Friday, October 24, 2008

Vice Presidents Who Have Become Presidents

The October 19th Chicago Tribune had an article about how vice presidential candidates Joe Biden and Sarah Palin are not releasing their personal medical statements. Biden had two near-fatal brain aneurisms in 1988.

The Tribune then went on to list nine vice presidents who became president.

JOHN TYLER-- 1841--succeeded William Harrison who died of pneumonia.

MILLARD FILLMORE-- 1850-- Succeeded Zachary Taylor after his food-poisoning death.

ANDREW JOHNSON-- 1865-- succeeded Abraham Lincoln after his assassination.

CHESTER A. ARTHUR-- 1881-- succeeded James Garfield after his assassination.

THEODORE ROOSEVELT-- 1901-- succeeded William McKinley after his assassination.

CALVIN COOLIDGE-- 1923-- succeeded Warren G. Harding after his death from a stroke.

HARRY S. TRUMAN-- 1945-- succeeded Franklin D. Roosevelt after his death of a cerebral hemorrhage.

LYNDON B. JOHNSON-- 1963-- succeeded John Kennedy after his assassination.

GERALD FORD-- 1974-- succeeded Richard Nixon after his resignation.


Nine All Together. --Cooter

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