How many US Governors later became President?

Question

I was driving home listening to talk radio - and some political pundent was ranting that Ms. Palin did not have enough experience on the National stage to operate effectively as Vice President.

I immediately began thinking of all the men who were Governor and went on to be PRESIDENT!

Is there a list anywhere of ALL the Presidents that were first Governor? I sure would like to fire off an informed retort to that pundent.

I know George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, Franklin Delano Roosevelt... who were the others?

Thank you.

Peace.

Answer 1

Coolidge was governor of Massachusetts.

Wilson was governor of New Jersey.

Harding, listed below, was lieutenant governor of Ohio.  Not the same.

Answer 2

Governors for President???

Answer 3

Thomas Jefferson: the first president to hold the position of governor, served as Virginia’s governor from 1779-1781 James Monroe: served as Governor of Virginia from 1799-1802, and again served for a brief period as the 16th Governor of Virginia from January through April in 1811. John Tyler: another Governor of Virginia, serving from 1825-1827,

Martin Van Buren: Governor of New York in 1829 James Polk: Governor of Tennessee, serving from 1839-1841 Andrew Johnson: Governor of Tennessee from 1853-1857 and then appointed by Lincoln to serve as military governor of Tennessee from 1862-1864 Rutherford Hayes: Governor of Ohio from 1868-1872 and again from 1876-1877 Grover Cleveland: Governor of New York from 1883-1885 William McKinley: Governor of Ohio from 1892-1896, Theodore Roosevelt, first Governor of New York from 1899-1901., Woodrow Wilson: Governor of New Jersey from 1911-1913 Calvin Coolidge: Governor of Massachusetts from 1919-1921 Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Governor of New York from 1929-1933 Ronald Reagan: Governor of California from 1967-1975 Jimmy Carter: Governor of Georgia from 1971-1975, and the first elected governor from the South post Civil War Bill Clinton: Governor of Arkansas for two separate terms, from 1979-1981, and from 1983-1992 George W. Bush: Governor of Texas from 1995-2000.

Answer 4

Thomas Jefferson

James Monroe

Martin Van Buren

William Henry Harrison

John Tyler

James K. Polk

Andrew Johnson

Grover Cleveland

Theodore Roosevelt

Woodrow Wilson

Warren G. Harding

Calvin Coolidge

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Jimmy Carter

Ronald Reagan

Bill Clinton

George W. Bush

Answer 5

Teddy roosevelt served barely 2  years and became the vp. And was one of the best presidents. Woodrow wilson was a governer. Andrew jackson was one technically.  

Answer 6

More governors have become president that senator have

Answer 7

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