This is a list of ancestral origins of the people who have served as Vice President of the United States. Similarly to the Presidency of the United States, most holders of the office of the Vice Presidency have come from prominent or wealthy families of predominantly Northern European and Protestant backgrounds. In the American political system Vice Presidential candidates have historically been chosen either by a political party, or by a presidential nominee. Because of this, their ethnic and geographic background can play heavily into their selection, either in an effort to double down on a key electoral base, or to potentially expand the appeal of a presidential ticket to a wider demographic group.
Ancestry table Summary:
(British) English : 41 (British) Scottish : 19 (British) Ulster Scots : 16 (British) Welsh : 13 French : 9 German : 8 Irish : 6 Dutch : 8 Norwegian : 2 Danish : 1 Greek : 1 Indian : 1 Jamaican : 1 Kaw: 1 Manx : 1 Osage : 1 Polish : 1 Potawatomi: 1 Swedish : 1
+No.Vice President and parentsDanishDutch EnglishFrenchGermanGreekIndianIrishJamaicanKawManxNorwegianOsagePolishPotawatomiScottishSwedishUlster ScotsWelshCitation1. (1789-1797)John Adams (1735-1826) John Adams Sr.
Susanna Boylston2. (1797-1801)Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) Peter Jefferson
Jane Randolph3. (1801-1805)Aaron Burr (1756-1836) Aaron Burr Sr.
Esther Edwards4. (1805-1812)George Clinton (1739-1812) Charles Clinton
Elizabeth Denniston5. (1813-1814)Elbridge Gerry (1744-1814) Thomas Gerry
Elizabeth Greenleaf6. (1817-1825)Daniel D. Thompkins (1774-1825) Jonathan Griffin Tompkins
Sarah Ann Hyatt7. (1825-1832)John C. Calhoun (1782-1850) Patrick Calhoun
Martha Caldwell8. (1833-1837)Martin Van Buren (1782-1862) Abraham Van Buren
Maria Hoes 9. (1837-1841)Richard Mentor Johnson (1780-1850) Robert Johnson
Jemima Suggett10. (1841-1841)John Tyler (1790-1862) John Tyler Sr.
Mary Marot Armistead11. (1845-1849)George M. Dallas (1792-1864) Alexander James Dallas
Arabella Maria Smith12. (1849-1850)Millard Fillmore (1800-1874) Nathaniel Fillmore
Phoebe Millard13. (1853-1853)William R. King (1786-1853) William King
Margaret DeVane14. (1867-1861)John C. Breckinridge (1821-1875) Cabell Breckinridge
Mary Clay Smith15. (1861-1865)Hannibal Hamlin (1809-1891) Cyrus Hamlin
Anna Livermore16. (1865-1865)Andrew Johnson (1808-1875) Jacob Johnson
Mary McDonough17. (1869-1873)Schuyler Colfax (1823-1875) Schuyler Colfax Sr.
Hannah Stryker18. (1873-1875)Henry Wilson (1812-1875) Winthrop Colbath
Abigail Witham19. (1877-1881)William A. Wheeler (1819-1887) Almon Wheeler
Eliza Woodward20. (1881-1881)Chester A. Arthur (1829-1886) William Arthur
Malvina Stone21. (1885-1885)Thomas A. Hendricks (1819-1885) John Hendricks
Jane Thomson22. (1889- 1893)Levi P. Morton (1824-1920) Daniel Oliver Morton
Lucretia ParsonsMemoranda relating to the ancestry and family of Hon. Levi Parsons Morton, vice-president of the United States (1889-1893)23. (1893-1897)Adlai Stevenson I (1835-1914) John Turner Stevenson
Eliza Ann Ewing24. (1897-1899)Garret Hobart (1844-1899) Addison Willard Hobart
Sophia Vanderveer25. (1901-1901)Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) Theodore Roosevelt Sr.
Martha Bulloch26. (1905-1909)Charles W. Fairbanks (1852-1918) Loriston Monroe Fairbanks
Mary Adelaide Smith27. (1909-1912)James S. Sherman (1855-1912) Richard Updike Sherman
Mary Frances Sherman28. (1913-1921)Thomas R. Marshall (1854-1925) Daniel M. Marshall
Martha E. Patterson29. (1921-1923)Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933) John Calvin Coolidge Sr.
Victoria Josephine Moor30. (1925-1929)Charles G. Dawes (1865-1951) Rufus R. Dawes
Mary Beman Gates31. (1929-1933)Charles Curtis (1860-1936) Orren Arms Curtis
Ellen Pappan32. (1933-1941)John Nance Garner (1868-1967) John Nance Garner Jr.
Sarah Jane Guest33. (1941-1945)Henry A. Wallace (1888-1965) Henry Cantwell Wallace
Carrie May Brodhead34. (1945-1945)Harry S. Truman (1884-1972) John Anderson Truman
Martha Ellen Young35. (1949-1953)Alben W. Barkley (1877-1956) John Wilson Barkley
Electa Eliza Smith36. (1953-1961)Richard Nixon (1913-1994) Francis Anthony Nixon
Hannah Elizabeth Milhous37. (1961-1963)Lyndon B. Johnson (1908-1973) Samuel Ealy Johnson Jr.
Rebekah Baines38. (1965-1969)Hubert Humphrey (1911-1978) Hubert Horatio Humphrey Sr.
Ragnild Kristine Sannes39. (1969-1973)Spiro Agnew (1918-1996) Theodore Spiros Agnew
Margaret Marian Akers40. (1973-1974)Gerald R. Ford (1913-2006) Leslie Lynch King Sr.
Dorothy Ayer Gardner41. (1974-1977)Nelson Rockefeller (1908-1979) John Davison Rockefeller Jr.
Abigail Greene Aldrich42. (1977-1981)Walter Mondale (1928-2021) Theodore Sigvaard Mondale
Claribel Hope Cowan43. (1981-1989)George H. W. Bush (1924-2018) Prescott Sheldon Bush
Dorothy Wear Walker44. (1989-1993)Dan Quayle (born 1947) James Cline Quayle
Martha Corinne Pulliam45. (1993-2001)Al Gore (born 1948) Albert Arnold Gore Sr.
Pauline Annette LaFon46. (2001-2009)Dick Cheney (1941-2025) Richard Herbert Cheney
Marjorie Lorraine Dickey47. (2009-2017)Joe Biden (born 1942) Joseph Robinette Biden Sr.
Catherine Eugenia Finnegan48. (2017-2021)Mike Pence (born 1959) Edward Joseph Pence Jr.
Ann Jane Cawley49. (2021-2025)Kamala Harris (born 1964) Donald Jasper Harris
Shyamala Gopalan50. (2025-present)JD Vance (born 1984) Donald Ray Bowman
Beverly Carol Vance
See also Ancestral background of presidents of the United States
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