Changes: Vice President of the United States

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Vice President of the United States is a top political position, second only to President of the United States.

Vacancies

During 2003, after Hoynes' resignation and before the appointment of Russell, the office was vacant. During this short period, Zoey Bartlet was kidnapped, causing President Josiah Bartlet to briefly step aside, and according to the rules of succession, Speaker of the House Glen Allen Walken briefly served as Acting President. After Leo McGarry's untimely death on November 7, 2006, Santos was without a Vice President-Elect, and he waited until after his inauguration to appoint a successor. This caused a vacancy to occur shortly after January 20, 2007.

Vice Presidents

Image	Vice President	Prior office	Timeline	Episodes	President
	John Hoynes (Resigned)	U.S. Senator from Texas (1991-1998) Senate Majority Leader	January 20, 1999 - May 2, 2003	Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc; Life On Mars	Josiah Bartlet
Office vacant May 2, 2003 - July, 2003
	Robert Russell Jr.	U.S. Representative from Colorado (1995-2003)	July, 2003 - January 20, 2007	Han; The Last Hurrah
	Leo McGarry	Senior Counselor to the President (2005-2006)	Elected but died before inauguration	Election Day (Part II)	Matthew Santos
	Eric Baker	Governor of Pennsylvania	Designate as of January 20, 2007	Tomorrow	Matthew Santos

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+'''Vice President of the United States''' is a top political position, second only to [[President of the United States]].
-= Vice Presidents in ''The West Wing'' =
+==Vacancies==
-== Vice President [[Richards]] ==
+During [[2003]], after Hoynes' resignation and before the appointment of Russell, the office was vacant. During this short period, [[Zoey Bartlet]] was kidnapped, causing President [[Josiah Bartlet]] to briefly step aside, and according to the rules of succession, [[Speaker of the House]] [[Glen Allen Walken]] briefly served as [[Acting President]]. After [[Leo McGarry]]'s untimely death on November 7, 2006, Santos was without a Vice President-Elect, and he waited until after his inauguration to appoint a successor. This caused a vacancy to occur shortly after January 20, 2007.
+==Vice Presidents==
-; Term of Office : Unknown; prior to 1999
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+! style="background: #2F2F4F; text-align: center" colspan="2" |Image
-[[Richards]], a [[Republican]], was [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] under [[Owen Lassiter]] and presumably was [[President Bartlet]]'s opponent in the [[1998 Presidential Election]].
+! style="background: #2F2F4F; text-align: center" |Vice President
+! style="background: #2F2F4F; text-align: center" |Prior office
-== Vice President [[John Hoynes]] ==
+! style="background: #2F2F4F; text-align: center" |Timeline
+! style="background: #2F2F4F; text-align: center" |Episodes
-; Term of Office : 1999-2003
+! style="background: #2F2F4F; text-align: center" |President
+|-
-The front-runner for most of the [[Democrat]]ic Primary to the [[1998 Presidential Election]], [[John Hoynes|Hoynes]] lost the nomination in a hard-fought momentum shift near the end to [[Josiah Bartlet]].
+| style="background: darkblue" |
+| style="" |[[File:6hoynes.png|120x120px]]
-Then-Governor [[Bartlet]] asked [[John Hoynes|Hoynes]] to be his running mate at the same time he disclosed that he had [[Multiple sclerosis]].  [[John Hoynes|Hoynes]] later accepted, but his [[Vice President of the United States|Vice Presidency]] was plagued by conflict with the [[Bartlet White House]], especially [[Leo McGarry]].
+| style="" |'''[[John Hoynes]]'''<br /><small>''(Resigned)''</small>
+| style="" |'''[[United States Senate|U.S. Senator]] from [[Texas]]'''<br />'''(1991-1998)'''<br />'''Senate Majority Leader'''
-== ''Vacancy'' ==
+| style="" |'''January 20, 1999 - May 2, 2003'''
+| style="" |[[Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc|'''Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc''']]'''; [[Life On Mars]]'''
-; Vacancy Term : 2003
+| rowspan="3" style="" |'''[[Josiah Bartlet]]'''
+|-
-When [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] [[John Hoynes]] was forced to resign, there was a vacancy in the [[Vice President of the United States|Office of Vice President]] for a short period.  Because of this vacancy, Speaker of the House [[Glenallen Walken]] was elevated to the [[President of the United States|Presidency]] for a short while when [[President Bartlet]] stepped aside during his daughter [[Zoey Bartlet|Zoey]]'s kidnapping.
+| style="background: #2F2F4F" colspan="6" |''Office vacant May 2, 2003 - July, 2003''
+|-
-== Vice President [[VP Bob Russell|Robert Russell]] ==
+| style="background: darkblue" |
+| style="" |[[File:5russell.jpg|120x120px]]
-; Term of Office : 2003-2007
+| style="" |'''[[Bob Russell|Robert Russell Jr.]]'''
+| style="" |'''[[House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] from Colorado'''<br />'''(1995-2003)'''
+| style="" |'''July, 2003 -  January 20, 2007'''
+| style="" |[[Han|'''Han''']]'''; [[The Last Hurrah]]'''
+|-
+| style="background: darkblue" |
+| style="" |[[File:3leo.png|120x120px]]
+| style="" |[[Leo McGarry|'''Leo McGarry''']]
+| style="" |'''Senior Counselor to the President<br />(2005-2006)'''
+| style="" |'''[[United States presidential election, 2006|Elected]]''' but died before inauguration
+| style="" |[[Election Day (Part II)|'''Election Day (Part II)''']]
+| rowspan="2" style="" |[[Matthew Santos|'''Matthew Santos''']]
+|-
+| style="background: darkblue" |
+| style="" |[[File:ericbaker.png|120x120px]]
+| style="" |[[Eric Baker|'''Eric Baker''']]
+| style="" |[[Governor|'''Governor''']]''' of [[Pennsylvania]]'''
+| style="" |'''Designate as of January 20, 2007'''
+| style="" |[[Tomorrow|'''Tomorrow''']]
+|}
+[[Category:Government]]