Baker’s Dozen III

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4081

US Vice-Presidents Who Few People Remember

(and the years they served)

  1. Schuyler Colfax (1869-1873)
  2. Charles Gates Dawes (1925–1929)
  3. Nelson Rockefeller (1974-1977)
  4. Garret Hobart (1897-1899)
  5. William Wheeler (1877-1881)
  6. Thomas A. Hendricks (March to November, 1885 - died in office)
  7. Elbridge Gerry (1813-1814)
4082

US Vice-Presidents Who Few People Remember

(and the years they served)

  1. Schuyler Colfax (1869-1873)
  2. Charles Gates Dawes (1925–1929)
  3. Nelson Rockefeller (1974-1977)
  4. Garret Hobart (1897-1899)
  5. William Wheeler (1877-1881)
  6. Thomas A. Hendricks (March to November, 1885 - died in office)
  7. Elbridge Gerry (1813-1814)
  8. William R. King (March 4, 1853–April 18, 1853)

One of the shortest tenures of any VP, and the only one to be sworn in abroad (by a US diplomat while he was in Cuba, by special Act of Congress): William R. King - Wikipedia

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US Vice-Presidents Who Few People Remember

(and the years they served)

  1. Schuyler Colfax (1869-1873)
  2. Charles Gates Dawes (1925–1929)
  3. Nelson Rockefeller (1974-1977)
  4. Garret Hobart (1897-1899)
  5. William Wheeler (1877-1881)
  6. Thomas A. Hendricks (March to November, 1885 - died in office)
  7. Elbridge Gerry (1813-1814)
  8. William R. King (March 4, 1853–April 18, 1853)
  9. Adlai Stevenson I (1893-1897)

Stevenson’s grandson, Adlai Ewing Stevenson II, is a better-known politician. He twice ran for the presidency and both times was defeated by Eisenhower.

4084

US Vice-Presidents Who Few People Remember

(and the years they served)

  1. Schuyler Colfax (1869-1873)
  2. Charles Gates Dawes (1925–1929)
  3. Nelson Rockefeller (1974-1977)
  4. Garret Hobart (1897-1899)
  5. William Wheeler (1877-1881)
  6. Thomas A. Hendricks (March to November, 1885 - died in office)
  7. Elbridge Gerry (1813-1814)
  8. William R. King (March 4, 1853–April 18, 1853)
  9. Adlai Stevenson I (1893-1897)
  10. Alben Barkley (1949-1953)

Harry Truman’s good friend from the Senate, and his running mate in the great upset election of 1948. The oldest VP yet, and the first about whom the term “Veep” was used. His house is now a small museum in Paducah, Ky., and I’ve visited it.

4085

US Vice-Presidents Who Few People Remember

(and the years they served)

  1. Schuyler Colfax (1869-1873)
  2. Charles Gates Dawes (1925–1929)
  3. Nelson Rockefeller (1974-1977)
  4. Garret Hobart (1897-1899)
  5. William Wheeler (1877-1881)
  6. Thomas A. Hendricks (March to November, 1885 - died in office)
  7. Elbridge Gerry (1813-1814)
  8. William R. King (March 4, 1853–April 18, 1853)
  9. Adlai Stevenson I (1893-1897)
  10. Alben Barkley (1949-1953)
  11. James S. Sherman (1909-1912)

Taft’s VP. A genial congressman for much of his life, he had the non-ironic nickname “Sunny Jim”.

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US Vice-Presidents Who Few People Remember

(and the years they served)

  1. Schuyler Colfax (1869-1873)
  2. Charles Gates Dawes (1925–1929)
  3. Nelson Rockefeller (1974-1977)
  4. Garret Hobart (1897-1899)
  5. William Wheeler (1877-1881)
  6. Thomas A. Hendricks (March to November, 1885 - died in office)
  7. Elbridge Gerry (1813-1814)
  8. William R. King (March 4, 1853–April 18, 1853)
  9. Adlai Stevenson I (1893-1897)
  10. Alben Barkley (1949-1953)
  11. James S. Sherman (1909-1912)
  12. Henry Wilson (1873 – 1875; died in office)
4087

US Vice-Presidents Who Few People Remember

(and the years they served)

  1. Schuyler Colfax (1869-1873)
  2. Charles Gates Dawes (1925–1929)
  3. Nelson Rockefeller (1974-1977)
  4. Garret Hobart (1897-1899)
  5. William Wheeler (1877-1881)
  6. Thomas A. Hendricks (March to November, 1885 - died in office)
  7. Elbridge Gerry (1813-1814)
  8. William R. King (March 4, 1853–April 18, 1853)
  9. Adlai Stevenson I (1893-1897)
  10. Alben Barkley (1949-1953)
  11. James S. Sherman (1909-1912)
  12. Henry Wilson (1873 – 1875; died in office)
  13. Hannibal Hamlin (1861-1865)

Lincoln’s first VP, a Republican of Maine. Dropped from the ticket in 1864; would, I believe, have been a far better President than Andrew Johnson, who replaced him.

