# Have any former US Presidents gone back into local politics after leaving office? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 12, 2008, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-former-us-presidents-gone-back-into-local-politics-after-leaving-office/472384 "2008-11-12T18:24:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2008, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-former-us-presidents-gone-back-into-local-politics-after-leaving-office/472384/1 "2008-11-12T18:24:12Z")
As far as I know, most of them write books or go into speechifying for schools and such. Anyone go back and run for governor or mayor after leaving the White House? ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2008, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-former-us-presidents-gone-back-into-local-politics-after-leaving-office/472384/2 "2008-11-12T18:28:17Z")
John Quincy Adams became a member of the House of Representatives after serving as President, though that’s not exactly local politics. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2008, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-former-us-presidents-gone-back-into-local-politics-after-leaving-office/472384/3 "2008-11-12T18:28:51Z")
President William Howard Taft was appointed Chief Justice of the United States by President Harding. President Andrew Johnson was elected to the Senate from the state of Tennessee. (This was prior to the ratification of the 17th Amendment, so he was elected by Tennessee’s legislature.) President John Quincy Adams served for several years in the House of Representatives after his presidency. And after Grover Cleveland was done being President, he went and became President all over again. ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2008, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-former-us-presidents-gone-back-into-local-politics-after-leaving-office/472384/4 "2008-11-12T19:04:44Z")
All I know is it’d be wicked cool to have the mayor of Lower Grumblebum, IL having a full-on, hardcore 24/7 Secret Service detail. It’d kinda stick it to the local greengrocer who was running against you. ---
**Author:** ![Smitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Smitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smitty)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2008, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-former-us-presidents-gone-back-into-local-politics-after-leaving-office/472384/5 "2008-11-12T19:21:11Z")
> [@TheLoadedDog](#): > > All I know is it’d be wicked cool to have the mayor of Lower Grumblebum, IL having a full-on, hardcore 24/7 Secret Service detail. It’d kinda stick it to the local greengrocer who was running against you. It’s been done [Welcome To Mooseport](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0361925/) ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2008, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-former-us-presidents-gone-back-into-local-politics-after-leaving-office/472384/6 "2008-11-12T20:29:17Z")
There was also, John Tyler. After the secession, His Accidency was elected to the Confederate legislature. He died before taking office.