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Some vice presidents, such as George M. Dallas, Levi P. Morton, and Garret A. Hobart, studied the Senate's rules and precedents and presided most effectively. Others were less engaged with the daily work of the Senate. Henry Wilson, who served as Ulysses S. Grant’s second vice president, wrote a three-volume history of the opposition to ...
Henry A. Wallace. William A. Wheeler. Henry Wilson. Categories: Vice presidency of the United States. Federal political office-holders in the United States. Members of the Cabinet of the United States. Chairs of upper houses. Vice presidents by country.
Vice Presidents of the United States Selected Images from the Collections of the Library of Congress. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 20540-4730. These images were selected to meet requests regularly received by the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
The vice president of the United States is the second highest executive officer of the U.S. federal government after the president of the United States. The vice president ranks first in the presidential line of succession and is also the officer of the legislative branch, president of the Senate and the presiding officer of the Senate.
James Madison (1809-17): James Madison was the fourth president of the United States of America. He is often touted as the father of the Constitution. Read more about James Madison. James Monroe (1817-25) John Quincy Adams (1825-29): John Quincy Adams was the son of John Adams who served as Washington’s vice president and as President. He was ...
Jun 18, 2022 · Vice Presidents' Salary . For the calendar year 2022, the Vice President of the United States—Kamala Harris as of 2021—receives an annual salary of $261,400. In 2022, the chief justice of the United States earns $286,700, and the speaker of the House earns $223,500. The Vice President receives an annual cost of living adjustment.
stitutional office in the federal government, American vice presidents have in-cluded some remarkable individuals. Fourteen of the forty-four former vice presi-dents 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 ...
