PrefaceIntroduction: The American Vice Presidency ReconsideredAfterthought? The Pre-Modern Vice PresidencyWhere They've Been and What They've Done: The Background and Experience of VIce Presidential CandidatesSecuring the Second Slot: The Vice Presidential NominationThe Road to Number One Observatory Circle: The CampaignWhat Do They Do? Vice Presidents in OfficeWhat Next? Life After Near-GreatnessEndnotesSelected Bibliography
Jody C Baumgartner is the Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor of political science at East Carolina University.