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Show Vlcn Presidents Who Died In Office. Six vice presidents of tho United States havo died In otnee. Tho llrst was Georgo Clinton, who had tho further distinction of having been tho first governor of Now York and who rendered brilliant servlco In tho war of tho revolution. Klbrldge Gerry of Massachusetts, nnd n signer of the Declaration of Independence, was tho second. Tho third death was that of William Unfits King of Alabnioa, United States senator and minister to France. Tho fourth vice piesldcnt to die In ofllco was Henry Wilson, also a United States senator. The fifth was Thomas Andrews Hendricks and tho sixth Garret A. llobart. |