[conservative in nyc]

Andrew Johnson and Calvin Coolidge were both Vice Presidents who became President after a President’s death. Johnson was a Senator from Tennessee and wartime governor during the Civil War before that. Coolidge was governor of Massachusetts.

Grover Cleveland was Governor of New York for a very short time (1882-1884) before running for President in 1884. He wasn’t even mayor of Buffalo for very long (1881-1882). He was better known for being Sheriff of Erie County for 10 years.

[conservative in nyc]

Clarification - By “before that”, I mean Andrew Johnson was a Senator from Tennessee before the Civil War (he actually never quit) and was named military governor of Tennessee by Lincoln before he became Vice President in 1865.

[Valin]

Reverend Bob (freeper) and I were trying to think of the last time a sitting member of the House was elected President. Garfield?