[FairfieldLife] Re: God this is Painful!

[Patrick Gillam]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, gullible fool wrote:
>  
> Yesterday, someone on the news said one 
> out of three sitting vice presidents 
> becomes president. 

The stats at Wikipedia may be more informative. 

http://tinyurl.com/487q39

It looks as if 14 vice presidents have become 
president, one way or another:

>From Wikipedia - 

Nine succeeded to the Presidency

   1. John Tyler became President when William Henry Harrison died.
Initially sought re-election in 1844 as the nominee of the "National
Democratic Tyler Convention" but withdrew before the election.
   2. Millard Fillmore became President when Zachary Taylor died.
Sought the Whig nomination in 1852, but lost to Winfield Scott. Four
years later, ran and lost as the candidate of the American and Whig
Parties.
   3. Andrew Johnson became President when Abraham Lincoln was
assassinated. Sought the Democratic nomination in 1868, but was
unsuccessful.
   4. Chester A. Arthur became President when James Garfield was
assassinated. Sought a full term, but was not re-nominated.
   5. Theodore Roosevelt became President when William McKinley was
assassinated; then was elected to full term. Did not seek re-election.
Four years after leaving office, ran again and lost.
   6. Calvin Coolidge became President when Warren Harding died; then
was elected to full term. Did not seek re-election.
   7. Harry S. Truman became President when Franklin D. Roosevelt
died; then was elected to full term.
   8. Lyndon B. Johnson became President when John F. Kennedy was
assassinated; then was elected to full term. Did not seek re-election.
   9. Gerald Ford became President when Richard Nixon resigned; then
lost election to full term.

Four sitting Vice Presidents were elected President

   1. John Adams (1789–1797) was elected President in 1796.
   2. Thomas Jefferson (1797–1801) was elected President in 1800.
   3. Martin Van Buren (1833–1837) was elected President in 1836.
   4. George H. W. Bush (1981–1989) was elected President in 1988.

One non-sitting former Vice President was elected President

    * Richard Nixon was elected President in 1968. He had been Vice
President to Dwight D. Eisenhower from 1953 to 1961.

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