List of fictional United States Vice Presidents

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Vice President Barbara Adams

• Whoops Apocalypse (1986 film)
• Written by Andrew Marshall (writer) and David Renwick, directed by Tom Bussmann, played by Loretta Swit.
• Succeeds to presidency upon death of the president.

Vice President Mackenzie Allen

• Commander in Chief (television series 2005)
• Created by American director Rod Lurie, played by Geena Davis
• Political independent chosen by President Theodore Roosevelt "Teddy" Bridges as his running mate.
• The first female vice-president and, upon Bridges' death, the first female president.

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Vice President Raymond Becker

• The Day After Tomorrow (2004 film)
• Written by Roland Emmerich and Jeffrey Nachmanoff, directed by Roland Emmerich, played by Kenneth Welsh.
• Succeeds to presidency upon death of the president, Becker does not believe information AbOUT the coming global warming-inspired crisis.

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

Vice President Sherman Baxter

• ''Transfer to Power by Vince Flynn
• Temporary President when President Hayes is trapped in a bunker during an assualt on the White House
• Chief of Staff Dallas King, close friend of Attorney General Marge Tutwiler
• Not sworn in as acting president
• Critized by Secret Service Director Alex Tracy
• Party- Democrat

Vice President Jim Bradford

• Vice President in The Last Great Election by Adam Sveum
• Born James Lyndell Bradford in Norfolk, Virginia in December of 1948 to Admiral Warren Bradford. Attended Georgetwon University graduating with a BA in Political Science in 1969. He then surved in Veitnam as a Navy Pilot and came home a war hero. After the War he attended Princeton Law School and graduated with his future wife Samantha Wilson in 1974. He went into private practice law in New Jersey and then ran for State Senate in 1982 and reelected in 1986. In 1988 he ran a seat in the U.S. Congress in the 4th District of New Jersey and won. After serving three terms he ran for the U.S. Senate and won in a landslide victory. He was an made General Chairman of the Democratic National Committee in 1997 and resigned from it in 1999 when he was elected Democratic Floor Whip. In 2002 when the Democratic Leader lost reelection in 2002. Bradford was then elevated to Minority Leader. He attempted to run for President in 2008, but droped out before the New Hampshire Primary. *He was nominated Vice President by Govener John Elder of Colorado in 2008.
• Based on Senator Christopher Dodd
• Political Party: Democrat

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Vice President Ed Calvert

• Vice President in The Last Great Election by Adam Sveum
• Ran against Govener John Elder of Colorado for President in 2008.
• Born Edmund Joseph Calvert in Buffalo, NY in January of 1948. Attended Duke University and Cornell Law School. Was State Representative for one term and a U.S. Congressman from New York for four term. Appointed Ambassador to China by President Ronald Reagen and appointed Secretary of Energy by President George H.W. Bush. Was a Vice President of Kayspan Energy Corperation and was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1998. He was then nominated as the Republican Vice Presidental canidate by then Senator Richard Brumson of Texas. The Two went on to win the general election in 2000 and reelection in 2004. He went on to win his parties nomination and went on to loose against John Elder; winning 49% of the vote and 269 of the Electroal College.
• His running mate was Govener Andrew McConnon of Kentucky, who is more conseritive then he was and much younger too.
• Political Party: Republican

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

• Vice President in The Interim (novel)
• Plots to assassinate outgoing President Payne and the new administration on Inauguration Day, therefore making off with the national treasury and initating nuclear wafare with China
• Arrested in Honolulu by Admiral Jack Farrago; loses vice presidency after George Granger is sworn in
• Sentenced to death by the United States Supreme Court on accounts of treason and a threat to national security
• Political Party: Republican

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Vice President Gordon Dylan

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

Vice President Roger Durling''

• The Sum of All Fears, Debt of Honor
• Former governor of California, he succeeds to the presidency after his predecessor resigns.

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Vice President Ford

• Wrong Is Right (1982 film)
• Played by Rosalind Cash
• An African-American woman and Vice President under President Lockwood (George Grizzard)

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Vice President Hal Gardner

• played by Ray Wise
• 24, (television series, 2001)
• Was appointed Vice-President at some point after Charles Logan assumed the Presidency following President John Keeler's incapacitation.
• During a crisis in which European [...] Vladimir Bierko threatened to release nerve gas in several heavily populated targets in Los Angeles, Gardner suggested the President increase military presence in the area, to the extent of effectively implementing martial law.
• Gardner was suspected by Jack Bauer of being behind a conspiracy which allowed Bierko to gain access to the nerve gas. It was later learned that Gardner was innocent and President Logan himself was responsible. After Logan's involvement was revealed, it was expected that he would resign and Gardner would assume the presidency.
• Republican

