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Vice Presidents of the United States: Selected Images

Chronological List of Presidents, First Spouses, and Vice Presidents of the United States

This chronological list contains entries for each president with corresponding First Spouse and Vice President.

Note: Multiple entries appear for a president whenever there was a change in the office of vice president.

YEAR PRESIDENT FIRST SPOUSE VICE PRESIDENT
1789-1797 George Washington Martha Washington John Adams
1797-1801 John Adams Abigail Adams Thomas Jefferson
1801-1805 Thomas Jefferson Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson1 Aaron Burr
1805-1809 Thomas Jefferson see above George Clinton
1809-1812 James Madison Dolley Madison George Clinton
1812-1813 James Madison Dolley Madison office vacant
1813-1814 James Madison Dolley Madison Elbridge Gerry
1814-1817 James Madison Dolley Madison office vacant
1817-1825 James Monroe Elizabeth Kortright Monroe Daniel D. Tompkins
1825-1829 John Quincy Adams Louisa Catherine Adams John C. Calhoun
1829-1832 Andrew Jackson Rachel Jackson2 John C. Calhoun
1832-1833 Andrew Jackson Rachel Jackson office vacant
1833-1837 Andrew Jackson Rachel Jackson Martin Van Buren
1837-1841 Martin Van Buren Hannah Hoes Van Buren Richard M. Johnson
1841 William Henry Harrison Anna Tuthill Symmes Harrison John Tyler
1841-1845 John Tyler

Letitia Christian Tyler and
Julia Gardiner Tyler

 office vacant
1845-1849 James K. Polk Sarah Childress Polk George M. Dallas
1849-1850 Zachary Taylor Margaret Mackall Smith Taylor3 Millard Fillmore
1850-1853 Millard Fillmore Abigail Powers Fillmore office vacant
1853 Franklin Pierce Jane M. Pierce William R. King
1853-1857 Franklin Pierce Jane M. Pierce office vacant
1857-1861 James Buchanan (never married) John C. Breckinridge
1861-1865 Abraham Lincoln Mary Todd Lincoln Hannibal Hamlin
1865 Abraham Lincoln Mary Todd Lincoln Andrew Johnson
1865-1869 Andrew Johnson Eliza McCardle Johnson office vacant
1869-1873 Ulysses S. Grant Julia Dent Grant Schuyler Colfax
1873-1875 Ulysses S. Grant Julia Dent Grant Henry Wilson
1875-1877 Ulysses S. Grant Julia Dent Grant office vacant
1877-1881 Rutherford B. Hayes Lucy Webb Hayes William A. Wheeler
1881 James A. Garfield Lucretia Rudolph Garfield Chester A. Arthur
1881-1885 Chester A. Arthur Ellen Herndon Arthur office vacant
1885 Grover Cleveland Frances Folsom Cleveland Thomas A. Hendricks
1885-1889 Grover Cleveland Frances Folsom Cleveland office vacant
1889-1893 Benjamin Harrison Caroline Lavinia Scott Harrison and
Mary Lord Harrison4		 Levi P. Morton
1893-1897 Grover Cleveland Frances Folsom Cleveland Adlai E. Stevenson
1897-1899 William McKinley Ida Saxton McKinley Garret A. Hobart
1899-1901 William McKinley Ida Saxton McKinley office vacant
1901 William McKinley Ida Saxton McKinley Theodore Roosevelt
1901-1905 Theodore Roosevelt Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt office vacant
1905-1909 Theodore Roosevelt Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt Charles W. Fairbanks
1909-1912 William H. Taft Helen Herron Taft James S. Sherman
1912-1913 William H. Taft Helen Herron Taft office vacant
1913-1921 Woodrow Wilson Ellen Axson Wilson and
Edith Bolling Galt Wilson		 Thomas R. Marshall
1921-1923 Warren G. Harding Florence Kling Harding Calvin Coolidge
1923-1925 Calvin Coolidge Grace Goodhue Coolidge office vacant
1925-1929 Calvin Coolidge Grace Goodhue Coolidge Charles G. Dawes
1929-1933 Herbert Hoover Lou Henry Hoover Charles Curtis
1933-1941 Franklin D. Roosevelt Eleanor Roosevelt John N. Garner
1941-1945 Franklin D. Roosevelt Eleanor Roosevelt Henry A. Wallace
1945 Franklin D. Roosevelt Eleanor Roosevelt Harry S. Truman
1945-1949 Harry S. Truman Bess Wallace Truman office vacant
1949-1953 Harry S. Truman Bess Wallace Truman Alben W. Barkley
1953-1961 Dwight D. Eisenhower Mamie Doud Eisenhower Richard M. Nixon
1961-1963 John F. Kennedy Jacqueline Kennedy Lyndon B. Johnson
1963-1965 Lyndon B. Johnson Lady Bird Johnson office vacant
1965-1969 Lyndon B. Johnson Lady Bird Johnson Hubert Humphrey
1969-1973 Richard M. Nixon Pat Nixon Spiro T. Agnew
1973-1974 Richard M. Nixon Pat Nixon Gerald R. Ford
1974-1977 Gerald R. Ford Betty Ford Nelson Rockefeller
1977-1981 Jimmy Carter Rosalynn Carter Walter F. Mondale
1981-1989 Ronald Reagan Nancy Reagan George H. W. Bush
1989-1993 George H. W. Bush Barbara Bush Dan Quayle
1993-2001 Bill Clinton Hillary Rodham Clinton Albert Gore
2001-2009 George W. Bush Laura Bush Richard Cheney
2009-2017 Barack Obama Michelle Obama Joseph R. Biden
2017-2021 Donald J. Trump Melania Trump Mike Pence
2021- Joseph R. Biden Jill Biden Kamala Harris

Notes

  1. Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson died before Thomas Jefferson assumed office. There are not any images of her in P&P collections. Back to text
  2. Rachel Donelson Jackson died before Andrew Jackson assumed office and did not serve as first lady. Back to text
  3. There are not any images of Mrs. Taylor in P&P collections. Back to text
  4. Harrison's second wife, but never a first lady. Back to text
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