List of fictional Vice Presidents of the United States

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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 President Hugo Burlap.

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.

B

Vice President - Designate 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 of Power by Vince Flynn
*Temporary President when President Hayes is trapped in a bunker during an assault on the White House
*Chief of Staff Dallas King, close friend of Attorney General Marge Tutwiler
*Forced not to run as Vice President at the next election after Hayes is saved, due to his unpopularity
*Criticized by Secret Service Director Alex Tracy
*Home state was California
*Party: Democrat

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.
*U.S. Senator from California, 1993-1997, Vice President, 1997-
*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).
*Bennett was commanding operations from the White House Situation Room, alongside Secretary of Defense Walter Dean and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Northwood.

Vice President Daniel Bird
*"Fallout 2"
*Vice President under Dick Richardson, who is President in the 23rd century following World War III
*Has difficulty spelling
*Is a reference to Dan Quayle

Vice President Theodore Roosevelt "Teddy" Bridges
*Vice President under George W. Bush
*Term, 2005-2009
*Elected President in 2008
*Home state was California
*Party: Republican

Vice President Spaulding Burke
*""
*Died in a suspicious car crash
*Replaced as Vice President by Daniel Morris

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Vice President Cargo
*Vice President in "Give Me Liberty"
*Vice President to Erwin Rexall, Cargo, along with Rexall and most of the Cabinet, are assassinated by a terrorist bombing.

Vice President Karen Carmichael
* Vice President in "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 Hillary Clinton
* "The Simpsons Movie"
* Stood as Vice President to Itchy in the beginning of the movie.

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 initiating nuclear warfare 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

Vice President Ann Coulter
* "The 1/2 Hour News Hour"
* Coulter portrays herself
* Served as Vice President to Rush Limbaugh

Vice President Thomas M. Cromwell
* Vice-President in: "The General's President" by John Dalmas"
* Formerly Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Nicknamed "Jumper"
* Does not want the job, but feels compelled to serve after getting Arne Haugen named President.
* Steps down in favor of Rudolfo Valenzuela

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Vice President Noah Daniels
*"24" (television series, 2001)
* Played by Powers Booth
* Vice President under President Wayne Palmer.
* Party: Democrat (presumed)
* The hard-line Daniels and the moderate Palmer disagree greatly on national security, and the two clash throughout the day. This culminates in Palmer asking for Daniels' resignation. Before Daniels can tender it, however, Palmer suddenly collapses into a coma from injuries sustained in an attack earlier in the day. Daniels then leads the country through the remainder of the day.

Vice President James Denning
*"American Hero"
*First African American Vice President of the United States.
*Vice President for five years under President Aaron Sims.
*Was chosen by the President to succeed Nathan Ramirez as Vice President because of a scandal that caused Ramirez to resign. Ramirez had only been able to serve three years.
*Won a second and full term as Vice President along with Sims.
*Ran for President Sims's last year in office and became the nominnee, however lost to Indiana Governor Paul Davenport in the general election. Ran again four years later and won against President Davenport.
*Party: Republican

Vice President Hamilton "Ham" Delbacher"
*Novels "The Hill of Summer" and "The Roads of the Earth" by Allen Drury.
*Former Pennsylvania Congressman and Senator.
*Hawkish Vice President to an unnamed dovish President, he is on the verge of being left off the next year's re-election ticket when the President dies on the Fourth of July.

Vice President Jarrod Delport"
*Novels "The American Hero" and "The Word of Hate" by Josh Durling.
*Former [Californian] Governor.
*Is Jack Thorpe's Vice President, he failed to win the 2036 Democratic Nomination, but Thorpe chose him as his running mate.
*Wins the Democratic Nomination in 2040, going on to win the Presidency in a landslide.
*First foreign-born US Vice President and President, he also signs the 'United Federal Agreement', which ends the Civil War South America.
*Is acting President when Thorpe suffers a heart attack in 2037.

Vice President Dumont"
*"Term Limits" By Vince Flynn
*Mentioned once by corrupt President Jim Stevens during a press conference. Stevens mentioned Dumont was heading up a program to cut waste spending. It is noted that during the ensuing conflicts that he is nor mentioned nor involved, hinting he may not be an active member of the administration.

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.

