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Share Tweet Email. Share: Share Tweet Email. Joe Biden is officially the 46th president of the United States, but Kamala Harris isn't the 46th vice president -- she's actually the 49th person to hold that title. There have been three more vice presidents than presidents, but why the difference? In early American history, such as with President James Madison, there were points in time when the vice presidency was vacant.
That also happened with the assassination of John F. Kennedy; when Lyndon B. Johnson became president, his former post was vacant for some time. Wallace's campaign opposed the Truman Doctrine, which called for an aggressive program to stop Soviet and communist expansion across the globe. The party platform also opposed the Marshall Plan and advocated spending the money on education, welfare, and other domestic programs.
Wallace's Progressive Party was ahead of its time on civil rights and advocated the end of segregation in the U. The platform also called for the passage of legislation to ban discrimination and support fair employment practices. On economic policy, the platform supported the establishment of a federal minimum wage, national health insurance, and scholarships to pay for higher education for Americans.
If Wallace had run with Roosevelt in and ascended to the White House, he would have had nearly four years in office before facing the voters and would have been able to influence the foreign and economic policy of the United States.
The Cold War began in earnest soon after World War II ended and a more lenient policy against the Soviet Union might have led to more influence and power by that nation. Also, an aggressive stance for equal rights for Black Americans in the late s might have launched the civil rights era a decade earlier.
Garner said that the vice presidency is not "worth a warm bucket of spit" or "piss," depending on the account and most occupants of the office have agreed. White House.
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