List of vice presidents of the United States by education
Introduction Most vice presidents of the United States have undergone higher education at an American university, college or law school.
Vice president list No.ImageNameHome stateTook officeLeft office PartySchool President(s)Ref 1  John Adams    Massachusetts      Federalist  Harvard College  George Washington  2  Thomas Jefferson     Virginia      Democratic-Republican  College of William & Mary  John Adams  3  Aaron Burr    New York      Democratic-Republican  Princeton  Jefferson  4  George Clinton    New York      Democratic-Republican  Studied law with William Smith  Jefferson/Madison    z''Vacant''         Madison  5  Elbridge Gerry    Massachusetts      Democratic-Republican  Harvard College  Madison    z''Vacant''         Madison  6  Daniel Tompkins    New York      Democratic-Republican  Columbia  Monroe  7  John C. Calhoun    South Carolina      Democratic-Republican/Democratic  Yale  J. Q. Adams/Jackson    z''Vacant''         Jackson  8  Martin Van Buren    New York      Democratic   Kinderhook Academy and Washington Seminary studied law with Peter Silvester, Francis Sylvester and William P. Van Ness  Jackson  9  Richard Mentor Johnson    Kentucky       Democratic  Transylvania University  Van Buren  10  John Tyler    Virginia      Whig  College of William & Mary  W. Harrison    z''Vacant''         Tyler  11  George M. Dallas    Pennsylvania      Democratic  Princeton University  Polk  12  Millard Fillmore    New York      Whig  New Hope Academy, studied law with Judge Walter Wood, Cayuga County, New York  Taylor    z''Vacant''         Fillmore  13 William R. King   Alabama      Democratic  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill  Pierce    z''Vacant''         Pierce  14  John C. Breckinridge    Kentucky      Democratic  Centre College, Princeton University, Transylvania University  Buchanan  15  Hannibal Hamlin    Maine      Republican  Hebron Academy, Studied law at the firm of Samuel Fessenden  Lincoln  16  Andrew Johnson    Tennessee      Democratic  None (Self-taught and received instruction from his wife, Eliza McCardle Johnson)  Lincoln    z''Vacant''        A. Johnson  17  Schuyler Colfax    Indiana      Republican  Common schools of New York City and New Carlisle, Indiana  Grant  18  Henry Wilson    Massachusetts      Republican  Academies in Strafford, Wolfeboro, and Concord, New Hampshire  Grant    z''Vacant''         Grant  19  William A. Wheeler    New York      Republican  University of Vermont  Hayes  20  Chester A. Arthur    New York      Republican  Union College, State and National Law School  Garfield    z''Vacant''         Arthur  21  Thomas Hendricks    Indiana      Democratic  Hanover College  Cleveland    z''Vacant''         Cleveland  22 Levi Morton   New York      Republican  Shoreham Academy, Shoreham, Vermont  B. Harrison  23  Adlai E. Stevenson    Illinois      Democratic  Illinois Wesleyan University, Centre College  Cleveland  24  Garret Hobart    New Jersey      Republican  Rutgers College  McKinley    z''Vacant''         McKinley  25  Theodore Roosevelt    New York       Republican  Harvard College, Columbia Law School (did not graduate)  McKinley    z''Vacant''         T. Roosevelt  26  Charles W. Fairbanks    Indiana      Republican  Ohio Wesleyan University  T. Roosevelt  27  James S. Sherman    New York      Republican  Hamilton College  Taft    z''Vacant''         Taft  28  Thomas R. Marshall    Indiana      Democratic  Wabash College  Wilson  29  Calvin Coolidge    Massachusetts      Republican  Amherst College  Harding    z''Vacant''         Coolidge  30  Charles G. Dawes    Illinois       Republican  Marietta College, University of Cincinnati College of Law  Coolidge  31  Charles Curtis    Kansas      Republican  Topeka High School, studied law with Aderial H. Case  Hoover  32  John Nance Garner    Texas      Democratic  Vanderbilt University  F. Roosevelt  33  Henry A. Wallace    Iowa      Democratic  Iowa State University  F. Roosevelt  34  Harry S. Truman    Missouri      Democratic  Spalding's Commercial College (did not graduate)Kansas City Law School (did not graduate) F. Roosevelt    z''Vacant''         Truman  35  Alben W. Barkley    Kentucky      Democratic  Marvin College, Emory University, University of Virginia School of Law  Truman  36  Richard Nixon    California      Republican  Whittier College, Duke University School of Law  Eisenhower  37  Lyndon B. Johnson    Texas      Democratic  Southwest Texas State Teachers College, Georgetown University Law Center (did not graduate)  Kennedy    z''Vacant''         L. Johnson  38  Hubert Humphrey    Minnesota      Democratic  University of Minnesota, Louisiana State University, Capitol College of Pharmacy  L. Johnson  39  Spiro T. Agnew    Maryland      Republican  Johns Hopkins University, University of Baltimore School of Law  Nixon    z''Vacant''         Nixon  40  Gerald Ford    Michigan       Republican  University of Michigan, Yale Law School  Nixon    z''Vacant''         Ford  41  Nelson Rockefeller    New York      Republican  Dartmouth College  Ford  42  Walter Mondale   Minnesota      Democratic  Macalester College, University of Minnesota  Carter  43  George Herbert Walker Bush    Texas      Republican  Yale  Reagan  44  Dan Quayle    Indiana      Republican  DePauw University, Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis (J.D.) G. H. W. Bush  45  Al Gore    Tennessee      Democratic  Harvard University, Vanderbilt University  Clinton  46  Dick Cheney    Wyoming      Republican  University of Wyoming  G. W. Bush  47  Joe Biden   Delaware      Democratic University of Delaware, Syracuse University College of Law (J.D.) Obama  48  Mike Pence    Indiana      Republican  Hanover College, Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis (J.D.) Trump  49  Kamala Harris    California    Incumbent  Democratic  Howard University, University of California, Hastings College of the Law (J.D.) Biden
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