Most vice presidents of the United States have undergone higher education at an American university, college or law school.

Vice president list

No.	Image	Name	Home state	Took office	Left office	Party	School	President(s)	Ref
1		John Adams	Massachusetts	April 21, 1789	March 4, 1797	Federalist	Harvard College	George Washington	[1]
2		Thomas Jefferson	Virginia	March 4, 1797	March 4, 1801	Democratic-Republican	College of William & Mary	John Adams	[2]
3		Aaron Burr	New York	March 4, 1801	March 4, 1805	Democratic-Republican	Princeton	Jefferson	[3]
4		George Clinton	New York	March 4, 1805	April 20, 1812	Democratic-Republican	Studied law with William Smith	Jefferson/ Madison	[4]
		zVacant		April 20, 1812	March 4, 1813			Madison
5		Elbridge Gerry	Massachusetts	March 4, 1813	November 23, 1814	Democratic-Republican	Harvard College	Madison	[5]
		zVacant		November 23, 1814	March 4, 1817			Madison
6		Daniel D. Tompkins	New York	March 4, 1817	March 4, 1825	Democratic-Republican	Columbia	Monroe	[6]
7		John C. Calhoun	South Carolina	March 4, 1825	December 28, 1832	Democratic-Republican/ Democratic	Yale	J. Q. Adams/ Jackson	[7]
		zVacant		December 28, 1832	March 4, 1833			Jackson
8		Martin Van Buren	New York	March 4, 1833	March 4, 1837	Democratic	Kinderhook Academy and Washington Seminary studied law with Peter Silvester, Francis Sylvester and William P. Van Ness	Jackson	[8]
9		Richard Mentor Johnson	Kentucky	March 4, 1837	March 4, 1841	Democratic	Transylvania University	Van Buren	[9]
10		John Tyler	Virginia	March 4, 1841	April 4, 1841	Whig	College of William & Mary	W. Harrison	[10]
		zVacant		April 4, 1841	March 4, 1845			Tyler
11		George M. Dallas	Pennsylvania	March 4, 1845	March 4, 1849	Democratic	Princeton University	Polk	[11]
12		Millard Fillmore	New York	March 4, 1849	July 9, 1850	Whig	New Hope Academy, studied law with Judge Walter Wood, Cayuga County, New York	Taylor	[12]
		zVacant		July 9, 1850	March 4, 1853			Fillmore
13		William R. King	Alabama	March 4, 1853	April 18, 1853	Democratic	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	Pierce	[13]
		zVacant		April 18, 1853	March 4, 1857			Pierce
14		John C. Breckinridge	Kentucky	March 4, 1857	March 4, 1861	Democratic	Centre College, Princeton University, Transylvania University	Buchanan	[14]
15		Hannibal Hamlin	Maine	March 4, 1861	March 4, 1865	Republican	Hebron Academy, Studied law at the firm of Samuel Fessenden	Lincoln	[15]
16		Andrew Johnson	Tennessee	March 4, 1865	April 15, 1865	Democratic	None (Self-taught and received instruction from his wife, Eliza McCardle Johnson)	Lincoln	[16]
		zVacant		April 15, 1865	March 4, 1869			A. Johnson
17		Schuyler Colfax	Indiana	March 4, 1869	March 4, 1873	Republican	Common schools of New York City and New Carlisle, Indiana	Grant	[17]
18		Henry Wilson	Massachusetts	March 4, 1873	November 22, 1875	Republican	Academies in Strafford, Wolfeboro, and Concord, New Hampshire	Grant	[18]
		zVacant		November 22, 1875	March 4, 1877			Grant
19		William A. Wheeler	New York	March 4, 1877	March 4, 1881	Republican	University of Vermont	Hayes	[19]
20		Chester A. Arthur	New York	March 4, 1881	September 19, 1881	Republican	Union College, State and National Law School	Garfield	[20]
		zVacant		September 19, 1881	March 4, 1885			Arthur
21		Thomas A. Hendricks	Indiana	March 4, 1885	November 25, 1885	Democratic	Hanover College	Cleveland	[21]
		zVacant		November 25, 1885	March 4, 1889			Cleveland
22		Levi P. Morton	New York	March 4, 1889	March 4, 1893	Republican	Shoreham Academy, Shoreham, Vermont	B. Harrison	[22]
23		Adlai E. Stevenson	Illinois	March 4, 1893	March 4, 1897	Democratic	Illinois Wesleyan University, Centre College	Cleveland	[23]
24		Garret Hobart	New Jersey	March 4, 1897	November 21, 1899	Republican	Rutgers College	McKinley	[24]
