There are many examples of Members of the House, and Continental Congress for that matter, eventually becoming President of the United States. Of the Members listed below, the only Representative that went immediately from the House to the Presidency, despite also being elected to the Senate, was James A. Garfield of Ohio. Representative John Quincy Adams of Massachusetts is significant in that he is the only President who decided to go and serve in the House after his Presidency, despite calls for him to run for Senate and Governor.

1.) George Washington, Member of the Continental Congress (1774-1775): 1st President of the United States (1789-1797)

2.) John Adams, Member of the Continental Congress (1774-1777): 2nd President of the United States (1797-1801)

3.) Thomas Jefferson, Member of the Continental Congress (1775-1776, 1783-1784): 3rd President of the United States (1801-1809)

4.) James Madison Jr., Member of the Continental Congress (1780-1783, 1787-1788) Member of the US House of Representatives (1789-1797): 4th President of the United States (1809-1817)

5.) James Monroe, Member of the Continental Congress (1783-1786): 5th President of the United States (1817-1825)

6.) John Quincy Adams, Member of the US House of Representatives (1831-1848): 6th President of the United States (1825-1829) ***Only President to have been a member of the House after Presidency***

7.) Andrew Jackson, Member of the US House of Representatives (1795-1797): 7th President of the United States (1829-1837)

8.) William Henry Harrison, Member of the Continental Congress (1799-1800) Member of the US House of Representatives (1815-1819): 9th President of the United States (1840-1841)

9.) John Tyler, Member of the US House of Representatives (1816-1821): 10th President of the United States (1841-1845)

10.) James K. Polk, Member of the US House of Representatives (1825-1839): 11th President of the United States (1845-1849)

11.) Millard Fillmore, Member of the US House of Representatives (1833-1835, 1837-1843): 13th President of the United States (1850-1853)

12.) Franklin Pierce, Member of the US House of Representatives (1833-1837): 14th President of the United States (1853-1857)

13.) James Buchanan, Member of the US House of Representatives (1821-1831): 15th President of the United States (1857-1861)

14.) Abraham Lincoln, Member of the US House of Representatives (1847-1849): 16th President of the United States (1861-1865)

15.) Andrew Johnson, Member of the US House of Representatives (1843-1853): 17th President of the United States (1865-1869)

16.) Rutherford B. Hayes, Member of the US House of Representatives (1865-1867): 19th President of the United States (1877-1881)

17.) James A. Garfield, Member of the US House of Representatives (1863-1881): 20th President of the United States (1881)

18.) William McKinley, Member of the US House of Representatives (1877-1884, 1885-1891): 25th President of the United States (1897-1901)

19.) John F. Kennedy, Member of the US House of Representatives (1947-1953): 35th President of the United States (1961-1963)

20.) Lyndon B. Johnson, Member of the US House of Representatives (1937-1949): 36th President of the United States (1963-1969)

21.) Richard M. Nixon, Member of the US House of Representatives (1947-1950): 37th President of the United States (1969-1974)

22.) Gerald R. Ford Jr., Member of the US House of Representatives (1949-1973): 38th President of the United States (1974-1977)

23.) George H.W. Bush, Member of the US House of Representatives (1967-1971): 41st President of the United States (1989-1993)