List of personal coats of arms of vice presidents of the United States

Several United States vice presidents have borne a coat of arms; largely through inheritance, assumption, or grants from foreign heraldic authorities. The vice president of the United States, as a position, uses the seal of the vice president of the United States as a coat of arms, but this is a coat of arms of office, not a personal coat of arms.

Arms of vice presidents by century

18th century

Arms	Name of vice president and blazon
	Arms of John Adams, 1st vice president, 1789–1797: Shield: Gules six crosses-crosslet fitchy Argent, on a chief Or three pellets, the center one charged with a fleur-de-lys and the other two with lions passant guardant Argent. Crest: A Lion passant holding in his dexter paw a cross-crosslet fitchy Argent. Motto: Libertatem amicitiam retinebis et fidem (Freedom, friendship and fidelity).^[1]
	Arms of Thomas Jefferson, 2nd vice president, 1797–1801: Shield: Azure a fret and on a chief Gules three leopards' faces Argent Crest: A lion's head erased Or. Motto: Ab eo libertas a quo spiritus (The one who gives life gives liberty).^[1]

19th century

Arms	Name of vice president and blazon
—	Aaron Burr, 3rd vice president, 1801–1805: No arms known
	Arms of George Clinton, 4th vice president, 1805–1812: Shield: Argent, six cross crosslets fitchy Sable on a chief Azure two mullets Or pierced Gules Crest: Out of a ducal coronet Gules a plume of five ostrich feathers Argent banded by a ribbon Azure Motto: Cara patria, carior libertas (Dear fatherland, dearer freedom)
—	Elbridge Gerry, 5th vice president, 1813–1814: No arms known
	Arms of Daniel D. Tompkins, 6th vice president, 1817–1825: Shield: Azure, on a chevron between three cock-pheasants close Or three cross-crosslets Sable Crest: A unicorn's head, erased, per fess, Argent and Or, armed and maned, counterchanged, gorged with a chaplet of laurel, Vert.
	Arms of John C. Calhoun, 7th vice president, 1825–1832: Shield: Argent, a saltire engrailed Sable Crest: A hart's head couped Gules attired Argent Supporters: Two ratch-hounds Argent, collared Sable Motto: Si je puis (If I may)
	Arms of Martin van Buren, 8th vice president, 1833–1837: Shield: Per pale, Or a greyhound rampant contourny Gules, and Gules two bars embattled-counterembattled Or Crest: A greyhound rampant between the wings of a vol Gules and Or.^[2]
—	Richard Mentor Johnson, 9th vice president, 1837–1841: No arms known
—	John Tyler, 10th vice president, 1841: No arms known
—	George M. Dallas, 11th vice president, 1845–1849: No arms known
—	Millard Fillmore, 12th vice president, 1849–1850: No arms known
—	William R. King, 13th vice president, 1853: No arms known
—	John C. Breckinridge, 14th vice president, 1857–1861: No arms known
—	Hannibal Hamlin, 15th vice president, 1861–1865: No arms known
—	Andrew Johnson, 16th vice president, 1865: No arms known
—	Schuyler Colfax, 17th vice president, 1869–1873: No arms known
—	Henry Wilson, 18th vice president, 1873–1875: No arms known
—	William A. Wheeler, 19th vice president, 1877–1881: No arms known
	Arms of Chester A. Arthur, 20th vice president, 1881: Shield: Gules a chevron Argent between three rests (clarions) Or. Crest: A falcon rising proper belled and jessed Or. Motto: Impelle obstantia (Thrust aside obstacles).^[3]
—	Thomas A. Hendricks, 21st vice president, 1885: No arms known
—	Levi P. Morton, 22nd vice president, 1889–1893: No arms known
—	Adlai Stevenson I, 23rd vice president, 1893–1897 No arms known
—	Garret Hobart, 24th vice president, 1897–1899: No arms known

