Curated playlist
Vice presidents of the United States
- George H. W. BushAfter being shot down in 1944, George H. W. Bush asked why he alone had been spared. Both of his crewmates died.
- Richard NixonRichard Nixon was the only U.S. president to resign. He left office on the 9th of August, 1974, over Watergate.
- Theodore RooseveltTheodore Roosevelt was shot in the chest, then gave a 90-minute speech. It happened in Milwaukee in October 1912.
- Thomas JeffersonThomas Jefferson died on July 4, 1826, the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
- Al GoreAl Gore won the 2000 popular vote but lost the presidency by 537 Florida votes.
- Lyndon B. JohnsonLyndon B. Johnson took the presidential oath from a woman, a first for any American president.
- Harry S. TrumanHarry Truman became president knowing nothing about the atomic bomb. He had been vice president for only 82 days.
- Andrew JohnsonAndrew Johnson kept his presidency by a single Senate vote in May 1868. The Senate fell one vote short of removing him.
- Vice President of the United StatesHarry Truman became president in 1945 without ever having been told about the Manhattan Project.
- JD VanceJD Vance once called Donald Trump reprehensible, then became his running mate.
- John C. BreckinridgeVice President John C. Breckinridge announced Lincoln's 1860 win, a race he had lost. The Senate later expelled him.