Silas Wright declined to seek this office in one of the earliest telegraph messages sent, preferringinstead to run for Governor of New York.
Silas Wright declined to seek this office in one of the earliest telegraph messages sent, preferringinstead to run for Governor of New York. In 1976, Richard Schweiker received a strange andultimately unrealized guarantee of this office. The same year, its then-holder was capturedresponding to a heckler with an enthusiastic middle finger. Charles Curtis's successor in this positiononce colorfully described it as "not worth a (*) bucket of warm piss." Nelson A. Rockefeller and JohnNance Garner held this position, which was resigned by John C. Calhoun and Spiro Agnew. This job,whose duties in the Senate include breaking tie votes, was first held by John Adams. For 10 points, namethis second-highest American executive office, now held by Joe Biden.
Silas Wright declined to seek this office in one of the earliest telegraph messages sent, preferringinstead to run for Governor of New York.
Vice President of the United States of America [or Vice Presidency of the United States of America; prompt on "President of the Senate"]