Vice presidency of Dan Quayle

Dan Quayle served as the 44th vice president of the United States during the presidency of George H. W. Bush from January 20, 1989, to January 20, 1993. Quayle, a member of the Republican Party who previously served as the junior U.S. senator representing Indiana from 1981 to 1989, was selected as incumbent vice president Bush's running mate and took office following their victory in the 1988 presidential election over Democratic nominees Michael Dukakis and Lloyd Bentsen.

Quayle was the first Baby Boomer elected to the vice presidency or presidency. Quayle's tenure was defined by a series of gaffes, most famously writing potato as "potatoe" during a spelling bee. Bush and Quayle lost the 1992 presidential election to Bill Clinton and Al Gore. As vice president in his capacity as the president of the Senate, Quayle oversaw the certification of Clinton and Gore as the winners of the election on January 6, 1993. Bush and Quayle were succeeded in office by Clinton and Gore on January 20, 1993.

In April 1999, Quayle launched a 2000 presidential bid but withdrew by September. He endorsed Bush's son, George W. Bush in 2000. Quayle played a central role in advising his fellow Hoosier and Vice President Mike Pence to certify the 2020 United States presidential election as per the Senate rules, rather than cooperate with a plan by then-president Donald Trump that sought to overturn the election.