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{{Short description|Vice President of the United States from 1989 to 1993}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Dan Quayle
| image               = Dan Quayle crop.jpg
| caption             = Official portrait, 1989
| order               = 44th 
| office              = Vice President of the United States
| president           = [[George H. W. Bush]]
| term_start          = January 20, 1989
| term_end            = January 20, 1993
| predecessor         = George H. W. Bush
| successor           = [[Al Gore]]
| jr/sr1              = United States Senator
| state1              = [[Indiana]]
| term_start1         = January 3, 1981
| term_end1           = January 3, 1989
| predecessor1        = [[Birch Bayh]]
| successor1          = [[Dan Coats]]
| state2              = Indiana
| district2           = {{ushr|IN|4|4th}}
| term_start2         = January 3, 1977
| term_end2           = January 3, 1981
| predecessor2        = [[J. Edward Roush|Edward Roush]]
| successor2          = Dan Coats
| birth_name          = James Danforth Quayle
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1947|2|4}}
| birth_place         = [[Indianapolis]], Indiana, U.S.
| party               = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| spouse              = {{marriage|[[Marilyn Quayle|Marilyn Tucker]]|1972}}
| children            = 3, including [[Ben Quayle|Ben]]
| parents             = [[James C. Quayle]]<br/>Martha Pulliam
| relatives           = {{plainlist|
* [[Eugene C. Pulliam]] (grandfather)
* [[Eugene S. Pulliam]] (uncle)
* [[Myrta Pulliam]] (cousin)
}}
| education           = [[DePauw University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br/>[[Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis|Indiana University, Indianapolis]] ([[Juris Doctor|JD]])
| signature           = Dan Quayle Signature 2.svg
| signature_alt       = Cursive signature in ink
| allegiance          = United States
| branch              = [[United States Army]]
| serviceyears        = 1969–1975
| rank                = [[Sergeant]]
| unit                = [[Indiana Army National Guard]]
| module              = {{Listen|pos=center|embed=yes|filename=Dan Quayle giving thanks to Ronald Reagan for his presidency.ogg|title=Dan Quayle's voice|type=speech|description=Dan Quayle gives thanks to [[Ronald Reagan]] for his presidency<br/>Recorded November 9, 1988}}
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'''James Danforth Quayle''' ({{IPAc-en|k|w|eɪ|l}}; born February 4, 1947) is an American retired politician who served as the 44th [[vice president of the United States]] from 1989 to 1993 under President [[George H. W. Bush]]. A member of the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]], Quayle represented [[Indiana]] in the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] from 1977 to 1981 and in the [[U.S. Senate]] from 1981 to 1989.

A native of [[Indianapolis]], Quayle spent most of his childhood in [[Paradise Valley, Arizona|Paradise Valley]], a suburb of [[Phoenix, Arizona]]. He married [[Marilyn Tucker]] in 1972 and obtained his [[Juris Doctor|J.D.]] degree from the [[Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law]] in 1974. He and Marilyn practiced law in [[Huntington, Indiana]], before his election to the [[United States House of Representatives]] in 1976. In [[1980 United States Senate election in Indiana|1980]], he was elected to the [[U.S. Senate]].

In [[1988 United States presidential election|1988]], incumbent vice president and [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] presidential nominee [[George H. W. Bush]] chose Quayle as his running mate. His vice presidential debate against [[Lloyd Bentsen]] was notable for Bentsen's "[[Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy]]" quip. The Bush–Quayle ticket defeated the Democratic ticket of [[Michael Dukakis]] and Bentsen, and Quayle succeeded Bush as vice president in January 1989. During his tenure, Quayle made official visits to 47 countries and was appointed chairman of the [[National Space Council]]. As vice president, he developed a reputation for making comments that some media outlets perceived to be gaffes.<ref name=":1">{{cite news|url=http://www.utsandiego.com/uniontrib/20040721/news_lz1e21deerlin.html|work=San Diego Union-Tribune|title=The value and vitality of V.P.s|author=Lionel Van Deerlin|author-link=Lionel Van Deerlin|date=July 21, 2004|access-date=April 12, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150505041437/http://www.utsandiego.com/uniontrib/20040721/news_lz1e21deerlin.html|archive-date=May 5, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /><ref>Borowitz, Andy, ''[https://link.newyorker.com/view/5be9ee5d24c17c6adf0abc2chb9it.4oot/7aa93238 Complete Knowledge of Dan Quayle] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920171536/https://link.newyorker.com/view/5be9ee5d24c17c6adf0abc2chb9it.4oot/7aa93238 |date=September 20, 2022 }}'', ''Profiles in Ignorance: How America’s Politicians Got Dumb and Dumber'', Avid Reader Press, Simon and Schuster, 2022</ref> He secured re-nomination for vice president in [[1992 United States presidential election|1992]], but was defeated by the Democratic ticket of [[Bill Clinton]] and [[Al Gore]].

In 1994, Quayle published his memoir, ''Standing Firm''. He declined to run for president in 1996 because of [[phlebitis]]. He sought the Republican presidential nomination in 2000 but withdrew his [[Dan Quayle 2000 presidential campaign|campaign]] early on and supported the eventual nominee, [[George W. Bush]]. He joined [[Cerberus Capital Management]], a private-equity firm, in 1999. Since leaving office, Quayle has remained active in the Republican Party, including making presidential endorsements in [[2000 United States presidential election|2000]], [[2012 United States presidential election|2012]], [[2016 United States presidential election|2016]], and [[2020 United States presidential election|2020]].

With the death of [[Walter Mondale]] in 2021, Quayle is the earliest-serving surviving vice president. 

==Early life, education, and career==
[[File:Dan Quayle in 1965 Modulus.jpg|thumb|upright|left|Quayle in [[Huntington North High School]]'s 1965 yearbook]]

Quayle was born in [[Indianapolis]], [[Indiana]], to Martha Corinne (née Pulliam) and [[James C. Quayle|James Cline Quayle]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2014/02/dan-quayle-born-feb-4-1947-103039|title=Dan Quayle born, Feb. 4, 1947|work=Politico|access-date=September 19, 2018|archive-date=September 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180919211554/https://www.politico.com/story/2014/02/dan-quayle-born-feb-4-1947-103039|url-status=live}}</ref> He has sometimes<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-08-21-mn-1148-story.html|author=Meyer, Richard E.|title=Campaign Becomes Confrontation With Past : Privilege, Wealth Shaped Quayle|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=August 21, 1998|access-date=December 10, 2016|archive-date=December 21, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221035017/http://articles.latimes.com/1988-08-21/news/mn-1148_1_dan-quayle|url-status=live}}</ref> been incorrectly referred to as ''James Danforth Quayle III''. In his memoir he points out that his birth name was simply James Danforth Quayle. The name Quayle originates from the [[Isle of Man]], where his great-grandfather was born.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wargs.com/political/quayle.html |title=Ancestry of Dan Quayle (b. 1947) |publisher=Wargs.com |access-date=January 4, 2012 |archive-date=August 28, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180828135806/http://www.wargs.com/political/quayle.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

His maternal grandfather, [[Eugene C. Pulliam]], was a wealthy and influential publishing magnate who founded Central Newspapers, Inc., and owned more than a dozen major newspapers, such as ''[[The Arizona Republic]]'' and ''[[The Indianapolis Star]]''. James C. Quayle moved his family to [[Arizona]] in 1955 to run a branch of the family's publishing empire.

