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No Vice President Served
" From September 20, 1881 to March 4, 1885 "
Thomas A. Hendricks
" 23rd Vice President of the United States "
Served with "President Grover Cleveland"
( March 4, 1885 to November 25, 1885 - Died in Office )
Date & place of birth:
 | | Thomas A. Hendricks |
September 17, 1819 - place unknown
Date, place, cause & age at death:
November 25, 1885 - his home - stroke - Age 66
Place of burial:
Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Indiana
Also served:
Indiana Legislature
U.S. Congress, representing Indiana - ( 1851-1855 )
U.S. Senate, representing Indiana - ( 1863-1869 )
Governor of Indiana - ( 1873-1877 )
Facts:
- Ran for Governor of Indiana three times before finally being elected
- Ran for the Democratic nomination for president in 1880, losing to "President James Garfield"
- Ran for the Democratic nomination for president in 1880, losing to "President Grover Cleveland"
Links:
"Click Here" - to view the "Grave of Vice President Hendricks"
No Vice President Served
" From November 25, 1885 to March 4, 1889 "
Levi Parsons Morton
" 24th Vice President of the United States "
Served with "President Benjamin Harrison"
( March 4, 1889 to March 3, 1893 )
Date & place of birth:
 | | Levi P. Morton |
May 16, 1824, place unknown
Date, place, cause & age at death:
May 16, 1920, place unknown, cause unknown, Age 96
Place of burial:
Rhinebeck Cemetery, Rhinebeck, New York
Also served:
U.S. Congress, representing New York - ( 1879-1881 )
Appointed Minister to France by President Garfield - ( 1881-1885 )
Governor of New York - ( 1895-1897 )
Facts:
- Ran unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination for President in the 1896 election. Lost out to President William McKinley.
Links:
"Click Here" - to view the "Grave of Vice President Morton"
Adlai Ewing Stevenson, I
" 25th Vice President of the United States "
Served with "President Grover Cleveland"
( March 4, 1893 to March 3, 1897 )
Date & place of birth:
 | | Adlai Stevenson |
October 23, 1835, place unknown
Date, place, cause & age at death:
June 14, 1914, place unknown, Heart Attack, Age 79
Place of burial:
Evergreen Memorial Cemetery, Bloomington, Illinois
Also served:
U.S. Congress, representing Illinois - ( 1879-1881 )
U.S. Asst. Postmaster General - ( 1885-1889 )
Facts:
- Was the grandfather of Adlai Stevenson who ran for President unsuccessfully in 1952 and 1956 against Dwight D. Eisenhower.
- Was the grandfather of actor McLean Stevenson, who played the role of Col. Henry Blake on the TV show "MASH"
- Republicans nicknamed him "The Headsman" after he fired 40,000 postmasters to make room for Democrat appointees
- Ran for Vice President again in 1900 with William Jennings Bryan against William McKinley, but failed.
Links:
"Click Here" - to view the "Grave of Vice President Stevenson"
Garrett A. Hobart
" 26th Vice President of the United States "
Served with "President William McKinley"
( March 3, 1897 to November 21, 1899 - Died in Office )
Date & place of birth:
 | | Garrett A. Hobart |
June 3, 1844, place unknown
Date, place, cause & age at death:
November 21, 1899, place unknown, heart disease, Age 55
Place of burial:
Cedar Lawn Cemetery, Paterson, New Jersey
Also served:
State Assembly of New Jersey - ( 1873-1875 )
State Senate of New Jersey - ( 1877-1882 )
Chair of the NJ Republican Committee - ( 1880-1891 )
Facts:
Links:
"Click Here" - to view the "Grave of Vice President Hobart"
No Vice President Served
" From November 21, 1899 to March 4, 1901 "
Theodore Roosevelt
" 27th Vice President of the United States "
Served with "President William McKinley"
( March 4, 1901 to September 14, 1901 )
Became the - "26th President of the United States"
Date & place of birth:
 | Theodore Roosevelt
( Official Portrait ) |
October 27, 1858, New York City, New York
Date, place, cause & age at death:
January 6, 1919, Oyster Bay, New York - Inflammatory Rheumatism - 60
Place of burial:
Oyster Bay, New York
Also served:
New York Legislature - ( 1882-1884 )
Governor of New York - ( 1898-1900 )
"26th President of the United States" - ( September 14, 1901 to March 3, 1909 )
Facts:
- Only President awarded the "Medal of Honor"
- 1st President to travel outside the United States while President - to Panama
- Youngest individual to hold the office of President ( Age - 42 )
- Won the "Nobel Peace Prize"
- Started his own party (Progressive) and made an unsuccessful attempt running for President
- The teddy bear is named for him
- Nicknames: "TR"; "Trust-Buster"; "Teddy"
Links:
"Click Here" - to view the "Theodore Roosevelt Association"
"Click Here" - to view the "Grave of President Roosevelt"
"Click Here" - for a "Biography" of President Theodore Roosevelt
"Click Here" - for a "Biography" of First Lady Edith Kermit (Carow) Roosevelt
No Vice President Served
" From September 14, 1901 to March 3, 1905 "
Charles W. Fairbanks
" 28th Vice President of the United States "
Served with "President Theodore Roosevelt"
( March 3, 1905 to March 3, 1909 )
Date & place of birth:
 | | Charles W. Fairbanks |
May 11, 1852, place unknown
Date, place, cause & age at death:
June 4, 1918, Ohio, cause unknown, Age 56
Place of burial:
Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Indiana
Also served:
U.S. Senate, representing Indiana - ( 1897-1905 )
Facts:
- In 1916, Fairbanks campaigned for Vice President again on Charles Evans Hughes campaign against President Wilson, but lost.
