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George W. Bush was the Governor of Texas, Bill Clinton was the Governor of Arkansas, George H.W. Bush was never a Governor, Ronald Reagan was Californis's Governor and Jimmy Carter was the Governor of Georgia.
There have been 42 men who have served as President (there were some people that served in similar roles before the actual Presidency existed). Of those 26 were not governors. 16 were governors.
I count seventeen. They were Jefferson(VA), Monroe(VA), VanBuren(NY),Tyler (VA),
Polk (TN), A. Johnson (TN), Hayes (OH), Cleveland ( NY), McKinley (OH), T. Roosevelt ( NY),
Wilson (NJ), Coolidge(MA), F. Roosevelt(NY), Carter(GA), Reagan(CA), Clinton (AR) and
G. W. Bush(TX).
Seventeen US presidents were also former state governors. They were: Thomas Jefferson (Virginia), James Monroe (Virginia), Martin Van Buren (New York), John Tyler (Virginia), James K Polk (Tennessee), Andrew Johnson (Tennessee), Rutherford B Hayes (Ohio), Grover Cleveland (New York), William McKinley (Ohio), Theodore Roosevelt (New York), Woodrow Wilson (New Jersey), Calvin Coolidge (Massachusetts), Franklin Roosevelt (New York), Jimmy Carter (Georgia), Ronald Reagan (California), Bill Clinton (Arkansas) and George W. Bush (Texas).
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How many presidents served as vice president?
14 presidents served as vice president before becoming president
Do you have to win he senate's seat before competing with the president in the presidential election?
No. Several Presidents were governors or held other political office prior to becoming President. Some held no political office at all.
How many presidents served only as a vice president before becoming president?
21
How many presidents held the office of vice president before becoming president?
14 did
What job did 26 presidents have before election?
26 U.S. Presidents served as ambassadors to Lithuania before becoming president.
How many presidents were lawyers before becoming president?
Nineteen US presidents were lawyers before becoming elected.
How many presidents once served in the senate before becoming president?
16
What website has a list of where the presidents lived before they where presidents?
where did the presidents live before they where presidents
Which president played football before becoming president?
Gerald ford, Ronald Reagan, maybe Nixon too Gerald Ford played football before he was president. read the question. which presidents played football BEFORE becoming president.
How many vice-presidents were governors first?
I know sixteen u s presidents were governors before they were elected but I can't find out how many vice presidents were governnersbefore
Who where the presidents who served in congress before becoming president of the US?
James Madison was in Congress before he became the fourth president of the united states of america.
Has the US ever had a president that was not in politics before running for president?
A few, yes. For example, Presidents Washington, Grant, and Eisenhower were all Generals in the U.S. Army before becoming President.