After spending much of his youth in Arizona,<ref name=bio>[http://www.vicepresidentdanquayle.com/biography.html Dan Quayle: Biography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181206235313/http://www.vicepresidentdanquayle.com/biography.html |date=December 6, 2018 }} Retrieved December 10, 2016.</ref> Quayle returned to his native Indiana and graduated from [[Huntington North High School]] in [[Huntington, Indiana|Huntington]] in 1965. He then matriculated at [[DePauw University]], where he received his [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] degree in [[political science]] in 1969,<ref>{{cite news |first=Jill |last=Lawrence |title=Quayle on a quest to get the last laugh |url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/opinion/e193.htm |newspaper=[[USA Today]] |date=August 4, 1999 |access-date=August 6, 2015 |archive-date=March 24, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160324040652/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/opinion/e193.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> was the captain of the university golf team and a member of the fraternity [[Delta Kappa Epsilon]] (Psi Phi chapter).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.depauw.edu/arts-and-culture/speakers/ubben-lecture-series/archives/details/dan-quayle-69/|title=Past Ubben Lectures: Dan Quayle '69|website=DePauw University|access-date=June 1, 2024|archive-date=June 5, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240605091508/https://www.depauw.edu/arts-and-culture/speakers/ubben-lecture-series/archives/details/dan-quayle-69/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://dke.org/virtual-museum/|title=Virtual Museum: Letters from Leaders|website=Delta Kappa Epsilon|date=February 13, 2023 |access-date=June 1, 2024|archive-date=March 3, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240303192403/https://dke.org/virtual-museum/|url-status=live}}</ref>

After graduation, Quayle joined the [[Indiana National Guard]] and served from 1969 to 1975, reaching the rank of [[Sergeant#United States|sergeant]]; his joining meant that he was not subject to the [[Conscription in the United States|draft]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=August 24, 1988|title=Quayle and Paula Parkinson|url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1988-08-24-0060270264-story.html|access-date=December 7, 2020|website=www.orlandosentinel.com| publisher=Orlando Sentinel}}</ref> In 1970, while serving in the Guard, Quayle enrolled at [[Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law]]. He was admitted under a program for students who could demonstrate "special factors" as his grades did not meet the regular admission standards. In 1974, Quayle earned a [[Juris Doctor]] (J.D.) degree.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lauter |first1=Davie |last2=Jehl |first2=Douglas |title='Special Factors' Helped Quayle Law School Admission |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-09-10-mn-1522-story.html |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=September 10, 1988 |access-date=November 27, 2021 |archive-date=November 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211128021231/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-09-10-mn-1522-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1988/08/21/Father-says-Quayle-pretty-good-salesman/2261588139200/ |title=Father says Quayle 'pretty good salesman' |work=[[United Press International]] |date=August 21, 1988 |access-date=November 27, 2021 |archive-date=November 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211127185037/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1988/08/21/Father-says-Quayle-pretty-good-salesman/2261588139200/ |url-status=live }}</ref> At Indiana University, he met his future wife, [[Marilyn Quayle|Marilyn]], who was taking night classes at the same law school at the time.<ref name="Time">Alessandra Stanley, [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,956763,00.html "Marilyn Quayle: A New Second Lady"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130825010541/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,956763,00.html |date=August 25, 2013 }}, ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'', January 23, 1989. Accessed September 28, 2014.</ref>

Quayle became an investigator for the Consumer Protection Division of the Office of the [[Indiana Attorney General]] in July 1971. Later that year, he became an administrative assistant to Governor [[Edgar Whitcomb]]. From 1973 to 1974, he was the Director of the Inheritance Tax Division of the Indiana Department of Revenue. After graduating from law school in 1974, Quayle worked as associate publisher of his family's newspaper, the ''[[Huntington Herald-Press]]''.

==Congressional tenure==
[[File:Dan Quayle 1977.jpg|thumb|upright|Quayle in 1977, his first term in the House of Representatives]]
In 1976, Quayle was elected to the [[United States House of Representatives|House of Representatives]] from [[Indiana's 4th congressional district]], defeating eight-term [[incumbent]] [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] [[J. Edward Roush]] by a 55%-to-45% margin.<ref name="General Election of 1976">{{Cite web|title=Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 2, 1976|url=http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electioninfo/1976election.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720124815/http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1976election.pdf|archive-date=July 20, 2011|access-date=December 22, 2019}}</ref> He was reelected in 1978, 64% to 34%.<ref name="General Election of 1978">{{Cite web|title=Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 1978|url=http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electioninfo/1978election.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111021081349/http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1978election.pdf|archive-date=October 21, 2011|access-date=December 22, 2019}}</ref>

In November 1978, Congressman [[Leo Ryan]] of California invited Quayle to accompany him on a delegation to investigate unsafe conditions at the [[Jonestown]] settlement in [[Guyana]], but Quayle was unable to participate. The decision likely saved Quayle's life, because Ryan and his entourage [[Jonestown massacre|were subsequently murdered]] at the airstrip in Jonestown as the party tried to escape the massacre.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Quayle|first=Dan|title=Standing Firm: A Vice-Presidential Memoir|publisher=Harpercollins|year=1995|isbn=0-06-109390-4|page=176|author-link=Dan Quayle}}</ref>

In [[1980 United States Senate election in Indiana|1980]], at age 33, Quayle became the youngest person ever elected to the [[United States Senate|Senate]] from the state of Indiana, defeating three-term incumbent Democrat [[Birch Bayh]] with 54% of the vote. Making Indiana political history again, Quayle was reelected to the Senate in [[1986 United States Senate election in Indiana|1986]] with the largest margin ever achieved to that date by a candidate in a statewide Indiana race, taking 61% of the vote against his Democratic opponent, [[Jill Long Thompson|Jill Long]].

