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Presidents with Congressional Experience Through History
A New York Sun analysis notes that both major 19th century presidential candidates, McKinley and Bryan, had prior congressional service. It traces predecessors and patterns showing earlier nominees with or without congressionally earned seats, highlighting figures from Douglas to Lincoln Grant Arthur Harrison Polk and others in a sweeping political history.
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Congress
Washington
New York Sun
Major McKinley
House of Representatives
Canton
Ways and Means
Bryan
Chicago
United
Cleveland
General Hancock
United States
Tilden
Horatio Seymour
General McClellan
Stephen A. Douglas
United States Senate
Lincoln
Springfield
Ilinois
General Grant
Andrew Johnson
Tennessee
Ice
Hayes
Cincinnati
Garfield
Ohio
Arthur
Harrison Ab
Buchanan
House
Senate
Pierce
Millard Fillmore
Buffalo
Polk
Tyler
Virginia
Andrew Jackson
John Quincy Adams
Jas, Monroe
James Madison
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
First
Colonial Congress
George Washington
First Colonial Congress
Senate of the United States
Blaine
United Sates