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 almost 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. Seven unsuccessfully sought the presidential nomination of their party. Additionally, fourteen vice presidents ran while they were in office.

Kamala Harris, the most recent U.S. vice president to run for president

The list excludes the nine vice presidents who ascended to the presidency due to a vacancy, and then sought an additional full term for president.^[a]

List of vice presidents who ran for president

Vice presidents with their numbers in bold won the presidency.

Year	Vice President (dates of service as Vice President)			Popular vote (%)	Electoral college	Party	President
1796[b]		John Adams[α] (Apr 21 1789 − Mar 4 1797)		35,726 (53.4%)	71/138	Federalist	George Washington
1800[b]		Thomas Jefferson[α] (Mar 4 1797 − Mar 4 1801)		41,330 (61.4%)	73/138	Democratic-Republican	John Adams
1808		George Clinton[α] (Mar 4 1805 − Apr 20 1812)		Did not receive nomination		Democratic-Republican	Thomas Jefferson
1836		Martin Van Buren[α] (Mar 4 1833 − Mar 4 1837)		764,176 (50.8%)	170/294	Democratic	Andrew Jackson
1860		John C. Breckinridge[α] (Mar 4 1857 − Mar 4 1861)		848,019 (18.1%)	72/303	Southern Democratic	James Buchanan
1908		Charles W. Fairbanks[α] (Mar 4 1905 − Mar 4 1909)		Did not receive nomination		Republican	Theodore Roosevelt
1916		Charles W. Fairbanks (Mar 4 1905 − Mar 4 1909)
1920		Thomas R. Marshall[α] (Mar 4 1913 − Mar 4 1921)		Did not receive nomination		Democratic	Woodrow Wilson
1940		John Nance Garner[β] (Mar 4 1933 − Jan 20 1941)		Did not receive nomination		Democratic	Franklin D. Roosevelt
1948		Henry A. Wallace[c] (Jan 20 1941 − Jan 20 1945)		1,157,328 (2.37%)	0/531	Progressive
1952		Alben W. Barkley[α] (Jan 20 1949 − Jan 20 1953)		Did not receive nomination		Democratic	Harry S. Truman
1960		Richard Nixon[α] (Jan 20 1953 − Jan 20 1961)		34,108,157 (49.5%)	219/537	Republican	Dwight D. Eisenhower
1968		Hubert Humphrey[γ][d] (Jan 20 1965 − Jan 20 1969)		31,271,839 (42.7%)	191/538	Democratic	Lyndon B. Johnson
		Richard Nixon (Jan 20 1953 − Jan 20 1961)		31,783,783 (43.4%)	301/538	Republican	Dwight D. Eisenhower
1972		Hubert Humphrey (Jan 20 1965 − Jan 20 1969)		Did not receive nomination		Democratic	Lyndon B. Johnson
1984		Walter Mondale (Jan 20 1977 − Jan 20 1981)		37,577,352 (40.6%)	13/538	Democratic	Jimmy Carter
1988		George H. W. Bush[α] (Jan 20 1981 − Jan 20 1989)		48,886,597 (53.4%)	426/538	Republican	Ronald Reagan
2000		Dan Quayle (Jan 20 1989 − Jan 20 1993)		Did not receive nomination		Republican	George H. W. Bush
		Al Gore[α] (Jan 20 1993 − Jan 20 2001)		50,999,897 (48.4%)[e]	266/538[e]	Democratic	Bill Clinton
2020		Joe Biden (Jan 20 2009 − Jan 20 2017)		81,283,501 (51.3%)	306/538	Democratic	Barack Obama
2024		Mike Pence (Jan 20 2017 − Jan 20 2021)		Did not receive nomination		Republican	Donald Trump
		Kamala Harris[γ][f] (Jan 20 2021 − present)		75,009,338 (48.4%)	226/538	Democratic	Joe Biden

Notes

1. These vice presidents include John Tyler, Millard Fillmore, Andrew Johnson, Chester A. Arthur, Theodore Roosevelt, Calvin Coolidge, Harry S. Truman, Lyndon B. Johnson, and Gerald Ford.
2. Election occurred prior to the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution which formalized the process for electing the president and vice president. Prior to the Twelfth Amendment, the vice president was the runner-up in the presidential election.
3. Was a member of the Democratic Party while serving as Vice President of the United States, but ran for president under the short lived Progressive Party that he co-founded.
4. Humphrey initially expected to remain as Johnson's running mate for reelection until Johnson withdrew from the race on March 31, 1968.
5. Won the popular vote, but lost the presidency through the Electoral College.
6. Harris initially expected to remain as Biden's running mate for reelection until Biden withdrew from the race on July 21, 2024.

1. Ran as the incumbent Vice President.
2. Ran as the incumbent Vice President against the incumbent President.
3. Incumbent Vice President who did not seek the presidency until the incumbent President dropped out of the race for reelection.

References

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