Municipal Government
| President | Office and jurisdiction | Year(s) served |
|---|---|---|
| Martin Van Buren | Surrogate of Columbia County, New York | 1808–1812 |
| Abraham Lincoln | Postmaster of New Salem, Illinois | 1832–1833 |
| County Surveyor for Sangamon County, Illinois | 1833–1834 | |
| Andrew Johnson | Alderman, Greeneville, Tennessee | 1828–1830 |
| Mayor of Greeneville, Tennessee | 1830–1833 | |
| Grover Cleveland | Sheriff of Erie County, New York | 1871–1873 |
| Mayor of Buffalo, New York | 1881–1883 | |
| Theodore Roosevelt | Superintendent of the New York Board of Police Commissioners | 1895–1897 |
| Calvin Coolidge | Mayor of Northampton, Massachusetts | 1910–1911 |
| George Washington | County surveyor in Mount Vernon | 1749-1751? |
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“No sane local official who has hung up an empty stocking over the municipal fireplace, is going to shoot Santa Claus just before a hard Christmas.”
—Alfred E. Smith (1873–1944)
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