Elizabeth Banks

Elizabeth Ann Banks (August 22, 1952 – March 14, 2016) was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 49th Vice President of the United States from 2011 to 2013 and as an Associate Justice of the United States from 2013 to 2016. A member of the Democratic Party, Banks previously served as the U.S. Senator from the Heartland from 2003 to 2009, serving for two of those years as the president pro tempore, and as the 68th United States Secretary of State from 2009 to 2010 in the Graham administration. Banks was the first female vice president in U.S. history and the only one to date.

An avid pilot, Banks died in a plane crash while landing her airplane at the Philadelphia International Airport. Her death is attributed to pilot error. Her son, Tristan Banks, is the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Democratic vice presidential nominee in 2020.