Who is the only president of the USA that was never elected into office?

Answer 1

Technically speaking, they've all been elected in to *office*. However, Ford is the only one who was never elected to the Executive Office (as either President or Vice-President).

Here's the details about the whole lot of Unelected Presidents:

Eight Presidents took office without being elected to the presidency, having been elected as Vice Presidents and then promoted from that position.

Four of them did not run to succeed themselves and were never elected President:

* John Tyler—assumed the presidency on the death of William Henry Harrison; did not run in the 1844 election

* Millard Fillmore—succeeded Zachary Taylor; did not run in the 1852 election
Fillmore did run for President in the 1856 election as a Know Nothing Party candidate and received 873,053 votes (21.6%), finishing third

* Andrew Johnson—succeeded Abraham Lincoln; did not run in the 1868 election

* Chester A. Arthur—succeeded James Garfield; did not run in the 1884 election

The other four later ran for President and were elected to succeed themselves as President:

* Theodore Roosevelt—succeeded William McKinley; elected to succeed himself as President in the 1904 election

* Calvin Coolidge—succeeded Warren G. Harding; elected to succeed himself as President in the 1924 election

* Harry S. Truman—succeeded Franklin D. Roosevelt; elected to succeed himself as president in the 1948 election but did not run again in the 1952 election, despite being eligible for a second term.

* Lyndon B. Johnson—succeeded John F. Kennedy; elected to succeed himself as president in the 1964 election but did not run again in the 1968 election

One President, Gerald Ford, was never elected as either Vice-President or President; he was appointed Vice President by Richard Nixon (with approval from Congress) upon the resignation of Vice President Spiro Agnew. He succeeded to the presidency after Nixon's resignation and was defeated in the 1976 election by Jimmy Carter.

Answer 2

President Never Elected To Office

Answer 3

President Ford was never Elected into Office

Answer 4

President Gerald Ford

Answer 5

Gerald Ford is your answer. He was never elected into the Presidency or Vice Presidency. He was appointed by Nixon when the Vice President at the time stepped down. When Nixon resigned, he then became the President. So, the American people never cast a vote for him to become President.

Answer 6

All of them have been elected into office. Ford was not elected to the office of President but he was elected to the House of Representatives in 1948 and served for 24 for years in that capacity.

Answer 7

Gerald Ford wasn't elected, and in fact lost when he ran for election to the presidency. And there are those who believe that in 2000 Bush was appointed by a decision of the Supreme Court rather than being elected.

Answer 8

Gerald Ford

Answer 9

Gerald Ford

Answer 10

Gerald Ford