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Prior Offices
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Presidential Candidate
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Democratic-Republican
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Delegate to the Continental Congress from Virginia; Governor of Virginia; Delegate to the Congress of the Confederation; Minister Plenipotentiary; Minister to France; Secretary of State
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Thomas Jefferson
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Federalist
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Delegate to the Continental Congress from Massachusetts; Envoy to France; Minister to the Netherlands; Minister to the United Kingdom; Vice President; President
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John Adams
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Federalist
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Minister to France
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Charles Pinckney
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Federalist
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U.S. Senator from New York; Mayor of New York City; Lieutenant Governor of New York
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Dewitt Clinton
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Federalist
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U.S. Senator from New York; Minister to the United Kingdom
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Rufus King
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Democratic
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Member of the U.S. House from TN-at-large; Justice on the Tennessee Supreme Court; Territorial Governor of Florida; U.S. Senator from Tennessee
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Andrew Jackson
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Democratic-Republican
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U.S. Senator from Georgia and president pro tempore of the U.S. Senate; Minister to France; Secretary of War; Secretary of the Treasury
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William Crawford
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Democratic-Republican; National Republican; Whig
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Member of the U.S. House from KY-5, KY-2, KY-3 and Speaker of the House; Senator from Kentucky; Secretary of State
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Henry Clay
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National Republican
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Member of the Massachusetts Senate; U.S. Senator from Massachusetts; Secretary of State; President
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John Quincy Adams
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Whig
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Secretary of the Northwest Territory; Delegate to the U.S. House from the Northwest Territory; Governor of the Indiana Territory; Member of the U.S. House from OH-1; Member of the Ohio Senate; U.S. Senator from Ohio; Minister to Gran Colombia
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William Henry Harrison
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Democratic; Free Soil
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Surrogate of Columbia County; Member of the New York Senate; Attorney General of New York; U.S. Senator from New York; Governor of New York; Secretary of State; Minister to the United Kingdom; Vice President; President
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Martin Van Buren
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Democratic
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Governor of the Michigan Territory; Secretary of War; Ambassador to France; U.S. Senator from Michigan
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Lewis Cass
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Whig
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3rd Commanding General of the U.S. Army
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Winfield Scott
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American (Know Nothing)
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Comptroller of New York; Member of the U.S. House from NY-32 and Chair of the Ways and Means Committee; Vice President; President
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Millard Fillmore
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Republican
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Military Governor of California; U.S. Senator from California
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John Fremont
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Constitutional Union
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Member of the Tennessee Senate; Member of the U.S. House from TN-7 and Speaker of the House; Member of the Tennessee House of Representatives; Secretary of War; U.S. Senator from Tennessee
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John Bell
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Democratic
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Secretary of State of Illinois; Associate Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court; Member of the U.S. House from IL-5; U.S. Senator from Illinois
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Stephen Douglas
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Democratic
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Member of the U.S. House from KY-8; Vice President
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John Breckinridge
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Democratic
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4th Commanding General of the U.S. Army
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George McClellan
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Democratic
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Mayor of Utica; Member of the New York State Assembly from Oneida County and Speaker of the New York State Assembly; Governor of New York
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Horatio Seymour
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Liberal Republican + Democratic
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Member of the U.S. House from NY-6
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Horace Greeley
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Democratic
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Corporation Counsel of New York City; Member of the New York State Assembly from New York County; Governor of New York
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Samuel Tilden
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Democratic
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Major General in the U.S. Army
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Winfield Hancock
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Republican
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Member of the U.S. House from ME-3 and Speaker of the House; U.S. Senator from Maine; Secretary of State
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James Blaine
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Democratic
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Sheriff of Erie County; Mayor of Buffalo; Governor of New York; President
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Grover Cleveland
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Republican
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U.S. Senator from Indiana; President
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Benjamin Harrison
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Democratic
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Member of the U.S. House from NE-1
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William Jennings Bryan
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Democratic
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Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals
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Alton B. Parker
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Republican
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U.S. Solicitor General; Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit; Governor-General of the Philippines; Provisional Governor of Cuba; Secretary of War; President
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William Howard Taft
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Progressive
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Member of the New York State Assembly; President of the New York City Board of Police Commissioners; Assistant Secretary of the Navy; Governor of New York; Vice President; President
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Theodore Roosevelt
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Republican
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Governor of New York; Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
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Charles Evans Hughes
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Democratic
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Member of the U.S. House from OH-3; Governor of Ohio
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James Cox
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Progressive
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Member of the U.S. House from WI-3; Governor of Wisconsin; U.S. Senator from Wisconsin
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Robert La Follette, Sr.
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Democratic
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Member of the U.S. House from WV-1; Solicitor General; Ambassador to the United Kingdom
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John Davis
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Democratic
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Member of the New York Assembly; Sheriff of New York County; President of the New York City Board of Alderman; Governor of New York
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Al Smith
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Republican
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Director of the U.S. Food Administration; Secretary of Commerce; President
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Herbert Hoover
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Republican
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Governor of Kansas
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Alf Landon
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Republican
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None (Commonwealth & Southern Executive)
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Wendell Willkie
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Republican
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U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York; District Attorney of New York County; Governor of New York
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Thomas Dewey
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Democratic
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Governor of Illinois
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Adlai Stevenson
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Republican
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Member of the U.S. House from CA-12; U.S. Senator from California; Vice President
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Richard Nixon
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Republican
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U.S. Senator from Arizona
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Barry Goldwater
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American Independent
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Governor of Alabama; First Gentleman of Alabama
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George Wallace
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Democratic
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Mayor of Minneapolis; U.S. Senator from Minnesota; Vice President
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Hubert Humphrey
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Democratic
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Member of the U.S. House from SD-1; Director of Food for Peace; U.S. Senator from South Dakota
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George McGovern
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Republican
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Member of the U.S. House from MI-5 and House Minority Leader; Vice President; President
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Gerald Ford
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Democratic
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Member of the Georgia State Senate; Governor of Georgia; President
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Jimmy Carter
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Democratic
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Attorney General of Minnesota; U.S. Senator from Minnesota; Vice President
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Walter Mondale
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Democratic
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Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives; Governor of Massachusetts
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Michael Dukakis
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None
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None (Founder and CEO of Electronic Data Systems)
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Ross Perot
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Republican
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Member of the U.S. House from TX-7; Ambassador to the United Nations; Chair of the RNC; Chief of the U.S. Liaison Office to China; Director of Central Intelligence; Vice President; President
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George H.W. Bush
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Republican
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Member of the Kansas House of Representatives; County Attorney of Russell County; Member of the U.S. House from KS-6, KS-1; U.S. Senator from Kansas and Senate Majority Leader and Chair of the RNC
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Bob Dole
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Democratic
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Member of the U.S. House from TN-4, TN-6; U.S. Senator from Tennessee; Vice President
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Al Gore
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Democratic
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Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts; U.S. Senator from Massachusetts
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John Kerry
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Republican
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Member of the U.S. House from AZ-1; U.S. Senator from Arizona
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John McCain
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Republican
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Governor of Massachusetts
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Mitt Romney
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Democratic
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First Lady of Arkansas; First Lady of the United States; U.S. Senator from New York; Secretary of State
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Hillary Clinton
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