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Vice Presidents of the United States: Selected Images

Portrait Gallery: Adams - Coolidge

See below for selected portraits of vice presidents shown in alphabetical order, from Adams through Coolidge. For full caption/reproduction information, or to download an uncompressed tiff or higher resolution JPG image, click on the picture or caption. (These will open on a new tab.) Please note that dates listed here may refer to the date a print was made, which may be after the subject's life dates.

John Adams

Print shows John Adams, half-length portrait, seated, facing right, with book in hand — John Adams. By Gilbert Stuart. 1828. Lithograph. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-pga-11886 (digital file from original print)

Vice-President John Adams, full-length portrait, standing next to globe, facing left, holding document — John Adams. After a painting by John Singleton Copley. Between 1850 and 1900. Engraving. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ppmsca-15705 (digital file from original print)

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Spiro Agnew

Head and shoulders-length portrait, facing slightly right — Spiro Agnew. By Bernard Gotfryd. 1972. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-gtfy-00189 (digital file from original)

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Chester A. Arthur

Chester Arthur, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left — Chester A. Arthur. By C.M. Bell. 1882. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-13021 (b&w film copy neg. of cropped image)

Chester Arthur, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing right, wearing overcoat — Chester A. Arthur. Between 1870 and 1886. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-80432 (b&w film copy neg.)

Justice John R. Brady, Justice of New York State Supreme Court, administering the oath of office to Vice President Arthur in a private ceremony in Arthur's residence — Chester A. Arthur being administered the presidential oath after the death of President Garfield. 1881. Wood engraving. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-7615 (b&w film copy neg.)

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Alben W. Barkley

Portrait, half-length, facing left — Alben W. Barkley. c1913. Harris & Ewing Collection. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-59671 (b&w film copy neg.)

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Joseph R. Biden

Half-length portrait of Joe Biden, facing front, taken in the Library room at the White House — Joseph R. Biden, taken in the Library room at the White House. By Adam Schultz. 2021. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ppmsca-15717 (digital file from original)

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John C. Breckinridge

Print showing John C. Breckenridge, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left — John C. Breckinridge. By Jules Emile Saintin, from a photograph by Brady. 1860. Engraving. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-pga-03237 (digital file from original print)

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Aaron Burr

Seated three-quarter-length portrait of Burr, body turned slightly left, facing front — Aaron Burr. By Browne & Redmond. c1836. Engraving. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-pga-04519 (digital file from original item)

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George H. W. Bush

George Bush, half-length portrait, facing front — George H. W. Bush. By David Valdez. 1989. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-98302 (b&w film copy neg.)

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John C. Calhoun

Head-and-shoulders length portrait of Calhoun, facing slightly left — John C. Calhoun. By N. Currier. c1853. Lithograph. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-pga-00800 (digital file from original print)

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Richard Cheney

Head-and-shoulders-length portrait of Vice President Cheney, facing forward, taken in the Roosevelt Room — Richard Cheney. By David Bohrer. 2003. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ppbd-00367 (original digital file)

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George Clinton

George Clinton, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right — George Clinton. By J.C. Buttre. Printed between 1845 and 1890. Engraving. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-110647 (b&w film copy neg.)

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Schuyler Colfax

Half-length portrait of Colfax, seated, facing front — Schuyler Colfax. Between 1855 and 1865. Brady-Handy Photograph Collection. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-cwpbh-01934 (digital file from original neg.)

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Calvin Coolidge

Calvin Coolidge, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right — Calvin Coolidge. c1923. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-13030 (b&w film copy neg. of cropped image)

Coolidge, full-length portrait, standing on south lawn of White House, facing front — Calvin Coolidge. 1925. National Photo Company Collection. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-32699 (b&w film copy neg.)

Coolidge in cowboy outfit, standing in field with photographers; mountain in background — Calvin Coolidge in cowboy outfit. By Rise Studio. c1927. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-29740 (b&w film copy neg.)

Coolidge shaking hands with Walter Johnson at Griffith Stadium — Calvin Coolidge with Walter Johnson at Griffith Stadium. Between 1923 and 1927. National Photo Company Collection. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-32732 (b&w film copy neg.)

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