The two Presidents of the United States whose previous highest office was being in the House of Representatives: Garfield and Lincoln?

In a conversation this evening, the issue of whether Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York is old enough to run for President of the United States came up. She almost is, as she will turn 35 (the minimum age) in October. But I wondered who has ever been elected President with the House of Representatives as their previously highest elected office. Unless I missed someone, there are two cases: Abraham Lincoln (Representative from Illinois, 1847-1949; elected President in 1860) and James A. Garfield (Representative from Ohio, 1863-1880; elected President in 1880). The odd coincidence is that both were assassinated (Lincoln in 1865; Garfield in 1881, after only six-and-a-half months in office). (Andrew Shields, #111Words, 14 July 2024)