In 1986, Quayle was criticized for championing the cause of [[Daniel Anthony Manion]], a candidate for a federal appellate judgeship, who was in law school one year ahead of Quayle. The [[American Bar Association]] had evaluated Manion as "qualified/unqualified", its lower passing grade.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/05/25/us/reagan-judges-get-lower-bar-rating.html | work=[[The New York Times]] | title=Reagan Judges Get Lower Bar Rating | date=May 25, 1986 | access-date=July 3, 2016 | archive-date=August 19, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819113350/http://www.nytimes.com/1986/05/25/us/reagan-judges-get-lower-bar-rating.html | url-status=live }}</ref> Manion was nominated for the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit|Seventh Circuit]] of the [[United States court of appeals|U.S. Court of Appeals]] by President [[Ronald Reagan]] on February 21, 1986, and confirmed by the Senate on June 26, 1986.<ref name="PostGazette">{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Qa9RAAAAIBAJ&dq=daniel%20manion&pg=6717%2C6531359|title=Senate reaffirms Daniel Manion as judge, 50–49|date=July 24, 1986|work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|access-date=June 15, 2012|archive-date=February 18, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220218070104/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Qa9RAAAAIBAJ&dq=daniel%20manion&pg=6717%2C6531359|url-status=live}}</ref>

==1988 campaign==
{{See also|George H. W. Bush 1988 presidential campaign|1988 Republican Party vice presidential candidate selection}}
On August 16, 1988, at the Republican convention in New Orleans, Louisiana, George H. W. Bush chose Quayle to be his running mate in the [[1988 United States presidential election]]. The choice immediately became controversial.<ref name="Quagmire" /> Outgoing President Reagan praised Quayle for his "energy and enthusiasm".<ref>{{cite news|last1=Roberts|first1=Steven|title=Reagan Praises Quayle, Citing 'Enthusiasm'|work=The New York Times |date=August 21, 1988|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/08/21/us/reagan-praises-quayle-citing-enthusiasm.html|access-date=December 9, 2016|archive-date=June 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614203437/https://www.nytimes.com/1988/08/21/us/reagan-praises-quayle-citing-enthusiasm.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Press coverage of the convention was dominated by questions about "the three Quayle problems".<ref name="NYTimesGarbled" /> The questions involved his military service, a golf holiday in Florida where he and several other politicians shared a house with lobbyist Paula Parkinson,<ref>{{Cite news|last=Maxa|first=Rudy|date=March 29, 1981|title=The Paula Parkinson Story|language=en-US|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1981/03/29/the-paula-parkinson-story/df932614-289d-4f44-a0fb-5416259c2446/|access-date=December 7, 2020|issn=0190-8286|archive-date=August 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180806161143/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1981/03/29/the-paula-parkinson-story/df932614-289d-4f44-a0fb-5416259c2446/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> and whether he had enough experience to be vice president. Quayle seemed at times rattled and at other times uncertain or evasive as he responded to questions.<ref name="NYTimesGarbled" /> Delegates to the convention generally blamed television and newspapers for the focus on Quayle's problems, but Bush's staff said they thought Quayle had mishandled the questions about his military record, leaving questions dangling.<ref name="Quagmire">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,968278-1,00.html|title=The Republicans: The Quayle Quagmire|last=Shapiro|first=Walter|date=August 29, 1988|magazine=Time|page=32|access-date=September 1, 2008|archive-date=June 15, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130615061345/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,968278-1,00.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="NYTimesGarbled">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/08/19/us/the-republicans-in-new-orleans-convention-message-is-garbled-by-quayle-static.html?pagewanted=all|title=The Republicans in New Orleans; Convention Message Is Garbled by Quayle Static|last=Oreskes|first=Michael|date=August 19, 1988|work=The New York Times|access-date=September 1, 2008|archive-date=June 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614203434/https://www.nytimes.com/1988/08/19/us/the-republicans-in-new-orleans-convention-message-is-garbled-by-quayle-static.html?pagewanted=all|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>Ander Plattner et al., "Quayle Under Glass", ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]'', August 29, 1988, p. 32.</ref> Although Bush was trailing by up to 15 points in public opinion polls taken before the convention, in August the Bush–Quayle ticket took the lead,<ref>[http://www.gallup.com/poll/110548/gallup-presidential-election-trialheat-trends-19362004.aspx#4 1988 Presidential Trial Heats ] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170630070844/http://www.gallup.com/poll/110548/gallup-presidential-election-trialheat-trends-19362004.aspx#4 |date=June 30, 2017 }} Gallup.</ref> which it did not relinquish for the rest of the campaign.

In the [[1988 United States presidential debates|October 1988 vice-presidential debate]], Quayle debated Democratic candidate [[Lloyd Bentsen]]. During the debate, Quayle's strategy was to criticize Dukakis as too liberal. When the debate turned to Quayle's relatively limited experience in public life, he compared the length of his congressional service (12 years) with that of President [[John F. Kennedy]] (14 years); Kennedy had less experience than his rivals during the 1960 presidential nomination. It was a factual comparison, although Quayle's advisers cautioned beforehand that it could be used against him. Bentsen's response—"I served with Jack Kennedy. I knew Jack Kennedy. Jack Kennedy was a friend of mine. [[Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy]]"—subsequently became a part of the political lexicon.<ref>[https://www.pbs.org/newshour/spc/debatingourdestiny/interviews/quayle.html Dan Quayle Interview] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171108035528/https://www.pbs.org/newshour/spc/debatingourdestiny/interviews/quayle.html |date=November 8, 2017 }} PBS. December 2, 1999. Retrieved December 10, 2016.</ref>

The Bush–Quayle ticket won the [[1988 United States presidential election|November election]] by a 53–46 percent margin, sweeping 40 states and capturing 426 [[United States Electoral College|electoral votes]]. He was [[Inauguration of George H. W. Bush|sworn in]] on January 20, 1989. Quayle cast no [[List of tie-breaking votes cast by vice presidents of the United States|tie-breaking votes]] as [[president of the Senate]], becoming only the second vice-president (after [[Charles W. Fairbanks]]) not to do so while serving a complete term.

