Richard Nixon was the only vice president to become president that did not succeed the president he served under.
Theodore Roosevelt was the Vice president under Former President William McKinley.
The vice president who was coined as the Minnesota Optimist was Walter Mondale. He served as vice president under Jimmy Carter.
Secretary of State: Thomas Jefferson Secretary of Treasury: Alexander Hamilton Secretary of War: Henry Knox Tobias Lear served as the executive secretary to George Washington from 1786 to 1799 (Washington was President from 1789 to 1797). During the Revolutionary War, Washington had various military secretaries and aides-de-camp who performed secretarial duties - about 32 different men served in these positions.
Until he was sworn in as President on Jan. 20, 1989, George H.W. Bush served as Vice President under Ronald Reagan. After he took the oath of office, Dan Quayle became Bush's Vice President for the rest of the year and served a full four-year term.
Henry Knox was a patriot that served as a artillery officer in the American Revolution, and served as a colonel and the commanding officer of the continental army's regiment of artillery. After the war, Knox served as the United States' first Secretary of War under the Articles of Confederation and then under President Washington.
John Calhoun
Richard Nixon failed to be elected President while he was Vice President, but later succeeded in being elected to this office 8 years later.
Nixon. VP to Eisenhower in the 50's. Lost in '60 to Kennedy. Beat out Humphrey and Wallace in '68.
James Madison was Secretary of State under President Thomas Jefferson. Madison served in that capacity from 1801-1809, then succeed Jefferson as President from 1809-1817.
Richard Nixon, Vice President under President Eisenhower, lost the 1960 presidential election to John F. Kennedy. Nixon won the presidential election eight years later, defeating Hubert Humphrey.
James Madison was Secretary of State under President Thomas Jefferson. Madison served in that capacity from 1801-1809, then succeed Jefferson as President from 1809-1817.
John Adams served for eight years as the first Vice President (under George Washington) .He then went on to become the second US president.
George H.W. Bush, who served as president from 1989-1993 and was vice president under Ronald Reagan from 1981-1989.
He served in President Thomas Jefferson's Administration.
Theodore Roosevelt was the Vice president under Former President William McKinley.
Nixon
Yes he was a vice president under president Eisenhower.