User:Rorschach/List of Presidents of the United States by other offices held

This is a list of Presidents of the United States by other offices (either elected or appointive) held. Every President of the United States has served as either:
 * Vice President of the United States
 * a Member of Congress (either U.S. Senator or Representative)
 * a Governor of a state
 * a Cabinet Secretary
 * a General of the United States Army

Vice Presidents


In addition, both George H. W. Bush and Dick Cheney served as Acting Presidents for brief periods under Reagan and George W. Bush, respectively.

13 former Vice Presidents (R. Johnson, Breckinridge, Morton, Stevenson, Fairbanks, Garner, Wallace, Barkley, Nixon, Humphrey, Mondale, Quayle, and Gore) all made failed runs for the Presidency. Nixon, Humphrey, Mondale, and Gore received their party's nomination. Nixon would later be elected in a second run for the presidency.

Cabinet Secretaries
John Adams (as Vice President) and Thomas Jefferson both served in the Cabinet of George Washington.

Both Theodore (from 1897–1898) and Franklin D. Roosevelt (from 1913–1920) served as Assistant Secretary of the Navy under Presidents McKinley and Wilson, respectively. William Howard Taft served as Solicitor General from 1890 to 1892 under President Harrison.

Senators
A number of future Presidents served together while in the Senate:
 * Senator Monroe served under Vice President Adams (1790–1794)
 * Senator Jackson served under Vice President Jefferson (1797–1798)
 * Senator Van Buren served with Senators Jackson (1823–1825), Harrison (1825–1828), and Tyler (1827–1828)
 * Senator Buchanan also served with Senator Tyler (1834–1836) and later served with Senator Pierce (1837–1842). Both Buchanan and Tyler served under Vice President Martin Van Buren (1833–1837), while Pierce later served under Vice President Tyler (1841).
 * Senator Harrison briefly served under Vice President Arthur (1881).
 * Senator Johnson served with both Senators Nixon (1950–1953) and Kennedy (1953–1960). Johnson and Kennedy both served under Vice President Nixon (1953–1961).

Members of the House of Representatives
A number of future Presidents served in the House together:
 * Congressman Jackson served with Congressman Madison (1796–1797)
 * Congressman Harrison served with Congressman Tyler (1816–1819)
 * Congressman Buchanan served with Congressman Polk (1825–1831)
 * Congressman Adams also served with Congressman Polk (1831–1839), and later served with Congressmen Fillmore (1833–1835; 1837–1843), Pierce (1833–1837), Johnson (1843–1848), and Lincoln (1847–1848)
 * Congressman Garfield served with both Congressmen Hayes (1865–1867) and McKinley (1877–1881)
 * Congressman Nixon served with Congressmen Johnson (1947–1949), John F. Kennedy (1947–1950), and Ford (1949–1950). Congressman Ford later served with Congressman Bush (1967–1971).

State Legislators

 * See below for information about pre-1776 colonial offices held.

Lost Races
Other than immediate re-election to the Presidency

Presidents, political occupation