Key Facts
- Term
- 1869–1873
- Party
- Republican
- President
- Ulysses S. Grant
- Home State
- Indiana
- Born
- 1823
- Died
- 1885
Notable For
Implicated in the Credit Mobilier scandal.
Schuyler Colfax served as the 17th Vice President from 1869 to 1873, under President Ulysses S. Grant.