John Adams fashioned much of pre-Revolutionary radical ideology, wrote the constitution of his home state of Massachusetts, negotiated, with Franklin and Jay, the peace with Britain and served as our first Vice President and our second President.

South Viet Nam has received $1,450,000,000 in United States aid since 1954 and the rate of assistance has been stepped up since Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson's visit last May.

Carvey considers that former Vice President Nixon would be Brown's most formidable foe, with ex-Gov. Knight a close second.

`` Former Vice President Nixon came out in support of President Kennedy's program for stepping up the arms race.

Just a brief note of appreciation to Vice President Johnson and Pakistani camel driver Bashir Ahmad for providing a first-class example of `` people to people '' good will.

The Vice President had called and asked if he could see the Secretary at his home.

Lawrence stared a minute at the lighted ribbon of traffic, hoping that a clue to his dislike of the Vice President would appear.

A half hour later the Vice President arrived.

The Vice President said, `` If you hear of any names that would fix me cheap in return for advertising they decorated the Vice President's home, let me know.

The Vice President said with a slight bluster, `` There isn't anyone who loves the President more than I do.

You remember the words of President Kennedy a week or so ago, when someone asked him when he was in Canada, and Dean Rusk was in Europe, and Vice President Johnson was in Asia, `` Who is running the store ''??

The appointment of Gilbert B. Devey as General Manager of VecTrol Engineering, Inc., of Stamford, Connecticut, a leading manufacturer of thyratron and silicon controlled rectifier electrical controls, has been announced by David B. Peck, Vice President, Special Products.

Since Election Day, Vice President Richard Nixon had virtually retired -- by his own wish -- from public view.

In conferences with Nationalist China's dapper, diminutive Vice President Chen Cheng, Mr. Kennedy assured Chiang Kai-shek's emissary that the U.S. is as firmly opposed as ever to the admission of Red China to the United Nations.

A former Democrat Hannibal Hamlin of Maine was nominated for Vice President to balance the ticket.

Confederate Vice President Stephens led a group to meet with Lincoln, Seward, and others at Hampton Roads.

* 1912 – Hamengkubuwono IX, Indonesian politician 2nd Vice President of Indonesia ( d. 1988 )

* 1956 – Former Vice President and Senator Alben Barkley dies during a speech in Virginia.

* 1809 – Hannibal Hamlin, American politician, 15th Vice President of the United States ( d. 1891 )

* 1865 – Charles G. Dawes, American general and politician, 30th Vice President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate ( d. 1951 )

Image: CAMPDAVIDIRAQ. jpg | From Camp David, Vice President Dick Cheney and members of the Interagency Team on Iraq participate in a video teleconference with President George W. Bush in Baghdad, Iraq.

Dick Brass, a Vice President at Microsoft from 1997 to 2004, complained that the company was slow in moving ClearType to market in the portable computing field.

* 1941 – Dick Cheney, Vice President of the United States

For example, former Republican President George W. Bush is a member, and former Vice President Dick Cheney attends the United Methodist Church ( though he is not a member ).

Vice President Dick Cheney visited Oman in 2002, 2005, 2006, and 2008.

Recent examples include Vice President Dick Cheney's whirlwind two-hour visit to collect $ 300, 000 in 2006 and Senator Barack Obama's somewhat longer three-hour trip in November, 2007 to collect $ 200, 000 Both refused to meet with the news media, press the flesh or meet with local politicians, inconceivable in Iowa or New Hampshire.

President George W. Bush delivering the 2007 State of the Union Address, with Vice President of the United States | Vice President Dick Cheney | Cheney and Speaker of the United States House of Representatives | Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi | Pelosi behind him.

This transfer of power may occur for any reason the president considers appropriate ; in 2002 and again in 2007, President George W. Bush briefly transferred presidential authority to Vice President Dick Cheney.

United States Army | Army Specialist ( rank ) | Specialist Monica Lin Brown receives the Silver Star from Vice President of the United States | Vice President Dick Cheney.

Former Secretary of Defense and future Vice President of the United States Dick Cheney was touted by many as a possible candidate for the presidency, but he declared his intentions not to run in early 1995.

For example, Republican former President George W. Bush is United Methodist and Republican former Vice President Dick Cheney attends a United Methodist Church, although he is not a member.

Vice President Dick Cheney met with Vice President-elect Joe Biden at Number One Observatory Circle on November 13, 2008, representing a transition between Vice Presidencies. For much of its existence, the office of Vice President was seen as little more than a minor position.

Though Walter Mondale's tenure was the beginning of the modern day power of the Vice Presidency, the tenure of Dick Cheney saw a rapid growth in the office of the Vice President.

* July 31-August 3 – The Republican National Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania nominates George W. Bush for U. S. President and Dick Cheney for Vice President.

** Dick Cheney, former Vice President of the United States

It has been suggested that Vice President Dick Cheney has been at Mount Weather from time to time, as it is the quintessential " secure undisclosed location ".

The bunker is the secure, undisclosed location where former Vice President Dick Cheney remained under protection in secret after the 9 / 11 attacks: according to Clift's report, entitled " Shining Light on Cheney's Hideaway " Biden said a young naval officer giving him a tour of the residence showed him the hideaway, which is behind a massive steel door secured by an elaborate lock with a narrow connecting hallway lined with shelves filled with communications equipment.

Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi ( right ) with Vice President Dick Cheney behind President George W. Bush at the 2007 State of the Union Address making history as the first woman to sit behind the podium at such an address.

Vice President Cheney attended the service in his place.

The first Presidential election to include neither the incumbent President nor the incumbent Vice President on a major party ticket since 1952 came in 2008 when President George W. Bush had already served two terms and Vice President Cheney chose not to run.

Vice President Cheney held a tremendous amount of power and frequently made policy decisions on his own, without the knowledge of the President.

Cheney had previously explored the possibility of running for President before serving as Vice President, but chose not to run for President after his two terms as Vice President.