Some Vice Presidents Of The United States Quiz

Answer: Thomas A. Hendricks

Thomas A. Hendricks (1819-1885) was a member of the US House of Representatives and the US Senate from Indiana who voted against the Constitutional Amendments to abolish slavery and grant suffrage to former slaves. Also a Governor of Indiana, he first ran for Vice President on the unsuccessful ticket with Democratic candidate Samuel Tilden in 1876.

In 1884, he was elected as the 21st Vice President when Grover Cleveland was elected President. He only served from March 4, 1885 until his death on November 25,1885.

Answer: Charles G. Dawes

Charles G. Dawes (1865-1951), banker, and military general, served in World War I and later drafted the Dawes Plan for WWI reparations, for which he co-won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1925. The running mate of Coolidge in 1924, he was elected the 30th Vice President of the United States, serving throughout Coolidge's term to 1929.

He was then appointed by President Herbert Hoover to be Ambassador to the United Kingdom (1929-1931).

Answer: Millard Fillmore

Millard Fillmore was elected the 12th Vice President of the United States in 1848 on the ticket with Zachary Taylor. He served as VP from March 4, 1849 until the death of Taylor on July 9, 1850. Fillmore then became the 13th President of the United States, holding that office until March 4, 1853.

Although he hoped to be nominated for a full term in the 1852 elections, his Whig Party did not nominate him.

Answer: Charles W. Fairbanks

Theodore Roosevelt assumed the Presidency when William McKinley was assassinated on September 14, 1901. When he ran for election in 1904, he selected Fairbanks as his running mate. Fairbanks, who was actually born in a log cabin in Ohio, had been a US Senator from Indiana.

He was elected as the 26th Vice President. When Roosevelt decided not to run for re-election, Fairbanks hoped for the nomination, but Roosevelt supported William Howard Taft (who was elected).

Answer: Walter K. Mondale

Walter Mondale was a US Senator from Minnesota when Carter selected him as the VP candidate in the 1976 election. When their slate won, Mondale became the 42nd Vice President of the United States, serving from January 20, 1977-January 20, 1981. Nominated for President in 1984 by the Democratic Party, he was soundly defeated by Ronald Reagan.

Answer: George M. Dallas

George Mifflin Dallas (1792-1864) was a Mayor of Philadelphia and a US Senator from that state. In 1844, Polk and he were elected President and Vice President. He was the 11th Vice President of the US. Although he later served in a number of offices, he never fulfilled his ambition of running for President himself.

Answer: James S. Sherman

James S. Sherman, a longtime member of the US House of Representatives from New York, became the 27th US Vice President when he and Taft were elected in 1908. In 1912, Taft and Sherman were re-nominated, but the Bull Moose campaign by former President Theodore Roosevelt made re-election impossible.

Answer: Adlai E. Stevenson

Adlai Ewing Stevenson I (1835-1914) was the 23rd Vice President for the United States, elected in 1892 along with Cleveland. Shut out of the 1896 election, he again ran for Vice President in 1900 when William Jennings Bryan was nominated for President. They lost. [He was the grandfather of the Adlai E. Stevenson who ran for President against Eisenhower in 1952 and 1956.]

Answer: John C. Calhoun

John Caldwell Calhoun (1782-1850) was the 7th Vice President of the United States. In 1824 he was elected along with JQ Adams. He was re-elected as Vice President in 1828 with Andrew Jackson. On December 28, 1832, after disagreements with Jackson, he was the first Vice President to resign.

He then served as a Senator from South Carolina from December 29, 1832-March 4, 1843 (and later from 1845 until his death in 1850). After serving as Secretary of State under John Tyler, He lost the Democratic nomination for President in 1844 to James K. Polk.

Answer: John Nance Garner

John Nance Gardner ("Cactus Jack"), the 32nd VP of the USA, was a US Representative from Texas from 1903-1933, serving as Speaking of the House 1931-1933. A candidate for President at the Democratic Convention in 1932, he released his delegates to vote for Franklin D. Roosevelt.

He then served as FDR's Vice President from March 4, 1933 to January 20, 1941. When he challenged Roosevelt for the Presidential nomination in 1940 and lost, he was succeeded as Vice President by Henry Wallace.