The Vice Presidency doesn't come with a lot of official duties. Basically you just have to be ready if the president is somehow unable to perform his duties due to death, resignation or something else. Other then casting a tie breaking vote in the Senate, that's pretty much it. Still, some Veep's are well remembered for one reason or another. See how many of these you can name.
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Refered to his new job as ""...the most insignificant office that ever the invention of man contrived or his imagination conceived."
John Adams
Was briefly sworn in as president while his boss underwent a colonoscopy.
Dick Cheney
Is now in a popular Broadway musical. Unfortunately he shoots the protagonist.
Aaron Burr
Bob Dole stepped in when he refused to serve as Gerald Ford's running mate.
Nelson Rockefeller
Was only a few feet away when his boss was shot.
Lyndon Johnson
His grandson ran for president in 1952 and 1956.
Adlai Stevenson I
A city in Alaska is named after him.
Charles W. Fairbanks
While in the House he was dubbed one of the ATARI democrats because of his commitment to funding computer technology.
Al Gore
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Was Abraham Lincoln's first Vice President
Hannibal Hamlin
Was "Tippy Canoe's" running mate. A month later he was president.
John Tyler
First Vice President to have an office in the White House.
Walter Mondale
Was FDR's Vice President during his third term.
Henry A. Wallace
A few of this V.P.'s quotes include - "Republicans understand the importance of bondage between a mother and child," "For NASA, space is still a high priority" and "I stand by all the misstatements I've made."
Dan Quayle
Until George H.W. Bush, he was the only sitting Vice President to be elected to the White House.
Martin Van Buren
Resigned as Vice President over a scandal involving kickbacks. His boss had his own problems.