House Members Who Received Electoral Votes for Vice President
Historical Highlight
Sixty-one former Members of the House have received at least one Electoral College vote for Vice President. Twenty-five Representatives have served as Vice President. Nine former House Members have received Electoral College votes for both President and Vice President in separate elections; four former House Members received Electoral College votes for President and Vice President in the same election. Twelve sitting House Members have received Electoral College votes as Vice Presidential candidates. Two sitting Speakers, Schuyler Colfax of Indiana (1868) and John Nance Garner of Texas (1932) have been elected to the vice presidency.
The following chart identifies these individuals seeking the office of Vice President. Also included are dates of House service and the party affiliation under which they received electoral votes. Candidates who were successful in their election for Vice President are identified in bold. Those who served as Speaker of the House are identified in italics.*
Note: Vice Presidential campaigns where no former House Member received electoral votes are marked N/A.
| Election Year | Individual (House Service) | State | Party | Votes Received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1788 | N/A | - | - | - |
| 1792 | N/A | - | - | - |
| 1796 | N/A | - | - | - |
| 1800 | N/A | - | - | - |
| 1804 | N/A | - | - | - |
| 1808 | James Madison (1789-1797) | Virginia | Democratic-Republican | 3 |
| 1812 | Elbridge Gerry (1789-1797) | Massachusetts | Democratic-Republican | 131 |
| 1816 | Robert Goodloe Harper (1795-1801) | Maryland | Federalist | 3 |
| 1816 | John Marshall (1799-1800) | Virginia | Federalist | 4 |
| 1820 | Robert Goodloe Harper (1795-1801) | Maryland | Federalist | 1 |
| 1820 | Daniel Rodney (1822-1823) | Delaware | Federalist | 4 |
| 1820 | Richard Stockton (1813-1815) | New Jersey | Federalist | 8 |
| 1824 | Henry Clay (1811-1814, 1815-1821, 1823-1825) | Kentucky | Democratic-Republican | 2 |
| 1824 | Nathaniel Macon (1791-1815) | North Carolina | Democratic-Republican | 24 |
| 1824 | Andrew Jackson (1796-1797) | Tennessee | Democratic-Republican | 13 |
| 1824 | John C. Calhoun (1811-1817) | South Carolina | Democratic-Republican | 182 |
| 1828 | John C. Calhoun (1811-1817) | South Carolina | Democrat | 171 |
| 1832 | William Wilkins (1843-1844) | Pennsylvania | Democrat | 30 |
| 1832 | John Sergeant (1815-1823c, 1827-1829, 1837-1841) | Pennsylvania | National Republican | 49 |
| 1836 | John Tyler (1816-1821) | Virginia | Whig | 47 |
| 1836 | Francis Granger (1835-1837, 1839-1841, 1841-1843) | New York | Whig | 77 |
| 1836 | Richard M. Johnson (1807-1819, 1829-1837) | Kentucky | Democrat | 48 |
| 1840 | James K. Polk (1825-1839) | Tennessee | Democrat | 1 |
| 1840 | Littleton W. Tazewell (1800-1801) | Virginia | Democrat | 11 |
| 1840 | Richard M. Johnson (1807-1819, 1829-1837) | Kentucky | Democrat | 48 |
| 1840 | John Tyler (1816-1821)1 | Virginia | Whig | 234 |
| 1844 | N/A | - | - | - |
| 1848 | William O. Butler (1839-1843) | Kentucky | Democrat | 127 |
| 1848 | Millard Fillmore (1833-1835, 1837-1843)2 | New York | American/Whig | 163 |
| 1852 | William R. King (1811-1816) | Alabama | Democrat | 254 |
| 1856 | John C. Breckinridge (1851-1855) | Kentucky | Democrat | 174 |
| 1860 | Edward Everett (1825-1835) | Massachusetts | Constitutional Union | 39 |
| 1860 | Joseph Lane (1851-1859) | Oregon | Southern Democrat | 72 |
| 1860 | Hannibal Hamlin (1843-1847) | Maine | Republican | 180 |
| 1864 | George H. Pendleton (1857-1865) | Ohio | Democrat | 21 |
| 1864 | Andrew Johnson (1843-1853)3 | Tennessee | Republican | 212 |
| 1868 | Francis P. Blair (1857-1859, 1860, 1861-1862, 1863-1864) | Missouri | Democrat | 80 |