Vice President Gordon Dylan
*"Murder at 1600"
* Vice President who almost succeeds to the presidency, when the President plans to resign.

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Vice President Troy Ellerd
*"The Contender"
*Vice President to Democratic President Jackson Evans. Ellerd dies before the start of the film, and is eventually replaced with Senator Laine Billings Hanson, D-Ohio.

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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)

G

Vice President Edward Fredrico "Ed" Garcia"
*"American Hero" By Josh Gurling
*Is President Jarrod Delport's running mate and eventual Vice President.
*Was Governor of New Mexico, first Hispanic Vice President.
*President Delport calls him "Eddie Feddie".
*Described as "a lovable big robust man, that you may confuse with a giant teddy bear"
*"Democrat"

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 terrorist 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 Mitch Gilliam
*"Head of State"
*A former bail bondsman. Brother to President Mays Gilliam.
*Played by: Bernie Mac

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 Laine Billings Hanson
*"The Contender"
*Played by Joan Allen
*An atheist Democratic senator from Ohio. She is chosen to be Vice President after Troy Ellerd, the Vice President of two-term Democratic President Jackson Evans, dies. Her nomination is contested due a scandal involving a possible orgy she performed in while in college.

Vice President Arne Eino Haugen
* Vice-President in: "The General's President" by John Dalmas"
* Thanks to unprecedented emergency powers, he is appointed Vice-President by the sitting President Donnelly, who immediately resigns.
* Total term of office as VP: Less than one minute.

Vice President Richard Hawk
*Vice President in "Metal Wolf Chaos"
*Launches a coup d'état to turn America into his military dictatorship, and is opposed by President Michael Wilson

Vice President Preston Holmes
*Vice President in: "The Oasis Project", a 1981 novel by David Stuart Arthur
*Once President Eldon Parker is elected, he states that he will only serve one term, but secretly funds weapon program to create high-tech 2nd generation shuttles and weapons in order to eliminate population centres world wide and create a new Pax-Americana.
*In a final attempt to stop the launch of the first-strike attack, Holmes is shot and killed by Parker's guards in the presidential bunker.
*Party: Not mentioned

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
*"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 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.

K

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
*"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.

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")

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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 Frederick James Madigan
*"The President's Plane is Missing" by Robert J. Serling
*Was a compromise candidate for the Vice-Presidency when the two main candidates deadlocked.
*Becomes acting President when Air Force One vanishes.
*Almost launches a nuclear attack against Red China.

Vice President John Mallory
*"" (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 Vincent "Vince" Margolin
* Deep Six (novel by Clive Cussler)
* Has been kidnapped from "Eagle" (Presidential yacht) with the President, Speaker of the House Alan Moran and President pro tempore of the Senate Marcus Latimer by the Soviets and Bougainville shipping company
* Was rescued about end of the novel
* Became President after impeachment of his predecessor, who was brainwashed by the Soviets

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 Jillian McCallister
*Vice President in John Gurling novels
*Vice President under Jarrod Delport
*Succeeded Edward Garcia when he was killed in a plane crash
*Was Senator from West Virginia, married to Mark Spencer and has two daughters, Jenny and Sandra.
*Succeeds President Delport when his second term ends in 2044, she becomes the nominee and wins the election beating Arthur Davidson.
*First female Vice President and later President
*Party: Democratic
*Terms: 2039-2044 (Vice President) 2044-2048 (President)

Vice President-Elect Leo McGarry
*"The West Wing" (Television Series)
*Played by John Spencer
*Former Labor Secretary and White House Chief of Staff.
*Running mate of Congressman Matt Santos. Dies of a heart attack on Election Day hours before the polls close on the West Coast. Santos wins the election and McGarry posthumously becomes Vice President-Elect.

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

Vice President Geoff Mitchell
*"Air Force One is Haunted" by Robert J. Serling
*Former Congressman from Arizona
*Known for wearing jeans and bolo ties.
*Party: Republican

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.

Vice President Daniel Morris
*Appears in the level Amendment XXV in the video game Hitman Blood Money.
*Is assassinated by agent 47 because he was attempting to kill the President so that he could become President.

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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.

