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 |
|---|---|---|
| James Monroe (VA) | 1790–1794 | 1817–1825 |
| John Quincy Adams (MA) | 1803–1808 | 1825–1829 |
| Andrew Jackson (TN) | 1797–1798; 1823–1825 | 1829–1837 |
| Martin Van Buren (NY) | 1821–1828 | 1837–1841 |
| William H. Harrison (OH) | 1825–1828 | 1841 |
| John Tyler (VA) | 1827–1836 | 1841–1845 |
| Franklin Pierce (NH) | 1837–1842 | 1853–1857 |
| James Buchanan (PA) | 1834–1845 | 1857–1861 |
| Andrew Johnson (TN) | 1857–1862; 1875 | 1865–1869 |
| Benjamin Harrison (IN) | 1881–1887 | 1889–1893 |
| Warren G. Harding (OH) | 1915–1921 | 1921–1923 |
| Harry S. Truman (MO) | 1935–1945 | 1945–1953 |
| John F. Kennedy (MA) | 1953–1960 | 1961–1963 |
| Lyndon B. Johnson (TX) | 1949–1961 | 1963–1969 |
| Richard M. Nixon (CA) | 1950–1953 | 1969–1974 |
| Barack Obama (IL) | 2005–2008 | 2009–2017 |
| Joe Biden (DE) | 1973–2009 | 2021–2025 |
