Top 5 Vice Presidents in American History

In this video, Mr. Beat counts down his top five greatest Vice Presidents in American history.

Mr. Betts' Top 5 Vice Presidents Who Took Over As President video: https://youtu.be/h1mt65-wXS8
My least favorite Vice Presidents: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgbeDIWEM9E

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Presidential election series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHtE7NbaKRefBOp4I9e4NLY_1_d4Csf_w

Gideon v. Wainwright: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YSypB3nP2g&t=

Election of 1984: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrEWm6fTm4A

Election of 1876: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4Z3sbU43y4

Election of 1948: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtdIhRjs2Is

I’m Mr. Beat, and sometimes it seems that Vice Presidents just don’t get any love, they don’t get any respect.

Hahahahaha. Yep, they’re always the butt of a joke. Article 1, Section 3, Clause 4 of the U.S. Constitution says the Vice President has two main jobs. To cast a vote in the Senate to break a 50-50 tie, which has actually been happening more and more lately, and to certify the official vote count for the Electoral College. That’s it. Sure, the Vice President is first line to be President if the President dies, but there’s really just an 18% chance of that happening if you look at all of American history. Dang, it’s that high?

And sure, the Vice President often is involved with a lot of diplomatic work or helps the President with certain projects or issues, but in those cases he is working FOR the President, not independent of him.

But the Vice President position wasn’t even required until the 25th Amendment was ratified in 1967. That means, before then, if the Vice President died while in office, he didn’t have to be replaced! Oh and before that, it wasn’t 100 percent clear the Vice President could take the President’s job if HE died, he just sort of did anyway. Thanks John Tyler.

Speaking of John Tyler, he did not make this list. Here are the top 5 Vice Presidents in American History, in my opinion. This is yet another opinion video. I apologize for that. This time, I better reveal that I am judging them based on their actions over their entire adult lives, not just during their time as Veep. Also, Vice Presidents who also later became President are exempt from this list.

This is probably a good time to mention that this video is made in conjunction with Mr. Betts. Over on his channel he just released a video counting down his top 5 Presidents who took over not getting elected, but because the previous President died and they were the Veep. Be sure to check it out after watching this video. No not right now! AFTER. Geez.

Ok, so watch the video for my top 5 Vice Presidents in American history.

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