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How many presidents held public office after their retirements as president?
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∙ 13y ago
John Quincy Adams was elected to a house seat and Andrew Johnson to the Senate after they left the presidency. Taft was appointed to the Supreme Court.
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As of October 2021, there have been five U.S. presidents who held public office after their retirements as president. They are John Quincy Adams, Andrew Johnson, William Howard Taft, Woodrow Wilson, and Herbert Hoover. All of them either served in the U.S. House of Representatives or were appointed to diplomatic roles.
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