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Technically, no US President has been "elected by the people." US Presidents are elected by the Electoral College. However, there were six Presidents who served in office without being endorsed by popular vote.
Gerald Ford was one of them; he became president after Richard Nixon resigned in 1974, and was not elected at the end of the term. The other part of the question is a trick. George Washington was never elected by popular vote, but he was elected by the Electoral College (like all Presidents) in 1789 and 1792.
There were also four elected Vice-Presidents who became President by succession but were never elected to their own terms as President: Andrew Johnson, John Tyler, Millard Fillmore and Chester Arthur.
Circumstances of Succession
John Tyler (succeeded William Henry Harrison after his death from pneumonia)
Millard Fillmore (succeeded Zachary Taylor after his death from gastroenteritis)
Andrew Johnson (succeeded Abraham Lincoln following assassination)
Chester A. Arthur (succeeded John Garfield following assassination)
Gerald Ford (succeeded Richard Nixon following resignation) Apex-type question, alts split from rephrased and answered primary
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∙ 12y agoGerald Ford is the only President never to have been elected. When Spiro Agnew resigned as Vice President (for tax evasion charges, I think), President Nixon replaced him with Ford. This did not require an election but was within the President's remit. When Nixon resigned as President because of Watergate, Ford became President.
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∙ 15y agoGeorge Washington served as the first president without holding a general election, so he never got a single vote! Gerald R. Ford, who was nominated as Vice President after the resignation of Spiro Agnew in 1973. Upon Nixon's resignation in August of 1974, he ascended to the Presidency, never having been elected to the office of Vice President or President.
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∙ 9y agoZachary Taylor was the president who never voted until he voted for himself. He had never registered to vote until the age of 62 shortly before the election.
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Who were the us presidents elected to one term?
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When are presidents of the US elected?
US presidents are elected every four years, in years divisible by 4. Election day is the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November.
How many presidents in the US have been elected as president?
38 of the 43 US Presidents were elected to the position; the other five (Tyler, Fillmore, A. Johnson, Arthur and Ford ) moved up to fill a vacancy after the president died or resigned and were never actuallly elected to be President. (Four others first took the office by moving up from vice-president, but were then elected to a term of their own.)
Which 2 presidents were elected by us senators?
US senators never elect the US president. Possibly some future senators or ex-senators once served as electors.
What are two different days that US Presidents are elected?
Not sure what you mean. The US president is elected on one day.
Where are US Presidents elected?
In voting booths around the US on election day.
Was Robert tod Lincoln in politics?
Robert Todd Lincoln did not hold elected office. But he was in politics, serving as Secretary of War for US Presidents Garfield and US Ambassador to England under President Harrison . Because he was closely present at the time three US Presidents were assassinated, he vowed never to seek elected office thereafter.
How many presidents never served in the senate?
There were 25 US presidents who never served in the Senate.
Do the US president not have a condition to have served in the US Army?
US Presidents do not have to have served in the military in order to be elected.
What are the terms for the US president?
US Presidents have always been elected for a four year period
Are there any presidents from Alaska?
So far there has never been a man or woman elected as US President born in or from the state of Alaska.No US President has been born in Alaska.No,- no Us president was born in Alaska.As of 2012, no U.S. Presidents have been born in Alaska.
Are presidents elected by popular vote?
No. Popular vote is just to see what the people like. It's the electoral votes that count.
