Chester A. Arthur succeeded a president that has previously served how many terms in the House of representatives?
James A. Garfield James Abram Garfield (November 19, 1831 – September 19, 1881) was the 20th President of the United States, serving from March 4, 1881, until his assassination later that year. Garfield had served nine terms in the House of Representatives, and had been elected to the Senate before his candidacy for the White House, though he declined the Senate seat once he was elected President. He is the only sitting House member to be elected president.
Frank Wolf (politician) Frank Rudolph Wolf (born January 30, 1939) is an American Republican former legislator who represented Virginia 's 10 congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from January 1981 to his retirement in January 2015. He announced in December 2013 that he would not run for re-election in 2014, after he slumped in early polls, and retired at the conclusion of his 17th term in office. At the time of his announcement, he was the state's longest serving congressman, serving for 34 consecutive years.