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Many senators have been elected president, so it must have advantages as well as disadvantages. In fact, the only disadvantage I can think of is that a senator has a voting record that may prove embarrassing if he waffles on his positions or attacks the opposition in certain areas.
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Was Franklin Roosevelt elected president without being a senator?
He was a never a US senator. However, he was governor of New York and NY state senator before he was elected president.
Is it true Only governors can be elected President of the US?
No, Obama was a Senator before being elected president
Was JFK governor of Massachusetts?
No. He was a Representative and then a Senator before being elected President.
What did JFK do before being elected President?
John F. Kennedy was a naval officer,author,congressman and senator before being elected as president.
What positions did Harding hold before being elected president?
Harding was a US Senator from Ohio and the Lieutenant Governor of Ohio before he was elected President.
What was Barack Obama position prior to being elected?
If you are asking what position he held before being elected president, he was elected a state senator in Illinois in 1996, and in 2004, he was elected to the U.S. Senate.
What was JFK before becoming president?
He was senator from Massachusetts.He was a US Senator before becoming president. Before that he was a Congressman.
What elected position did Barack Obama hold before being elected president?
Before becoming president, Barack Obama was elected to the Illinois state senate in 1996, and he was then elected to serve as a U.S. Senator from Illinois: he won that election in 2004.
What was Barack Obama's job directly before he became US president?
Before being elected as President of the United States, Barack Obama was the junior Senator for the State of Illinois.
How many years did President Obama hold State and National offices as Senator?
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.
What Andrew Johnson do after being president?
He went home to Tennessee was active in politics and eventually was elected US senator, the only ex-president to be so chosen.
Did Lincoln's vice president ever get elected after Lincoln was killed?
Hamlin returned to being a senator, while Johnson, facing impeachment declined to seek further office for a time, until he returned to being a senator as well.
