I can think of five. Thomas Jefferson, James Monroe, John Quincy Adams, Martin Van Buren , and James Buchanan were secretaries of state before they became president .
33 of the 47 US vice-president never became President. See the related questions for more details.
Thomas Jefferson became Secretary of State during George Washington's Presidency. Alexander Hamilton was a Secretary of Treasury.After that , Jefferson became Vice President, and John Adams was a President.Later, Thomas Jefferson became the 3rd President of the United States of America.
James Madison who was the Secretary of State when the Louisiana Purchase was made.
They were all Presidents and were Vice President when the President was killed in office or died while in office.
James Madison was in Congress before he became the fourth president of the united states of america.
No U.S. Defense Secretary has been a U.S. President to date, but one, Dick Cheney, has been a U.S. Vice President. Two U.S. Presidents had been U.S. Secretary of War. The War Department became part of the Defense Department in 1947. The two were James Monroe and William Howard Taft.
because the former president either died or resigned 14 U. S. Vice Presidents became President. 8 of them ascended to the presidency upon the death of the president. 4 of them were the incumbent vice president when they won a presidential election. 1 of them was a former vice president when he won a presidential election. 1 of them ascended to the presidency upon the resignation of the president
President ford.he is the only one.
He had been Secretary of the Navy.
Teddy Roosevelt, Coolidge, Truman and Lyndon Johnson became president by accident upon the death of the president, but were voted in for another term.
James Monroe served as Secretary of War, as well as Secretary of State for James Madison. (Confederate President Jefferson Davis was Secretary of War for Franklin Pierce)
James Monroe served as Secretary of State and as Secretary of War under Madison. For some of the time, he held both positions at once.
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Both were vice-presidents who became president when the elected president died in office.
There have been 44 different presidents. For a specific answer, ask about a specific person.
John Adams had John Quincy Adams as a child and he became president