Armorial of the Vice Presidents of the United States
Arms of the Vice Presidents of the United States of America
| Arms | Name of Vice President and Blazon |
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Arms of John Adams, 1st Vice President of the United States of America, 1789-1797
Shield: Gules six crosses-crosslet fitchy Argent, on a chief Or three pellets, the center one charged with a fleur-de-lys and the other two with lions passant guardant Argent. Crest: A Lion passant holding in his dexter paw a cross-crosslet fitchy Argent. Motto: Libertatem amicitiam retinebis et fidem (Freedom, friendship and fidelity).[1] |
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Arms of Thomas Jefferson, 2nd Vice President of the United States of America, 1797-1801
Shield: Azure a fret and on a chief Gules three leopards' faces Argent Crest: A lion's head erased Or. Motto: Ab eo libertas a quo spiritus (The one who gives life gives liberty).[1] |
| Aaron Burr, 3rd Vice President of the United States of America, 1801-1805
No arms known | |
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Arms of George Clinton, 4th Vice President of United States of America, 1805-1812
Shield: Argent, six cross crosslets fitchy Sable on a chief Azure two mullets Or pierced Gules Crest: Out of a ducal coronet Gules a plume of five ostrich feathers Argent banded by a ribbon Azure Motto: Cara patria, carior libertas (Dear fatherland, dearer freedom) |
| Elbridge Gerry, 5th Vice President of United States of America, 1813-1814
No arms known | |
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Arms of Daniel D. Tompkins, 6th Vice President of the United States of America, 1817-1825
Shield: Azure, on a chevron between three cock-pheasants close Or three cross-crosslets Sable Crest: A unicorn's head, erased, per fess, Argent and Or, armed and maned, counterchanged, gorged with a chaplet of laurel, Vert. |
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Arms of John C. Calhoun, 7th Vice President of the United States of America, 1825-1832
Shield: Argent, a saltire engrailed Sable Crest: A hart's head couped Gules attired Argent Supporters: Two ratch-hounds Argent, collared Sable Motto: Si je puis (If I may) |
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Arms of Martin van Buren, 8th Vice President of the United States of America, 1833-1837
Shield: Per pale, Or a greyhound rampant contourny Gules, and Gules two bars embattled-counterembattled Or Crest: A greyhound rampant between the wings of a vol Gules and Or.[2] |
| Richard Mentor Johnson, 9th Vice President of the United States of America, 1837-1841
No arms known | |
| John Tyler, 10th Vice President of the United States of America, 1841
No arms known | |
| George M. Dallas, 11th Vice President of the United States of America, 1845-1849
No arms known | |
| Millard Fillmore, 12th Vice President of the United States of America, 1849-1850
No arms known | |
| William R. King, 13th Vice President of the United States of America, 1853
No arms known | |
| John C. Breckinridge, 14th Vice President of the United States of America 1857-1861
No arms known | |
| Hannibal Hamlin, 15th Vice President of the United States of America 1861-1865
No arms known | |
| Andrew Johnson, 16th Vice President of the United States of America, 1865
No arms known | |
| Schuyler Colfax, 17th Vice President of the United States of America, 1869-1873
No arms known | |
| Henry Wilson, 18th Vice President of the United States of America, 1873-1875
No arms known | |
| William A. Wheeler, 19th Vice President of the United States of America, 1877-1881
No arms known | |
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Arms of Chester A. Arthur, 20th Vice President of the United States of America, 1881
Shield: Gules a chevron Argent between three rests (clarions) Or. Crest: A falcon rising proper belled and jessed Or. Motto: Impelle obstantia (Thrust aside obstacles).[3] |
| Thomas A. Hendricks, 21st Vice President of the United States of America, 1885
No Arms known | |
| Levi P. Morton, 22nd Vice President of the United States of America, 1889-1893
No arms known | |
| Adlai Stevenson I, 23rd Vice President of the United States of America 1893-1897
No arms known | |
| Garret Hobart, 24th Vice President of the United States of America, 1897-1899
No arms known | |
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Arms of Theodore Roosevelt, 25th Vice President of the United States of America, 1901
Shield: Argent upon a grassy mound a rose bush proper bearing three roses Gules barbed and seeded proper Crest: From a wreath Argent and Gules three ostrich plumes each per pale Gules and Argent Motto: Qui plantavit curabit (He who planted will preserve).[4] |
| Charles W. Fairbanks, 26th Vice President of the United States of America, 1905-1909 | |
