Friday, January 22, 2010

Political Science Trivia Question 3

How many vice presidents throughout U.S. history have gone on to become president?

a. 9
b. 11
c. 14
d. 16

The answer is C, 14! Of the fourteen, four were elected president while serving as vice president: John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Martin Van Buren, George H.W. Bush; nine became president by succession: John Tyler, Millard Fillmore, Andrew Johnson, Chester A. Arthur, Theodore Roosevelt, Calvin Coolidge, Harry S Truman, Lyndon B. Johnson, Gerald R. Ford; and only Richard M. Nixon served as vice president and returned later to be elected president.

Stay curious,
Team ARC

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