death_date children birth_date signature term_end death_place imagesize order term_start spouse image name predecessor birth_place president party successor article_title birth_name
january 13 , 1885 -lrb- aged 61 -rrb- schuyler colfax iii march 23 , 1823 schuyler colfax jr signature.svg march 4 , 1869 4 , 1873 march 3 , 1869 march mankato , minnesota 245px 17th of the u.s. house of representatives member of u.s. house vice of representatives from indiana 's 9th district president of the united states 29th speaker march 4 , 1855 4 , 1869 december 7 , 1863 march evelyn clark colfax ellen maria wade colfax schuyler_colfax_portrait . jpg schuyler colfax andrew johnson galusha a. grow norman eddy new york city , new york ulysses s. grant abraham lincoln andrew johnson republican henry wilson theodore m. pomeroy john p. c. shanks schuyler colfax
 schuyler colfax jr. .
schuyler colfax

schuyler colfax jr. -lrb- ; march 23 , 1823 -- january 13 , 1885 -rrb- was a united states representative from indiana -lrb- 1855 -- 1869 -rrb- , speaker of the house of representatives -lrb- 1863 -- 1869 -rrb- , and the 17th vice president of the united states -lrb- 1869 -- 1873 -rrb- .
to date , he is one of only two americans -lrb- john nance garner in the 20th century being the other -rrb- to have served as both house speaker and vice president .
president ulysses s. grant and colfax , 46 and 45 respectively at the time of their inauguration , were the youngest presidential team until the inauguration of bill clinton and al gore in 1993 .
