qnli question: What did Eisenhower have in common with presidents Taylor, Grant, Taft and Hoover? sentence: Eisenhower was the only general to serve as President in the 20th century and the most recent President to have never held elected office prior to the Presidency (The other Presidents who did not have prior elected office were Zachary Taylor, Ulysses S. Grant, William Howard Taft and Herbert Hoover).