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Most vice presidents of the United States have undergone higher education at an American university , college or law school .
No.
Image
Name
Home state
Took office
Left office
Party
School
President(s)
Ref
1
John Adams
Massachusetts
April 21, 1789
March 4, 1797
Federalist
Harvard College
George Washington
[1]
2
Thomas Jefferson
Virginia
March 4, 1797
March 4, 1801
Democratic-Republican
College of William & Mary
John Adams
[2]
3
Aaron Burr
New York
March 4, 1801
March 4, 1805
Democratic-Republican
Princeton
Jefferson
[3]
4
George Clinton
New York
March 4, 1805
April 20, 1812
Democratic-Republican
Studied law with William Smith
Jefferson /Madison
[4]
z Vacant
April 20, 1812
March 4, 1813
Madison
5
Elbridge Gerry
Massachusetts
March 4, 1813
November 23, 1814
Democratic-Republican
Harvard College
Madison
[5]
z Vacant
November 23, 1814
March 4, 1817
Madison
6
Daniel D. Tompkins
New York
March 4, 1817
March 4, 1825
Democratic-Republican
Columbia
Monroe
[6]
7
John C. Calhoun
South Carolina
March 4, 1825
December 28, 1832
Democratic-Republican /Democratic
Yale
J. Q. Adams /Jackson
[7]
z Vacant
December 28, 1832
March 4, 1833
Jackson
8
Martin Van Buren
New York
March 4, 1833
March 4, 1837
Democratic
Kinderhook Academy and Washington Seminary studied law with Peter Silvester , Francis Sylvester and William P. Van Ness
Jackson
[8]
9
Richard Mentor Johnson
Kentucky
March 4, 1837
March 4, 1841
Democratic
Transylvania University
Van Buren
[9]
10
John Tyler
Virginia
March 4, 1841
April 4, 1841
Whig
College of William & Mary
W. Harrison
[10]
z Vacant
April 4, 1841
March 4, 1845
Tyler
11
George M. Dallas
Pennsylvania
March 4, 1845
March 4, 1849
Democratic
Princeton University
Polk
[11]
12
Millard Fillmore
New York
March 4, 1849
July 9, 1850
Whig
New Hope Academy, studied law with Judge Walter Wood, Cayuga County, New York
Taylor
[12]
z Vacant
July 9, 1850
March 4, 1853
Fillmore
13
William R. King
Alabama
March 4, 1853
April 18, 1853
Democratic
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Pierce
[13]
z Vacant
April 18, 1853
March 4, 1857
Pierce
14
John C. Breckinridge
Kentucky
March 4, 1857
March 4, 1861
Democratic
Centre College , Princeton University , Transylvania University
Buchanan
[14]
15
Hannibal Hamlin
Maine
March 4, 1861
March 4, 1865
Republican
Hebron Academy , Studied law at the firm of Samuel Fessenden
Lincoln
[15]
16
Andrew Johnson
Tennessee
March 4, 1865
April 15, 1865
Democratic
None (Self-taught and received instruction from his wife, Eliza McCardle Johnson )
Lincoln
[16]
z Vacant
April 15, 1865
March 4, 1869
A. Johnson
17
Schuyler Colfax
Indiana
March 4, 1869
March 4, 1873
Republican
Common schools of New York City and New Carlisle, Indiana
Grant
[17]
18
Henry Wilson
Massachusetts
March 4, 1873
November 22, 1875
Republican
Academies in Strafford , Wolfeboro , and Concord , New Hampshire
Grant
[18]
z Vacant
November 22, 1875
March 4, 1877
Grant
19
William A. Wheeler
New York
March 4, 1877
March 4, 1881
Republican
University of Vermont
Hayes
[19]
20
Chester A. Arthur
New York
March 4, 1881
September 19, 1881
Republican
Union College , State and National Law School
Garfield
[20]
z Vacant
September 19, 1881
March 4, 1885
Arthur
21
Thomas A. Hendricks
Indiana
March 4, 1885
November 25, 1885
Democratic
Hanover College
Cleveland
[21]
z Vacant
November 25, 1885
March 4, 1889
Cleveland
22
Levi P. Morton
New York
March 4, 1889
March 4, 1893
Republican
Shoreham Academy, Shoreham, Vermont
B. Harrison
[22]
23
Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois
March 4, 1893
March 4, 1897
Democratic
Illinois Wesleyan University , Centre College
Cleveland
[23]
24
Garret Hobart
New Jersey
March 4, 1897
November 21, 1899
Republican
Rutgers College
McKinley
[24]
z Vacant
November 21, 1899
