U.S. Vice President who Became President

Historical Presidents

Fifteen U.S. Vice Presidents went on to become U.S. Presidents.

Vote Ranking  

1

Millard Fillmore

U.S. President

62.50% (5 of 8 votes)

2

Richard Milhous Nixon

U.S. President

58.51% (275 of 470 votes)

3

Theodore Roosevelt

U.S. President

58.31% (207 of 355 votes)

4

Gerald Ford

U.S. President

56.80% (71 of 125 votes)

5

Joe Biden

U.S. President

47.12% (66014 of 140101 votes)

6

Harry S Truman

U.S. President

45.00% (9 of 20 votes)

7

Lyndon Baines Johnson

U.S. President

45.00% (9 of 20 votes)

8

Andrew Johnson

U.S. President

45.00% (9 of 20 votes)

9

John Adams

U.S. President

44.00% (22 of 50 votes)

10

Thomas Jefferson

U.S. President

42.36% (61 of 144 votes)

11

Chester Arthur

U.S. President

40.0% (4 of 10 votes)

12

John Tyler

U.S. President

40.0% (4 of 10 votes)

13

Martin Van Buren

U.S. President

40.0% (4 of 10 votes)

14

Calvin Coolidge

U.S. President

38.46% (5 of 13 votes)

15

George Herbert Walker Bush

U.S. President

37.04% (100 of 270 votes)