Several United States vice presidents have borne a coat of arms; largely through inheritance, assumption, or grants from foreign heraldic authorities. The vice president of the United States, as a position, uses the seal of the vice president of the United States as a coat of arms, but this is a coat of arms of office, not a personal coat of arms.
Arms | Name of vice president and blazon |
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Arms of
John Adams, 1st vice president, 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] | |
Arms of
Thomas Jefferson, 2nd vice president, 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] |
Arms | Name of vice president and blazon |
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Aaron Burr, 3rd vice president, 1801–1805:
No arms known |
Arms of
George Clinton, 4th vice president, 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) | |
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Elbridge Gerry, 5th vice president, 1813–1814:
No arms known |
Arms of
Daniel D. Tompkins, 6th vice president, 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. | |
Arms of
John C. Calhoun, 7th vice president, 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) | |
Arms of
Martin van Buren, 8th vice president, 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] | |
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Richard Mentor Johnson, 9th vice president, 1837–1841:
No arms known |
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John Tyler, 10th vice president, 1841:
No arms known |
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George M. Dallas, 11th vice president, 1845–1849:
No arms known |
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Millard Fillmore, 12th vice president, 1849–1850:
No arms known |
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William R. King, 13th vice president, 1853:
No arms known |
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John C. Breckinridge, 14th vice president, 1857–1861:
No arms known |
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Hannibal Hamlin, 15th vice president, 1861–1865:
No arms known |
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Andrew Johnson, 16th vice president, 1865:
No arms known |
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Schuyler Colfax, 17th vice president, 1869–1873:
No arms known |
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Henry Wilson, 18th vice president, 1873–1875:
No arms known |
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William A. Wheeler, 19th vice president, 1877–1881:
No arms known |
Arms of
Chester A. Arthur, 20th vice president, 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] | |
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Thomas A. Hendricks, 21st vice president, 1885:
No arms known |
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Levi P. Morton, 22nd vice president, 1889–1893:
No arms known |
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Adlai Stevenson I, 23rd vice president, 1893–1897
No arms known |
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Garret Hobart, 24th vice president, 1897–1899:
No arms known |
Arms | Name of vice president and blazon |
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Arms of
Theodore Roosevelt, 25th vice president, 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] | |
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Charles W. Fairbanks, 26th vice president, 1905–1909:
No known arms |
Arms of
James S. Sherman, 27th vice president, 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 | |
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Thomas R. Marshall, 28th vice president, 1913–1921:
No arms known |
Arms of
Calvin Coolidge, 29th vice president, 1921–1923: Attributed by Henry Bond, no evidence Calvin Coolidge ever bore these arms.
[5]
Shield: Vert a griffin segreant Or. Crest: A demi-griffin segreant Or. Motto: Virtute et fide (By valor and faith) | |
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Charles G. Dawes, 30th vice president, 1925–1929:
No arms known |
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Charles Curtis, 31st vice president, 1929–1933:
No arms known |
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John Nance Garner, 32nd vice president, 1933–1941:
No arms known |
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Henry A. Wallace, 33rd vice president, 1941–1945:
No arms known |
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Harry S. Truman, 34th vice president, 1945:
No arms known |
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Alben W. Barkley, 35th vice president, 1949–1953
No arms known |
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Richard Nixon, 36th vice president, 1953–1961:
No known arms |
Arms of
Lyndon Johnson, 37th vice president, 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) | |
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Hubert Humphrey, 38th vice president, 1965–1969:
No arms known |
Arms of
Spiro Agnew, 39th vice president, 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 | |
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Gerald Ford, 40th vice president, 1973–1974:
No arms known |
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Nelson Rockefeller, 41st vice president, 1974–1977:
No arms known |
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Walter Mondale, 42nd vice president, 1977–1981:
No arms known |
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George H. W. Bush, 43rd vice president, 1981–1989:
No arms known |
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Dan Quayle, 44th vice president, 1989–1993:
No arms known |
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Al Gore, 45th vice president, 1993–2001:
No arms known |
Arms | Name of vice president and blazon |
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Dick Cheney, 46th vice president, 2001–2009:
No arms known |
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Joe Biden, 47th vice president, 2009–2017:
No arms known |
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Mike Pence, 48th vice president, 2017–2021:
No arms known |
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Kamala Harris, 49th vice president, 2021–present:
No arms known |