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U.S. Vice Pres. Elbridge Gerry

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U.S. Pres. John Adams

Thomas Jefferson

U.S. Vice Pres. Aaron Burr

U.S. Vice Pres. George Clinton

U.S. Vice Pres. Elbridge Gerry

Tompkins, Daniel D.

Martin Van Buren

Richard Johnson

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Jacqueline Kennedy and Lady Bird Johnson stand by President Lyndon B. Johnson as he takes the oath of office aboard Air Force One after the assassination of John F. Kennedy, November 22, 1963.

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