| 1868 | Schuyler Colfax (1855-1869) | Indiana | Republican | 214 |
| 1872 | William S. Groesbeck (1857-1859) | Ohio | Democrat/Liberal Republican | 1 |
| 1872 | Nathaniel P. Banks (1853-1857, 1865-1873, 1875-1879, 1889-1891) | Massachusetts | Liberal Republican | 1 |
| 1872 | George Washington Julian (1849-1851, 1861-1871) | Indiana | Liberal Republican | 5 |
| 1872 | Alfred H. Colquitt (1853-1855) | Georgia | Democrat | 5 |
| 1876 | Thomas A. Hendricks (1851-1855) | Indiana | Democrat | 184 |
| 1876 | William A. Wheeler (1861-1863, 1869-1877) | New York | Republican | 185 |
| 1880 | William Hayden English (1853-1861) | Indiana | Democrat | 155 |
| 1884 | John A. Logan (1859-1862, 1867-1871) | Illinois | Republican | 182 |
| 1884 | Thomas A. Hendricks (1851-1855) | Indiana | Democrat | 219 |
| 1888 | Allen G. Thurman (1845-1847) | Ohio | Democrat | 168 |
| 1888 | Levi P. Morton (1879-1881) | New York | Republican | 233 |
| 1892 | Adlai E. Stevenson (1875-1877, 1879-1881) | Illinois | Democrat | 277 |
| 1896 | Thomas E. Watson (1891-1893) | Georgia | Populist | 27 |
| 1900 | Adlai E. Stevenson (1875-1977, 1979-1881) | Illinois | Democrat | 155 |
| 1904 | N/A | - | - | - |
| 1908 | James S. Sherman (1887-1891, 1893-1909) | New York | Republican | 321 |
| 1912 | N/A | - | - | - |
| 1916 | N/A | - | - | - |
| 1920 | N/A | - | - | - |
| 1924 | N/A | - | - | - |
| 1928 | Joseph T. Robinson (1903-1913) | Arkansas | Democrat | 87 |
| 1928 | Charles Curtis (1893-1907) | Kansas | Republican | 444 |
| 1932 | Charles Curtis (1893-1907) | Kansas | Republican | 59 |
| 1932 | John Nance Garner (1903-1933) | Texas | Democrat | 472 |
| 1936 | John Nance Garner (1903-1933) | Texas | Democrat | 523 |
| 1940 | N/A | - | - | - |
| 1944 | N/A | - | - | - |
| 1948 | Alben W. Barkley (1913-1927) | Kentucky | Democrat | 303 |
| 1952 | John J. Sparkman (1937-1946) | Alabama | Democrat | 89 |
| 1952 | Richard M. Nixon (1947-1950) | California | Republican | 442 |
| 1956 | Estes Kefauver (1939-1949) | Tennessee | Democrat | 73 |
| 1956 | Richard M. Nixon (1947-1950) | California | Republican | 457 |
| 1960 | Lyndon Baines Johnson (1937-1949) | Texas | Democrat | 303 |
| 1964 | William E. Miller (1951-1965) | New York | Republican | 52 |
| 1968 | N/A | - | - | - |
| 1972 | N/A | - | - | - |
| 1976 | Robert J. "Bob" Dole (1961-1969) | Kansas | Republican | 241 |
| 1980 | George H.W. Bush (1967-1971) | Texas | Republican | 489 |
| 1984 | Geraldine A. Ferraro (1979-1985) | New York | Democrat | 13 |
| 1984 | George H.W. Bush (1967-1971) | Texas | Republican | 525 |
| 1988 | Lloyd M. Bentsen (1948-1955) | Texas | Democrat | 111 |
| 1988 | Dan Quayle (1977-1981) | Indiana | Republican | 426 |
| 1992 | Dan Quayle (1977-1981) | Indiana | Republican | 168 |
| 1992 | Albert Gore, Jr. (1977-1985) | Tennessee | Democrat | 370 |
| 1996 | Jack F. Kemp (1971-1989) | New York | Republican | 159 |
| 1996 | Albert Gore, Jr. (1977-1985) | Tennessee | Democrat | 379 |
| 2000 | Richard B. Cheney (1979-1989) | Wyoming | Republican | 271 |
| 2004 | Richard B. Cheney (1979-1989) | Wyoming | Republican | 286 |
| 2008 | N/A | - | - | - |
| 2012 | Paul Ryan (1999-2019) | Wisconsin | Republican | 206 |
| 2016 | Maria Cantwell (1993-1995) | Washington | Democrat | 1 |
| 2016 | Mike Pence (2001-2013) | Indiana | Republican | 305 |
| 2020 | Mike Pence (2001-2013) | Indiana | Republican | 232 |
Footnotes
*Source: Guide to U.S. Elections, 6th ed., vol. 1 (Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Press, 2010): 892–894.
1Succeeded William Henry Harrison after his death on April 4, 1841.
2Succeeded Zachary Taylor after his death on July 9, 1850.
3Succeeded Abraham Lincoln after his assassination on April 14, 1865.