Links:
"Click Here" - to view the "Grave of Vice President Colfax"
James Schoolcraft Sherman
" 29th Vice President of the United States "
Served with "President William Taft"
( March 4, 1909 to October 30, 1912 - Died in Office )
Date & place of birth:
 | | James S. Sherman |
October 24, 1955, place unknown
Date, place, cause & age at death:
October 30, 1912, place unknown, Bright's Disease, Age 57
Place of burial:
Forest Hill Cemetery, Utica, New York
Also served:
U.S. Congress, representing New York - ( 1887-1891 & 1893-1909 )
Facts:
- Sherman is the only dead Vice President to have run for office and received votes. Died only days before the election in 1912.
Links:
"Click Here" - to view the "Grave of Vice President Sherman"
No Vice President Served
" From October 30, 1912 to March 4, 1913 "
Thomas Riley Marshall
" 30th Vice President of the United States "
Served with "President Woodrow Wilson"
( March 4, 1913 to March 3, 1921 )
Date & place of birth:
 | | Thomas R. Marshall |
March 14, 1854, place unknown
Date, place, cause & age at death:
June 1, 1925, place unknown, cause unknown, Age 71
Place of burial:
Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Indiana
Also served:
Governor of Indiana - ( 1909-1913 )
Facts:
- Even though he was Vice President, Marshall didn't get an office of his own in the Capitol building. He had to share an office with a stenographer and a secretary.
- Coined the phrase "What this country needs is a good five cent cigar!"
- He once said, "Once there were two brothers. One went away to sea, the other was elected Vice President, and neither of them was heard from again."
Links:
"Click Here" - to view the "Grave of Vice President Marshall"
Calvin Coolidge
" 31st Vice President of the United States "
Served with "President Warren Harding"
( March 3, 1921 to August 2, 1923 )
Became the - "30th President of the United States"
Date & place of birth:
 | Calvin Coolidge
( Official Portrait ) |
July 4, 1872, Plymouth, Vermont
Date, place, cause & age at death:
January 5, 1933, Northhampton, Massachusetts - Heart Attack - 60
Place of burial:
Plymouth, Vermont
Also served:
Massachusetts State Legislature - ( 1912-1915 )
Governor of Massachusetts - ( 1919-1920 )
"30th President of the United States" - ( August 3, 1923 to March 3, 1929 )
Facts:
- Only president sworn into office by his father, a justice of the peace and notary public
- Was born John Calvin Coolidge but never used the first name
- His wife recounted that if a young woman sitting next to Coolidge at a dinner party confided to him, she had bet she could get at least three words of conversation from him. Without looking at her he quietly retorted, "You lose."
- Nickname: "Silent Cal"
Links:
"Click Here" - to view the "Grave of President Coolidge"
"Click Here" - for a "Biography" of President Calvin Coolidge
"Click Here" - for a "Biography" of First Lady Grace A. (Goodhue) Coolidge
No Vice President Served
" From August 2, 1923 to March 4, 1925 "
Charles Gates Dawes
" 32nd Vice President of the United States "
Served with "President Calvin Coolidge"
( March 4, 1925 to March 3, 1929 )
Date & place of birth:
 | | Charles G. Dawes |
August 27, 1865, place unknown
Date, place, cause & age at death:
April 23, 1951, place unknown, cause unknown, Age 86
Place of burial:
Rosehill Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois
Also served:
Currency Comptroller by President McKinley - ( 1897-1901 )
Facts:
- During World War I Dawes served in the military, enlisting as a Major in the Engineering Corps and rising to Brigadier General
- Dawes and Coolidge didn't get along well. He sent Coolidge a note saying that he didn't feel like attending Cabinet meetings
- He once stated to Alben Barkley, "This is a hell of a job. I can only do two things: one is to sit up here and listen to you birds talk. The other is to look at newspapers every morning to see how the president's health is."
Links:
"Click Here" - to view the "Grave of Vice President Dawes"
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