What
were the Presidents called before they were elected?
In America, most
executive officeholders are titled for life. Thus, when men run for the Presidency,
they will never be referred to as "Mr. Bush" but rather "Governor
Bush" or whatever was their most recently held title. Here is a list of
all of America's Presidents and Vice Presidents, plus the titles they were known
to prior to assuming the Presidency.
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President
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Vice
President
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General
Washington
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Minister
Adams
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Vice
President Adams
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Secretary
Jefferson
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Vice
President Jefferson
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Sentor
Burr
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Governor
Clinton
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Secretary
Madison
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Governor
Gerry
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Secretary
Monroe
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Governor
Tompkins
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Secretary
Adams
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Secretary
Calhoun
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Senator
Jackson
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Secretary
Van Buren
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Vice
President Van Buren
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Senator
Johnson
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Senator
Harrison
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Senator
Tyler
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Vice
President Tyler
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Governor
Polk
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Attorney
General Dallas
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General
Taylor
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Comptroller
Fillmore
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Vice
President Fillmore
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Senator
Pierce
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Senator
King
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Secretary
Buchanan
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Congressman
Breckinridge
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Congressman
Lincoln
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Senator
Hamlin
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Senator
Johnson
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Vice
President Johnson
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General
Grant
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Speaker
Colfax
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Senator
Wilson
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Governor
Hayes
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Congressman
Wheeler
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Congressman
Garfield
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Mr.
Arthur
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Vice
President Arthur
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Congressman
Morton
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Senator
Harrison
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Congressman
Stevenson
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Governor
Cleveland
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Governor
Hendricks
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[state]
Senator Hobart
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Governor
McKinley
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Governor
Roosevelt
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Vice
President Roosevelt
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Senator
Fairbanks
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Secretary
Taft
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Congressman
Sherman
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Governor
Wilson
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Governor
Marshall
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Senator
Harding
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Governor
Coolidge
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Vice
President Coolidge
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General
Dawes
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Secretary
Hoover
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Senator
Curtis
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Governor
Roosevelt
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Speaker
Garner
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Secretary
Wallace
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Senator
Truman
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Vice
President Truman
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Senator
Barkley
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General
Eisenhower
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Senator
Nixon
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Senator
Kennedy
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Senator
Johnson
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Vice
President Johnson
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Senator
Humphrey
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Vice
President Nixon
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Governor
Agnew
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Congressman
Ford
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Vice
President Ford
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Governor
Rockefeller
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Governor
Carter
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Senator
Mondale
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Governor
Reagan
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Director
Bush
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Vice
President Bush
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Senator
Quayle
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Governor
Clinton
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Senator
Gore
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Governor
Bush
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Secretary
Cheney
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And in 2008 we'll either have...
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Senator
Obama
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Senator
Biden
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Senator
McCain
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Governor
Palin
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Totals:
PRESIDENCY:
14
Vice-Presidents, 10 Governors, 6 Cabinet
Secretaries, 6 Senators, 4 Generals, 2 Congressmen.
VICE-PRESIDENCY:
17 Senators, 9 Governors, 9 Congressmen, 7 Cabinet Secretaries, 2 State-level
officials, 1 General
| BONUS! Recent Presidential Losers: |
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1968
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Vice
President Humphrey
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Senator
Muskie
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1974
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Senator
McGovern
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Ambassador
Shriver
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1984
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Vice
President Mondale
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Congresswoman
Ferraro
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1988
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Governor
Dukakis
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Senator
Bentsen
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1996
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Senator
Dole
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Secretary
Kemp
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2000
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Vice
President Gore
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Senator
Lieberman
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| 2004 |
Senator
Kerry
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Senator
Edwards
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