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

• Vice President in The Interim (novel)
• Secretary of Defense under President Payne
• Injured in the Chinese assault on the White House
• Assassinates treasonous Attorney General Alexander Edwards on the Inaugural Platform
• Sworn in as vice president on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial
• Political Party: Democrat

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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
• Party: Republican

Vice President Richard Hawk

• Vice President in Metal Wolf Chaos
• Launches a coup d'etat to turn America into his military dictatorship, and is opposed by President Michael Wilson

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 [...] 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 [...] 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

• Metal Gear Solid (1998 PlayStation videogame, directed by Hideo Kojima)
• Became Vice President in the 2004 Presidential Election.
• Although he never appears in the game itself, it is discovered in Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty that he was Vice President of the United States under President George Sears. President Sears resigned from office after the Shadow Moses island incident.
• Became president after the resignation of President Sears.
• Won re-election as president in the 2008 Presidential Election.
• Assassinated by Revolver Ocelot in 2009.

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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 [...] scandal, then makes trouble for the next president, attempting to rescind his resignation.

Vice President Warren Keaton

• Commander in Chief (television series 2005)
• Created by American director Rod Lurie, played by Peter Coyote
• Ran for Vice President on the Democratic ticket against Teddy Bridges and Mackenzie Allen two years prior to being appointed to the office by President Allen.
• Resigned as Vice President after several months on the job following his wife's diagnosis with ovarian cancer.

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.
• Party: Republican
• Played by Gregory Itzin

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Vice President John Mallory

• Left Behind: World at War (2005 film)
• Played by Charles Martin Smith
• Vice-President under President Gerald Fitzhugh
• Assassinated by Nicolae Carpathia, Global Community Potentate and Antichrist, to PReVENT him from revealing Carpathia's plans to attack the United States of North America.

Vice President Martha

• Prez (DC Comics)
• Vice-President under President Prez Rickard
• No last name given.

Vice President Ted Matthews

• My Fellow Americans (1995 film)
• Played by John Heard
• Assumes Presidency after current President resigns
• Is arrested after nine months in office
  

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

• Dave (1993 film)
• Succeeds to presidency upon death of President Mitchell.
• Regarded as a "boy scout" by the White House Chief of Staff, who plots to replace him and succeed to the Presidency himself.

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Vice President Perley Pell

• It Can't Happen Here (1935 novel) by Sinclair Lewis
• A hack politician who serves as Vice President for fascist President Buzz Windrip

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 [...] 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.
• Party: Democrat
• Played by: Alan Dale

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Vice President Nathan Ramirez

• American Hero
• 48th Vice President of the United States.
• Vice President for Aaron M. Sims, and second vp for the Sims administration.
• Sworn in as Vice President in 2012 after Vice President Thomas Jordan, first vp for President Sims became seriously ill, and resigned.
• Nathan Ramirez was a two term senior senator of North Carolina from 2004-2012 and a three term congressman from 1998-2004.
• Party: Independent Republican

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 [...].
• When the Company turns against her and President Mills refuses to support her bit for the presidency, she arranges his assassination, thereby becoming President.

Vice President Norville "Shaggy" Rogers

• ''Justice Squad
• Running mate of Richard (Rich) E. Mogul
• Resigned due to conflict of interests with President.

Vice President Pete Ross

• ''DC Comics Universe
• Running mate of Lex Luthor for the Tomorrow Party
• Becomes President following Luthor's impeachment

Vice President Robert "Bingo Bob" Russell

• The West Wing (television)
• Written by Carol Flint and Debora Cahn, played by Gary Cole.
• Served ten years as Colorado member of the House of Representatives, regarded as a political lightweight, succeeds John Hoynes.
• Regarded as a somewhat conservative Democrat.
• Unanimously confirmed by Congress, under the 25th amendment.
• Sought nomination as the Democratic presidential candidate, losing to Texas Representative Matt Santos.

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 [...] attack.
• Registered "Independent".

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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

• The Simpsons "Future-Drama" episode
• A native of Springfield, Delroy becomes Vice President at an unspecified future date.
• Attends the funeral of the sultan of Brunei.

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

• The Kid Who Ran For President (1996 children's book by Dan Gutman)
• 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

• Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator
• Vice president under President Lancelot R. Gilligrass. She is 87 years old and was the president's nanny when he was a baby.

Unnamed

Gabriel Over the White House (1933 film)

• Written by T.F. Tweed, Carey Wilson, and Bertram Bloch; directed by Gregory La Cava, played by Spencer Charters.
• Uncredited in the film.

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939 film)

• Written by Lewis R. Foster and Sidney Buchman, directed by Frank Capra, played by Harry Carey.
• Presides over the Senate filibuster.

The Contender (2000 film)

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

See also

• Fiction regarding United States presidential succession
• List of fictional U.S. Presidents
• List of fictional U.S. Presidential candidates