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See also:RICHARD See also:MENTOR See also:JOHNSON (1781–1850)
, ninth See also:vice-See also:president of the See also:United States, was See also:born at See also:Bryant's Station, See also:Kentucky, on the 17th of See also:October 1781
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He was admitted to the See also:bar in 1800, and became prominent as a lawyer and Democratic politician, serving in the Federal See also:House of Representatives and in the See also:Senate for many years
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From 1837 to 1841 he was vice-president of the United States, to which position he was elected over See also:Francis See also:Granger, by the Senate, none of the four candidates for the vice-See also:presidency having received a See also:majority of the electoral votes
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