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Vice President Barbara Adams

Vice President Mackenzie Allen

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Vice President Raymond Becker

Vice President Kathryn Bennett

  • Air Force One (1997 film)
  • Written by Andrew W. Marlowe, directed by Wolfgang Petersen, played by Glenn Close.
  • A rare female vice president, Bennett is loyal to President James Marshall throughout the Air Force One hijacking crisis. The cabinet unanimously encourages invoking Section 4 of the 25th amendment to the Constitution because the president is in enemy hands (thus having severely compromised judgement).

Vice President Eric Baker

The West Wing

Eric Baker was chosen as Vice-President Elect by President-Elect Matt Santos upon the death of Vice-President-Elect Leo McGarry. Played By: Ed O'neal.

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Vice President Karen Carmichael

  • Jack & Bobby
  • Played by Tess Harper
  • Former Vice President under former President Robert McCallister.
  • Resigns early in the second term, possibly due to an affair with the president, a married man.

Vice President James Colligan

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Vice President Gordon Dylan

  • Murder at 1600
  • Vice President who almost succeeds to the presidency, when the President plans to resign.

Vice President Roger Durling

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Vice President Ford

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Vice President Hal Gardner

Vice President Vince Gianelli

  • Seven Days in May by Fletcher Knebel (1962 novel)
  • Served under President Jordan Lyman, who was the target of a military coup.
  • First Italian-American Vice President, the plotters convince him to visit his grandfather's hometown in Italy to ensure he is out of the country when they strike.
  • Democrat

Vice President George Granger

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Vice President William "Bill" Haney

  • My Fellow Americans
  • Vice president under President Russell P. Kramer before defeating incumbent President Matt Douglas. Later forced to resign.
  • Played by: Dan Aykroyd
  • Republican
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Tim Matheson, portrayed fictional Vice President John Hoynes on NBC's television drama The West Wing.

Vice President John Hoynes

  • The West Wing (television series, 1999)
  • Created and written by Aaron Sorkin, played by Tim Matheson.
  • Hoynes attended Southern Methodist University, speaks fluent French, was a lawyer and former senator from Texas. He served in the Senate for about eight years. He opposed New Hampshire governor Josiah Bartlet in the 1998 Democratic primary. During the 1998 Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles, Bartlet convinced Hoynes to be his running-mate; Hoynes delivered the South except Texas.
  • Hoynes resigned after a sex scandal in 2003, wrote his own autobiography called "Full Disclosure," and attempted to gain his party's nomination for the presidency in 2006. His political career ended after failing to win the nomination, due to another sex scandal and the loss of most of his delegates to Governor Eric Baker at the 2006 Democratic National Convention.
  • Centrist Democrat

Vice President Steven Humes

  • Appears in the Tom Clancy novel Politika.
  • A very strict and straightforward elderly vice president serving under President Bill Ballard.
  • Becomes acting president after President Ballard is injured in an assassination attempt.
  • Party: Democrat

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Vice President Robert (Robby) Jackson

  • The Bear and the Dragon (2000 novel, written by Tom Clancy)
  • First African-American Vice-President of the United States.
  • Personal friend of President Jack Ryan.
  • Chosen as Vice-President following Ryan's succession to the Presidency.
  • Succeeds to the Presidency following President Ryan's resignation to allow Jackson to become the first African-American President.
  • His assassination by a former Ku Klux Klan member is briefly mentioned in 'The Teeth of the Tiger'

Vice President James Johnson

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Vice President Robert Kinsey

  • Stargate SG-1 (television series)
  • Played by Ronny Cox
  • Indiana Senator Robert Kinsey becomes Vice-President in the Season Seven episode "Inauguration" but was forced to resign in "Lost City, Part 2".
  • Also held the Presidency in alternate timelines ("2010", "Moebius")
  • Possibly Republican


Vice President Edward 'Ed' Kealty

  • Debt of Honor
  • Serves in the Durling administration.
  • Resigns due to a sex scandal, then makes trouble for the next president, attempting to rescind his resignation.

Vice President Warren Keaton

Vice President Walter Kelly

  • The Enemy Within (1994 film and loosely based on the novel Seven Days in May)
  • Serves under President Bill Foster.
  • An elderly and corrupt politician, he takes part in a scandal orchestrated by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs and Secretary of Defense to remove President Foster by using fake military exercises to cause an international incident.
  • After a young colonel discovers the scandal, Vice President Kelly, along with the other two involved, are removed from their positions and are most likely incarcerated for treason.

