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Senators Who Became President

To date, 17 senators have also served as president of the United States. Three senators, Warren G. Harding, John F. Kennedy, and Barack Obama moved directly from the U.S. Senate to the White House.

Name	Years as Senator	Years as President
MonroeJames Monroe (VA)	1790–1794	1817–1825
AdamsJohn Quincy Adams (MA)	1803–1808	1825–1829
JacksonAndrew Jackson (TN)	1797–1798; 1823–1825	1829–1837
Van BurenMartin Van Buren (NY)	1821–1828	1837–1841
HarrisonWilliam H. Harrison (OH)	1825–1828	1841
TylerJohn Tyler (VA)	1827–1836	1841–1845
PierceFranklin Pierce (NH)	1837–1842	1853–1857
BuchananJames Buchanan (PA)	1834–1845	1857–1861
JohnsonAndrew Johnson (TN)	1857–1862; 1875	1865–1869
HarrisonBenjamin Harrison (IN)	1881–1887	1889–1893
HardingWarren G. Harding (OH)	1915–1921	1921–1923
TrumanHarry S. Truman (MO)	1935–1945	1945–1953
KennedyJohn F. Kennedy (MA)	1953–1960	1961–1963
JohnsonLyndon B. Johnson (TX)	1949–1961	1963–1969
NixonRichard M. Nixon (CA)	1950–1953	1969–1974
ObamaBarack Obama (IL)	2005–2008	2009–2017
BidenJoseph R. Biden, Jr. (DE)	1973–2009	2021–2025

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