Senators
| State | President | Year(s) served | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | Richard Nixon | 1951–1953 | |
| Indiana | Benjamin Harrison | 1881–1887 | |
| Illinois | Barack Obama | 2005–2008 | Third sitting Senator elected to the presidency |
| Massachusetts | John Quincy Adams | 1803–1808 | |
| John F. Kennedy | 1953–1961 | Second sitting Senator elected to the presidency | |
| Missouri | Harry Truman | 1935–1945 | |
| New Hampshire | Franklin Pierce | 1837–1842 | |
| New York | Martin Van Buren | 1821–1828 | |
| Ohio | William Henry Harrison | 1825–1828 | |
| Warren Harding | 1915–1921 | First sitting Senator elected to the presidency | |
| Pennsylvania | James Buchanan | 1834–1845 | |
| Tennessee | Andrew Jackson | 1797–1798 | |
| 1823–1825 | |||
| Andrew Johnson | 1857–1862 | ||
| 1875 | Only former President in the Senate | ||
| Texas | Lyndon B. Johnson | 1949–1961 | Senate Minority Leader 1953-1955 Senate Majority Leader 1955-1961 |
| Virginia | James Monroe | 1790–1794 | First former Senator to become President |
| John Tyler | 1827–1836 | Only former President pro tempore to become President |
A number of future Presidents served together while in the Senate:
- Senator Monroe served under Vice President Adams (1790–1794)
- Senator Jackson served under Vice President Jefferson (1797–1798)
- Senator Van Buren served with Senators Jackson (1823–1825), Harrison (1825–1828), and Tyler (1827–1828)
- Senator Buchanan also served with Senator Tyler (1834–1836) and later served with Senator Pierce (1837–1842). Both Buchanan and Tyler served under Vice President Martin Van Buren (1833–1837), while Pierce later served under Vice President Tyler (1841).
- Senator Harrison briefly served under Vice President Arthur (1881).
- Senator Johnson served with both Senators Nixon (1951–1953) and Kennedy (1953–1961). Johnson and Kennedy both served under Vice President Nixon (1953–1961).
Read more about this topic: List Of Presidents Of The United States By Other Offices Held, Federal Government, Legislative Branch
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