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The Greatest U.S. Vice Presidents of All Time

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Here are the greatest United States Vice Presidents, ranked from best to worst. Vote up on the good VPs, and vote down on the bad ones.

When America remembers the best vice presidents, names like Lyndon Johnson and Al Gore often come up. Although they had their mistakes, these VPs contributed much to their nation. Of course, there were U.S. Vice Presidents who utterly failed at their jobs. George H.W. Bush's Vice President Dan Quayle often made a fool of himself in the media (the "potatoe" incident).

On November 8, 2016, Governor of Indiana Mike Pence was elected as the 48th Vice President. Appointed chairman of President Donald Trump's transition team, Vice President Mike Pence serves an important role as a mediator between the President and congressional Republicans.

Don't forget to rerank this list and make your own version of the greatest U.S. Vice Presidents.

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1
2,345
726
Thomas Jefferson
Democratic-Republican Party
2nd Vice President (under John Adams), 1797-1801
2
2,349
779
Theodore Roosevelt
Republican Party
25th Vice President (under William McKinley) - 1901
3
1,794
742
John Adams
Federalist Party
1st Vice President (under George Washington) - 1789-1797
4
1,887
1,071
Harry S. Truman
Democratic Party
34th Vice President (under Franklin D. Roosevelt) - 1945
5
1,185
694
Henry A. Wallace
33rd Vice President (under Franklin Roosevelt) - 1941-1945
6
777
461
Charles W. Fairbanks
Republican Party
26th Vice President (under Theodore Roosevelt) 1905-1909
7
741
477
Alben W. Barkley
Democratic Party
35th Vice President (under Harry Truman) 1949-1953
8
900
556
Hannibal Hamlin
15th Vice President (under Abraham Lincoln) - 1861-1865
9
1,988
1,619
George H. W. Bush
Republican Party
43rd Vice President (under Ronald Reagan) - 1981-1989
10
1,006
668
Adlai Stevenson
Democratic Party
23rd Vice President (under Grover Cleveland) - 1893-1897
11
712
420
William A. Wheeler
19th Vice President (under Rutherford Hayes) 1877-1881
12
811
526
John Nance Garner
Democratic Party
32nd Vice President (under Franklin D. Roosevelt) - 1933-1941
13
1,434
1,317
Gerald Ford
Republican Party
40th Vice President (under Richard Nixon) - 1973-1974
14
2,986
2,788
Joe Biden
Democratic Party
47th Vice President (under Barack Obama) 2009 - Present
15
759
559
Thomas R. Marshall
Democratic Party
28th Vice President (under Woodrow Wilson) - 1913-1921
16
650
404
George M. Dallas
Democratic Party
11th Vice President (under James K. Polk) 1845-1849
17
1,541
1,592
Lyndon B. Johnson
Democratic Party
37th Vice President (under John F. Kennedy) - 1961-1963
18
621
510
James S. Sherman
Republican Party
27th Vice President (under William Howard Taft) - 1909-1912
19
787
865
Chester A. Arthur
Republican Party
20th Vice President (under James Garfield) - 1881
20
1,171
1,186
Walter Mondale
Democratic Party
42nd Vice President (under Jimmy Carter) - 1977-1981
21
540
589
Garret Hobart
Republican Party
24th Vice President (under William McKinley) 1897 - 1899
22
543
558
Charles Curtis
Republican Party
31st Vice President (under Herbert Hoover) 1929-1933
23
977
1,144
Hubert Humphrey
Democratic Party
38th Vice President (under Lyndon Johnson) - 1965-1969
24
1,761
1,988
Al Gore
Democratic Party
45th Vice President (under Bill Clinton) - 1993-2001
25
691
810
George Clinton
Democratic-Republican Party
4th Vice President (under Thomas Jefferson and James Madison) 1805 - 1812

Walter Mondale