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Desk Occupants: Senators Who Became President


The table below documents the desks known to have been used by members of the U.S. Senate who also served as president of the United States. It includes only senators who served after 1819, the year the Senate acquired the earliest of the Senate Chamber desks that are still in use today.

DeskSenatorStatePartySenate Service
Unidentified*JacksonAndrew Jackson TennesseeDR17971797–1798; 1823–1825
Unidentified*Van BurenMartin Van Buren New YorkDR, CRR, J18211821–1828
Unidentified*Harrison, William H.William H. Harrison OhioA18251825–1828
Unidentified*TylerJohn Tyler VirginiaJ, AJ18271827–1836
Unidentified*BuchananJames Buchanan PennsylvaniaJ, D18341834–1845
Unidentified*PierceFranklin Pierce New HampshireD18371837–1842
Unidentified*JohnsonAndrew Johnson TennesseeD18571857–1862; 1875
Unidentified*Harrison, BenjaminBenjamin Harrison IndianaR18811881–1887
4 (IV)
47 (XLVII)
68 (LXVIII)
HardingWarren G. Harding OhioR19151915–1921
2 (II)
18 (XVIII)
37 (XXXVII)
40 (XL)
43 (XLIII)
60 (LX)
65 (LXV)
79 (LXXIX)
89 (LXXXIX)
90 (XC)
TrumanHarry S. Truman MissouriD19351935–1945
83 (LXXXIII)
90 (XC)
91 (XCI)
KennedyJohn F. Kennedy MassachusettsD19531953–1960
10 (X)
18 (XVIII)
JohnsonLyndon B. Johnson TexasD19491949–1961
47 (XLVII)
70 (LXX)
NixonRichard M. Nixon CaliforniaR19501950–1953
24 (XXIV)ObamaBarack Obama IllinoisD20052005–2008
22 (XXII)
91 (XCI)
93 (XCIII)
BidenJoe Biden DelawareD19731973–2009

*Regular verification of desk assignments began in 1985.