The vice President was one of the most powerful American history.1789 years April 21, John Adams in New York is sworn in as the first vice President, was elected President George? Washington is in on the way to the capital. So in Washington in April 30 before 9 days of office, Adams as vice President, he became the chief executive of the young country.but happy time always fleeting. After taking office in Washington, the vice President position immediately plummet. Although Adams is nominally the President's deputy, but for most of the administrative affairs but has no right to intervene, even his office there. Product of HBO television series "the John? Adams" have such a scenario: George Washington and just took office ministers held the first cabinet meeting, Adams to also want to join excitedly, have never thought was Washington politely shown the door.Depressed Adams had to wife, Abigail complain to say: "the vice President is this in the world most insignificant a job." This sentence still can be in the White House's official website introduces vice President on the page of the find.in the two hundred years after Adams, have a lot of vice President also like him have such complaints. As vice President Theodore 25? The vice President Roosevelt to "a wagon fifth wheel"; Twenty-eighth vice President Thomas? Marshall has said such a joke: once upon a time, the two brothers, a away from home for the mariners,wholesale sunglasses another as the vice President of the United States, from then on, people can not hear the news of the two of them. harvard professor of political science, Samuel bayer have suggested cancel vice President this position, he said: "I don't know what our founders had how think, even in the constitution tucked into such a meaningless position."The problem is, the United States had the founders of the establishment of the vice presidency, no thought. In 1787 called the constituent assembly, the delegates from the U.S. states around how to elect a President, set up a few problems such as states members quarrel for 116 days, but it only took less than a day to a discussion of the vice President set and authority. in the final constitution adopted, specifying the vice President only two responsibility, one is in the President for death or other reasons for not to perform his duties, take over the President's position; 2 it is to serve as chairman of the senate, after the senate vote in favor of the votes against the votes and appear the same, the vote to break the deadlock. The provisions of such to vice President in the United States government administrative and legislative two branches are played a role, but can't participate in daily work.The constitution of the United States the definition of fuzzy, causing the ownership is not clear, feet trample two ship's position in a long historical period, has been difficult to in the American political life function effectively. with "optional" to describe this job is again appropriate did not. Because the vice President work so don't important, that in the United States more than two hundred years of history that has 37 years and 290 days simply no vice President. The United States constitution first did not mention if vice President death or resign who will succeed. So in history, when vice President accident left, this position where empty ones, until the next election. In 1967 the United States passed constitutional amendments to the 25, to get the "bug" repair.in was "idle" for nearly two hundred years later, the vice President of the United States in the 1970 s the fate of finally changed. Jimmy? During the carter administration, vice President mondale because trust by carter, to as a special adviser to the President are involved in many important affairs.
 Is believed to be the first in the history of the United States in the national affairs is a vice President.after the end of the cold war, the vice President in the role of the government have been further ascent. The Clinton administration in eight years, the vice President al gore entrusts with an important task, not only authorized al gore on environmental science and technology field leading to the establishment of related policies, even in a cabinet meeting for the ministers said, vice President al gore will be responsible for the entire government affairs, "you received the vice President of the phone, just like received my phone." in the little bush in the White House, cheney has become the most powerful American history of the vice President.