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    What US presidents never held an elected office before they were Commander in Chief?

    Question #82621. Asked by star_gazer. (Jun 27 07 9:56 PM)


    Triviaballer

    		Zachary Taylor never held an elected political office before he was President. http://www.raybromley.com/guf/presidentialGUF.html


    Jun 27 07, 11:04 PM
    sjmccallum13

    		Dwight David Eisenhower, per the chronology of positions stated in the 4th paragraph of
    http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/de34.html

    George Washington, per the 7th paragraph of
    http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/gw1.html

    Jun 28 07, 2:50 AM
    queproblema

    		Grant, like Taylor and Eisenhower, went straight from the Army into the White House.
    Hoover was Secretary of Commerce which is not an elective office.
    Taft held numerous government positions before assuming the Presidency, but I believe they were all appointive, not elective. A possible elective office would have been a judgeship in Ohio.

    I don't want to give three links. Here's the home page; click on the President you want to research.

    http://www.potus.com/

    Jun 28 07, 7:26 PM

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