17. Schuyler Colfax
President: Ulysses S. Grant 1869-1873
Party: Republican
State: Indiana
Lincoln invited Colfax to join him in his box at the Ford Theater the night he was shot. Colfax declined. After leaving politics, he made a pretty good career on the lecture circuit talking about his relationship with Lincoln. In spite of this, Lincoln didn’t think much of Colfax, calling him “a little intriguer.”