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Through Joseph Biden (January 20, 2009), there have been 47 men who served as Vice President of the US, all but two of them elected to the position. The first 3 Vice Presidents were actually "runners-up" for President, until the 12th Amendment was ratified in 1804.Two Vice Presidents, George Clinton and John C. Calhoun, served under 2 presidents, but several Presidents had more than 1 Vice President. Four Vice Presidents who succeeded to the office had no Vice President of their own (Tyler, Fillmore, Andrew Johnson, and Arthur).Both Gerald Ford and Nelson Rockfeller were appointed under the terms of the 25th Amendment.
While Bill Clinton was US President, the US Vice President was Tennessee Democrat Al Gore (Albert Arnold Gore, Jr.).
John Adams was the second president of the United States. Adams took office on March 4, 1797 and served 4 years as president. Prior to this term, he served as Vice President of the United States.
The Vice President is the President of the Senate.
There are several men who rose to the office of President of the US but were not elected to it. Gerald Ford is the only man who was not elected to either the office of President or Vice President though. Andrew Jackson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Lyndon Johnson were all sworn in after the presidents they served under died.