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The election of President Trump means Ohio again makes history. Ohio U.S. Senator J.D. Vance will take the oath of office as vice president on January 20, 2025. Depending on which historian you want to believe, some say Vance will be Ohio's first-ever vice president. Others say there have been three. Charles Dawe was vice president under Calvin Coolidge, Charles Fairbanks under Theodore Roosevelt, and Thomas Hendricks under Grover Cleveland. All were born in Ohio but were politically successful and elected vice president while in Indiana and Illinois.

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Madam Vice President - it's a phrase that we as Americans aren't quite used to saying, but that is the new title of Kamala Harris as she was sworn in on Capitol Hill. Harris holds a number of firsts for the office - not only the first woman, but also the first African-American and Asian-American to be the vice president.