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title: "George H.W. Bush and this former president were the only two sitting vice presidents to be elected president."  
description: "George H.W. Bush and this former president were the only two sitting vice presidents to be elected president."  
author: "Sharon Parkar"  
published: 2018-03-02  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/35914/george-h-w-bush-and-this-former-president-were-the-only-two-sitting-vice-presidents-to-be-elected-president  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["us presidents"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# George H.W. Bush and this former president were the only two sitting vice presidents to be elected president.

[George H.W](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/51139/why-did-george-h-w-bush-suspend-arms-sales-to-china-in-1989). Bush and this [former president](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/81714/former-president-of-india-pranab-mukherjee-dies) were the only two sitting [vice presidents](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/72351/how-many-vice-presidents-elected-in-india) to be [elected president](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/41944/when-he-was-elected-president-what-did-warren-g-harding-promise).


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