 political tidbit for you alex since 1836 1836 when martin van buren was the vice president who directly succeeded andrew jackson only one other vice president has ever done what kamala harris is trying to do and that is be elected directly to the oval office while being a sitting vice president and that was george bush 41 in 1988 and he basically ran for ronald reagan's third term and when he had a run for his uh on his own four years later he was defeated