=== Indiana National Guard controversy ===
Since the [[1988 United States elections]], Quayle has been the subject of controversy regarding his service in the Indiana National Guard from 1969 to 1975. Many of Quayle's political opponents, media outlets, and [[Vietnam veteran]]s have speculated that Quayle joined the Indiana National Guard as a means to [[Draft evasion in the Vietnam War|avoid the draft]] or to avoid being deployed to [[South Vietnam|Vietnam]]. In August 1988, Quayle denied the accusations.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1988-08-20 |title=Quayle Denies Joining Guard to Avoid Vietnam : Hasn't Offered to Quit Ticket, He Says as Angry Hometown Crowd Boos Reporters Quizzing Him |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-08-20-mn-574-story.html |access-date=2024-03-25 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US |archive-date=March 25, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240325015120/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-08-20-mn-574-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Quayle's draft controversy received renewed attention during the [[1992 United States elections]] after Democratic nominee [[Bill Clinton]] was accused of similar [[Draft evasion|draft dodging]] measures.<ref name="Quayle defends avoiding Vietnam">{{Cite web |title=Quayle defends avoiding Vietnam |url=https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1992/09/21/quayle-defends-avoiding-vietnam/ |access-date=2024-03-25 |website=Tampa Bay Times |language=en |archive-date=March 25, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240325015120/https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1992/09/21/quayle-defends-avoiding-vietnam/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In September 1992, Quayle acknowledged that joining the Indiana National Guard cut his risks of being deployed to Vietnam, although he defended his decision.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1992-09-21 |title=Quayle Admits Joining Guard Cut Risks : Draft: Vice president defends his actions during Vietnam in light of questions Bush camp has raised about Clinton's avoidance of military service. |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-09-21-mn-847-story.html |access-date=2024-03-25 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US |archive-date=March 25, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240325015123/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-09-21-mn-847-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In a 1992 interview with [[NBC]]'s [[Meet the Press]], Quayle was pressed on whether his main motivation was to avoid being sent to fight in Vietnam. Quayle stated that he had preferences for joining the [[Reserve forces|reserves]], and that he never asked for preferential treatment.<ref name="Quayle defends avoiding Vietnam"/> Quayle also noted that had his [[Unit (military)|unit]] been called, he would have deployed, stating:<blockquote>Of course you had much less chance to go to Vietnam, but my unit could have been called up to go to Vietnam. And had it been called up, I would have gone.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Quayle dismisses questions about his military record - UPI Archives |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1992/09/20/Quayle-dismisses-questions-about-his-military-record/8797716961600/ |access-date=2024-03-25 |website=UPI |language=en}}</ref></blockquote>In a resurfaced 1989 interview with David Hoffman, filmmaker and Vietnam veteran [[Oliver Stone]] commented on Quayle and made contrasts between him and then-[[Nebraska]] governor [[Bob Kerrey]], noting:<blockquote>I'm hopeful of people like Bob Kerrey, for example, [the] governor of Nebraska, would be a presidential candidate. He's about forty-two and lost a leg in Vietnam. [He's a] very bright man, compassionate, he's been there. I think he'd make a fine president. Against him would be a guy like Dan Quayle, who is also about the same age, early forties—a heartbeat away from the presidency—a man who has never really suffered pain—a man who went to the National Guard to avoid Vietnam, and yet he's one who always calls for [[Interventionism (politics)|military intervention]] in [[Central America]], with other people's bodies. You have that [[hypocrisy]] at work.<ref>{{Citation |title=Young Film Director Oliver Stone On Vietnam -- My Complete Interview | date=January 12, 2020 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQTrTtqW-uk |access-date=2024-03-25 |language=en |archive-date=March 25, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240325015120/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQTrTtqW-uk |url-status=live }}</ref></blockquote>

==Vice presidency (1989–1993)==
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{{Main|Vice presidency of Dan Quayle}}
{{See also|Presidency of George H. W. Bush}}
[[File:President Bush and Vice President Quayle pose together for their official portrait - NARA - 186393.jpg|thumb|left|Quayle with President [[George H.&nbsp;W. Bush]] in 1989]]

During his vice presidency, Quayle made official trips to 47 countries.<ref name=bio/> Bush named Quayle head of the [[U.S. Council on Competitiveness|Council on Competitiveness]] and the first chairman of the [[National Space Council]]. As head of the NSC he called for greater efforts to protect Earth against the danger of potential [[asteroid]] impacts.<ref>[https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/19900516/1072013/quayle-backs-groups-effort-to-head-off-asteroid-threat "Quayle Backs Group's Effort To Head Off Asteroid Threat"], ''[[The Seattle Times]]'', May 16, 1990.</ref>

After a briefing by Lt. General [[Daniel O. Graham]], (USA Ret.), Max Hunter, and [[Jerry Pournelle]], Quayle sponsored the development of an experimental Single Stage to Orbit X-Program, which resulted in the building of the [[McDonnell Douglas DC-X]].
Quayle has since described the vice presidency as "an awkward office. You're president of the Senate. You're not even officially part of the executive branch—you're part of the legislative branch. You're paid by the Senate, not by the executive branch. And it's the president's agenda. It's not your agenda. You're going to disagree from time to time, but you salute and carry out the orders the best you can".<ref>[http://www.indianapolismonthly.com/news-opinion/dan-quayle-on-running-for-vice-president/ "Dan Quayle on Running for Vice President: 'It's Not the Easiest Job{{'"}}] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220101457/http://www.indianapolismonthly.com/news-opinion/dan-quayle-on-running-for-vice-president/ |date=December 20, 2016 }}. ''[[Indianapolis Monthly]]''. October 4, 2016. Retrieved December 10, 2016.</ref>

=== ''Murphy Brown'' ===

On May 19, 1992, Quayle gave a speech titled ''[[s:Reflections on Urban America|Reflections on Urban America]]'' to the [[Commonwealth Club of California]] on the subject of the [[1992 Los Angeles riots|Los Angeles riots]].<ref name="nytimes.com">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/26/arts/television/murphy-brown-dan-quayle.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220103/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/26/arts/television/murphy-brown-dan-quayle.html |archive-date=2022-01-03 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=That Time 'Murphy Brown' and Dan Quayle Topped the Front Page|work=The New York Times|date=January 26, 2018|last1=Fortin|first1=Jacey}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In the speech he blamed the violence on a decay of moral values and family structure in American society.<ref name="nytimes.com"/> In an aside, he cited the single mother title character in the television program ''[[Murphy Brown]]'' as an example of how popular culture contributes to this "poverty of values", saying, "It doesn't help matters when [[prime time|prime-time]] TV has Murphy Brown—a character who supposedly epitomizes today's intelligent, highly paid, professional woman—mocking the importance of fathers, by bearing a child alone, and calling it just another 'lifestyle choice'."<ref>{{cite magazine | url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,975627,00.html | title=Dan Quayle vs. Murphy Brown | magazine=Time | date=June 1, 1992 | access-date=June 24, 2010 | archive-date=August 25, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130825193119/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,975627,00.html | url-status=dead }}</ref>

The "[[Murphy Brown#Murphy becomes a single mother|Murphy Brown speech]]" became one of the most memorable of the 1992 campaign. Long after the outcry had ended, the comment continued to have an effect on U.S. politics. [[Stephanie Coontz]], a professor of family history and the author of several books and essays about the history of [[marriage]], said that this brief remark by Quayle about Murphy Brown "kicked off more than a decade of outcries against the 'collapse of the family{{'"}}.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/04/30/AR2005043000108.html | newspaper=The Washington Post | title=For Better, For Worse | first=Stephanie | last=Coontz | author-link=Stephanie Coontz | date=May 1, 2005 | access-date=April 30, 2010 | archive-date=November 7, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107133949/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/04/30/AR2005043000108.html | url-status=live }}</ref> In 2002, [[Candice Bergen]], the actress who played Brown, said "I never have really said much about the whole episode, which was endless, but his speech was a perfectly intelligent speech about fathers not being dispensable and nobody agreed with that more than I did." Others interpreted it differently; singer [[Tanya Tucker]] was widely quoted as saying "Who the hell is Dan Quayle to come after single mothers?"<ref>{{cite news |agency=Associated Press |title=Candice Bergen agrees with Quayle |url=http://archives.cnn.com/2002/SHOWBIZ/News/07/11/showbuzz/index.html |publisher=CNN |date=July 11, 2002 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080328133715/http://archives.cnn.com/2002/SHOWBIZ/News/07/11/showbuzz/index.html#1|archive-date=March 28, 2008}}</ref>

