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...

choose to cast a tie-breaking vote on decisions made by the Senate. Vice presidents have exercised this latter power to varying extents over the years. Before...

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...

to cast a tie-breaking vote. The vice president is indirectly elected together with the president to a four-year term of office by the people of the United...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

join the Democratic Caucus. Includes Independents caucusing with the Democrats. Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris provided a tie-breaking vote, giving...

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...

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...

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...

College cast two votes, with no distinction made between electoral votes for president and electoral votes for vice president. As Jefferson received the second-most...

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

by his initials, T. R., was an American politician, statesman, conservationist, naturalist, and writer who served as the 26th president of the United...

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...

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...

served as the 38th president of the United States from 1974 to 1977. He previously served as the leader of the Republican Party in the U.S. House of Representatives...

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

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...

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...