List of vice presidents of the United States by home state

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Birth places of vice presidents

This is a list of vice presidents of the United States by place of primary affiliation. Some vice presidents have been born in one state, but are commonly associated with another. New York was the birth state of eight vice presidents, the most of any state: George Clinton, Daniel D. Tompkins, Martin Van Buren, Millard Fillmore, Schuyler Colfax, William A. Wheeler, Theodore Roosevelt, and James S. Sherman. New York was also the home state of an additional four vice presidents—Aaron Burr, Chester A. Arthur, Levi P. Morton, and Nelson Rockefeller.

While political pundits have traditionally argued that the vice-presidential candidates have little effect on election outcomes in their home state, in 2016, political scientists Boris Heersink and Brenton D. Peterson argued that vice-presidential candidates did in fact offer a home-state advantage.[1] In an article published in American Politics Research, they presented analysis of elections spanning 1884 to 1992, which "suggest that vice-presidential candidates increase their tickets’ performance in their home states by 2.67 percentage points on average—considerably higher than previous studies have found."[1]

States of primary affiliation

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Note: The flags presented for the states are the present day flags, which were not necessarily adopted in the times of the earliest vice presidents.

No. Vice President State Ref
1 John Adams  Massachusetts
2 Thomas Jefferson  Virginia
3 Aaron Burr  New York
4 George Clinton  New York
5 Elbridge Gerry  Massachusetts
6 Daniel D. Tompkins  New York
7 John C. Calhoun  South Carolina
8 Martin Van Buren  New York
9 Richard M. Johnson  Kentucky
10 John Tyler  Virginia
11 George M. Dallas  Pennsylvania
12 Millard Fillmore  New York
13 William R. King  Alabama
14 John C. Breckinridge  Kentucky
15 Hannibal Hamlin  Maine
16 Andrew Johnson  Tennessee
17 Schuyler Colfax  Indiana
18 Henry Wilson  Massachusetts
19 William A. Wheeler  New York
20 Chester A. Arthur  New York
21 Thomas Hendricks  Indiana
22 Levi P. Morton  New York
23 Adlai Stevenson I  Illinois
24 Garret Hobart  New Jersey
25 Theodore Roosevelt  New York
26 Charles W. Fairbanks  Indiana
27 James S. Sherman  New York
28 Thomas R. Marshall  Indiana
29 Calvin Coolidge  Massachusetts
30 Charles G. Dawes  Illinois
31 Charles Curtis  Kansas
32 John Nance Garner  Texas
33 Henry A. Wallace  Iowa
34 Harry S. Truman  Missouri
35 Alben W. Barkley  Kentucky
36 Richard Nixon  California
37 Lyndon B. Johnson  Texas
38 Hubert Humphrey  Minnesota
39 Spiro Agnew  Maryland
40 Gerald Ford  Michigan
41 Nelson Rockefeller  New York
42 Walter Mondale  Minnesota
43 George H. W. Bush  Texas
44 Dan Quayle  Indiana
45 Al Gore  Tennessee
46 Dick Cheney  Wyoming
47 Joe Biden  Delaware [2]
48 Mike Pence  Indiana [3]
49 Kamala Harris  California [4]
50 JD Vance  Ohio [5]

Vice presidents by state of primary affiliation

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A list of U.S. vice presidents grouped by primary state of residence and birth, with priority given to residence. Only 22 out of the 50 states are represented. Vice presidents with an asterisk (*) did not primarily reside in their respective birth states (they were not born in the state listed below).

State # Vice presidents
 New York 11 Aaron Burr* (3), George Clinton (4), Daniel D. Tompkins (6), Martin Van Buren (8), Millard Fillmore (12), William A. Wheeler (19), Chester A. Arthur* (20), Levi P. Morton* (22), Theodore Roosevelt (25), James S. Sherman (27), Nelson Rockefeller* (41)
 Indiana 6 Schuyler Colfax* (17), Thomas A. Hendricks* (21), Charles W. Fairbanks* (26), Thomas R. Marshall (28), Dan Quayle (44), Mike Pence (48)
 Massachusetts 4 John Adams (1), Elbridge Gerry (5), Henry Wilson* (18), Calvin Coolidge* (29)
 Kentucky 3 Richard M. Johnson (9), John C. Breckinridge (14), Alben W. Barkley (35)
 Texas 3 John Nance Garner (32), Lyndon B. Johnson (37), George H. W. Bush* (43)
 California 2 Richard Nixon (36), Kamala Harris (49)
 Illinois 2 Adlai Stevenson I* (23), Charles G. Dawes* (30)
 Minnesota 2 Hubert Humphrey* (38), Walter Mondale (42)
 Tennessee 2 Andrew Johnson* (16), Al Gore* (45)
 Virginia 2 Thomas Jefferson (2), John Tyler (10)
 Alabama 1 William R. King* (13)
 Delaware 1 Joe Biden* (47)
 Iowa 1 Henry A. Wallace (33)
 Kansas 1 Charles Curtis (31)
 Maine 1 Hannibal Hamlin (15)
 Maryland 1 Spiro Agnew (39)
 Michigan 1 Gerald Ford* (40)
 Missouri 1 Harry S. Truman (34)
 New Jersey 1 Garret Hobart (24)
 Ohio 1 JD Vance (50)
 Pennsylvania 1 George M. Dallas (11)
 South Carolina 1 John C. Calhoun (7)
 Wyoming 1 Dick Cheney* (46)

