For Mike Pence, a Cautionary Tale of Other Hoosier VPs
Five of the nation’s 47 vice presidents have been Indiana politicians—more than any other state besides New York.
Governor Mike Pence holds a press conference March 31, 2015 at the Indiana State Library in Indianapolis, Indiana.
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Indiana has done more than its fair share in spawning vice presidents, though if Mike Pence assumes the office in a Donald Trump administration, he’ll be hoping for a better fate than several of his home-state predecessors.
Five of the nation’s 47 vice presidents have been Indiana politicians—more than any other state save New York, which has produced 11. Indiana’s record is all the more impressive, given that it didn’t enter the Union until Dec. 1816, just after a 6th vice president, Daniel Tompkins, had won election on James Monroe’s ticket.