answersLogoWhite

0

All but 4 of the 43 Presidents held an elected office before they were President. Those that did not were Taylor, Grant, Hoover and Eisenhower.

George Washington did not serve any elected office under the US Constitution, but he was elected to serveral positions in the colonial government. Herbert Hoover was Secretary of Commerce which is a national office, but is not elected.

User Avatar

Wiki User

11y ago

What else can I help you with?

Related Questions

Which 2 presidents were farmers before elected?

President Vincent


Who was elected president without holding an elected office before?

Presidents who did not hold elected office before they were President are Zachary Taylor, Ulysses Grant, Herbert Hoover and Dwight Eisenhower.


Who are all the Presidents of Afghanistan?

Before President Karzai, there was no elected president in Afghanistan, but they were called presidents of Afghanistan.Hamid Karzai was the first elected president of Afghanistan since fall of the Taliban.Ashraf Ghani replaced Karzai in 2014.


Can a senator or representative be appointed to the office of the president?

Presidents are not appointed- they are elected. A senator or representative can run for president , but if elected president , he must resign any previous office before he takes office as president.


How many presidents were lawyers before becoming president?

Nineteen US presidents were lawyers before becoming elected.


Similarities between the declaration and constitution?

They both were written before the first president was elected


How did Bill Clinton become president?

He was elected, the same as all US presidents before him except Gerald Ford.


What president was never elected to a government office before becoming president?

All presidents have been elected to some government office, but Gerald Ford was the only one who was never elected as vice president or president. He did serve as a congressman, but was appointed, not elected, as vice president by Richard Nixon and took office after Nixon's resign without election.


How many presidents served as secretary of state before being president?

I count six -- Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Quincy Adams, VanBuren and Buchanan were Secretaries of State before being elected president.


Which US Presidents were married when elected President?

All but Jefferson, VanBuren, Buchanan, Cleveland, and Arthur were married when they took office. Jefferson, VanBure and Arthur were widowers. Jackson's wife was alive when he was elected but died before he took office. Arthur was never elected president.


Do you have to win he senate's seat before competing with the president in the presidential election?

No. Several Presidents were governors or held other political office prior to becoming President. Some held no political office at all.


How long was it before had our 1st black president?

In the US the first President with any certain black ancestry was elected in 2008. There have have been several earlier black presidents in other countries.

Trending Questions
How could the Japanese internment camps be avoided? What is it called when the political cartoonist shows the contrast between how things are and the way they are expected to be this is called? Which opera was the Lone Ranger theme originally written for? Which was the first state to enact sales tax? Which cabinet members often form an inner circle closer to the president and which have less direct contact? Using the structural-functionalist approach compare the political system in USSR 1985 and RUSSIA 2002? What summarizes the entire passage about Wilma Mankiller? What were the names of prithviraj chauhan's sons? What were the three basic needs of primitive people? How many processes are available for the formal amendment process? Why did the first battle of the marne occur? Why were the delegates to the constitutional convention of 1787 sworn to secrecy? Which theory of incorporation holds that the fourteenth amendment applied to the entire bill of rights to the states? In what ways is the Constitution congruent with the Declaration? How might lobbyists affect political decision making and the lives of Canadians? When did George Hammond Whalley die? The British attempt to cut New England off from the rest of the colonies failed when Burgoyne surrendered his army at Saratoga? Is congress prohibited by the constitution from borrowing money? Who sang xanadu? What did the creation of the Virginia house of burgesses and the signing of the mayflowers compact showed?