Which U.S. presidents also served in the House of Representatives?
To date, 19 U.S. presidents have served in the House of Representatives; another 18 representatives received a presidential nomination but were defeated. Here are the presidents who served in the House and the states they represented:
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President/Representative
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State
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James Madison
|
Virginia
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John Quincy Adams
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Massachusetts
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Andrew Jackson
|
Tennessee
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John Tyler
|
Virginia
|
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William Henry Harrison
|
Ohio
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James Polk
|
Tennessee
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Franklin Pierce
|
New Hampshire
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Millard Fillmore
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New York
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James Buchanan
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Pennsylvania
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Abraham Lincoln
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Illinois
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Andrew Johnson
|
Tennessee
|
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Rutherford B. Hayes
|
Ohio
|
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James Garfield
|
Ohio
|
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William McKinley
|
Ohio
|
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John F. Kennedy
|
Massachusetts
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Lyndon B. Johnson
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Texas
|
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Richard Nixon
|
California
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Gerald Ford
|
Michigan
|
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George H.W. Bush
|
Texas
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John Quincy Adams is a special case: He is the only president to serve in the House of Representatives after his presidency — 14 years after, to be exact. He didn't serve in the House before his presidency, but he did serve one term in the Senate two decades before he moved into the White House.