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List of Presidents of the United States by other offices held


This is a list of Presidents of the United States by other offices (either elected or appointive) held. Every President of the United States except Donald Trump has served as either:


In addition, George H. W. Bush served as Acting President for a brief period under Ronald Reagan

13 former Vice Presidents (R. Johnson, Breckinridge, Morton, Stevenson, Fairbanks, Garner, Wallace, Barkley, Nixon, Humphrey, Mondale, Quayle, and Gore) all made failed runs for the Presidency. Nixon, Humphrey, Mondale, and Gore received their party's nomination. Nixon would later be elected in a second run for the presidency.

John Adams (as Vice President) and Thomas Jefferson both served in the Cabinet of George Washington. Calvin Coolidge (as Vice President) and Herbert Hoover both served in the Cabinet of Warren G. Harding.

Both Theodore (from 1897–1898) and Franklin D. Roosevelt (from 1913–1920) served as Assistant Secretary of the Navy under Presidents McKinley and Wilson, respectively. William Howard Taft served as Solicitor General from 1890 to 1892 under President Harrison.


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