Except that only ONE House member with nothing else on their govt. resume has EVER been elected president. Do you know who he was?
Garfield,1880.
Lincoln
Was it Garfield? I knew he was chosen Senator but declined because he’d won the presidency.
I would guess Garfield, but he actulay served in the Ohio State Senate and served as a Major General In rthe Union Army durng th Civil War.
But I take issue with the implication that LTC West has "nothing else" on his government resume. IMNSHO, his credentials as a US Army artillery officer who led troops in battle, and who put the lives of his men before his career, makes him more qualified than any other potential candidate of any party, regardless of political pedigree or resume.
But who is the representative to which you refer?
Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!
Lincoln — and he was only a former House member.