When President Clinton leaves office this month he will be younger than over half the past presidents were when they began their terms! Is he ready to retire to private life as almost every other former president did upon leaving office? From what we've learned about him the past eight years, he doesn't seem like the kind of person who'll be able to stay out of political life for long! Looking back over history, not many men who have held the world's top political job have been able to, or wanted to, take another government position. But Clinton can take heart in the fact that the only other impeached president is on this small list.

The list below may not be complete, but should be pretty close! Feel free to send in additions, corrections, or updates. This list only contains official government posts. Example of something not included: in 1994, Jimmy Carter was asked by President Clinton to head a mission to negotiate terms of departure for Haiti's de facto leaders. There are probably numerous examples of this type where a former president was asked by the government to do something in an non-political capacity. Another example of something not included: in 1993, former presidents Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, and George Bush announced they would serve as chairmen of a NAFTA commission. This was largely a symbolic posting and not included.

John Adams President: 1797-1801	1820: MA State Constitutional Convention, delegate 1820: Presidential Elector (MA; voted for Monroe)
James Madison President: 1809-1817	1829: VA State Constitutional Convention, delegate
James Monroe President: 1817-1825	1829: VA State Constitutional Convention, delegate
John Quincy Adams President: 1825-1829	1831-1848: US House (MA) 1834: candidate MA Governor
Martin Van Buren President: 1837-1841	1848: candidate US President (Free Soil) 1852: Presidential Elector (NY; voted for Pierce) 1856: Presidential Elector (NY; voted for Buchanan)
John Tyler President: 1841-1845	1861: Confederate Provisional Congress, delegate 1861: Confederate House (VA; elected to seat but died before taking office)
Millard Fillmore President: 1850-1853	1856: candidate US President (American, Whig)
Andrew Johnson President: 1865-1869	1869: candidate US Senate (TN) 1872: candidate US House (TN) 1875: US Senate (TN)
Theodore Roosevelt President: 1901-1909	1912: candidate US President (Progressive) 1916: candidate for nominataion US President / Vice President (Republican)
William Howard Taft President: 1909-1913	1921-1930: US Supreme Court, Chief Justice
Herbert Hoover President: 1929-1933	1946: Famine Emergency Commission 1947-1949: 1st Hoover Commission (Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch) 1953-1955: 2nd Hoover Commission (Commission on Governement Operations)