		zVacant		November 21, 1899	March 4, 1901			McKinley
25		Theodore Roosevelt	New York	March 4, 1901	September 14, 1901	Republican	Harvard College, Columbia Law School (did not graduate)	McKinley	[25]
		zVacant		September 14, 1901	March 4, 1905			T. Roosevelt
26		Charles W. Fairbanks	Indiana	March 4, 1905	March 4, 1909	Republican	Ohio Wesleyan University	T. Roosevelt	[26]
27		James S. Sherman	New York	March 4, 1909	October 30, 1912	Republican	Hamilton College	Taft	[27]
		zVacant		October 30, 1912	March 4, 1913			Taft
28		Thomas R. Marshall	Indiana	March 4, 1913	March 4, 1921	Democratic	Wabash College	Wilson	[28]
29		Calvin Coolidge	Massachusetts	March 4, 1921	August 2, 1923	Republican	Amherst College	Harding	[29]
		zVacant		August 2, 1923	March 4, 1925			Coolidge
30		Charles G. Dawes	Illinois	March 4, 1925	March 4, 1929	Republican	Marietta College, University of Cincinnati College of Law	Coolidge	[30]
31		Charles Curtis	Kansas	March 4, 1929	March 4, 1933	Republican	Topeka High School, studied law with Aderial H. Case	Hoover	[31]
32		John Nance Garner	Texas	March 4, 1933	January 20, 1941	Democratic	Vanderbilt University	F. Roosevelt	[32]
33		Henry A. Wallace	Iowa	January 20, 1941	January 20, 1945	Democratic	Iowa State University	F. Roosevelt	[33]
34		Harry S. Truman	Missouri	January 20, 1945	April 12, 1945	Democratic	Spalding's Commercial College (did not graduate) Kansas City Law School (did not graduate)	F. Roosevelt	[34]
		zVacant		April 12, 1945	January 20, 1949			Truman
35		Alben W. Barkley	Kentucky	January 20, 1949	January 20, 1953	Democratic	Marvin College, Emory University, University of Virginia School of Law	Truman	[35]
36		Richard Nixon	California	January 20, 1953	January 20, 1961	Republican	Whittier College, Duke University School of Law	Eisenhower	[36]
37		Lyndon B. Johnson	Texas	January 20, 1961	November 22, 1963	Democratic	Southwest Texas State Teachers College, Georgetown University Law Center (did not graduate)	Kennedy	[37]
		zVacant		November 22, 1963	January 20, 1965			L. Johnson
38		Hubert Humphrey	Minnesota	January 20, 1965	January 20, 1969	Democratic	University of Minnesota, Louisiana State University, Capitol College of Pharmacy	L. Johnson	[38]
39		Spiro Agnew	Maryland	January 20, 1969	October 10, 1973	Republican	Johns Hopkins University, University of Baltimore School of Law	Nixon	[39]
		zVacant		October 10, 1973	December 6, 1973			Nixon
40		Gerald Ford	Michigan	December 6, 1973	August 9, 1974	Republican	University of Michigan, Yale Law School	Nixon	[40]
		zVacant		August 9, 1974	December 19, 1974			Ford
41		Nelson Rockefeller	New York	December 19, 1974	January 20, 1977	Republican	Dartmouth College	Ford	[41]
42		Walter Mondale	Minnesota	January 20, 1977	January 20, 1981	Democratic	Macalester College, University of Minnesota	Carter	[42]
43		George H. W. Bush	Texas	January 20, 1981	January 20, 1989	Republican	Yale	Reagan	[43]
44		Dan Quayle	Indiana	January 20, 1989	January 20, 1993	Republican	DePauw University, Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis (J.D.)	G. H. W. Bush	[44]
45		Al Gore	Tennessee	January 20, 1993	January 20, 2001	Democratic	Harvard University, Vanderbilt University	Clinton	[45]
46		Dick Cheney	Wyoming	January 20, 2001	January 20, 2009	Republican	University of Wyoming	G. W. Bush	[46]
47		Joe Biden	Delaware	January 20, 2009	January 20, 2017	Democratic	University of Delaware, Syracuse University College of Law (J.D.)	Obama	[47]
48		Mike Pence	Indiana	January 20, 2017	January 20, 2021	Republican	Hanover College, Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis (J.D.)	Trump	[48]
49		Kamala Harris	California	January 20, 2021	Incumbent	Democratic	Howard University, University of California, Hastings College of the Law (J.D.)	Biden	[49]