Sam Houston.
Texas. Bush was governor of Texas before he ran for President.
Governor for Texas
He was elected as a Tennessee Congressman in 1822 and served in that position for two terms from 1823 to 1827.He did not seek reelection, but ran for and won the position of Tennessee Governor.
Texas Governor George W.Bush ran for president against vice president Al Gore.Gore won the popular vote but lost to governor Bush
Rick Perry assumed the governorship in December 2000 when then-governor George W. Bush resigned to become President of the United States. Perry first ran & was elected Governor of Texas in 2002.
Before George bush was a president, his former occupation was governor of Texas. He unsuccessfully ran for House of representatives before that and also co-owned the baseball team, the Texas Rangers.
In 1998, the second time George W. Bush ran for Governor of Texas, Rick Perry ran for Lt. Governor. He won the election with 3.8% more votes than his nearest opponent, Democrat John Sharp, becoming George W. Bush's second Lt. Governor. So when George W. Bush resigned on 21 December 2000 due to winning the U.S. Presidential Election, Rick Perry automatically became Governor. Gov. Perry ran for reelection in 2002, and he won with 44.6% more votes than his nearest opponent, Democrat Tony Sanchez. Gov. Perry ran for reelection again in 2006, and he won with 31.0% more votes than his nearest opponent, Democrat Chris Bell. In December 2008, Gov. Perry broke the record for the longest time in office of any Texas Governor to date. In 2010, Gov. Perry ran for reelection again, and he won with 30.0% more votes than his nearest opponent, Democrat Bill White. There are no term limits in Texas, so Gov. Perry may continue to run for reelection as often as he wishes. However, on 8 July 2013 Gov. Perry announced his intention to retire when his current term ends in January 2015.
The only political offices held by George W. Bush were Texas Governor and U. S. President. He ran for Congress in 1978 but lost to Kent Hance.
Former Steelers wide receiver Lynn Swann unsuccessfully ran for Governor of PA in 2006.
The Southwest Conference ran in Texas from 1914 to 1996.
A.C. Haskell ran against, and lost to, Benjamin Tillman for South Carolina governor in 1890. Both were Democrats, but they had vastly different ideologies.
no but he ran 4 times and was governor of alabama