Richard Nixon was the only vice president to become president that did not succeed the president he served under.
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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.