March 4, 1901
McKinley
25
Theodore Roosevelt
New York
March 4, 1901
September 14, 1901
Republican
Harvard College , Columbia Law School (did not graduate)
McKinley
[25]
z Vacant
September 14, 1901
March 4, 1905
T. Roosevelt
26
Charles W. Fairbanks
Indiana
March 4, 1905
March 4, 1909
Republican
Ohio Wesleyan University
T. Roosevelt
[26]
27
James S. Sherman
New York
March 4, 1909
October 30, 1912
Republican
Hamilton College
Taft
[27]
z Vacant
October 30, 1912
March 4, 1913
Taft
28
Thomas R. Marshall
Indiana
March 4, 1913
March 4, 1921
Democratic
Wabash College
Wilson
[28]
29
Calvin Coolidge
Massachusetts
March 4, 1921
August 2, 1923
Republican
Amherst College
Harding
[29]
z Vacant
August 2, 1923
March 4, 1925
Coolidge
30
Charles G. Dawes
Illinois
March 4, 1925
March 4, 1929
Republican
Marietta College , University of Cincinnati College of Law
Coolidge
[30]
31
Charles Curtis
Kansas
March 4, 1929
March 4, 1933
Republican
Topeka High School , studied law with Aderial H. Case
Hoover
[31]
32
John Nance Garner
Texas
March 4, 1933
January 20, 1941
Democratic
Vanderbilt University
F. Roosevelt
[32]
33
Henry A. Wallace
Iowa
January 20, 1941
January 20, 1945
Democratic
Iowa State University
F. Roosevelt
[33]
34
Harry S. Truman
Missouri
January 20, 1945
April 12, 1945
Democratic
Spalding's Commercial College (did not graduate)Kansas City Law School (did not graduate)
F. Roosevelt
[34]
z Vacant
April 12, 1945
January 20, 1949
Truman
35
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
January 20, 1949
January 20, 1953
Democratic
Marvin College , Emory University , University of Virginia School of Law
Truman
[35]
36
Richard Nixon
California
January 20, 1953
January 20, 1961
Republican
Whittier College , Duke University School of Law
Eisenhower
[36]
37
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
January 20, 1961
November 22, 1963
Democratic
Southwest Texas State Teachers College , Georgetown University Law Center (did not graduate)
Kennedy
[37]
z Vacant
November 22, 1963
January 20, 1965
L. Johnson
38
Hubert Humphrey
Minnesota
January 20, 1965
January 20, 1969
Democratic
University of Minnesota , Louisiana State University , Capitol College of Pharmacy
L. Johnson
[38]
39
Spiro Agnew
Maryland
January 20, 1969
October 10, 1973
Republican
Johns Hopkins University , University of Baltimore School of Law
Nixon
[39]
z Vacant
October 10, 1973
December 6, 1973
Nixon
40
Gerald Ford
Michigan
December 6, 1973
August 9, 1974
Republican
University of Michigan , Yale Law School
Nixon
[40]
z Vacant
August 9, 1974
December 19, 1974
Ford
41
Nelson Rockefeller
New York
December 19, 1974
January 20, 1977
Republican
Dartmouth College
Ford
[41]
42
Walter Mondale
Minnesota
January 20, 1977
January 20, 1981
Democratic
Macalester College , University of Minnesota
Carter
[42]
43
George H. W. Bush
Texas
January 20, 1981
January 20, 1989
Republican
Yale
Reagan
[43]
44
Dan Quayle
Indiana
January 20, 1989
January 20, 1993
Republican
DePauw University , Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis (J.D.)
G. H. W. Bush
[44]
45
Al Gore
Tennessee
January 20, 1993
January 20, 2001
Democratic
Harvard University , Vanderbilt University
Clinton
[45]
46
Dick Cheney
Wyoming
January 20, 2001
January 20, 2009
Republican
University of Wyoming
G. W. Bush
[46]
47
Joe Biden
Delaware
January 20, 2009
January 20, 2017
Democratic
University of Delaware , Syracuse University College of Law (J.D.)
Obama
[47]
48
Mike Pence
Indiana
January 20, 2017
January 20, 2021
Republican
Hanover College , Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis (J.D.)
Trump
[48]
49
Kamala Harris
California
January 20, 2021
Incumbent
Democratic
Howard University , University of California, Hastings College of the Law (J.D.)
Biden
[49]
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