Vice presidency of Al Gore

Al Gore served as the 45th vice president of the United States during the presidency of Bill Clinton from January 20, 1993, to January 20, 2001. Gore, a member of the Democratic Party who previously served as the junior U.S. senator representing Tennessee from 1985 to 1993, was selected as Clinton's running mate and took office following their victory in the 1992 presidential election over Republican incumbent president George H. W. Bush and vice president Dan Quayle. Four years later, in the 1996 presidential election, they defeated Republican nominees, Bob Dole and Jack Kemp, to win re-election.

During Gore's first two years in office, the Democratic Party held their majorities in the House of Representatives under Speaker Tom Foley and the Senate under Senate Majority Leader George J. Mitchell during the 103rd U.S. Congress. Near the end of his tenure, Gore ran for president as the Democratic nominee in the 2000 presidential election and selected junior Connecticut senator Joe Lieberman as his running mate. They lost the 2000 election to the Republican ticket of Texas governor George W. Bush and his running mate, former U.S. secretary of defense Dick Cheney following the controversial Bush v. Gore Supreme Court decision. As vice president in his capacity as the president of the Senate, Gore oversaw the certification of Bush and Cheney as the winners of the election on January 6, 2001. Clinton and Gore were succeeded in office by Bush and Cheney on January 20, 2001.

Gore is considered to have been one of the most powerful and influential vice presidents in American history. His tenure marked increasing influence to the office that would continue under his two successors, Cheney and Joe Biden.