the Senate to break a tie. As of December 5, 2023, vice presidents have cast a total of 301 tie-breaking votes in the Senate. There are also two tie-breaking...

The vice president of the United States is the second-highest officer in the executive branch of the United States federal government after the president...

cast a tie-breaking vote. The vice president is indirectly elected at the same time as the president to a four-year term of office by the people of the...

for tie-breaking votes in the first year of a vice presidency when she cast the seventh tie-breaking vote in her first six months. She cast 13 tie-breaking...

tie-breaking votes cast by the vice president of the United States Speaker Denison's rule Speaker Denison's rule § Tied votes in the British House of Commons "Casting...

In the United States, political parties nominate one candidate each for President of the United States and for Vice President of the United States. These...

to cast a tie-breaking vote. Early vice presidents took an active role in regularly presiding over proceedings of the body, with the president pro tempore...

has been the 46th and current president of the United States since 2021. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 47th vice president from 2009...

the original Constitution, each member of the Electoral College cast two electoral votes, with no distinction between electoral votes for president or...

one vote is cast by each of the fifty states; the Senate is responsible for electing the vice president, with each senator having one vote. The elected...

Unlike the vice president, the president pro tempore cannot cast a tie-breaking vote when the Senate is evenly divided. The president pro tempore has...

The vice president of the Confederate States was the second highest executive officer of the government of the Confederate States of America and the deputy...

as the 46th vice president of the United States from 2001 to 2009 under President George W. Bush. He has been called the most powerful vice president in...

caucusing with the Democrats. Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris provided a tie-breaking vote, giving Democrats a majority throughout the 117th Congress...

member of the Electoral College cast two votes, with no distinction made between electoral votes for president and electoral votes for vice president. As Jefferson...

procedure. Vice presidents have cast 301 tie-breaking votes since the U.S. federal government was established in 1789. The vice president with the most tie-breaking...

president instead of representatives voting individually. Senators, by contrast, cast votes individually for vice president. The contingent election process is...

Republicans. He cast 29 tie-breaking votes, and is one of only three vice presidents who have cast more than 20 during their tenure. He voted against a bill...

350 electoral votes. Article Two of the United States Constitution provides that the President and Vice President of the United States must be natural-born...

electors to cast their votes for Adams and Pinckney. John Adams, Vice President of the United States Thomas Pinckney, former Governor of South Carolina...

electors then cast direct votes, known as electoral votes, for president, and for vice president. The candidate who receives an absolute majority of electoral...

diplomat, and statesman who served as the eighth president of the United States from 1837 to 1841. A primary founder of the Democratic Party, he served as New...

(January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served...

of Parliamentary Practice. He cast only three tie-breaking votes in the Senate. In four confidential talks with French consul Joseph Létombe in the spring...

Barack Obama's record of 69.5 million votes from 2008. Biden received more than 81 million votes, the most votes ever cast for a candidate in a U.S. presidential...

the President and Vice President of the United States must be natural-born citizens of the United States, at least 35 years old, and residents of the United...

as a liaison between the Senate and the president. On April 10, 1945, Truman cast his only tie-breaking vote as president of the Senate, against a Robert...

Kansas who served as the 31st vice president of the United States from 1929 to 1933 under Herbert Hoover. He had served as the Senate Majority Leader...

role as president of the United States Senate made the first ever tie-breaking vote to confirm a Cabinet member. He cast the deciding vote to break a fifty-fifty...

lawyer and politician who served as the 42nd vice president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 under President Jimmy Carter. A U.S. senator from Minnesota...