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Zachary Taylor (12th president) Ulysses S. Grant (18th president) Dwight D Eisenhower (34th president)
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
Gerald Ford took over office without being elected. Hope you liked? Ciao~
He was elected into office by the citizens of the United States.
Gerald R. Ford
By being elected into office by their constituents.
Gerald Ford
All but 4 of the 43 Presidents held an elected office before they were President. Those that did not were Taylor, Grant, Hoover and Eisenhower. George Washington did not serve any elected office under the US Constitution, but he was elected to serveral positions in the colonial government. Herbert Hoover was Secretary of Commerce which is a national office, but is not elected.
Gerald Ford
Harding was a US Senator from Ohio and the Lieutenant Governor of Ohio before he was elected President.
U.S. senator before being elected Vice President in 1840. He was the first to succeed to the office of President on the death of the incumbent, succeeding William Henry Harrison.