=== Perceived gaffes ===
[[File:Dan Quayle speaking at the Race for the Cure 1990.jpg|thumb|right|Quayle speaking at Race for the Cure in Washington, D.C. in 1990]]
Throughout his time as vice president, Quayle was characterized by some media outlets and journalists as being unprepared for the position. Given his position, his comments were heavily scrutinized for factual and grammatical errors. Contributing to this perception of Quayle was his tendency to make public statements that were either impossible ("I have made good judgments in the past. I have made good judgments in the future"<ref name=":2">{{cite web|url=http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/ogd/quayle-hunting-turned-up-some-real-turkeys-20150318&|work=Watertown Daily Times|title=Quayle Hunting turned up some real turkeys|date=March 18, 2015|access-date=September 22, 2018}}{{Dead link|date=December 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>), self-contradictory ("I believe we are on an irreversible trend toward more freedom and democracy, but that could change"<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2012/09/25/the-stunning-sudden-reversal-of-economic-freedom-in-america/#41f093853063|magazine=[[Forbes]]|title=The Stunning, Sudden Reversal of Economic Freedom In America|author=Howard Rich|date=September 25, 2012|access-date=September 22, 2018|archive-date=September 22, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180922102305/https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2012/09/25/the-stunning-sudden-reversal-of-economic-freedom-in-america/#41f093853063|url-status=live}}</ref>), self-contradictory and confused ("[[The Holocaust]] was an obscene period in our nation's history.&nbsp;... No, not our nation's, but in [[World War II]]. I mean, we all lived in this century. I didn't live in this century, but in this century's history"<ref name=":3">{{cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/features/10-things-politicians-definitely-wish-they-had-not-said--270345.html|work=Irish Examiner|title=10 things politicians definitely wish they had not said&nbsp;...|author=Dan Kenny|date=May 30, 2014|access-date=September 22, 2018|archive-date=September 22, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180922103220/https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/features/10-things-politicians-definitely-wish-they-had-not-said--270345.html|url-status=live}}</ref>), or just confused (such as the comments he made in a May 1989 address to the [[United Negro College Fund]] (UNCF). Commenting on the UNCF's slogan—which is "a mind is a terrible thing to waste"—Quayle said, "You take the UNCF model that what a waste it is to lose one's mind or not to have a mind is being very wasteful. How true that is").<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/06/25/magazine/the-education-of-dan-quayle.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm|work=[[The New York Times Magazine]]|title=The Education of Dan Quayle|last=Dowd|first=Maureen|author-link=Maureen Dowd|date=June 25, 1989|access-date=September 22, 2018|archive-date=June 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614195145/https://www.nytimes.com/1989/06/25/magazine/the-education-of-dan-quayle.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://archives.cjr.org/year/91/5/quayle.asp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040122163649/http://archives.cjr.org/year/91/5/quayle.asp|archive-date=January 22, 2004|work=Columbia Journalism Review|title=Dan Quayle: The Sequel|author=William Boot (Christopher Hanson)|date=September–October 1991}}</ref>

{{anchor|"Potatoe"|Potatoe}}On June 15, 1992, Quayle altered 12-year-old student William Figueroa's correct spelling of "potato" to "potatoe" at the Muñoz Rivera Elementary School [[spelling bee]] in [[Trenton, New Jersey]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.capitalcentury.com/1992.html|title=1992: Gaffe with an 'e' at the end|first=Paul|last=Mickle|publisher=Capitalcentury.com|access-date=July 1, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060715054720/http://capitalcentury.com/1992.html|archive-date=July 15, 2006|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/29/nyregion/politics-how-do-you-spell-regret-one-man-s-take-on-it.html|title=How Do You Spell Regret? One Man's Take on It|first=Mark|last=Fass|work=The New York Times|access-date=March 20, 2009|date=August 29, 2004|archive-date=March 23, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090323093130/http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/29/nyregion/politics-how-do-you-spell-regret-one-man-s-take-on-it.html|url-status=live}}</ref> He was the subject of widespread ridicule for his error. According to ''The New York Times''<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/06/17/opinion/mr-quayle-s-e-for-effort.html|work=The New York Times|title=Mr. Quayle's 'e' for Effort|date=June 17, 1992|access-date=February 7, 2017|archive-date=February 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170218063712/http://www.nytimes.com/1992/06/17/opinion/mr-quayle-s-e-for-effort.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and Quayle's memoirs, he was relying on cards provided by the school, which Quayle says included the misspelling. Quayle said he was uncomfortable with the version he gave, but did so because he decided to trust the school's incorrect written materials instead of his own judgment.

===1992 campaign===
{{Main|George H. W. Bush 1992 presidential campaign|1992 United States presidential election}}
In the 1992 election, Bush and Quayle were challenged in their bid for reelection by the Democratic ticket of [[List of Governors of Arkansas|Arkansas Governor]] [[Bill Clinton]] and [[Tennessee]] [[United States Senate|Senator]] [[Al Gore]] and the independent ticket of Texas businessman [[Ross Perot]] and retired Vice Admiral [[James Stockdale]].

As Bush lagged in the polls in the weeks preceding the August [[1992 Republican National Convention]], some Republican strategists (led by [[United States Secretary of State|Secretary of State]] [[James Baker]]) viewed Quayle as a liability to the ticket and pushed for his replacement.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/07/15/MNGH97LG321.DTL | work=The San Francisco Chronicle | title=Rumor has it that Cheney's on way out / Theory appears far-fetched but is making the rounds | first=Elisabeth | last=Bumiller | date=July 15, 2004 | access-date=February 15, 2021 | archive-date=October 10, 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081010203306/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=%2Fc%2Fa%2F2004%2F07%2F15%2FMNGH97LG321.DTL | url-status=live }}</ref> Quayle ultimately survived the challenge and secured renomination.<ref>''Time'', [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,976809-1,00.html "Quayle Vs. Gore"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071015195716/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,976809-1,00.html |date=October 15, 2007 }}, October 19, 1992. Retrieved August 29, 2008.</ref>

