Vice President of the United States
From Turtledove
The Vice President of the United States is one of only two elected members of the Executive Branch (the other being the President of the United States) and is the first person in the presidential line of succession, becoming the new President of the United States upon the death, resignation, or removal of the president.
He or she also serves as the President of the Senate, but can only cast a vote in the event of a tie. United States Vice Presidents' tie-breaking votes happen very rarely.
In recent times, the President has assigned the Vice President additional duties that fall outside the Vice President's constitutional duties. The Vice President, however, only performs such duties as an agent of and at the discretion of the President.
These are the known Vice Presidents found in the works of Harry Turtledove.
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[edit] The Guns of the South
| President | Term | Party |
Hannibal Hamlin
| 1861-1865 | Republican |
Clement Vallandigham
| 1865-18?? | Democrat |
[edit] Southern Victory
| President | Term | Party |
| Hannibal Hamlin
| 1861-1865 | Republican |
| All Unknown | 1865-1913 | Varied |
| Unknown 1 | 1913-1921 | Democrat |
| Hosea Blackford | 1921-1929 | Socialist Party |
Hiram Johnson
| 1929-1933 | Socialist |
| Vacancy | 1933-1937 | |
| Charles W. La Follette | 1937-1942 | Socialist |
| Vacancy | 1942-45 | |
Harry Truman
| 1945-incumbent | Democrat |
[edit] Worldwar
Only two Vice Presidents were identified in Worldwar:
- Henry Wallace
, served from 1941 until his death in 1944.
- Harold Stassen
, served from 1961 until his ascension to the office of President in 1966.
[edit] Other Vice Presidents
Hannibal Hamlin is elevated to the office of President in 1864 after Abraham Lincoln is killed at Fort Stevens in the short story "Must and Shall".
John Nance Garner is elected to six terms as VP in the story "Joe Steele". He ascends to the presidency in 1953, but is immediately overthrown by J. Edgar Hoover.
Henry Wallace plays an important role in "News From the Front", publically breaking with President Franklin D. Roosevelt on the prosecution of World War II, and is probably on the verge of ascending to the presidency when Congress begins the process of impeaching Roosevelt at the end of the story.
