List of Vice Presidents of the United States by time in office

John Adams First Vice President and the first to be elected President (1789–1797).

Daniel D. Tompkins The first of six Vice Presidents who served 2,922 days (1817–1825).

William R. King served only 45 days and then died (in 1853).

This is a complete list of United States Vice Presidents by time in office. The basis of the list is the difference between dates; if counted by number of calendar days all the figures would be one greater.

Rank by time in office

Rank by time in office	Order in office	Vice President	Length of term in days	Explanation
1	6	Daniel D. Tompkins	2,922	Served two full terms.
	28	Thomas R. Marshall
	36	Richard Nixon
	43	George H. W. Bush
	45	Al Gore
	46	Dick Cheney
7	32	John Nance Garner	2,879	Served two full terms, but first term was shortened by 43 days by the 20th Amendment.
8	1	John Adams	2,874	Served two full terms, but the first term inaugural was postponed because the U.S. Congress had not properly convened.
9	7	John C. Calhoun	2,857	Resigned in his second term to take a seat in the U.S. Senate.
10	47	Joe Biden		Incumbent. Began his second term on January 20, 2013. Accurate as of 24 April 2024.
11	4	George Clinton	2,605	Died in office during his second term.
12	39	Spiro Agnew	1,724	Resigned in his second term due to a bribery scandal.
13	3	Aaron Burr	1,461	Served one full term.
	8	Martin Van Buren
	9	Richard Johnson
	11	George M. Dallas
	14	John C. Breckinridge
	15	Hannibal Hamlin
	17	Schuyler Colfax
	19	William A. Wheeler
	22	Levi P. Morton
	23	Adlai E. Stevenson
	26	Charles W. Fairbanks
	30	Charles G. Dawes
	31	Charles Curtis
	33	Henry A. Wallace
	35	Alben W. Barkley
	38	Hubert Humphrey
	42	Walter Mondale
	44	Dan Quayle
31	2	Thomas Jefferson	1,460	Served one full term without any leap year.
32	27	James S. Sherman	1,338	Died in office.
33	37	Lyndon B. Johnson	1,036	Succeeded to presidency.
34	18	Henry Wilson	993	Died in office.
35	24	Garret Hobart	992	Died in office.
36	29	Calvin Coolidge	881	Succeeded to presidency.
37	41	Nelson Rockefeller	763	Appointed and confirmed mid-term.
38	5	Elbridge Gerry	629	Died in office.
39	12	Millard Fillmore	492	Succeeded to presidency.
40	21	Thomas A. Hendricks	266	Died in office.
41	40	Gerald Ford	246	Appointed and confirmed mid-term, and later succeeded to presidency.
42	20	Chester A. Arthur	199	Succeeded to presidency.
43	25	Theodore Roosevelt	194	Succeeded to presidency.
44	34	Harry S. Truman	82	Succeeded to presidency.
45	13	William R. King	45	Died in office.
46	16	Andrew Johnson	42	Succeeded to presidency.
47	10	John Tyler	31	Succeeded to presidency.

Vacancies ranked by duration length

Shortest "apprenticeship":
John Tyler served only 31 days, then became President.

Main article: Acting Vice President of the United States

Rank by length	Reason	Start	End	Vice-president before vacancy	President during vacancy	Vice-president after vacancy	Next in Line of Succession	Length in days
1	A	April 4, 1841	March 4, 1845	John Tyler	John Tyler	George M. Dallas	Senate President pro tempore Samuel L. Southard Senate President pro tempore Willie Person Mangum	1,430
2	A	April 15, 1865	March 4, 1869	Andrew Johnson	Andrew Johnson	Schuyler Colfax	Senate President pro tempore Lafayette S. Foster Senate President pro tempore Benjamin Wade	1,419
3	B	April 18, 1853	March 4, 1857	William R. King	Franklin Pierce	John C. Breckinridge	Senate President pro tempore Lewis Cass Senate President pro tempore Jesse D. Bright Senate President pro tempore Charles E. Stuart Senate President pro tempore Jesse D. Bright Senate President pro tempore James Murray Mason	1,416
4	A	April 12, 1945	January 20, 1949	Harry S. Truman	Harry S. Truman	Alben W. Barkley	Secretary of State Edward Stettinius, Jr. Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau Secretary of State James F. Byrnes Secretary of State George Marshall House Speaker Joseph William Martin, Jr. House Speaker Sam Rayburn	1,379
5	A	September 14, 1901	March 4, 1905	Theodore Roosevelt	Theodore Roosevelt	Charles W. Fairbanks	Secretary of State John Hay	1,267
6	A	September 19, 1881	March 4, 1885	Chester A. Arthur	Chester A. Arthur	Thomas A. Hendricks	Senate President pro tempore Thomas F. Bayard Senate President pro tempore David Davis	1,262
7	B	November 25, 1885	March 4, 1889	Thomas A. Hendricks	Grover Cleveland	Levi P. Morton	House Speaker John G. Carlisle Senate President pro tempore John Sherman Secretary of State Thomas F. Bayard	1,195
8	A	July 9, 1850	March 4, 1853	Millard Fillmore	Millard Fillmore	William R. King	Senate President pro tempore William R. King Senate President pro tempore David Rice Atchison	969
9	B	November 23, 1814	March 4, 1817	Elbridge Gerry	James Madison	Daniel D. Tompkins	Senate President pro tempore William H. Crawford	832
10	A	August 2, 1923	March 4, 1925	Calvin Coolidge	Calvin Coolidge	Charles G. Dawes	Secretary of State Charles Evans Hughes	580
11	B	November 21, 1899	March 4, 1901	Garret Hobart	William McKinley	Theodore Roosevelt	Secretary of State John Hay	468
12	B	November 22, 1875	March 4, 1877	Henry Wilson	Ulysses S. Grant	William A. Wheeler	Senate President pro tempore Thomas W. Ferry	468
13	A	November 22, 1963	January 20, 1965	Lyndon B. Johnson	Lyndon B. Johnson	Hubert Humphrey	House Speaker John William McCormack	425
14	B	April 20, 1812	March 4, 1813	George Clinton	James Madison	Elbridge Gerry	House Speaker Langdon Cheves Senate President pro tempore John Gaillard	318
15	A	August 9, 1974	December 19, 1974	Gerald Ford	Gerald Ford	Nelson Rockefeller	House Speaker Carl Albert	132
16	B	October 30, 1912	March 4, 1913	James S. Sherman	William Howard Taft	Thomas R. Marshall	Secretary of State Philander C. Knox	123
17	C	December 28, 1832	March 4, 1833	John C. Calhoun	Andrew Jackson	Martin Van Buren	Senate President pro tempore Hugh Lawson White	65
18	C	October 10, 1973	December 6, 1973	Spiro Agnew	Richard Nixon	Gerald Ford	House Speaker Carl Albert	57
							Total length of vacancies:	13,805 (37.8 years)

Key to Reasons:

• A - Succeeded to Presidency following death or resignation of the President
• B - Death of the Vice President
• C - Resignation of the Vice President

Notes

1 ^ 2 ^ Vacancies occurring after the adoption of the 25th Amendment, allowing for a replacement Vice President to be nominated and confirmed.