Skip to Main Content

U.S. Vice Presidents: Mike Pence

Picture

Mike Pence

(1959 - Present)

Official White House portrait of Mike Pence smiling. He wears a black suit, red tie, and an American flag lapel pin.

Profile

Occupation

48th U.S. Vice President

(January 20, 2017 - January 20, 2021)

Chairman of the White House Corona-virus Task Force

February 26, 2020 - January 20, 2021)

50th Governor of Indiana

(January 14, 2013 - January 9, 2017)

Chair of the House Republican Conference

(January 3, 2009 - January 3, 2011)

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana

(January 3, 2001 - January 3, 2013)

Date of Birth June, 7, 1959
Place of Birth Columbus, Indiana
Education

Hanover College (BA)

Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis (JD)

Parents Ann Jane "Nancy" Cawley

Edward Joseph Pence Jr.

Spouse Karen Batten
Political Party

Republican

(1983 - Present)

Democratic

(before 1983)

Number of Children Three

Did You Know?

Vice President Pence...

  • ...hosted the radio talk show ‘The Mike Pence Show’ which was aired on WRCR-FM in Rushville.
  • ...proposed peace treaty between South Korea, China, and Japan and made strategies for the denuclearization of Korean Peninsula.
  • ...was heavily criticized for his much-publicized abandonment of an NFL game between ‘Indianapolis Colts’ and ‘San Francisco 49ers’ when the team members of ‘San Francisco 49ers’ knelt when the national anthem was being played.

Links

Biography

Michael Richard Pence is an American politician serving as the 48th and current vice president of the United States since 2017. He was the 50th governor of Indiana from 2013 to 2017 and served six terms in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2001 to 2013.

Pence was born and raised in Columbus, Indiana, and is the younger brother of U.S. representative Greg Pence. He graduated from Hanover College and earned a law degree from the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law before entering private practice. After losing two bids for a congressional seat in 1988 and 1990, he became a conservative radio and television talk show host from 1994 to 1999. Pence was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2000 and represented Indiana's 2nd and 6th congressional districts from 2001 to 2013. He served as the chairman of the House Republican Conference from 2009 to 2011. Pence described himself as a "principled conservative" and supporter of the Tea Party movement, saying he was "a Christian, a conservative, and a Republican, in that order".

Quotes

Books Located in the Library

Currently, we do not have any books on Vice President Mike Pence. Please check out our E-book collection.

Broken Links