Final Jeopardy: 20th Century Presidents (4-9-18)

Vice Presidents who became President following the death of a President:

19TH CENTURY:

10th VP John Tyler – 10th President (4/4/1842) when William Henry Harrison died of pneumonia.
Next election year: 1844, withdrew his candidacy to support James Polk, who became the 11th President.

12th VP Millard Fillmore – 13th President (7/9/1850) when Zachary Taylor succumbed to a severe and sudden illness.
Next election year: 1852, lost nomination to Winfield Scott, who lost election to Franklin Pierce

16th VP Andrew Johnson – 17th President (4/15/1865) after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
Next election year: 1868, lost nomination to Horatio Seymour, who lost election to Ulysses S. Grant

20th VP Chester A. Arthur – 21st President (9/19/1881) after the assassination of James A. Garfield.
Next election year: 1884, lost nomination to James G. Blaine, who lost election to Grover Cleveland

20TH CENTURY:

25th VP Theodore Roosevelt – 26th President (9/14/1901) after assassination of William McKinley
Next election year: 1904, won election against Alton B. Parker, inaugurated 3/4/1905; did not run in 1908; defeated in 1912 by Woodrow Wilson.

29th VP Calvin Coolidge – 30th President (8/2/1923) after Warren G. Harding died of a heart attack.
Next election year: 1924 – won election against John W. Davis and Robert M. La Follette, Jr., inaugurated 3/4/1925; did not run in 1928

34th VP Harry S. Truman – 33rd President (4/12/1945) when FDR died of a cerebral hemorrhage
Next election year: 1948, won election against Thomas Dewey and Strom Thurman, inaugurated 1/20/1949; withdrew from 1952 election after N.H. primary

37th VP Lyndon B. Johnson – 36th President (11/22/1963) after John F. Kennedy’s assassination.
Next election year: 1964, won election against Barry Goldwater, inaugurated 1/20/1965; did not seek reelection in 1968

40th VP Gerald R. Ford – 38th President (8/9/1974) after resignation of Richard M. Nixon
Next election year: 1976, lost election to Jimmy Carter