During the 1992 presidential campaign, Quayle told the news media that he believed homosexuality was a choice, and "the wrong choice".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/09/14/us/1992-campaign-vice-president-quayle-contends-homosexuality-matter-choice-not.html|title=The 1992 Campaign: The Vice President; Quayle Contends Homosexuality Is a Matter of Choice, Not Biology|last=Witt|first=Karen De|date=September 14, 1992|work=The New York Times|access-date=December 17, 2017|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=January 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180115235833/http://www.nytimes.com/1992/09/14/us/1992-campaign-vice-president-quayle-contends-homosexuality-matter-choice-not.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Quayle faced off against Gore and Stockdale in the vice presidential [[debate]] on October 13, 1992.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/10/14/us/the-1992-campaign-james-stockdale-reluctant-politician-tempers-professional-edge.html|title=The 1992 Campaign: James Stockdale; Reluctant Politician Tempers Professional Edge|first=David E.|last=Rosenbaum|work=The New York Times|date=October 14, 1992|access-date=September 19, 2018|archive-date=September 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180919214604/https://www.nytimes.com/1992/10/14/us/the-1992-campaign-james-stockdale-reluctant-politician-tempers-professional-edge.html|url-status=live}}</ref> He attempted to avoid the one-sided outcome of his debate with Bentsen four years earlier by staying on the offensive.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/10/14/us/the-1992-campaign-the-debate-quayle-and-gore-exchange-sharp-attacks-in-debate.html|title=The 1992 Campaign: The Debate; Quayle and Gore Exchange Sharp Attacks in Debate|first=Robin|last=Toner|work=The New York Times|date=October 14, 1992|access-date=September 19, 2018|archive-date=September 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180919220209/https://www.nytimes.com/1992/10/14/us/the-1992-campaign-the-debate-quayle-and-gore-exchange-sharp-attacks-in-debate.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Quayle criticized Gore's book ''[[Earth in the Balance]]'' with specific page references, though his claims were subsequently criticized by the liberal group [[Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting|FAIR]] for inaccuracy.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://fair.org/take-action/media-advisories/post-debate-fact-checking-is-medias-main-job/ |title=FAIR Media Advisory: Post-Debate Fact-Checking Is Media's Main Job |publisher=Fair.org |date=September 29, 2004 |access-date=April 22, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141204143847/http://fair.org/take-action/media-advisories/post-debate-fact-checking-is-medias-main-job/ |archive-date=December 4, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In Quayle's closing argument, he sharply asked voters, "Do you really believe Bill Clinton will tell the truth?" and "Do you trust Bill Clinton to be your president?" Gore and Stockdale talked more about the policies and philosophies they espoused.<ref>{{cite web|title=Debate Transcript, Commission on Presidential Debates |url=http://www.debates.org/pages/trans92d.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091009182330/http://www.debates.org/pages/trans92d.html |archive-date=October 9, 2009 }}</ref> Republican loyalists were largely relieved and pleased with Quayle's performance, and his camp attempted to portray it as an upset triumph against a veteran debater, but post-debate polls were mixed on whether Gore or Quayle had won.<ref>''Columbia Journalism Review'', September/October 1993 "{{cite web |url=http://archives.cjr.org/year/93/5/books-rosensteil.asp |title=Leading the Polls |access-date=January 8, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061002234724/http://archives.cjr.org/year/93/5/books-rosensteil.asp |archive-date=October 2, 2006 }}</ref> It ultimately proved to be a minor factor in the election, which Bush and Quayle lost, 168 electoral votes to 370.

==Post–vice presidency==
===Initial activities===
In 1993, Quayle became the trustee of the [[Hudson Institute]].<ref name="p2000.us"/> From 1993 to January 1999, he served on the board of Central Newspapers, Inc.,<ref name="p2000.us"/> and from 1995 until January 1999, he headed the Campaign America [[political action committee]].<ref name="p2000.us"/>

Quayle authored a 1994 memoir, ''Standing Firm'', which became a bestseller. Quayle's second book, ''The American Family: Discovering the Values That Make Us Strong'', was co-authored with Diane Medved and published in 1996.<ref name="p2000.us"/> He later published his third book ''Worth Fighting For'', in 1999.

Quayle moved to Arizona in 1996.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2010/04/01/DI2010040102937.html|title=Outlook: Dan Quayle on the tea party, Palin and Ross Perot|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=April 5, 2010|access-date=October 15, 2012|archive-date=February 8, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110208125912/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2010/04/01/DI2010040102937.html|url-status=live}}</ref> He considered but decided against running for [[governor of Indiana]] in 1996, and decided against running for the [[1996 Republican Party presidential primaries|1996 Republican presidential nomination]], citing health problems related to [[phlebitis]].<ref name="broder">{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/election/july-dec99/quayle_9-27.html |title=David Broder on PBS Newshour |date=September 27, 1999 |publisher=PBS |access-date=January 4, 2012 |archive-date=January 14, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120114183200/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/election/july-dec99/quayle_9-27.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 1997 and 1998, Quayle was a "distinguished visiting professor of international studies" at the [[Thunderbird School of Global Management]].<ref name="p2000.us"/>

===Cerberus Capital Management===
In 1999, Quayle joined [[Cerberus Capital Management]], a multibillion-dollar [[Private equity|private-equity]] firm, where he serves as chair of the company's Global Investments division.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cerberuscapital.com/team/j-danforth-quayle/|title=J. Danforth Quayle - Cerberus Capital Management|access-date=July 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160706202441/http://www.cerberuscapital.com/team/j-danforth-quayle/|archive-date=July 6, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> As chair of the international advisory board of Cerberus Capital Management, he recruited former [[Prime Minister of Canada|Canadian prime minister]] [[Brian Mulroney]], who would have been installed as chair if Cerberus had acquired [[Air Canada]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Konrad |first=Yakabuski |title=The prime of Brian Mulroney |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/rob-magazine/the-prime-of-brian-mulroney/article266592/page2/ |access-date=March 10, 2011 |newspaper=The Globe and Mail |date=April 30, 2004 |archive-date=October 15, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015122206/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/rob-magazine/the-prime-of-brian-mulroney/article266592/page2/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In early 2014, Quayle traveled to Belfast, Northern Ireland, in an attempt to speed approval for a deal in which Cerberus acquired nearly £1.3 billion in Northern Ireland loans from the Republic of Ireland's [[National Asset Management Agency]]. The Irish government is investigating the deal, and the [[U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission|US Securities and Exchange Commission]], the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]], and the [[United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York]] are investigating Quayle's involvement as a potentially "very serious" misuse of the vice president's office.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Murtagh |first=Peter |title=Project Eagle: Inside the £1.24bn Nama deal in the North |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/project-eagle-inside-the-1-24bn-nama-deal-in-the-north-1.2794086 |access-date=September 19, 2016 |newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] |date=September 17, 2016 |archive-date=September 18, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160918135217/http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/project-eagle-inside-the-1-24bn-nama-deal-in-the-north-1.2794086 |url-status=live }}</ref> As of December 2018, Quayle served as chair of Global Investments at Cerberus.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://heavy.com/news/2018/12/dan-quayle-wife-kids-age-now/|title=Dan Quayle, George Bush's Vice President: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know|first=Effie|last=Orfanides|date=December 5, 2018|access-date=December 12, 2018|archive-date=December 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215223707/https://heavy.com/news/2018/12/dan-quayle-wife-kids-age-now/|url-status=live}}</ref>

==2000 presidential campaign==
{{Main|Dan Quayle 2000 presidential campaign}}
[[File:Quayle 2000 campaign logo.svg|thumb|Logo from Quayle's 2000 presidential campaign]]

