List of United States Presidents by previous occupation

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This is a list of the occupations of Presidents before they entered politics. Often previous career experience is minimal, however many presidents did spend their younger years in college and the military.

Order	President	Previous occupation(s)
1	George Washington	Surveyor, Farmer/plantation owner, Soldier (General of United Army of the Colonies)
2	John Adams	Lawyer
3	Thomas Jefferson	Writer, inventor, lawyer, architect
4	James Madison	Lawyer
5	James Monroe	Lawyer
6	John Quincy Adams	Lawyer
7	Andrew Jackson	Soldier, Lawyer
8	Martin Van Buren	Lawyer
9	William Harrison	Soldier
10	John Tyler	Lawyer
11	James Polk	Lawyer
12	Zachary Taylor	Soldier
13	Millard Fillmore	Lawyer
14	Franklin Pierce	Lawyer
15	James Buchanan	Lawyer
16	Abraham Lincoln	Lawyer
17	Andrew Johnson	Tailor
18	Ulysses Grant	Soldier, General of the Army
19	Rutherford Hayes	Lawyer
20	James Garfield	School teacher, minister
21	Chester Arthur	School teacher, lawyer, collector of tariffs
22,24	Grover Cleveland	Sheriff, lawyer
23	Benjamin Harrison	Lawyer, journalist
25	William McKinley	Lawyer
26	Theodore Roosevelt	Public Official, Rancher
27	William Taft	Lawyer, judge, dean of law school at the University of Cincinnati
28	Woodrow Wilson	Lawyer, professor, president of Princeton University
29	Warren Harding	Newspaper editor
30	Calvin Coolidge	Lawyer
31	Herbert Hoover	Engineer
32	Franklin Roosevelt	Lawyer
33	Harry Truman	Farmer, Men's clothing retailer
34	Dwight Eisenhower	Soldier (Supreme Allied Commander, Army Chief of Staff), President of Columbia University
35	John F. Kennedy	Soldier, Writer
36	Lyndon Johnson	Teacher, Public Official
37	Richard Nixon	Lawyer
38	Gerald Ford	Lawyer
39	Jimmy Carter	Peanut farmer, writer
40	Ronald Reagan	Actor & broadcaster, President of the Screen Actors Guild
41	George H. W. Bush	Businessman (Oil)
42	Bill Clinton	Lawyer, Law lecturer
43	George W. Bush	Businessman (Oil)

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