Who is America's Greatest Vice President?
To my mind, only one man can be America's Greatest Vice President: Richard Johnson.
He was elected as Martin Van Buren's VP in 1836 with the support of Andy Jackson and Davy Crockett. He ran on the slogan:
Rumpsey Dumpsey, Rumpsey Dumpsey
Colonel Johnson killed Tecumseh
He was elected as Martin Van Buren's VP in 1836 with the support of Andy Jackson and Davy Crockett. He ran on the slogan:
Rumpsey Dumpsey, Rumpsey Dumpsey
Colonel Johnson killed Tecumseh
After the Panic of 1837, Vice President Richard Johnson took nine months off from the duties of the Vice Presidency, such as they are, to manage his financially ailing tavern in Kentucky.
VP Richard Johnson was dropped from the Democratic re-election ticket in 1840, but ran anyway. His rambling, incoherent speeches on the campaign trail were poorly received, touching off a riot in Cleveland. But Johnson still won 48 electoral votes for VP as an independent.
VP Richard Johnson failed in re-election to Senate in 1828 after trying to introduce his mulatto daughters by his slave wife into Society. Johnson said, “Unlike Jefferson, Clay, Poindexter & others I married my wife under the eyes of God, & apparently He has found no objections.”
VP Richard Johnson’s most visionary project was his campaign in 1822-23 to persuade Congress to fund a government expedition to explore and conquer for the USA the inside of the Earth.
(Johnson was an advocate of his friend John C. Symmes’ Hollow Earth theory.)
(Johnson was an advocate of his friend John C. Symmes’ Hollow Earth theory.)
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