Gerald Ford and Nelson Rockefeller served for 25 months as the only US President and Vice President who were never elected to either position. Ford became the 38th President on August 9, 1974, and Rockefeller became the 41st Vice President on December 19, 1974.
--- Both Ford (House minority leader from Michigan) and Rockefeller (longtime governor of New York) became Vice President under the 25th Amendment. Ford became Vice president after the resignation of Spiro T. Agnew, and became President after the resignation of Richard Nixon. Rockefeller was then chosen as Ford's Vice President.
The only presidents who were never elected as president were Tyler, Fillmore, Andrew Johnson, Arthur and Ford. Theodore Roosevelt, Coolidge, Truman and Lyndon Johnson began serving before they were elected, but then were elected to another term.
Thomas Jefferson served four years as vice-president and two terms as President. No other president that served two full terms was ever vice-president. Theodore Roosevelt, Calvin Coolidge , Harry Truman and Lyndon Johnson all served at least two years as vice president, became President and then were elected to one term of their own, but none served two full terms as President. Franklin Roosevelt ran for vice president but was not elected.
James Madison, the fourth president, served a term in Congress before he was President. He was the first president with experience in Congress.
As of the beginning of 2012, 38 people have been elected President of the United States. Another 4 people were elected Vice-President and, upon the death of the President, assumed the Presidency, but were never elected President. One person, Gerald Ford, was nominated by President Nixon and confirmed by Congress to replace Vice-President Agnew after Agnew's resignation, then assumed the Presidency a few months later when President Nixon resigned. Ford was never elected President OR Vice-President. Including Barack Obama, a total of 43 people have served as U.S. President. The reason why President Obama is referred to as the 44th President is that President Cleveland is counted twice due to his terms as President being non-consecutive.
There are several men who rose to the office of President of the US but were not elected to it. Gerald Ford is the only man who was not elected to either the office of President or Vice President though. Andrew Jackson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Lyndon Johnson were all sworn in after the presidents they served under died.
Washington was the only president never elected to his office - he was acclaimed to it. He served two terms, and could have served to his death, but thought no one person should serve more than two terms.
1904. Its important to remember this is when he was elected President not when he first served as President.
Gerald Ford
Gerald Ford is the only person to my knowledge.
Bill Clinton was elected president in 1992, and he served as President from 1993-2001.
John Quincy Adams served one term as President then was elected to the House of Representatives in 1830. Andrew Johnson served as President, survived his impeachment and then served in the Senate beginning in 1874.
Ulysses S. Grant was elected in 1868. He served two terms as the 18th President.
President Andrew Johnson was elected Vice President in 1864. He served as U.S. President from the time of Abraham Lincoln's assassination in April 1865 until March 1869, but he was never elected President. President Lyndon B. Johnson was elected Vice President in 1960 and President in 1964. He served as U.S. President from the time of John F. Kennedy's assassination in November 1963 until January 1969.
Hoover was elected President on November 6, 1928. He took office on March 4, 1929.
Yes, if they moved up from vice-president to president with less than two years to go in the term. Otherwise, they can not be re-elected if they are elected president once.
Millard Fillmore aquired presidency without being elected
Thomas Jefferson , who served from 1801 to 1809, was the third US president.
Yes, Hoover was elected to the office of President in the 1928 election, and served as the nation's 31st president from 1929-1933.