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 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.
James Garfield was a member of the House when he was elected president in 1880.( He was also elected to the senate at the same time, but refused that office to become President. )
Washington was the only president never elected to his office - he was acclaimed to it. He served two terms, and could have served to his death, but thought no one person should serve more than two terms.
His term of office is four years. There is a so-called two-term limit that limits a person to a maximum of ten years in the office of president. That is, a person who has never previously held the office of president or has served two years or less finishing another president's term may be elected a maximum of two times. A person that has served more than two years finishing another president's term may be elected to the office only once.
James Buchanan was the only bachelor president to remain so his entire life. Grover Cleveland was a bachelor when elected to his first term in office ,but he married during his first term.
Gerald Ford was the only U.S. president who was never elected into office. He became president after Richard Nixon resigned in 1974.
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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.
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.
Gerald Ford is the only person to be president and vice president but never elected.
Gerald Ford is the only president who was not elected to the office. He became president after Richard Nixon resigned.
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.
Gerald Ford was the only U.S. president who was never elected as either president or vice president.
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.
If he has been elected President only once, he usually runs for President.
Gerald Ford was the only person to become both Vice President and President without being elected to either office.