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Arms of James S. Sherman, 27th Vice President of the United States of America 1909-1912
Shield: Or, a Lion rampant Sable between three oak leaves Vert Crest: A sea lion, sejant Sable charged on the shoulder with three bezants, two and one |
| Thomas R. Marshall, 28th Vice President of the United States of America, 1913-1921
No arms known | |
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Arms of Calvin Coolidge, 29th Vice President of the United States of America, 1921-1923
Shield: Vert a griffin segreant Or. Crest: A demi-griffin segreant Or. Motto: Virtute et fide (By valor and faith) |
| Charles G. Dawes, 30th Vice President of the United States of America 1925-1929
No arms known | |
| Charles Curtis, 31st Vice President of the United States of America 1929-1933
No arms known | |
| John Nance Garner, 32nd Vice President of the United States of America, 1933-1941
No arms known | |
| Henry A. Wallace, 33rd Vice President of the United States of America, 1941-1945
No arms known | |
| Harry S. Truman, 34th Vice President of the United States of America, 1945
No arms known | |
| Alben W. Barkley, 35th Vice President of the United States of America, 1949-1953
No arms known | |
| Arms of Richard Nixon, 36th Vice President of the United States of America, 1953-1961 | |
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Arms of Lyndon Johnson, 37th Vice President of the United States of America, 1961-1963
Shield: Azure on a saltire Gules fimbriated Argent between four eagles displayed a mullet Or. Crest: On a wreath of the colors an armed hand Argent supporting an eagle rising Or. Motto: Nobilitatis virtus non stemma character (Virtue, not lineage, is the mark of nobility) |
| Hubert Humphrey, 38th Vice President of the United States of America, 1965-1969 | |
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Arms of Spiro Agnew, 39th Vice President of the United States of America, 1969-1973
Shield: Azure, on a cross between four horses' heads couped Argent, a cross botonny Gules Crest: A hand couped proper holding a sceptre of office Supporters: Dexter a Greek statesman and sinister a Greek warrior both proper. Motto: Do all good |
| Gerald Ford, 40th Vice President of the United States of America, 1973-1974
No arms known | |
| Nelson Rockefeller, 41st Vice President of the United States of America, 1974-1977
No arms known | |
| Walter Mondale, 42nd Vice President of the United States of America 1977-1981
No arms known | |
| George H.W. Bush, 43rd Vice President of the United States of America 1981-1989
No arms known | |
| Dan Quayle, 44th Vice President of the United States of America 1989-1993
No arms known | |
| Al Gore, 45th Vice President of the United States of America 1993-2001
No arms known | |
| Dick Cheney, 46th Vice President of the United States of America, 2001-2009
No arms known | |
| Joe Biden, 47th Vice President of the United States of America, 2009-present
No arms known |
See also
- Heraldic authority
- Heraldic societies
- Armorial of the Presidents of the United States
References
- 1 2 Signers of the Declaration of Independence American Heraldry Society's Website
- ↑ The Arms of Martin Van Buren American Heraldry Society's Website
- ↑ The Arms Used by Chester A. Arthur American Heraldry Society's Website
- ↑ The Arms of Theodore Roosevelt American Heraldry Society's Website
Further reading
- Bailey, Banks & Biddle Company (Philadelphia, Pa.). Alphabetical List of Coat Armour As Borne by Americans of the Colonial Period, and by Late Setllers in the United States and the Dominion of Canada, of Authenticated Armiger Ancestry: The Arms on Display, and Catalogued Herein, Represent Those so Far Completed in a Collection Which, We Anticipate, Will Eventually Total in Excess of Five Thousand Coats of Arms. Philadelphia: Bailey, Banks & Biddle Co, 1910.
- Crozier, William Armstrong. Crozier's General Armory; A Registry of American Families Entitled to Coat Armor. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co, 1966.
- Matthews, John. Matthews' American Armoury and Blue Book. New York: Crest Pub. Co, 1962.
- Neff, Elizabeth Clifford. Heraldry. Cleveland, Ohio: Korner & Wood Co, 1910.
- Valcourt-Vermont, E. de. America Heraldica: A Compilation of Coats of Arms, Crests and Mottoes of Prominent American Families Settled in This Country Before 1800. New York, N.Y.: Heraldic Pub. Co, 1965.
- Zieber, Eugene. Rules for the Proper Usage of Heraldry in the United States. Philadelphia: Department of heraldry of the Bailey, Banks & Biddle company, 1890.
- Zieber, Eugene. Heraldry in America. Philadelphia : Department of Heraldry of the Bailey, Banks & Biddle Co., 1895. Reprint: Zieber, Eugene. Heraldry in America: A Guide with 1000 Illustrations. Mineola, N.Y.: Dover Publications, 2006.