List of U.S. Presidents by political occupation
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This is a list of U.S. Presidents by political occupation, i.e. list of various other political offices held by presidents.
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Vice Presidents
Continental Congressmen
Governors
Mayors
| Who | City | Years served |
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| Andrew Johnson | Greenville, Tennessee | 1834-1838 |
| Grover Cleveland | Buffalo, New York | 1881-1883 |
| Calvin Coolidge | Northampton, Massachusetts | 1910-1911 |
U.S. Senators
Directly elected by popular vote starting in 1914.
| State | Who | Years served |
|---|---|---|
| California | Richard Nixon | 1951 - 1953 |
| Indiana | Benjamin Harrison | 1881 - 1887 |
| Massachusetts | John Quincy Adams | 1803 - 1808 |
| Massachusetts | John F. Kennedy | 1953 - 1960 |
| Missouri | Harry Truman | 1935 - 1945 |
| New Hampshire | Franklin Pierce | 1837 - 1842 |
| New York | Martin Van Buren | 1821 - 1828 |
| Ohio | William Henry Harrison | 1825 - 1828 |
| Ohio | Warren Harding | 1915 - 1921 |
| Pennsylvania | James Buchanan | 1834 - 1845 |
| Tennessee | Andrew Jackson | 1797 - 1798, 1823 - 1825 |
| Tennessee | Andrew Johnson | 1857 - 1862, 1875 (only former President to become US Senator) |
| Texas | Lyndon Johnson | 1949 - 1960 |
| Virginia | James Monroe | 1790 - 1794 |
| Virginia | John Tyler | 1827 - 1836 |
Members of the U.S. House of Representatives
| State | Who | Years served |
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| California | Richard Nixon | 1947 - 1950 |
| Illinois | Abraham Lincoln | 1847 - 1849 |
| Massachusetts | John Quincy Adams | 1831 - 1848 (only president to serve in the House after his presidency) |
| Massachusetts | John F. Kennedy | 1947 - 1953 |
| Michigan | Gerald Ford | 1949 - 1973 |
| New Hampshire | Franklin Pierce | 1833 - 1837 |
| New York | Millard Fillmore | 1833 - 1835, 1837 - 1843 |
| Ohio | William Henry Harrison | 1816 - 1819 |
| Ohio | Rutherford B. Hayes | 1865 - 1867 |
| Ohio | James Garfield | 1863 - 1880 |
| Ohio | William McKinley | 1877 - 1883, 1885 - 1891 |
| Pennsylvania | James Buchanan | 1821 - 1831 |
| Tennessee | Andrew Jackson | 1796 - 1797 |
| Tennessee | James K. Polk | 1825 - 1839 |
| Tennessee | Andrew Johnson | 1843 - 1853 |
| Texas | Lyndon Johnson | 1937 - 1949 |
| Texas | George Herbert Walker Bush | 1967 - 1971 |
| Virginia | James Madison | 1789 - 1797 |
| Virginia | John Tyler | 1816 - 1821 |