Number One Observatory Circle is the official residence of the vice president of the United States. Located on the grounds of the U.S. Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C., it is sometimes informally
The Vice President's Residence in 2017
The Queen Anne style house in 1895; built of terracotta brick, it was unpainted until 1960
Vice President Walter Mondale and Second Lady Joan Mondale host President Jimmy Carter and First Lady Rosalynn Carter in 1977
President-elect George H. W. Bush and First Lady-designate Barbara, after he was elected president on November 9, 1988
The vice president of the United States is the second-highest office in the executive branch of the U.S. federal government, after the president of the United States, and ranks first in the presidenti
Number One Observatory Circle
…Number One Observatory Circle is the official residence of the vice president of the United States. Located on the grounds of the U.S. Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C., it is sometimes informally referred to simply as "the Naval Observatory…
March 2026 Official Vice Presidential Portrait of JD Vance
John Adams, the first vice president of the United States
Though prominent as a Missouri Senator, Harry S. Truman had been vice president only three months when he became president; he was never informed of Franklin D. Roosevelt's war or postwar policies while serving as vice president. This led to several statutory reforms concerning the office.
1888 illustration of John Tyler receiving the news of President William Henry Harrison's death from Chief Clerk of the State Department Fletcher Webster