Who Was The Last Person To Go Directly From Vice President To President?

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Who Was The Last Person To Go Directly From Vice President To President? The answer is below.

The last person to go directly from vice president to president is Joe Biden ¹. He served as vice president under Barack Obama from 2009 to 2017 and then won the presidential election in 2020.

Here are some other notable vice presidents who became president:

• George H.W. Bush: Served as vice president under Ronald Reagan from 1981 to 1989 and won the presidential election in 1988 ¹.
• Gerald R. Ford: Replaced Richard Nixon as president after Nixon’s resignation in 1974 ¹.
• Lyndon B. Johnson: Became president after John F. Kennedy’s assassination in 1963 ¹.
• Theodore Roosevelt: Took office after William McKinley’s assassination in 1901 ¹.
• Harry S. Truman: Replaced Franklin D. Roosevelt as president after Roosevelt’s death in 1945 ¹.