Notable Office Assignments in the House
House Office Building Rooms used by Future Presidential Nominees
Since 1789, 17 Presidents and 34 major presidential nominees have served in the
U.S. House of Representatives at some point in their careers. The chart below shows
the rooms used by the five Presidents and six major nominees whose careers included
House service following the introduction of office buildings in the Congress. Presidents
are identified in bold. Office assignments provided are the numbers currently used
for a given room.
House Office Building Rooms used by Future Presidents and Presidential Nominees
|
Individual (House Service)
|
Presidential Campaign
|
Office Assignment
|
Years of Occupancy
|
|
James M. Cox Democrat of Ohio (1909–1913)
|
1920 (lost)
|
410 Cannon
|
1909–1913
|
|
John W. Davis Democrat of West Virginia (1911–1913)
|
1924 (lost)
|
428 Cannon
|
1911–1913
|
|
John F. Kennedy Democrat of Massachusetts (1947–1953)
|
1960 (won)
|
315 and 317 Cannon
|
1947–1953
|
|
Richard M. Nixon Republican of California (1947–1951)
|
1960 (lost)
1968 (won)
1972 (won)
|
510 Cannon
|
1947–1951
|
|
Lyndon B. Johnson Democrat of Texas (1937–1949)
|
1964 (won)
|
427 Cannon
1320 Longworth
504 Cannon
|
1937–1939
1939–1943
1943–1949
|
|
George McGovern Democrat of South Dakota (1957–1961)
|
1972 (lost)
|
114 Cannon
|
1957–1961
|
|
Gerald R. Ford Republican of Michigan (1949–1973)
|
1976 (lost)
|
316 Cannon
335 and 339 Cannon
H–230 Capitol
|
1949–1955
1955–1965
1965–1974
|
|
John Anderson Republican of Illinois (1961–1981)
|
1980 (lost)
|
1418 Longworth
1225 Longworth
1101 Longworth
|
1961–1967
1967–1969
1969–1981
|
|
George H.W. Bush Republican of Texas (1967–1971)
|
1988 (won)
1992 (lost)
|
1607 and 1609 Longworth
|
1967–1971
|
|
Robert J. Dole Republican of Kansas (1961–1969)
|
1996 (lost)
|
230 Cannon
233 Cannon
231 Cannon
109 Cannon
|
1961–1965
1965
1965–1967
1967–1969
|
|
Albert Gore, Jr. Democrat of Tennessee (1977–1985)
|
2000 (lost)
|
1725 Longworth
1417 Longworth
1131 Longworth
|
1977–1979
1979–1981
1981–1985
|
|
John S. McCain III Republican of Arizona (1983–1985)
|
2008 (lost)
|
1123 Longworth
|
1983–1985
|