20th century

Arms	Name of vice president and blazon
	Arms of Theodore Roosevelt, 25th vice president, 1901: Shield: Argent upon a grassy mound a rose bush proper bearing three roses Gules barbed and seeded proper Crest: From a wreath Argent and Gules three ostrich plumes each per pale Gules and Argent Motto: Qui plantavit curabit (He who planted will preserve).^[4]
—	Charles W. Fairbanks, 26th vice president, 1905–1909: No known arms
	Arms of James S. Sherman, 27th vice president, 1909–1912: Shield: Or, a Lion rampant Sable between three oak leaves Vert Crest: A sea lion, sejant Sable charged on the shoulder with three bezants, two and one
—	Thomas R. Marshall, 28th vice president, 1913–1921: No arms known
	Arms of Calvin Coolidge, 29th vice president, 1921–1923: Attributed by Henry Bond, no evidence Calvin Coolidge ever bore these arms.^[5] Shield: Vert a griffin segreant Or. Crest: A demi-griffin segreant Or. Motto: Virtute et fide (By valor and faith)
—	Charles G. Dawes, 30th vice president, 1925–1929: No arms known
—	Charles Curtis, 31st vice president, 1929–1933: No arms known
—	John Nance Garner, 32nd vice president, 1933–1941: No arms known
—	Henry A. Wallace, 33rd vice president, 1941–1945: No arms known
—	Harry S. Truman, 34th vice president, 1945: No arms known
—	Alben W. Barkley, 35th vice president, 1949–1953 No arms known
—	Arms of Richard Nixon, 36th vice president, 1953–1961: No known arms
	Arms of Lyndon Johnson, 37th vice president, 1961–1963: Shield: Azure on a saltire Gules fimbriated Argent between four eagles displayed a mullet Or. Crest: On a wreath of the colors an armed hand Argent supporting an eagle rising Or. Motto: Nobilitatis virtus non stemma character (Virtue, not lineage, is the mark of nobility)
—	Hubert Humphrey, 38th vice president, 1965–1969: No arms known
	Arms of Spiro Agnew, 39th vice president, 1969–1973: Shield: Azure, on a cross between four horses' heads couped Argent, a cross botonny Gules Crest: A hand couped proper holding a sceptre of office Supporters: Dexter a Greek statesman and sinister a Greek warrior both proper. Motto: Do all good
—	Gerald Ford, 40th vice president, 1973–1974: No arms known
—	Nelson Rockefeller, 41st vice president, 1974–1977: No arms known
—	Walter Mondale, 42nd vice president, 1977–1981: No arms known
—	George H. W. Bush, 43rd vice president, 1981–1989: No arms known
—	Dan Quayle, 44th vice president, 1989–1993: No arms known
—	Al Gore, 45th vice president, 1993–2001: No arms known

21st century

Arms	Name of vice president and blazon
—	Dick Cheney, 46th vice president, 2001–2009: No arms known
—	Joe Biden, 47th vice president, 2009–2017: No arms known
—	Mike Pence, 48th vice president, 2017–2021: No arms known
—	Kamala Harris, 49th vice president, 2021–present: No arms known

References

^ a b Signers of the Declaration of Independence Archived 2014-01-02 at the Wayback Machine American Heraldry Society's Website
^ The Arms of Martin Van Buren Archived 2012-03-21 at the Wayback Machine American Heraldry Society's Website
^ The Arms Used by Chester A. Arthur Archived 2015-02-18 at the Wayback Machine American Heraldry Society's Website
^ The Arms of Theodore Roosevelt Archived 2008-12-30 at the Wayback Machine American Heraldry Society's Website
^ "John Calvin Coolidge, 30th President of the United States | Presidents of the United States | Arms of Famous Americans | Heraldry in the USA | American Heraldry Society". www.americanheraldry.org. Retrieved 2020-08-23.

External links

American Heraldry Society
The Institute of Heraldry, Office of the Administrative Assistant to the Secretary of the Army

[Signers_of_the_Declaration-1] Signers of the Declaration of Independence Archived 2014-01-02 at the Wayback Machine American Heraldry Society's Website

[2] The Arms of Martin Van Buren Archived 2012-03-21 at the Wayback Machine American Heraldry Society's Website

[3] The Arms Used by Chester A. Arthur Archived 2015-02-18 at the Wayback Machine American Heraldry Society's Website

[4] The Arms of Theodore Roosevelt Archived 2008-12-30 at the Wayback Machine American Heraldry Society's Website

[5] "John Calvin Coolidge, 30th President of the United States | Presidents of the United States | Arms of Famous Americans | Heraldry in the USA | American Heraldry Society". www.americanheraldry.org. Retrieved 2020-08-23.