Birth dates and birthplaces of U.S. vice presidents

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The first Vice President to be born was John Adams in Braintree, Massachusetts.[6]

= Colony, pre–1776, rather than state

‡ = Territory or federal district, rather than state

Birth
order
Vice President Date of birth Birthplace In office Ref(s)
1 John Adams 10–30October 30, 1735 Braintree, Massachusetts (1st) April 21, 1789 – March 4, 1797 [6][7]
2 George Clinton 07-26 July 26, 1739 Little Britain, New York (4th) March 4, 1805 – April 20, 1812
3 Thomas Jefferson 04-13 April 13, 1743 Shadwell, Virginia (2nd) March 4, 1797 – March 4, 1801
4 Elbridge Gerry 07-17 July 17, 1744 Marblehead, Massachusetts (5th) March 4, 1813 – November 23, 1814
5 Aaron Burr 02-06 February 6, 1756 Newark, New Jersey (3rd) March 4, 1801 – March 4, 1805
6 Daniel D. Tompkins 06-21 June 21, 1774 Scarsdale, New York (6th) March 4, 1817 – March 4, 1825
7 Richard M. Johnson 10–17 October 17, 1780 Beargrass, Virginia[a] (9th) March 4, 1837 – March 4, 1841
8 John C. Calhoun 03-18 March 18, 1782 Abbeville, South Carolina (7th) March 4, 1825 – December 28, 1832
9 Martin Van Buren 12-05 December 5, 1782 Kinderhook, New York (8th) March 4, 1833 – March 4, 1837
10 William R. King 04-07 April 7, 1786 Sampson County, North Carolina (13th) March 4, 1853 – April 18, 1853
11 John Tyler 03-29 March 29, 1790 Charles City County, Virginia (10th) March 4, 1841 – April 4, 1841
12 George M. Dallas 07-10 July 10, 1792 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (11th) March 4, 1845 – March 4, 1849
13 Millard Fillmore 01-07 January 7, 1800 Summerhill, New York (12th) March 4, 1849 - July 9, 1850
14 Andrew Johnson 12–29 December 29, 1808 Raleigh, North Carolina (16th) March 4, 1865 – April 15, 1865
15 Hannibal Hamlin 08-07 August 27, 1809 Paris, Maine[b] (15th) March 4, 1861 – March 4, 1865
16 Henry Wilson 02-16 February 16, 1812 Farmington, New Hampshire (18th) March 4, 1873 – November 22, 1875
17 William A. Wheeler 06-30 June 30, 1819 Malone, New York (19th) March 4, 1877 – March 4, 1881
18 Thomas A. Hendricks 09-07 September 7, 1819 Fultonham, Ohio (21st) March 4, 1885 – November 25, 1885
19 John C. Breckinridge 01-16 January 16, 1821 Lexington, Kentucky (14th) March 4, 1857 – March 4, 1861
20 Schuyler Colfax 03-23 March 23, 1823 New York City, New York (17th) March 4, 1869 – March 4, 1873
21 Levi P. Morton 05-16 May 16, 1824 Shoreham, Vermont (22nd) March 4, 1889 – March 4, 1893
22 Chester A. Arthur 10-05 October 5, 1829 Fairfield, Vermont (20th) March 4, 1881 – September 19, 1881
23 Adlai E. Stevenson 10–23 October 23, 1835 Christian County, Kentucky (23rd) March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1897
24 Garret Hobart 06-03 June 3, 1844 Long Branch, New Jersey (24th) March 4, 1897 – November 21, 1899
25 Charles W. Fairbanks 05-11 May 11, 1852 Unionville Center, Ohio (26th) March 4, 1905 – March 4, 1909
26 Thomas R. Marshall 03-14 March 14, 1854 North Manchester, Indiana (28th) March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1921
27 James S. Sherman 10–24 October 24, 1855 Utica, New York (27th) March 4, 1909 – October 30, 1912
28 Theodore Roosevelt 10–27 October 27, 1858 New York City, New York (25th) March 4, 1901 - September 14, 1901
29 Charles Curtis 01-25 January 25, 1860 Topeka, Kansas (31st) March 4, 1929 – March 4, 1933
30 Charles G. Dawes 08-27 August 27, 1865 Marietta, Ohio (30th) March 4, 1925 – March 4, 1929
31 John N. Garner 11–22 November 22, 1868 Detroit, Texas (32nd) March 4, 1933 – January 20, 1941
32 Calvin Coolidge 07-04 July 4, 1872 Plymouth, Vermont (29th) March 4, 1921 - August 2, 1923
33 Alben W. Barkley 11–24 November 24, 1877 Lowes, Kentucky (35th) January 20, 1949 – January 20, 1953
34 Harry S. Truman 05-08 May 8, 1884 Lamar, Missouri (34th) January 20, 1945 - April 12, 1945
35 Henry A. Wallace 10-07 October 7, 1888 Orient, Iowa (33rd) January 20, 1941 – January 20, 1945
36 Nelson Rockefeller 07-08 July 8, 1908 Bar Harbor, Maine (41st) December 19, 1974 – January 20, 1977
37 Lyndon B. Johnson 08-27 August 27, 1908 Stonewall, Texas (37th) January 20, 1961 - November 22, 1963
38 Hubert Humphrey 05-27 May 27, 1911 Wallace, South Dakota (38th) January 20, 1965 – January 20, 1969
39 Richard Nixon 01-09 January 9, 1913 Yorba Linda, California (36th) January 20, 1953 – January 20, 1961
40 Gerald Ford 07-14 July 14, 1913 Omaha, Nebraska (40th) December 6, 1973 - August 9, 1974
41 Spiro Agnew 11-09 November 9, 1918 Baltimore, Maryland (39th) January 20, 1969 – October 10th, 1973
42 George H. W. Bush 06-12 June 12, 1924 Milton, Massachusetts (43rd) January 20, 1981 – January 20, 1989
43 Walter Mondale 01-05 January 5, 1928 Ceylon, Minnesota (42nd) January 20, 1977 – January 20, 1981
44 Dick Cheney 01-30 January 30, 1941 Lincoln, Nebraska (46th) January 20, 2001 – January 20, 2009
45 Joe Biden 11–20 November 20, 1942 Scranton, Pennsylvania (47th) January 20, 2009 – January 20, 2017 [2][8]
46 Dan Quayle 02-04 February 4, 1947 Indianapolis, Indiana (44th) January 20, 1989 – January 20, 1993
47 Al Gore 03-31 March 31, 1948 District of Columbia (45th) January 20, 1993 – January 20, 2001
48 Mike Pence 06-07 June 7, 1959 Columbus, Indiana (48th) January 20, 2017 – January 20, 2021
49 Kamala Harris 10-20 October 20, 1964 Oakland, California (49th) January 20, 2021 – January 20, 2025
50 JD Vance 08-02 August 2, 1984 Middletown, Ohio (50th) January 20, 2025 – Incumbent

