The president of the USA has to born in the nation, or be born in an American territory, such as an overseas USA military base.
John F. Kennedy was a naval officer,author,congressman and senator before being elected as president.
No, Obama was a Senator before being elected president
Harding was a US Senator from Ohio and the Lieutenant Governor of Ohio before he was elected President.
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Before becoming president, Barack Obama was elected to the Illinois state senate in 1996, and he was then elected to serve as a U.S. Senator from Illinois: he won that election in 2004.
If you are asking what position he held before being elected president, he was elected a state senator in Illinois in 1996, and in 2004, he was elected to the U.S. Senate.
He was former President of the Screen Actors Guild, and Chairman of the Motion Picture Industry Council, then elected California Governor
No. He was a Representative and then a Senator before being elected President.
Zachary Taylor (12th president) Ulysses S. Grant (18th president) Dwight D Eisenhower (34th president)
Woodrow Wilson was the professor with the earned doctorate .
He was a never a US senator. However, he was governor of New York and NY state senator before he was elected president.
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