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How many people have been both president and vice president?

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There are 14. [1] 1. John Adams (VP to Washington, Thomas Jefferson was his VP) 2. Thomas Jefferson (VP to John Adams, Aaron Burr was his VP) 3. Martin Van Buren (VP to Andrew Jackson, Richard Mentor Johnson was his VP) 4. read more

As noted above, Richard Nixon is the only Vice President who didn't become President right after his Vice Presidential term. He was Vice President for Eisenhower from 1953-1961 and didn't become President until 1969. read more

Nine vice presidents have ascended to the presidency in this way: eight (John Tyler, Millard Fillmore, Andrew Johnson, Chester A. Arthur, Theodore Roosevelt, Calvin Coolidge, Harry S. Truman and Lyndon B. Johnson) through the president's death, and one (Gerald Ford) through the president's resignation. read more

14-- The number of vice presidents who became president of the United States. Eight of these were because of the death of the sitting president. read more

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