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Zachary Taylor (12th president) Ulysses S. Grant (18th president) Dwight D Eisenhower (34th president)
Alexander Hamilton was never elected President (or Vice-President). He served as the first Secretary of the Treasury under President Washington from 1789 until his resignation in 1795, and never held public office again. Hamilton was killed as the result of a duel with Vice-President Aaron Burr in 1804.
No- Zachary Taylor was never the vice-president. In fact, he never held any political office before he was elected US President. He was famous because of his success as an US army general in the Mexican War.
But he was never President tho....
Gerald Ford was never elected in a national election. He was appointed vice-president to fill out a term and became President when President Nixon resigned. He elected to Congress some 10 times by his Congressional district.
Technically speaking, they've all been elected in to *office*. However, Ford is the only one who was never elected to the Executive Office (as either President or Vice-President).
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.
Gerald Ford
Gerald Ford was appointed vice-president when Agnew resigned his office.
Fillmore was elected vice-president in 1848. He was never elected president but took office because of the death of President Taylor on July 9, 1850.
There are several men who rose to the office of President of the US but were not elected to it. Gerald Ford is the only man who was not elected to either the office of President or Vice President though. Andrew Jackson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Lyndon Johnson were all sworn in after the presidents they served under died.
The only president who took office but was not elected was Gerald Ford. He was also never elected as vice president either but was appointed to both offices.
The president who was not inaugurated and only took an oath on his residence was President John Tyler. This was after the death of President William Henry Harrison a month after his inauguration.
Ulysses S. Grant
George Washington
Johnson, Filmore, Tyler, Arthur
The only U.S. president who was never elected as president or vice president is Gerald Ford. He was a Congressman who was appointed to office. He ran for a second term, but lost to Jimmy Carter.