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4088

Famous Secretaries Of State

  1. Henry Clay (1825-1829)
4089

Famous Secretaries Of State

  1. Henry Clay (1825-1829)
  2. Hillary Clinton (2009-2013)
4090

Famous Secretaries Of State

  1. Henry Clay (1825-1829)
  2. Hillary Clinton (2009-2013)
  3. Henry Kissinger (1973-1977)
4091

Famous Secretaries Of State

  1. Henry Clay (1825-1829)
  2. Hillary Clinton (2009-2013)
  3. Henry Kissinger (1973-1977)
  4. Dean Acheson (1949-1953)
4092

Famous Secretaries Of State

  1. Henry Clay (1825-1829)
  2. Hillary Clinton (2009-2013)
  3. Henry Kissinger (1973-1977)
  4. Dean Acheson (1949-1953)
  5. Thomas Jefferson (1790-93)
4093

Famous Secretaries Of State

  1. Henry Clay (1825-1829)
  2. Hillary Clinton (2009-2013)
  3. Henry Kissinger (1973-1977)
  4. Dean Acheson (1949-1953)
  5. Thomas Jefferson (1790-93)
  6. William Jennings Bryan (1913-1915)

He was nominated for the Presidency three times and lost each time. But he’s best remembered as the lead attorney for the Prosecution in the Scopes trial in 1925.

4094

Famous Secretaries Of State

  1. Henry Clay (1825-1829)
  2. Hillary Clinton (2009-2013)
  3. Henry Kissinger (1973-1977)
  4. Dean Acheson (1949-1953)
  5. Thomas Jefferson (1790-93)
  6. William Jennings Bryan (1913-1915)
  7. Frank B. Kellogg (1925 - 1929)

Co-authored the Kellogg-Briand pact and got the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to produce a lasting peace (spoiler - it didn’t work). Some of its provisions were used to legitimize the Nuremberg trials beginning in 1945, and many are included in the Charter of the United Nations.

4095

Famous Secretaries Of State

  1. Henry Clay (1825-1829)
  2. Hillary Clinton (2009-2013)
  3. Henry Kissinger (1973-1977)
  4. Dean Acheson (1949-1953)
  5. Thomas Jefferson (1790-93)
  6. William Jennings Bryan (1913-1915)
  7. Frank B. Kellogg (1925 - 1929)
  8. Madeleine Albright (1997 - 2001)

The first woman to hold the post.

4096

Famous Secretaries Of State

  1. Henry Clay (1825-1829)
  2. Hillary Clinton (2009-2013)
  3. Henry Kissinger (1973-1977)
  4. Dean Acheson (1949-1953)
  5. Thomas Jefferson (1790-93)
  6. William Jennings Bryan (1913-1915)
  7. Frank B. Kellogg (1925 - 1929)
  8. Madeleine Albright (1997 - 2001)
  9. Daniel Webster (1841 - 1843), (1850 - 1852)

Served as SOS under three administrations (WH Harrison; Tyler; Fillmore)

4097

Famous Secretaries Of State

  1. Henry Clay (1825-1829)
  2. Hillary Clinton (2009-2013)
  3. Henry Kissinger (1973-1977)
  4. Dean Acheson (1949-1953)
  5. Thomas Jefferson (1790-93)
  6. William Jennings Bryan (1913-1915)
  7. Frank B. Kellogg (1925 - 1929)
  8. Madeleine Albright (1997 - 2001)
  9. Daniel Webster (1841 - 1843), (1850 - 1852)
  10. James Madison (1801-1809)

One of the several early SOS who later became president. None of the 1900s and 2000s SOS have advanced to the Presidency.
Responsible for the Non-Intercourse Act of 1809; the word had a wider meaning back then.

4098

Famous Secretaries Of State

  1. Henry Clay (1825-1829)
  2. Hillary Clinton (2009-2013)
  3. Henry Kissinger (1973-1977)
  4. Dean Acheson (1949-1953)
  5. Thomas Jefferson (1790-93)
  6. William Jennings Bryan (1913-1915)
  7. Frank B. Kellogg (1925 - 1929)
  8. Madeleine Albright (1997 - 2001)
  9. Daniel Webster (1841 - 1843), (1850 - 1852)
  10. James Madison (1801-1809)
  11. John Foster Dulles (1953-1959)
4099

Famous Secretaries of State

  1. Henry Clay (1825-1829)
  2. Hillary Clinton (2009-2013)
  3. Henry Kissinger (1973-1977)
  4. Dean Acheson (1949-1953)
  5. Thomas Jefferson (1790-93)
  6. William Jennings Bryan (1913-1915)
  7. Frank B. Kellogg (1925 - 1929)
  8. Madeleine Albright (1997 - 2001)
  9. Daniel Webster (1841 - 1843), (1850 - 1852)
  10. James Madison (1801-1809)
  11. John Foster Dulles (1953-1959)
  12. Dean Rusk (1961-1969)

Served under both JFK and LBJ.

4100

Famous Secretaries of State

  1. Henry Clay (1825-1829)
  2. Hillary Clinton (2009-2013)
  3. Henry Kissinger (1973-1977)
  4. Dean Acheson (1949-1953)
  5. Thomas Jefferson (1790-93)
  6. William Jennings Bryan (1913-1915)
  7. Frank B. Kellogg (1925 - 1929)
  8. Madeleine Albright (1997 - 2001)
  9. Daniel Webster (1841 - 1843), (1850 - 1852)
  10. James Madison (1801-1809)
  11. John Foster Dulles (1953-1959)
  12. Dean Rusk (1961-1969)
  13. Colin Powell (2001 - 2005)

First person of color to serve as SOS; he was succeeded by Condoleeza Rice (2005 - 2009), the first woman of color.

TIL Richard Mentor Johnson (1837 - 1841) served as veep under Van Buren, was “married” to a woman of color (Julia Chinn). He often referred to her as his bride, and she handled his estate in Kentucky while he was in Washington.

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