Presidents who were never state governors:
George Washington, John Adams, James Madison, John Q. Adams,Andrew Jackson Wm. H. Harrison,Zachary Taylor, Millard Fillmore, Franklin Pierce,James Buchanan, Abraham Lincoln, U. S. Grant, James Garfield, Chester Arthur, Ben. Harrison, Wm. Howard Taft, Warren Harding, Herbert Hoover, Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, John Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, George H. W. Bush and Barack Obama.
Seventeen State Governors have subsequently become President :
Three others were never state governors but were governors of territories.
Andrew Jackson was territorial governor of Florida ,
W.H. Harrison was territorial governor of Indiana ,
William Howard Taft was governor of the the Philippines when it became a US territory following the Spanish-American War.
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14 of the US presidents had no previous experience as a US Senator or as a state governor. They are:
George Washington (General of the Army of the United Colonies)
John Adams (Vice President under Washington)
James Madison (U.S. Congressman*, Secretary of State under Jefferson)
Zachary Taylor US army general )
Millard Fillmore (U.S. Congressman, Vice President under Taylor)
Abraham Lincoln (U.S. Congressman from Illinois*)
Ulysses S. Grant (U.S. Army General)
James Garfield (U.S. Congressman from Ohio)
Chester Alan Arthur (Vice President under Garfield)
William Howard Taft (U.S. Secretary of War, territorial governor of the Phillippines)
Herbert Hoover (U.S. Secretary of Commerce)
Dwight D. Eisenhower (U.S. Army Chief of Staff)
Gerald Ford (U.S. Congressman, Vice President under Nixon)
George H. W. Bush (U.S. Congressman, U.S. Ambassador to the UN, Director of CIA, Vice President under Reagan)
U.S. Presidents Who Never Served As a State Governor:
trump wasnt a senator .. no even close .. he was a bum !
George H.W. Bush.
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There are no former US presidents living in Wisconsin.
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No, though many presidents were previously governors (including Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush). Many other presidents were senators or vice-presidents.
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44 presidents
There were colonial governors, but they all answered to the King of England.
Alaska is a state. They do not have presidents, but do have governors. No US President has been born in Alaska.
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I know sixteen u s presidents were governors before they were elected but I can't find out how many vice presidents were governnersbefore
16 state governors became US President that includes Territorial Governors 10 became 'true' two term US Presidents 9 state governors to US Presidents were in the period since 1896 5 'True' Two Term Presidents with gubernatorial background occurred since 1896 4 state governors to US Presidents have occurred in the last 32 years 3 'True' Two-term Presidents with gubernatorial background occurred in the last 32 years