List of vice presidents of the United States by time in office: Difference between revisions

Rank Vice President Length
in days[1] Order of vice presidency President served under Number of terms 1
tie Daniel D. Tompkins 2,922 6th • March 4, 1817 –
March 4, 1825
James Monroe Two full terms Thomas R. Marshall 2,922 28th • March 4, 1913 –
March 4, 1921
Woodrow Wilson Two full terms Richard Nixon 2,922 36th • January 20, 1953 –
January 20, 1961
Dwight D. Eisenhower Two full terms George H. W. Bush 2,922 43rd • January 20, 1981 –
January 20, 1989
Ronald Reagan Two full terms Al Gore 2,922 45th • January 20, 1993 –
January 20, 2001
Bill Clinton Two full terms Dick Cheney 2,922 46th • January 20, 2001 –
January 20, 2009
George W. Bush Two full terms Joe Biden 2,922 47th • January 20, 2009 –
January 20, 2017
Barack Obama Two full terms 8 John Nance Garner 2,879[a] 32nd • March 4, 1933 –
January 20, 1941
Franklin D. Roosevelt Two full terms 9 John Adams 2,874[b] 1st • April 21, 1789 –
March 4, 1797
George Washington Two full terms 10 John C. Calhoun 2,856 7th • March 4, 1825 –
December 28, 1832
[c] John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson One full term; resigned 3 years, 9 months and 24 days into second term 11 George Clinton 2,604 4th • March 4, 1805 –
April 20, 1812
[d] Thomas Jefferson and James Madison One full term; died 3 years, 1 month and 16 days into second term 12 Spiro Agnew 1,724 39th • January 20, 1969 –
October 10, 1973
[c] Richard Nixon One full term; resigned 8 months and 20 days into second term 13
tie Aaron Burr 1,461 3rd • March 4, 1801 –
March 4, 1805
Thomas Jefferson One full term Martin Van Buren 1,461 8th • March 4, 1833 –
March 4, 1837
Andrew Jackson One full term Richard Johnson 1,461 9th • March 4, 1837 –
March 4, 1841
Martin Van Buren One full term George M. Dallas 1,461 11th • March 4, 1845 –
March 4, 1849
James K. Polk One full term John C. Breckinridge 1,461 14th • March 4, 1857 –
March 4, 1861
James Buchanan One full term Hannibal Hamlin 1,461 15th • March 4, 1861 –
March 4, 1865
Abraham Lincoln One full term Schuyler Colfax 1,461 17th • March 4, 1869 –
March 4, 1873
Ulysses S. Grant One full term William A. Wheeler 1,461 19th • March 4, 1877 –
March 4, 1881
Rutherford B. Hayes One full term Levi P. Morton 1,461 22nd • March 4, 1889 –
March 4, 1893
Benjamin Harrison One full term Adlai E. Stevenson 1,461 23rd • March 4, 1893 –
March 4, 1897
Grover Cleveland One full term Charles W. Fairbanks 1,461 26th • March 4, 1905 –
March 4, 1909
Theodore Roosevelt One full term Charles G. Dawes 1,461 30th • March 4, 1925 –
March 4, 1929
Calvin Coolidge One full term Charles Curtis 1,461 31st • March 4, 1929 –
March 4, 1933
Herbert Hoover One full term Henry A. Wallace 1,461 33rd • January 20, 1941 –
January 20, 1945
Franklin D. Roosevelt One full term Alben W. Barkley 1,461 35th • January 20, 1949 –
January 20, 1953
Harry S. Truman One full term Hubert Humphrey 1,461 38th • January 20, 1965 –
January 20, 1969
Lyndon B. Johnson One full term Walter Mondale 1,461 42nd • January 20, 1977 –
January 20, 1981
Jimmy Carter One full term Dan Quayle 1,461 44th • January 20, 1989 –
January 20, 1993
George H. W. Bush One full term Mike Pence 1,461 48th • January 20, 2017 –
January 20, 2021
Donald Trump One full term Kamala Harris 1,461 49th • January 20, 2021 –
January 20, 2025
Joe Biden One full term 33 Thomas Jefferson 1,460[e] 2nd • March 4, 1797 –
March 4, 1801
John Adams One full term 34 James S. Sherman 1,336 27th • March 4, 1909 –
October 30, 1912
[d] William Howard Taft Died 3 years, 7 months and 26 days into term 35 Lyndon B. Johnson 1,036 37th • January 20, 1961
– November 22, 1963
[f] John F. Kennedy Succeeded to presidency 2 years, 10 months and 2 days into term 36 Henry Wilson 993 18th • March 4, 1873 –
November 22, 1875
[d] Ulysses S. Grant Died 2 years, 8 months and 18 days into term 37 Garret Hobart 992[e] 24th • March 4, 1897 –
November 21, 1899
[d] William McKinley Died 2 years, 8 months and 17 days into term 38 Calvin Coolidge 881 29th • March 4, 1921 –
August 2, 1923
[f] Warren G. Harding Succeeded to presidency 2 years, 4 months and 29 days into term 39 Nelson Rockefeller 763 41st • December 19, 1974[g]
January 20, 1977
Gerald Ford One partial term (2 years, 1 month and 1 day) 40 Elbridge Gerry 629 5th • March 4, 1813 –
November 23, 1814
[d] James Madison Died 1 year, 8 months and 19 days into term 41 Millard Fillmore 492 12th • March 4, 1849 –
July 9, 1850
[f] Zachary Taylor Succeeded to presidency 1 year, 4 months and 5 days into term 42 JD Vance 266[h] 50th • January 20, 2025 –
Incumbent
Donald Trump Currently serving 43 Thomas A. Hendricks 266 21st • March 4 –
November 25, 1885
[d] Grover Cleveland Died 8 months and 21 days into term 44 Gerald Ford 246 40th • December 6, 1973[g]
August 9, 1974
[f] Richard Nixon Succeeded to presidency 8 months and 3 days into partial term 45 Chester A. Arthur 199 20th • March 4 –
September 19, 1881
[f] James A. Garfield Succeeded to presidency 6 months and 15 days into term 46 Theodore Roosevelt 194 25th • March 4 –
September 14, 1901
[f] William McKinley Succeeded to presidency 6 months and 10 days into term 47 Harry S. Truman 82 34th • January 20 –
April 12, 1945
[f] Franklin D. Roosevelt Succeeded to presidency 2 months and 23 days into term 48 William R. King 45 13th • March 4 –
April 18, 1853
[d] Franklin Pierce Died 1 month and 14 days into term 49 Andrew Johnson 42 16th • March 4 –
April 15, 1865
[f] Abraham Lincoln Succeeded to presidency 1 month and 11 days into term 50 John Tyler 31 10th • March 4 –
April 4, 1841
[f] William Henry Harrison Succeeded to presidency 31 days into term

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