During a January 1999 appearance on ''[[Larry King Live]]'', Quayle said he would run for president in 2000.<ref>{{cite web|date=January 22, 1999|title=Quayle Plans a Bid in 2000 For President|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/01/22/us/quayle-plans-a-bid-in-2000-for-president.html|access-date=September 16, 2018|website=The New York Times|agency=Reuters|archive-date=September 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180916235719/https://www.nytimes.com/1999/01/22/us/quayle-plans-a-bid-in-2000-for-president.html|url-status=live}}</ref> On January 28, 1999, he officially created an exploratory committee.<ref name="p2000.us">{{cite web |title=Dan Quayle |url=http://p2000.us/quay.html |website=p2000.us |access-date=May 29, 2021 |archive-date=June 2, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602212532/http://p2000.us/quay.html |url-status=live }}</ref> On April 14, 1999, at a rally held at his alma mater Huntington North High School's gymnasium, Quayle officially launched his campaign for the [[2000 Republican Party presidential primaries|2000 Republican presidential nomination]].<ref name="p2000.us" /> In July 1999, he published his book ''Worth Fighting For''.<ref name="p2000.us"/>

During campaign appearances, Quayle criticized fellow candidate [[George W. Bush]]. Early on, he criticized Bush's use of the term "[[compassionate conservative]]".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Conolly |first1=Ceci |title=Dan Quayle plans presidential campaign |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/575357498 |website=Newspapers.com |publisher=The Spokesman-Review |agency=Associated Press |access-date=May 29, 2021 |language=en |url-access=subscription |date=January 22, 1999 |archive-date=January 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220122212641/http://www.newspapers.com/image/575357498/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Quayle finished eighth in the August 1999 [[Iowa Straw Poll (1979–2011)|Ames Straw Poll]]. He withdrew from the race the next month and supported Bush.<ref name="broder"/>

==2000–present==
Quayle, then working as an [[Investment banking|investment banker]] in Phoenix, was mentioned as a candidate for [[List of Governors of Arizona|governor of Arizona]] before the [[2002 Arizona gubernatorial election|2002 election]],<ref>{{cite news |title = Political Briefing; From Arizona, Talk Of a Bid by Quayle |author = B. Drummond Ayres Jr. |work = [[The New York Times]] |date= February 11, 2001 |url = https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F01E2D81031F932A25751C0A9679C8B63 |access-date = September 4, 2008}}</ref> but declined to run. Quayle attended the [[second inauguration of George W. Bush]] in 2005 and the [[first inauguration of Barack Obama]] in 2009.

On January 31, 2011, Quayle wrote a letter to President [[Barack Obama]] urging him to commute [[Jonathan Pollard]]'s sentence.<ref>[http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/60792/dan-quayle-urges-pollard-release "Dan Quayle Urges Pollard Release"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112033604/http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/60792/dan-quayle-urges-pollard-release |date=November 12, 2013 }}, ''[[J. The Jewish News of Northern California]]'', February 10, 2011.</ref>

[[Quayle Vice Presidential Learning Center|The Dan Quayle Center and Museum]], in [[Huntington, Indiana]], features information on Quayle and all U.S. vice presidents.

Quayle is an Honorary Trustee Emeritus of the [[Hudson Institute]] and president of Quayle and Associates. He has also been a member of the board of directors of Heckmann Corporation, a water-sector company, since the company's inception and serves as chair of the company's Compensation and Nominating & Governance Committees. Quayle is a director of [[Aozora Bank]], based in Tokyo, Japan.<ref>{{cite web|title=Board of Directors website |url=http://heckmanncorp.com/boardofdirectors.htm |publisher=Heckmann corporation |access-date=March 10, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110316195646/http://heckmanncorp.com/boardofdirectors.htm |archive-date=March 16, 2011 }}</ref> He has also been on the boards of directors of other companies, including [[K2 Sports]], [[AmTran]] Inc., Central Newspapers Inc.,<ref>{{cite web |title = RightWeb.com profile for J. Danforth Quayle |url = http://rightweb.irc-online.org/profile/Quayle_J_Danforth_Dan |access-date = March 10, 2011 |archive-date = January 22, 2011 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110122200759/http://www.rightweb.irc-online.org/profile/Quayle_J_Danforth_Dan |url-status = live }}</ref> BTC Inc.<ref>{{cite web |title = CampaignMoney.com donation page for Quayle for Congress, 2010 election cycle |url = http://www.campaignmoney.com/political/committees/quayle-for-congress.asp?cycle=10 |access-date = March 10, 2011 |archive-date = February 23, 2011 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110223193959/http://www.campaignmoney.com/political/committees/quayle-for-congress.asp?cycle=10 |url-status = live }}</ref> and Carvana Co.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1690820/000119312517125104/d297157ds1a.htm#toc297157_16|title=S-1/A|website=www.sec.gov|access-date=April 20, 2017|archive-date=April 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170421095233/https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1690820/000119312517125104/d297157ds1a.htm#toc297157_16|url-status=live}}</ref>

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File:Dan Quayle with Donald Rumsfeld.jpg|Quayle with [[United States Secretary of Defense|Defense Secretary]] [[Donald Rumsfeld]] in 2001
File:Dan Quayle (7835924970).jpg|Dan Quayle speaking at a "Politics on the Rocks" event in Scottsdale, Arizona, in 2012
File:Dan and Marilyn Quayle at 58th Inauguration 01-20-17.jpg|Dan Quayle and [[Marilyn Quayle]] at the [[First inauguration of Donald Trump|2017 Presidential Inauguration]]
File:National Veterans Day Observance 2019 (49051656176).jpg|Dan Quayle and [[Marilyn Quayle]] with [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] [[Mike Pence]] in 2019
File:George W. Bush and Dan Quayle at Biden inauguration.png|Quayle (right) with George W. Bush (left) at the [[Inauguration of Joe Biden|2021 Presidential Inauguration]]
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=== Counsel to Mike Pence ===
{{main|January 6 United States Capitol attack|Attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election}}

In December 2011, Quayle endorsed [[Mitt Romney]] for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination.<ref name="quayle">{{cite news |first=Mark |last=Halperin |author-link=Mark Halperin |url=http://thepage.time.com/2011/12/05/ap-quayle-to-endorse-romney/ |title=Quayle to Endorse Romney |work=The Page |publisher=Time Inc. |date=December 5, 2011 |access-date=April 1, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402142237/http://thepage.time.com/2011/12/05/ap-quayle-to-endorse-romney/ |archive-date=April 2, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In the [[2016 United States presidential election|2016 presidential election]], Quayle endorsed [[Jeb Bush presidential campaign, 2016|Jeb Bush]].<ref name="jebarizona">{{cite web|url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/azdc/2015/10/28/jeb-bush-arizona-supporters-dan-quayle-fife-symington/74756070/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20160318001513/http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/azdc/2015/10/28/jeb-bush-arizona-supporters-dan-quayle-fife-symington/74756070/|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 18, 2016|title=Jeb Bush's Arizona supporters include Dan Quayle, Fife Symington|date=October 28, 2015|work=The Arizona Republic}}</ref> After Bush failed to win the nomination, Quayle endorsed [[Donald Trump 2016 presidential campaign|Donald Trump]];<ref>{{Cite web|date=July 30, 2016|title=HUGE: Former VP Dan Quayle Endorses Trump, Says 'I Think He Can Win'!|url=https://en-volve.com/2016/07/30/huge-former-vp-dan-quayle-endorses-trump-says-i-think-he-can-win/|access-date=January 15, 2021|website=enVolve|language=en-US|archive-date=October 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024143735/https://en-volve.com/2016/07/30/huge-former-vp-dan-quayle-endorses-trump-says-i-think-he-can-win/|url-status=live}}</ref> he was later seen visiting with Trump at [[Trump Tower]] in [[Manhattan]] before Trump's inauguration.<ref name="trumptower">{{cite web |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/dan-quayle-visits-trump-tower-offer-personal-congratulations/story |title=Dan Quayle Visits Trump Tower to Offer 'Personal Congratulations' |date=November 29, 2016 |work=ABC News }}{{Dead link|date=July 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