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Now part of Kentucky
  2. ^ Now part of Massachusetts

References

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  1. ^ a b Heersink, Boris; Peterson, Brenton D. (2016). "Measuring the Vice-Presidential Home State Advantage With Synthetic Controls". American Politics Research. 44 (4): 734–763. doi:10.1177/1532673x16642567.
  2. ^ a b Megerian, Chris (October 20, 2022). "Biden closely tends his Pennsylvania roots in election year". Associated Press. Retrieved February 28, 2025.
  3. ^ Dean, Sarah (July 19, 2023). "Mike Pence's hometown supporters — and critics — illustrate tough 2024 path". NBC News. Retrieved February 28, 2025.
  4. ^ Castañeda, Carlos (November 6, 2024). "Kamala Harris wins her home state of California, CBS News projects - CBS San Francisco". CBS News. Retrieved February 28, 2025.
  5. ^ Demissie, Hannah (July 15, 2024). "Who is JD Vance, the Ohio senator and Trump's VP pick?". ABC News. Retrieved February 28, 2025.
  6. ^ a b "Today in History - October 30". Library of Congress. Retrieved February 28, 2025.
  7. ^ Chervinsky, Lindsay M. "The Households of President John Adams". White House Historical Association. Retrieved February 28, 2025.
  8. ^ "Joe Biden: 46th President of the United States". Biography. January 28, 2025. Retrieved February 28, 2025.

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