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Jan 20, 2009 (Tuesday) to
Jan 3, 2010
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John Adams, perhaps our most cantankerous founding father, viewed the office of the vice president as the "most insignificant office" ever invented by man. Adams would pro...
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Event details: Exhibition: Presidents in Waiting
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John Adams, perhaps our most cantankerous founding father, viewed the office of the vice president as the "most insignificant office" ever invented by man. Adams would probably have never guessed that 14 vice presidents would succeed to the presidency.
The National Portrait Gallery exhibition on the vice presidency will focus on these men, almost one-third of America's presidents, and how they - upon the death or resignation of an incumbent or by winning election on their own - became presidents.
If some still remain unconvinced about the significance of the vice president and those who occupied it, this exhibit will show that most of the vice presidents who succeeded to the presidency were highly capable political figures with the experience and aptitude to be president.
Co-curators of the exhibition are Sidney Hart, senior historian, and James Barber, historian.
General Information
National Portrait Gallery
Hours: 11:30 am - 7 pm daily, closed December 25
Admission: Free
Address: 8th and F Streets, NW
Metro: Gallery Place/Chinatown (Red, Yellow, and Green lines)
Phone: 202-633-1000
Email: npgnews@si.edu
The National Portrait Gallery exhibition on the vice presidency will focus on these men, almost one-third of America's presidents, and how they - upon the death or resignation of an incumbent or by winning election on their own - became presidents.
If some still remain unconvinced about the significance of the vice president and those who occupied it, this exhibit will show that most of the vice presidents who succeeded to the presidency were highly capable political figures with the experience and aptitude to be president.
Co-curators of the exhibition are Sidney Hart, senior historian, and James Barber, historian.
General Information
National Portrait Gallery
Hours: 11:30 am - 7 pm daily, closed December 25
Admission: Free
Address: 8th and F Streets, NW
Metro: Gallery Place/Chinatown (Red, Yellow, and Green lines)
Phone: 202-633-1000
Email: npgnews@si.edu
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