Gerald Ford. he was made VP after agnew resigned and bumped up to President when nixon resigned.
George Washington
No- Taylor never held any elected office before he was President. He never even voted.
All presidents have been elected to some government office, but Gerald Ford was the only one who was never elected as vice president or president. He did serve as a congressman, but was appointed, not elected, as vice president by Richard Nixon and took office after Nixon's resign without election.
The answer is that several presidents had not previously held elected public office before becoming President: Zachary Taylor, U.S. Grant, William Howard Taft [although he was governor-general of the Philippines], Herbert Hoover, and Dwight Eisenhower. This now includes Donald Trump.
Quincy Adams was never a vice-president.
He was never a actual president (only in movies)
Gerald Ford is the only person to be president and vice president but never elected.
Zachary Taylor (12th president) Ulysses S. Grant (18th president) Dwight D Eisenhower (34th president)
Ulysses S. Grant
Gerald Ford was the only U.S. president who was never elected as either president or vice president.
He was a never a US senator. However, he was governor of New York and NY state senator before he was elected president.
Thomas Edison was never elected president.