| GERALDFORD | ...he became President |
| PERON | By getting ahead, he became president (5) |
| XI | He became president of China in 2013 |
| FORD | He became president after Nixon resigned |
| PUTIN | He became president of the Russian Federation in 2000 (5) |
| ADAMS | He became president with 71 Electoral College votes |
| HARRYSTRUMAN | After only 82 days as vice president of the US, he unexpectedly became president, going on to win one more term (5,1,6) |
| LUCKHURST | English opening batsman who played his entire county career, from 1958 to 1976, for Kent CCC, of which he later became president (5,9) (see 51D) |
| BRIAN | English opening batsman who played his entire county career, from 1958 to 1976, for Kent CCC, of which he later became president (5,9) (see 10D) |
| CALVINCOOLIDGE | US vice president who became president upon the death of Warren Harding in 1923: 2 wds. |
| LYNDONBJOHNSON | US vice president who became president upon the death of John F. Kennedy in 1963: 3 wds. |
| THEPHILIPPINES | Ferdinand Marcos Jr. became president-elect of this country on May 25; his father was its president from 1965-86 |
| JOHNSON | Andrew _, 17th US president; became president after Lincoln's assassination (7) |
| NIXON | Eisenhower's vice president who later became president |
| HOOVER | Mining engineer who became President |
| TAYLOR | When this Whig died, Fillmore became president |
| MONROE | Louisiana Purchase negotiator who later became president |
| ULYSSES | ___ S. Grant (Union general who became president) |
| IKE | WWII general who became President |
| MMI | Year George W. Bush became president |
