As of June 2014 President Gerald Ford is the only President who was never elected to the Executive Office. He replaced Spiro Agnew as Vice President, and then replace Richard Nixon as President after both 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.
Two presidents held public office in Illinois and lived there when they were elected President and they are Lincoln and Obama. Reagan was born in Illinois but had his career in California. Grant was living in Illinois when he left to fight in the Civil War but he never ran for office in Illinois and was not living there when he ran for President although he may have still owned a house in Illinois .
He never ran for president. He was vice president put into office as president when Garfield was assassinated.
President George W. Bush ran against Senator John Kerry in 2004. President Bush won. Jim Carey, an actor, never ran for political office and never ran against any President of the USA.
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No. He was elected vice-president in 1880 and became president when Garfield was killed in office. He never ran for president.
If the President dies in office, resigns his post, or is impeached and removed, the Vice President steps up to become President and complete the term.
Tyler ran for vice-president in 1840 with Wm Henry Harrison heading the ticket. He became president because Harrison died soon after taking office. Tyler never ran for president .
Vice-president Gerald Ford became President because President Nixon resigned his office. Vice-Presidents Thomas Jefferson and Martin Van Buren ran for President and were elected, Vice-president Richard Nixon ran for president and lost, but 8 years later ran again and was elected.
This is impossible to answer because President Obama is the first black president the US has ever had. If you are asking about other countries, that would be an unfair comparison, since he never lived in those countries nor ran for office there.
No, He never even ran for any office but president and in fact did. not even vote. He was a career army officer.
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