. >> our visit to ported ex-oregon, continues now with author james hite, who provides a history of the office of the vice president and the people who have held the post. >> mr. chairman, delegates, friends and my fellow americans, thank you

. >> our visit to ported ex-oregon, continues now with author james hite, who provides a history of the office of the vice president and the people who have held the post. >> mr. chairman, delegates, friends and my fellow americans, thank you from the bottom of my heart. i am deeply humbled by your confidence and on behalf of my family here and gone, i accept your nomination to run and serve as vice president of the united states of america. [cheers and applause] >> in my book, i make the argument that the rise of the american vice-presidency began in what i've described as the rise of the modern vice-presidency. everything else i can consider the premodern vice-presidents si. and i trade this modern vice-presidency to warren hardings decision to invite calvin coolidge to be a member of the cabinet and sit with the cabinet. no president has done that about. not that there were the vice presidents in meetings but to be a formal member of the cabinet. invited coolidge to that. so i described that as as being a very pivotal moment of furthering the attachment as an executive institution. o