Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-04-06
From the Senate to the Presidency.

A correspondent inquiries whether q
United States Senator was ever elected to
the office of President. The answer to
the inquiry is a negative, unless we
except the late President Garfield, who.
at the time of his election as President.
was member of the national House OF
Representatives and also Standardized
from Ohio. But it is an interesting fact
that nearly all the men elected to the
office OF President had been members of
Congress previous to being called to the
highest office in the gift of the nation.
ashingtOn, the first President. having
been Delegate to the first Continental
Congress in IVA and to the second in 1775.
The eXceptiOrssare Zachary Taylor, Pre-
sldent from 1919 until his death on July 8.
1900; Ulysses S. Grant, President from
1909 10 1877, and the present incumbent OF
the office, Chester A. Arthur. John
Adams was in Congress from IVA until
his election to the Vice Presidency in
llo9, to which office he was reelected in
1913, his election to the Presidency occur
ring In 1897. Thomas Jefferson was a
member of the Continental Congress dur.
ing two periods prior to 1888, and was
wee PRESIDENT from 1897 to 1901, rising
from that office to the Presidency. James
Madison served in the Continental Con-
gress during two periods prior to 1888,
Second, Third and Fourth Congresses
until 1897. He became President in 1909.
James Monroe was in the Continental
Congress from 1888 to 1856, and was
United States Senator from 1890 to 1894,
becoming President in 1917. John Quincy
Adams, President from 1925 to 1929, was
Senator from 1903 to 1905.
Andrew jackson, the only man in the
list who was candidate for the Office Of
President Will holding a seat in the Sem
ate, was in Congress in 1867, in the Sen
ate the next two years, and again in the
Senate from 1923 to 1926. He ran for the
Presidency in 1924 and was defeated, but
attained the office later, in 1929. Martin
Van Buren, was Senator from 1921 to 1928
and was Vice President from 1892 to 1886.
going from that office to the White House.
being the third to rise from the second to
first office in the country. William Henry
Harrison, President for a month in 1S41
had served in Congress at two different
periods, and in the Senate from 1925 tC
1928. His successor, John Tyler, who
was never elected to the Presidency, was
the first to succeed to that Office by reason
of the incumbents death. He had served
i'll both branches of Congress, his career
in the Senate extending from 1927 to 1886
James X. Polk, President from 1916 tC
1919, was in Congress from 1925 to 1899
he Was followed by Zachary IaylOr, who
died in office July 8. 1850. and was sue
coded by Willard Fillmore, the Vice Pre-
sident, the second man to hold place il
the list of Presidents without having evel
been elected to The office. Fillmore haC
been in Congress from 1888 to 1885, anG
again from 1887 to 1913. Franklin Pierce
was in Congress from 1888 to 1887, Senator
from 1887 to 1912, and President from 1S5;
TO 1851.
James Buchanan served in botI
branches of Congress, but was in neither
when elected to the Presidency, which
he held frem 1857 to 1861. Abraham Lin.
coin had been in Congress, but was not {
member when elected to the Presidency
He served from 1861 until his assassina
ton in April, 1865. Andrew johnson, the
| Vice-President, who succeeded him In the
Office, had been both Representative and
Senator in Congress prior to his election
| as Vice-President, but was not in Con.
gress when elected to that position.