Vice Presidents, U.S.

[3]Two North Carolina natives have held the office of vice president of the United States. The first, William Rufus King [4], was born in Sampson County [5] and was elected to the post as Franklin Pierce [6]'s Democratic [7] running mate in 1852. He died just after his inauguration. The second, Andrew Johnson [8], was born in Raleigh [9] and joined Abraham Lincoln's 1864 ticket as the only southern senator supporting the Union. After Lincoln's assassination in 1865, Johnson assumed the presidency.

Additional Resources:

"Obituary addresses on the occasion of the death of the Hon. William R. King, of Alabama, vice-president of the United States : delivered in the Senate and House of Representatives, and in the Supreme Court of the United States, eighth and ninth December, 1853."  Washington, D.C.: Robert Armstrong. 1854. http://archive.org/stream/obituaryaddresse00arms#page/n7/mode/2up [3]  (accessed September 6, 2012).

Brooks, Daniel F. "Who is William Rufus King?" Alabama Moments in American History, Alabama Department of Archives and History. http://www.alabamamoments.state.al.us/sec09.html [10] (accessed September 6, 2012).

"KING, William Rufus de Vane, (1786 - 1853)." Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000217 [4] (accessed September 6, 2012).

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Dougal, W.H. "William R. King." From "Obituary addresses on the occasion of the death of the Hon. William R. King, of Alabama, vice-president of the United States : delivered in the Senate and House of Representatives, and in the Supreme Court of the United States, eighth and ninth December, 1853."  Washington, D.C.: Robert Armstrong. 1854. http://archive.org/stream/obituaryaddresse00arms#page/n7/mode/2up [3]  (accessed September 6, 2012).Image from Archive.org.