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Was any president of the US both a representative and a senator?
A total of 9 US Presidents were both former US Representatives as well as former Senators. Three were elected Vice Presidents who succeeded to the Presidency, but only one (LBJ) was also elected President. Another (Andrew Johnson, became a Senator afterbeing President.James Garfield (20th President) was simultaneously a US representative, Senator-elect, and President-elect, having being appointed to a vacant US Senate seat in Ohio that he never occupied.Representatives/Senators who became PresidentAndrew Jackson - 7th President (representative and later senator from Tennessee)William H. Harrison - 9th President (representative and senator from Ohio)John Tyler * 10th President (representative and senator from Virginia who was elected Vice President and served 47 months after succeeding William Henry Harrison)Franklin Pierce - 14th President (representative and senator from New Hampshire)James Buchanan - 15th President (representative and senator from Pennsylvania)Andrew Johnson * 17th President (representative from Tennessee, elected to Senate after leaving the White House)John F. Kennedy - 35th President (representative and senator from Massachusetts)Lyndon B Johnson - 36th President (representative and senator from Texas)Richard Nixon - 37th President (representative and senator from California)
Has anyone ever served in the US House of Representatives and the Senate and as both vice president and president?
John Quincy AdamsThe answer listed above is incorrect. John Quincy Adams never served as Vice President.The correct answer is:Richard Nixon - President from 1969 - 1974; Vice President from 1953 - 1961; Senator from California from 1950 - 1953; Representative from California from 1947 - 1950Lyndon Johnson -President from 1963 - 1969; Vice President from 1961 - 1963; Senator from Texas from 1949 - 1961; Representative from Texas from 1937 - 1949Andrew Johnson - President from 1865 - 1869; Vice President in 1865; Senator from Tennessee from 1857 - 1862, and again in 1875; Representative from Tennessee from 1843 - 1853John Tyler - President from 1841 - 1845; Vice President in 1841; Senator from Virginia from 1827 - 1836; Representative from Virginia from 1816 - 1821Of those four men, two (Andrew Johnson and John Tyler) also had served as governor; of Tennessee and Virginia, respectively.True!!
Does a senator has to served first as representative?
No. A Senator does not have to serve in the House of Represenatives first.
Who was the highly respected representative and senator from hawaii?
Daniel Inouye, the senior senator and President pro tempore of the Senate, died in December, 2012 at the age of 88. He had served as a US Representative for the state from 1959 to 1963, and as a US Senator from 1963 until his death in 2012, a period of nearly 49 years.
What was Barack Obama US representative for?
Barack Obama did not serve as a US Representative (a member of the House of Representatives). He was first elected as a state senator in Illinois in 1996, and after three terms, he was elected as a member of the US Senate; he served as a senator until he decided to run for president. That said, as president, Barack Obama certainly does represent the United States. But prior to becoming the president, he was a member of the Senate, not the House of Representatives.
What did Samuel Houston do?
He was a US Congressman and Senator, the Governor of both Tennessee and Texas, the father of eight children and served as the President of the Republic of Texas for two terms.
Who served in an elected office after his presidency was over?
Grover Cleveland. There was one president in between his terms. Also JQ Adams, who served in the HoR 1831-1847, and Andrew Johnson, who was Senator from Tennessee in 1875.
Is it legal for former presidents become senators?
Simply put yes, but no president has ever become a senator after being president Simply put yes, but no president has ever become a senator after being president
What were the occupations James K. Polk had before he was president?
James K. Polk was a lawyer. He also served in Congress as a US Representative and as Speaker of the House of Representatives. Earlier, he was a mamber of the Tennessee Legislature, and Governor of Tennessee.
Was Andrew Jackson vice president?
Andrew Jackson served two terms as president, from 1828-1836. He served after John Quincy Adam. Martin Van Buren served after Jackson.
Who was the the first senator for tennessee?
William Cocke was the first U.S. Senator from Tennessee. He was appointed to begin the term after Tennessee became a state and the Tennessee legislature failed to elect a Senator. William Cocke served as a U.S. Senator from August 2, 1796 until September 26, 1797. He resigned when Andrew Jackson was elected to finish Cocke's term.
Was John Sevier us representative for Tennessee?
Yes, he served as a US representative from 1811 until he passed away in 1815. He also served as the Governor of the State of Franklin from 1785-1789 and the Governor of Tennessee from 1796-1801 and 1803-1809.
