Vice President of the United States

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The Vice President of the United States was the second-highest official in the Executive Branch of the United States government. The Vice President was first in the presidential line of succession, and became President of the United States if the current president died, resigned, or was in some other way unable to serve as President.

[edit] Role and responsibility

The VP was a chief advisor and second in line for the presidency. While not all Vice Presidents were regularly involved in the decision making process (this was decided by the administration in control), the advisory role was clear on 24 as well as in real life, with Al Gore and Dick Cheney playing key roles in the decision making process.

[edit] Notable Vice Presidents

Picture	Name	Served during	Status
	John Adams		Deceased
	Mentioned by Allison Taylor during Day 7.
	LBJ		Deceased
	Elizabeth Nash was reading a biography of LBJ prior to Day 1.
	James Prescott	Day 2 Day 3	Alive
	James Prescott was the Vice President under President David Palmer. When Prescott had the 25th Amendment evoked, he temporarily became Acting President. However, Palmer later got his position back and Prescott offered his resignation. Palmer refused to accept it and Prescott continued to serve as the vice president. Ironically, an assassination attempt was made on Palmer soon after, allowing Prescott to once again become Acting President.
	Charles Logan	Day 4	Alive
	Charles Logan was the Vice President in Day 4, serving under President John Keeler. When an attack was made on Air Force One and Keeler was no longer able to remain in office, Logan was sworn in.
	Hal Gardner	Day 5	Alive
	When Charles Logan was sworn in office, due to President Keeler being incapacitated, Hal Gardner was picked to serve as the Vice President. Holding the position throughout Day 5, Gardner was sworn in as President when Logan was arrested for treason.
	Noah Daniels	Day 6	Alive
	Noah Daniels was the vice president as of Day 6, serving under the recently elected President Wayne Palmer. Associates of Reed Pollock in Washington were working to remove Palmer from office and have Daniels sworn in. When an assassination attempt took its toll on Palmer, Daniels became the Acting President.
	Mitchell Hayworth	Day 7	Alive
	Mitchell Hayworth was the Vice President during Day 7. He was asked by his assistant, as well as Larry Moss and Renee Walker, whether or not they should enter the White House and save President Taylor.