According to the book [[Peril (book)|''Peril'']], by [[Bob Woodward]] and [[Robert Costa (journalist)|Robert Costa]], Quayle played a central role in advising his fellow Hoosier and Vice President [[Mike Pence]] to [[2021 United States Electoral College vote count|certify]] the [[2020 United States presidential election]] as per the [[Standing Rules of the United States Senate|Senate rules]], rather than cooperate with a plan by then-president [[Donald Trump]] that sought to overturn the election.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Stanley-Becker|first=Isaac|date=September 14, 2021|title=Top general was so fearful Trump might spark war that he made secret calls to his Chinese counterpart, new book says|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/09/14/peril-woodward-costa-trump-milley-china/|newspaper=[[Washington Post]]|access-date=September 14, 2021|archive-date=September 15, 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210915233648/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/09/14/peril-woodward-costa-trump-milley-china/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=September 16, 2021|first=Virginia|last=Chamlee|title=How Dan Quayle Helped Convince Mike Pence Not to Overturn Election, According to New Book: 'Forget It'|url=https://people.com/politics/new-book-details-how-dan-quayle-convinced-mike-pence-not-to-overturn-election/|access-date=2022-02-06|website=people.com|language=en|archive-date=February 6, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220206222119/https://people.com/politics/new-book-details-how-dan-quayle-convinced-mike-pence-not-to-overturn-election/|url-status=live}}</ref> Quayle attended President [[Joe Biden]]'s [[Inauguration of Joe Biden|inauguration]] on January 20, 2021.<ref>{{cite news|title=Who was at Biden's inauguration |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2021/photos-attendees-biden-inauguration/ |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=January 21, 2021}}</ref>

Quayle attended President [[Donald Trump]]'s [[Second_inauguration_of_Donald_Trump|second inauguration]] on January 20, 2025.<ref>{{cite news |last=Mansfield |first=Erin |date=January 20, 2025 |title=Who attended Donald Trump's inauguration? Here's a partial list |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2025/01/20/who-attended-donald-trump-inauguration/77837059007/ |access-date=January 20, 2025 |newspaper=[[USA Today]]}}</ref>

==Personal life==
{{external media | width = 210px | float = right | headerimage= | video1 = [https://www.c-span.org/video/?57532-1/standing-firm ''Booknotes'' interview with Quayle on ''Standing Firm'', July 24, 1994], [[C-SPAN]]}}
Quayle lives with his wife, [[Marilyn Quayle]], in [[Paradise Valley, Arizona]].<ref name="auto"/> They married in November 1972<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1992/01/10/guardian-of-the-quayle-image/01483c29-5f4e-4069-bbb3-fd5682da079a/|title=Guardian of the Quayle Image|date=January 10, 1992|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=March 18, 2019|archive-date=April 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402195635/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1992/01/10/guardian-of-the-quayle-image/01483c29-5f4e-4069-bbb3-fd5682da079a/|url-status=live}}</ref> and have three children: Tucker, Benjamin, and Corinne.<ref>{{cite news |author1=Donnie Radcliffe |title=At the Quayles', Tight Security for Trick-Or-Treaters |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1989/10/31/at-the-quayles-tight-security-for-trick-or-treaters/3a301158-d02a-4d78-8b75-f8cbb4be6e38 |access-date=January 29, 2019 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=October 31, 1989 |archive-date=January 4, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190104072633/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1989/10/31/at-the-quayles-tight-security-for-trick-or-treaters/3a301158-d02a-4d78-8b75-f8cbb4be6e38/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Ben Quayle|Benjamin Quayle]] served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2011 to 2013,<ref>{{cite news|title=Quayle forms new lobbying, consulting firm|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/news/2015/10/07/quayle-forms-new-lobbying-consutling-firm.html|author=Mike Sunnucks|work=Phoenix Business Journal|year=2015|access-date=April 10, 2019|archive-date=September 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190907074414/https://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/news/2015/10/07/quayle-forms-new-lobbying-consutling-firm.html|url-status=live}}</ref> representing Arizona's 3rd congressional district.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/david-schweikert_n_1838371 |title=David Schweikert Defeats Ben Quayle In Arizona Republican Primary |date=August 29, 2012 |access-date=April 10, 2019 |archive-date=August 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804163609/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/david-schweikert_n_1838371 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Electoral history==
{{Main|Electoral history of Dan Quayle}}

==Published material==
* ''Standing Firm: A Vice-Presidential Memoir'', [[HarperCollins]], May 1994. Hardcover. {{ISBN|0-06-017758-6}}; mass market paperback, May 1995; {{ISBN|0-06-109390-4}}; limited edition, 1994. {{ISBN|0-06-017601-6}}.
* ''The American Family: Discovering the Values That Make Us Strong'' (with Diane Medved), Harpercollins, April 1996. {{ISBN|0-06-017378-5}} (hardcover). {{ISBN|0-06-092810-7}} (paperback).
* ''Worth Fighting For'', W Publishing Group, July 1999. {{ISBN|0-8499-1606-2}}.

== See also ==
* {{Portal inline|Biography}}

==Footnotes==
{{reflist|30em}}

==Further reading==
* [[Richard Fenno|Richard F. Fenno Jr.]], ''The Making of a Senator: Dan Quayle'', Congressional Quarterly Press, 1989. {{ISBN|0-87187-506-3}}. [https://archive.org/details/makingofsenatord00fenn online free to borrow]
* ''What a Waste It Is to Lose One's Mind: The Unauthorized Autobiography of Dan Quayle'', Quayle Quarterly (published by Rose Communications), April 1992, {{ISBN|0-9629162-2-6}}.
* [[Joe Queenan (author)|Joe Queenan]], ''Imperial Caddy: The Rise of Dan Quayle in America and the Decline and Fall of Practically Everything Else'', Hyperion Books; October 1992 (1st edition). {{ISBN|1-56282-939-4}}.

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