Vice President of the United States

Holding the least understood, most ridiculed, and most often ignored constitutional office in the federal government, American vice presidents have included some remarkable individuals.
Fourteen of the forty-four former vice presidents became president of the United States " more than half of them after a president had died.
One defeated the sitting president with whom he served.
One murdered a man and became a fugitive.
One joined the Confederate army and led an invasion of Washington, D.C. One was the wealthiest banker of his era. One received the Nobel Peace Prize and composed a popular melody.
One served as a corporal in the Coast Guard while vice president.
One had cities in Oregon and Texas named after him.
Two resigned the office.
Two were never elected by the people.
One was the target of a failed assassination plot.
One was mobbed in his car while on a goodwill mission. Seven died in office " one in his room in the U.S. Capitol and two fatally stricken while on their way to preside over the Senate.
And one piano-playing vice president suffered political repercussions from a photograph showing him playing that instrument while famous movie actress Lauren Bacall posed seductively on top of it.

I have encountered these and many other stories over the past four years in the course of my inquiry into the history of the American vice-presidency. As is apparent from such examples, the men who served as vice president of the United States varied greatly in their talents and aptitude for the post. What they generally had in common was political ambition and experience in public office.
Most hoped the position would prove a stepping stone to the presidency, but some " old and tired near the close of their careers " simply hoped that it would offer a quiet refuge from political pressures and turmoil.

The stories of these diverse individuals attempt to sketch the development of the vice-presidency itself - that colorful, important, and routinely disparaged American political institution.
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