The two were often at odds, and a political commentator dubbed them the “hot tamale ... her role as vice president, Harris ...

Dick Cheney is easily the most powerful vice president in American history, particularly in George W. Bush’s first term. He played an outsized role in shaping the president’s agenda.

“But they’re less successful at actually winning elections.” Only 15 of the 49 vice presidents in the country’s history have become president. Eight of them got there because they ...

Unless delegated a policy portfolio the vice president basically sits around awaiting the earthly demise of the president. John Nance Garner, the Texan who served two terms as Franklin D.

Significant Moments in History and Transfers of Power WASHINGTON (AP) — Of the 49 vice presidents in U.S. history, nine of them — or nearly 1 in 5 — have risen to the presidency due to death ...

November 3 determined who would serve the next four years as president and vice president—but even before the votes were cast, Kamala Harris had made history.

Yet vice presidents, who are first in the line of presidential succession, have also been integral to some of the most consequential chapters in U.S. history. Eight presidents have died in office ...

Each shaped history in his own way ... he fell ill and became the first incumbent U.S. president to die. As outlined in the Constitution, Vice President John Tyler swiftly took the oath of ...

For first time in the history of the United States, both the president and vice president had come to power under the 25th Amendment to the Constitution rather than by a national election when ...