*Agnew resigned the vice presidency on Oct. It also does not include runs by sitting or former vice presidents that predate their time as VP. This list does not include elected vice presidents who became president due to the death of the president, such as Lyndon Johnson, or ones appointed to fill the vice presidency under the 25th Amendment, such as Gerald Ford and Nelson Rockefeller.
Modern vice presidents usually win their party’s nominationĮlected vice presidents who ran for president and whether they won their party’s nomination, 1949-present Vice President Based on that track record, then, we’d expect Pence to be in a good position to compete for his party’s nomination. 2 Of the eight who came before him, six went on to win their party’s presidential nomination at some point. Pence is the ninth elected vice president since World War II to seek the presidency either as a sitting or former VP. This is due in part to the challenges Pence faces, including the unusual prospect of running against the president he served under and his reduced political standing among Republicans since he refused to aid former President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the result of the 2020 presidential election.
Overall, the office has proven to be one of the most common stepping stones to the presidency - or at least to becoming a party’s presidential nominee.īut that success rate will face a major test in 2024: Former Vice President Mike Pence has just announced his candidacy for president, entering the race in arguably a weaker position than just about any other modern vice president. The American vice presidency, according to one of its former officeholders, is “not worth a bucket of warm spit.” But for a worthless office, the vice presidency has certainly produced a lot of presidents: Though John Nance Garner, the former VP credited with the colorful aphorism 1 never reached the White House, a number of his fellow vice presidents have. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY EMILY SCHERER / GETTY IMAGES
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