti-Federalist.
*Federalists vs. Anti-Federalists.
*1789 Presidential Election.
*1792 Presidential Election.
*1796 Presidential Election.
*Politician.
*Died In Office.
*Gravesite.
*James Madison, Father of the Constitution.
*President Thomas Jefferson.
*President James Madison.

Elbridge Gerry Served under James Madison from 1813-1814

The Fifth Vice President

Born: July 17, 1744
Died: November 23, 1814
State: Massachusetts
Party: Democratic-Republican

--Graduated from Harvard College (1762).
--Member, General Court of Massachusetts (1772).
--Member of the Massachusetts Legislature (1773).
--Member of the Continental Congress (1776-81).
--Signer of The Declaration of Independence (1776).
--Signer of The Articles of Confederation (1777).
--Delegate to the Constitutional Convention (1787).
--He opposed the ratification of the Constitution, and later served as Vice President to James Madison, the main author of the Constitution.
--Elected to the First and Second Congresses (1789-1793).
--As Envoy to France, involved in the international diplomatic incident known as the XYZ Affair (1797).
--Unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Massachusetts (1801).
--Elected Governor of Massachusetts in 1810 and 1811.
--His efforts to influence election results by manipulating the size and shape of legislative districts--a process now known as "gerrymandering"--cost him re-election to the governorship in 1811.
--Vice President of the United States (1813-14).
--The second of James Madison's Vice Presidents to die in office.

Gerry Links:

*Senate Biography.
*Grolier's Page.
*James Madison University's Gerry Page.
*A Founding Father.
*A Life in Politics.
*An Antagonist.
*Continental Congress.
*Continental Congress Participants.
*The Declaration of Independence.
*Signer of the Declaration of Independence.
*The Articles of Confederation.
*Signer of the Articles of Confederation.
*The Constitutional Convention.
*A Famous Anti-Federalist.
*No Bill of Rights.
*Federalists vs. Anti-Federalists.
*Congressman Gerry.
*The XYZ Affair.
*Political Advantage.
*1812 Presidential Election.
*Died In Office.
*Gravesite.
*Gerrymandering.
*Document.
*James Madison, Father of the Constitution.
*President James Madison.

Daniel D. Tompkins Served under James Monroe from 1817-1825

The Sixth Vice President

Born: June 21, 1774
Died: June 11, 1825
State: New York
Party: Democratic-Republican

--Graduated from Columbia College (1795).
--Admitted to the New York State bar (1797).
--Elected to New York State Assembly (1803).
--Elected to U.S. House of Representatives, but resigned before his term began to join the New York Supreme Court (1804).
--Governor of New York (1807-17).
--A major force behind outlawing slavery in New York.
--Raised money to defend against the British in the War of 1812, going into personal debt.
--Vice President of the United States (1817-25).
--The Monroe Administration coincides with what is called the Era of Good Feelings.
--Died shortly after leaving office.

Tompkins Links:

*Senate Biography.
*Grolier's Page.
*Governor of New York.
*Abolished Slavery in New York.
*The Slow Death of Slavery in New York.
*The War of 1812.
*New York State Proclamation.
*1816 Presidential Election.
*Era of Good Feelings.
*Re-elected Running Mate.
*1820 Presidential Election.
*Public Debt, Personal Depression.
*Gravesite.
*Political Cartoon.
*USS Governor Tompkins.
*Tompkins County.
*Tompkins County Website.
*Tompkins Square Park, NYC
*President James Monroe.

To see the fact sheet and links for a Vice President, click on his last name:
Introduction Adams, Jefferson, Burr, Clinton, Gerry, Tompkins, Calhoun, Van Buren, RM Johnson, Tyler, Dallas, Fillmore, King, Breckenridge, Hamlin, A Johnson, Colfax, Wilson, Wheeler, Arthur, Hendricks, Morton, Stevenson, Hobart, Roosevelt, Fairbanks, Sherman Marshall, Coolidge, Dawes, Curtis, Garner, Wallace, Truman, Barkley, Nixon LB Johnson, Humphrey, Agnew, Ford, Rockefeller, Mondale, Bush, Quayle, Gore, Cheney. 2000 Nominees.