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... 100 KB (2,798 words) - 14:47, 11 April 2024 |
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... 11 KB (1,485 words) - 13:28, 17 April 2024 |
Joe Biden (redirect from 47th Vice President of the United States of America) during the Kosovo War. Biden never cast a tie-breaking vote in the Senate, making him the longest-serving vice president with this distinction. During his... 381 KB (30,128 words) - 19:07, 24 April 2024 |
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... 26 KB (1,705 words) - 04:55, 29 October 2023 |
the original Constitution, each member of the Electoral College cast two electoral votes, with no distinction between electoral votes for president or... 44 KB (5,701 words) - 18:28, 18 April 2024 |
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... 6 KB (518 words) - 11:07, 11 April 2024 |
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... 27 KB (2,753 words) - 19:45, 16 April 2024 |
John Adams (redirect from 1st Vice President of the United States) 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... 167 KB (20,125 words) - 03:06, 28 April 2024 |
Kamala Harris (redirect from 49th Vice President of the United States of America) who cast 12 votes in 1790. On December 5, 2023, Harris broke the record for the most tie-breaking votes cast by a vice president casting her 32nd vote, exceeding... 261 KB (21,347 words) - 02:45, 28 April 2024 |
Andrew Johnson (redirect from 16th Vice President of the United States) the 17th president of the United States from 1865 to 1869. He assumed the presidency following the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, as he was vice president... 128 KB (16,297 words) - 23:46, 16 April 2024 |
Thomas Jefferson (redirect from 2nd Vice President of the United States) 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... 216 KB (22,283 words) - 19:04, 26 April 2024 |
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... 251 KB (23,992 words) - 20:39, 24 April 2024 |
electors to cast their votes for Adams and Pinckney. John Adams, Vice President of the United States Thomas Pinckney, former Governor of South Carolina... 43 KB (3,359 words) - 22:15, 11 April 2024 |
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... 21 KB (2,415 words) - 02:02, 28 March 2024 |
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... 61 KB (1,875 words) - 22:16, 7 April 2024 |
Theodore Roosevelt (redirect from 25th Vice President of the United States) by his initials, T. R., was an American politician, statesman, conservationist, naturalist, and writer who served as the 26th president of the United... 223 KB (25,543 words) - 22:54, 21 April 2024 |
Martin Van Buren (redirect from 8th Vice President of the United States) 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... 132 KB (15,165 words) - 22:45, 25 April 2024 |
president instead of representatives voting individually. Senators, by contrast, cast votes individually for vice president. The contingent election process is... 22 KB (2,458 words) - 12:38, 1 March 2024 |
Harry S. Truman (redirect from 34th Vice President of the United States) 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... 218 KB (22,995 words) - 16:39, 26 April 2024 |
Schuyler Colfax (redirect from 17th Vice President of the United States) politician who served as the 17th vice president of the United States from 1869 to 1873, and prior to that as the 25th speaker of the House of Representatives... 56 KB (5,847 words) - 13:41, 23 April 2024 |
Charles Curtis (redirect from 31st Vice President of the United States) 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... 49 KB (4,255 words) - 01:55, 11 April 2024 |
John C. Calhoun (redirect from 7th Vice President of the United States) American statesman and political theorist who served as the seventh vice president of the United States from 1825 to 1832. Born in South Carolina, he adamantly... 141 KB (16,372 words) - 15:51, 24 April 2024 |
Walter Mondale (redirect from 42nd Vice President of the United States) 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... 82 KB (7,267 words) - 19:30, 7 April 2024 |
Mike Pence (redirect from 48th Vice President of the United States) 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... 217 KB (20,097 words) - 05:50, 16 April 2024 |