who did not serve as a state governor prior to being president?
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5 presidents had never been elected to public office before becoming president: Zachary Taylor, Ulysses S. Grant, Herbert Hoover, Dwight D. Eisenhower, and Donald Trump. Most of these had, however, been appointed to several prominent offices.
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['Gavin Newsom (D) Governor.', 'Eleni Kounalakis (D) Lieutenant Governor.', 'Alex Padilla (D) Secretary of State.', 'Xavier Becerra (D) Attorney General.', 'Fiona Ma (D) State Treasurer.', 'Betty Yee (D) State Controller.', 'Tony Thurmond (D) State Superintendent of Public Instruction.', 'Ricardo Lara (D)']
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Ohio has been referred to as the "Mother of Presidents." Seven U.S. presidents were born in Ohio: Ulysses Grant, Rutherford Hayes, James Garfield, Benjamin Harrison, William McKinley, William Howard Taft and Warren G. Harding.
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Four Members — John Tyler, Millard Fillmore, Andrew Johnson, and Gerald Ford — were never elected to the Presidency, having succeeded a President who died or resigned. Only Gerald Ford was never successfully elected as either President or Vice President, though he served in both positions.
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The 38th United States president, Ford has the distinction of being the first, and to date the only person to serve as president without being elected to either the presidency or the vice presidency. His presidency ended following his defeat in the 1976 presidential election by Democrat Jimmy Carter.
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Notable Romney family members include George W. Romney (1907-1995), the 43rd Governor of Michigan (1963–1969) and his son, Mitt Romney (born 1947). Mitt Romney was 70th Governor of Massachusetts (2003–2007), Republican nominee for President of the United States in 2012, and is currently U.S. Senator for Utah.
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The State of Indiana has been at the center of presidential history, claiming Hoosier Presidents Benjamin Harrison and his grandfather, William Henry Harrison. However, one year sticks out more for what didn't happen than what did: 1940. That year, Hoosier natives Wendell Willkie and Paul V.
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['J. B. Pritzker (D) Governor.', 'Juliana Stratton (D) Lieutenant Governor.', 'Kwame Raoul (D) Attorney General.', 'Jesse White (D) Secretary of State.', 'Susana Mendoza (D) Comptroller.', 'Mike Frerichs (D) Treasurer.']
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['Governor Brian P. Kemp. ... ', 'Lieutenant Governor — Geoff Duncan. ... ', 'Attorney General — Chris Carr. ... ', 'Secretary of State — Brad Raffensperger. ... ', 'State School Superintendent — Richard Woods. ... ', 'Commissioner of Agriculture — Gary W. ... ', 'Commissioner of Labor - Mark Butler. ... ', 'Public Service Commissioner - Jason Shaw.']
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Ten former House Members have received Electoral College votes for both President and Vice President in separate elections. Only John Quincy Adams of Massachusetts (1824) served as a Representative after completing his presidency. ... Garfield was the only successful sitting Representative to become President.
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Two-time governor of California, Jerry Brown, also failed the bar exam. Several Mayors have failed the bar exam (some more than once!), including: New York mayor, Ed Koch; Chicago Mayor, Richard Daley, and Los Angeles Mayor, Antonio Villaraigosa.
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Gubernatorial elections, oath, and term of office Any candidate for Governor must be a U.S. Citizen, be a registered voter, not be convicted of a felony involving bribery, embezzlement, or extortion, and not having previously served two terms since November 6, 1990.
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A candidate for the governor's office may not hold any congressional or federal office or any other state office. ... Sitting Governors may not hold any federal office, any state office other than the governorship, or be elected to the United States Senate during his term.
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William Henry Harrison, an American military officer and politician, was the ninth President of the United States (1841), the oldest President to be elected at the time.
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['Greg Abbott (R) Governor.', 'Dan Patrick (R) Lieutenant Governor.', 'Ken Paxton (R) Attorney General.', 'Glenn Hegar (R) Comptroller.', 'George P. Bush (R) Land Commissioner.', 'Sid Miller (R) Agriculture Commissioner.', 'Christi Craddick (R) Railroad Commissioner.', 'Wayne Christian (R) Railroad Commissioner.']
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['Doug Ducey (R) Governor.', 'Katie Hobbs (D) Secretary of State.', 'Mark Brnovich (R) Attorney General.', 'Kimberly Yee (R) State Treasurer.', 'Kathy Hoffman (D) Superintendent of Public Instruction.', 'Joe Hart (R) State Mine Inspector.', 'Andy Tobin (R) Corporation Commissioner.', 'Bob Burns (R)']
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In the Presidential election, Democratic Governor Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey defeated Republican President William Howard Taft and former president and Progressive Party nominee Theodore Roosevelt. Socialist union leader Eugene Debs, running his fourth campaign, took six percent of the vote.