Vice Presidents of The United States Podcast
1) We Cannot Surrender Our Institutions: Calhoun
Defender of his view of Southern rights, Vice President John Calhoun was the only VP to serve under Two Presidents. Both of those Presidents would come to dislike him strongly, as would (we think it's...Show More
2) Theodore Roosevelt's Four Days
That's all TR had as Vice President, technically. His official duties were just four days in March. From there he spoke, wrote letters and travelled and to at least one person, complained about the ...Show More
3) Make It Big: Nelson Rockefeller
Nelson Rockefeller was already a household name and a figure of some stature when Gerald Ford asked Congress to approve him as Vice President. True to form, he attempted to make the Vice Presidency a ...Show More
4) Liberal, with No Apologies - Walter Mondale
A one-term Vice President known for being liberal on issues and associated with Hubert Humphrey, Carter's Vice President Walter Mondale changed the office more than anyone else. He moved it from the S...Show More
5) Partisan-Statesman: Chester Arthur
Those that know the full story of Chester Arthur know he became President and instituted controls on replacing workers in the civil service. That's largely because a tragic shooting made him Presiden...Show More
6) Great Goliath - George Clinton
Large in his time, mostly passed over in history, George Clinton's ascention to the vice presidency would not have surprised contemporaries. If anything, he was a contender for the top office. He was ...Show More
7) Disinterested Friend - Elbridge Gerry
Elbridge Gerry was never a speaker with "thunder in his voice," per one contemporary description, and he was hard to pin down in terms of his politics, yet that may have made him persuasive. A comprom...Show More
8) The Forlorn Hope: Richard Mentor Johnson
War Hero, Congressman, State Leader, and Senator. Kentucky's Richard Mentor Johnson was considered for the Presidency and might have obtained it in the case of his friend Andrew Jackson not seeking a...Show More
9) The Shoemaker: Henry Wilson
Henry Wilson's experience as a workingman would have a double benefit in his political career. Not only could he identify with average people, but he could demonstrate that unlike his slaveholding op...Show More
10) Walk in the Sunshine - Hubert H. Humphrey
If he wasn't ever Lyndon Johnson's Vice President, HHH might have been remembered as a pretty good Senator. And a well-regarded mayor. But Hubert wanted more. We take a look at the man who was almo...Show More