O

Vice President William Harvard Oaks
*"The Last Jihad" by Joel C. Rosenberg
*Governor of Virginia, 1978-1982
*US Senator, 1983-2009
*47th. Vice President of the United States, 2009-

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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 Graham Perkins
*President in: Fire, a novel by Alan Rodgers
*After the incumbent President announces he is preparing to initiate Armageddon, Perkins is pulled from his limosuine and lynched.
*When a virus that brings the dead back to life spreads across the globe, it infects Perkins's corpse. With Perkins still hanging, he revives and dies several times before finally being rescued by the members of the same cult the President (now permanently dead after being assassinated via explosion and fire) belonged to. He manages to escape them and makes his way to the lab where the virus began. In the end, he returns to Washington to assume office.

Vice President Jim Prescott
*"24," (television series, 2001), "" (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.
*Party: Democrat
*Played by: Alan Dale

R

Vice President Frank Ramirez
*"Mathematicians in Love"
*Described as "an unpleasant character dogged by rumors of graft and personal violence."

Vice President Nathan Ramirez
*"American Hero"
*47th Vice President of the United States.
*Vice President for Aaron Sims, and first VP for the Sims administration.
*Sworn in as Vice President in 2009 after he and Sims won the election with 75% of the vote.
*Resigned his third year in office due to a scandal that plagued him from the years he served as a Senator. It involved an illeagal wiring of money out of the First Liberty Savings and Loans to fund his reelection.
*James Denning, a one term Junior Senator out of California took over as Vice President and went on to be reelected with the President.
*Nathan Ramirez was a two term senior senator of North Carolina from 2000-2008 and a three term congressman from 1994-2000.
*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 murder.
*When the Company turns against her and President Mills refuses to support her bid for the presidency, she arranges his assassination, thereby becoming President.

Vice President Donald Reyes
*Vice President in: "The Genesis Machine", a 1978 novel by James P. Hogan
*Reyes is Vice President in a near future where a western alliance is under pressure from and losing territory in a domino-effect to an African-Asian axis. A theoretical scientist creates a new mathematical model of the universe, and in doing so, creates an untraceable weapon that can restore the balance of world power.
*Instead of using the weapon to give superiority to the west, while President George Sherman stands by in shock, the scientist destroys all foreign weapons of mass destruction worldwide. Since Sherman does not counter-launch western missiles, Reyes takes command and launches a full strike.
*When the scientist uses his weapon to destroy all western missiles, Sherman takes back the Presidency in time for an enforced world wide peace.
*Party: Not mentioned

Vice President Norville "Shaggy" Rogers
*"Justice Squad
*Running mate of Richard (Rich) E. Mogul
*Resigned due to conflict of interests with President.

"'Vice President-Elect Mark Ross
*Act of Treason by Vince Flynn
*Three-term senator from Connecticut and hawkish Director of National Intelligence
*Paired with Presidential nominee Governor Josh Alexander of Georgia
*Corrupt and power-driven, arranged the assassination of Alexander's unfaithful wife to guarantee an election win
*Party: Democrat

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 eight years as Colorado member of the House of Representatives, regarded as a political lightweight, succeeds John Hoynes.
*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 terrorist attack.
*Registered "Independent".

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 Bud Sauer
*Phi Kappa Sigma's "West Wing: Frat Life"
*Vice President to Alfred Victor DuPont
*Party: Conservative Republican
*Scudwise Gamgi - Shredder Extraordinaire

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.
*Is invited to attend the funeral of the sultan of Brunei.

Vice President Strock
* Vice-President in: "The General's President" by John Dalmas"
* Served as Vice-President to President Donnelly.
* Forced by Donnelly to resign after a scandal.

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.

V

Vice President Rudolfo Valenzuela
* Vice-President in: "The General's President" by John Dalmas"
* Parents are Cuban Refugees who fled to Puerto Rico
* Formerly Secretary of State
* Replaced Vice-President Thomas Cromwell
* Ascends to the Presidency when President Arne Haugen retires.

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Vice President Marianne Weisner
* Vice-President in: "The General's President" by John Dalmas"
* Formerly US Ambassador to the United Nations
* Appointed Vice-President by newly inaugurated President Valenzuela

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.

"Independence Day" (1996 film)
*Written by Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich, directed by Roland Emmerich.
*Upon word of an impending alien attack, the Vice-President and members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff are relocated to a NORAD base. They are presumed killed when the base is later destroyed by the aliens.

"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.

ee also

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