# Who was the best US VP and why?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 19, 2012, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-best-us-vp-and-why/641456 "2012-11-19T00:42:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![puddleglum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puddleglum/32/137_2.png) [@puddleglum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puddleglum)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2012, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-best-us-vp-and-why/641456/21 "2012-11-20T17:33:31Z")

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Charles G Dawes, Coolidge’s VP won a Nobel Peace prize and wrote a song that later went to number one on the Billboard chart. However, he and Coolidge did not get along and he had no influence at all while VP.

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2012, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-best-us-vp-and-why/641456/22 "2012-11-20T20:41:21Z")

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> [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](#):
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> …Van Buren was… that lowest life form, a proslavery northerner…

:: golf clap ::

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