Madison was a US Congressman and Secretary of State before he was president.
He was a member of the Virginia state legislature and the U. S. House of Representatives, and he served as U. S. Secretary of State under President Jefferson.
A president must resign his previous office before he becomes President. People can not hold two elected offices at the same time, as a rule.
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James Madison, the fourth president, served a term in Congress before he was President. He was the first president with experience in Congress.
James Madison was elected in November, 1808. The non intercourse act was passed on March 1, 1809, a few days before Madison was inaugurated as president.
Reagan served two terms as governor of California. He was also elected president of his union, the Screen Actors' Guild.
James Garfield was president in the year 1881
I count six -- Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Quincy Adams, VanBuren and Buchanan were Secretaries of State before being elected president.
No U. S. President was elected before 1789.
Barack Obama was first elected to the Illinois State Senate in 1996. He was re-elected several times. Then, in 2004, he was elected a U.S. Senator. So, he served about twelve years total in the state and the U.S. senate, before being elected president in 2008.
He ran a newspaper and then was elected US Senator from Ohio before he was elected president.
Bill Clinton was governor of Arkansas before he was elected president.
the Fourth president was James Madison and he was in congress before presidency