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Richard Mentor Johnson, American colonel, lawyer, and politician, 9th Vice President of the United States (born 1780)

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Richard Mentor Johnson

Vice President of the United States from 1837 to 1841

Richard Mentor Johnson was an American lawyer, military officer and politician who served as the ninth vice president of the United States from 1837 to 1841 under President Martin Van Buren. He is the only vice president elected by the United States Senate under the provisions…
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Vice President of the United States

Second-highest constitutional office in the United States

The vice president of the United States is the second-highest ranking office in the executive branch of the U.S. federal government, after the president of the United States, and ranks first in the presidential line of succession. The vice president is also an officer in the…
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