# Did any President of the U.S. earlier serve as a mayor?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 7, 2012, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-any-president-of-the-u-s-earlier-serve-as-a-mayor/640240 "2012-11-07T16:45:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-any-president-of-the-u-s-earlier-serve-as-a-mayor/640240/21 "2012-11-08T13:31:08Z")

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> [@dtilque](#):
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> The last attempt that I can think of is John Lindsay, who ran for pres while mayor of New York in 1972.

You just made Rudy Giuliani sad, depending on your definition of “directly”.

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**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-any-president-of-the-u-s-earlier-serve-as-a-mayor/640240/22 "2012-11-08T14:21:21Z")

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Calvin Coolidge was [mayor of Northampton, MA from 1910-1912](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvin_Coolidge#State_legislator_and_mayor).

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**Author:** ![yabob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yabob/32/2821_2.png) [@yabob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yabob)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-any-president-of-the-u-s-earlier-serve-as-a-mayor/640240/23 "2012-11-08T14:29:33Z")

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> [@fiddlesticks](#):
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> You just made Rudy Giuliani sad, depending on your definition of “directly”.

I’d count Giuliani. The last elective office he held was Mayor of NYC.

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