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Vice President Charles Logan

  • 24, (television series, 2001)
  • Vice-President to President John Keeler who assumes the presidency by invoking the 25th amendment when President Keeler is incapacitated after Air Force One is shot down
  • Long-time friend to former Palmer chief-of-staff, Mike Novick.
  • Was unable to handle the pressures of the presidency after Keeler's incapacitation, and secretly handed over the government to former President David Palmer.
  • Republican
  • Played by Gregory Itzin

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Vice President John Mallory

Vice President Ted Matthews

Vice President Howard Merck

  • Protocol (1984 film)
  • Played by James Staley
  • A very young and, at times, naive Vice President.

Vice President Rachel Moreno

  • Madame President: The Unauthorized Biography of the First Green Party President (novel), by Mark Dunlea
  • The Green candidate for Vice-President in the 2000 general election. She is elected when Green Electors solve a dispute by voting for the Democratic candidate for President in exchange for his acceptance of Moreno as his Vice-President.
  • Becomes President after the President dies in August 2001.

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Vice President Gary Nance

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Vice President Perley Pell

Vice President Jim Prescott

  • 24, (television series, 2001), 24: The Game (video game, 2006)
  • Vice president to David Palmer. Temporarily became Acting President when David Palmer was removed during season 2 of 24. When Palmer was reluctant to take action against three Middle Eastern nations who were implicated in a terrorist plot by an audio recording, the 25th Amendment was invoked and Prescott became President. It should be noted that no letters were sent to Congress and Prescott counted on public opinion to retroactively endorse this action. The recording was later found to be false and Prescott relinquished the presidency back to Palmer and again became vice president. Palmer forgave Prescott and the Cabinet members who had sided against him and did not accept their offer of resignation.
  • Following an attempt on Palmer's life, Prescott once again became Acting President while Palmer recovered from his injuries. Prescott himself would survive an assassination attempt orchestrated by the same individuals who had targeted Palmer.
  • Although non-canon, it is assumed that he ran as the Democratic candidate following Palmer's decision to withdraw from the election.
  • Democrat
  • Played by: Alan Dale

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Vice President Caroline Reynolds

  • Prison Break
  • Written by Paul Scheuring, played by Patricia Wettig.
  • Served as Vice-President under President Richard Mills. He apparently chose her because she was a woman though he disapproved of her excessive ambition.
  • Collaborated with "The Company" to fake the death of her brother, Terrence Steadman, and frame Lincoln Burrows for his murder.
  • When the Company turns against her and President Mills refuses to support her bit for the presidency, she arranges his assassination, thereby becoming President.
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Gary Cole, portrayed Bartlet's second fictional Vice President Robert Russell on NBC's television drama The West Wing.

Vice President Robert "Bingo Bob" Russell

Vice President Jack Ryan

  • Debt of Honor (1994 novel, written by Tom Clancy)
  • Former Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, serves literally for just minutes before replacing his boss. Named to position after the incumbent resigned, later becoming President after a terrorist attack.
  • Registered "Independent".

Vice President Pete Ross

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Vice President James Sandecker Clive Cussler's Dirk Pitt© Novels

  • Former Head of NUMA (National Underwater and Marine Agency).
  • Vice President to President Ward when the Vice President suddenly died in office.

Vice President Paul Saxon

  • Shadow Conspiracy (1997 film)
  • Plotted to kill President Manchester and take his place, but was accidentally killed during the assassination attempt.
  • Played by: Ben Gazzara

Vice President Cletus Spuckler

Vice President Dan Sullivan

  • Moonfall by Jack McDevitt
  • Is briefly mentioned in the novel as almost succeeding to the presidency after President Wes Hamlin nearly resigns following an assassination attempt that left him paralyzed from the waist down.
  • Convinced President Hamlin not to resign.
  • Former senator from Georgia.
  • Party: Republican

Vice President June Syers

  • Vice president under Judson Moon, who was the youngest American president at age thirteen.
  • Elected on the "Moon and June" ticket in 2000.
  • Became the first African-American and female president after President Moon resigned in 2002.

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Vice President Alexander Throttlebottom

  • Of Thee I Sing, a musical by George and Ira Gershwin
  • When President Wintergreen, who has promised to marry beauty-contest winner Diana Devereaux, is unable to do so (because he is already married), Vice President Throttlebottom marries her instead, in his vice-presidential role of carrying out the president's duties when the president is unable to.

Vice President Elvira Tibbs

Unnamed

Gabriel Over the White House (1933 film)

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939 film)

The Contender (2000 film)

  • Written and directed by Rod Lurie.
  • This vice-president has died.

FOOTNOTE: In fact in "The Contender," President Jackson Evans, if an address to Congress, said the name Troy Ellerd, referring to the vice presidency. As such, the vice president in "The Contender" is not unnamed.

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