G. Ford
RE: G. Ford
Ford became President, not by election, but by accident of constitutional succession.
I’d have considered him as a recent precedent had he won through a presidential election.
Ford actually went from the House to Vice President to President under unique circumstances. There is no way he could have been elected President as the 1976 election proved.
Ford actually came from the House to the Vice Presidency for a short time (9 months), before Nixon resigned and he became president.
So, technically, he did not come directly from the House.