While her two closest competitors John C. Calhoun (31) and John Adam’s (29) aren’t far off, it took them both two terms to reach those numbers.

The most any fellow one term VP had was 19, achieved by George M. Dallas (1845-1849).

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    Probably because the Senate GOP blocked a lot of potential legislation from even coming to a vote, and the GOP in the House spent an indecent amount of time squabbling over who was to be Speaker.