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This is a list of the occupations of Presidents before they entered politics. Often, previous career experience is minimal; however, the most common previous occupation islawyer <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawyer>, [1] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Presidents_of_the_United_States_by_occupation#cite_note-1> and many presidents did spend their younger years in college and/or the military. OrderPresident <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_United_States>Previous occupation(s) 1 George Washington <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington> Land Surveyor, Farmer/plantation owner, Soldier (General of United Army of the Colonies <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_Army>) 2 John Adams <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Adams> Lawyer, Farmer 3 Thomas Jefferson <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson> Land Surveyor, Writer, Inventor, Lawyer, Architect, Farmer/Plantation owner, Diplomat, Linguist, Theologian 4 James Madison <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Madison> Farmer/plantation owner 5 James Monroe <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Monroe> Farmer/plantation owner, Lawyer 6 John Quincy Adams <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Quincy_Adams> Lawyer 7 Andrew Jackson <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Jackson> Soldier (General of The US. Army), Lawyer 8 Martin Van Buren <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Van_Buren> Lawyer 9 William Harrison <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Henry_Harrison> Soldier 10 John Tyler <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Tyler> Lawyer 11 James Polk <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Polk> Lawyer, Plantation owner 12 Zachary Taylor <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zachary_Taylor> Soldier ( Army <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army> Major General) 13 Millard Fillmore <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millard_Fillmore> Lawyer 14 Franklin Pierce <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Pierce> Lawyer 15 James Buchanan <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Buchanan> Lawyer, Diplomat 16 Abraham Lincoln <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln> Land Surveyor, Lawyer 17 Andrew Johnson <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Johnson> Soldier, Tailor 18 Ulysses Grant <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulysses_Grant> Soldier, General of the Army <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_of_the_Army_(USA)> 19 Rutherford Hayes <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutherford_Hayes> Lawyer 20 James Garfield <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Garfield> School teacher, minister, soldier 21 Chester Arthur <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chester_Arthur> School teacher, lawyer, collector of tariffs 22, 24 Grover Cleveland <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grover_Cleveland> Sheriff, lawyer, assistant teacher 23 Benjamin Harrison <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Harrison> Lawyer, journalist 25 William McKinley <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_McKinley> Lawyer, Soldier 26 Theodore Roosevelt <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt> Public Official, Rancher, Soldier 27 William Taft <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Taft> Lawyer, judge, law reporter, dean of law school at the University of Cincinnati <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Cincinnati> 28 Woodrow Wilson <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodrow_Wilson> Lawyer, professor, president of Princeton University <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princeton_University> 29 Warren Harding <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Harding> Newspaper publisher/editor 30 Calvin Coolidge <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvin_Coolidge> Lawyer, Public Official, Vice President of Northampton Savings Bank 31 Herbert Hoover <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Hoover> Engineer, Investor 32 Franklin Roosevelt <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Roosevelt> Lawyer 33 Harry Truman <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Truman> Farmer, Soldier, haberdasher <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haberdasher> 34 Dwight Eisenhower <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwight_Eisenhower> Soldier, Five Star General, President of Columbia University <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_University> 35 John F. Kennedy <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy> Writer, Sailor (Navy <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Navy> Lieutenant) 36 Lyndon Johnson <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyndon_Johnson> Teacher, Public Official 37 Richard Nixon <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Nixon> Lawyer, Sailor (Navy <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Navy> Lieutenant Commander) 38 Gerald Ford <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Ford> Football Player, Sailor (Navy <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Navy> Lieutenant Commander), Lawyer 39 Jimmy Carter <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Carter> Sailor (Navy <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Navy> Lieutenant),[2] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Presidents_of_the_United_States_by_occupation#cite_note-2> peanut <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peanut> farmer,[3] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Presidents_of_the_United_States_by_occupation#cite_note-3> writer 40 Ronald Reagan <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Reagan>[4] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Presidents_of_the_United_States_by_occupation#cite_note-4> [5] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Presidents_of_the_United_States_by_occupation#cite_note-5> Actor & broadcaster, President of the Screen Actors Guild <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screen_Actors_Guild>[6] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Presidents_of_the_United_States_by_occupation#cite_note-6> 41 George H. W. Bush <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_H._W._Bush> Pilot (Navy Lieutenant, Junior Grade <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lieutenant,_Junior_Grade>),[7] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Presidents_of_the_United_States_by_occupation#cite_note-7> Businessman (Oil <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petroleum>),[8] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Presidents_of_the_United_States_by_occupation#cite_note-8> C.I.A. Director, Ambassador to China. 42 Bill Clinton <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Clinton> Lawyer <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawyer>, Law lecturer 43 George W. Bush <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Bush> Pilot (Texas Air National Guard), Businessman (Oil <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbusto_Energy>,[9] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Presidents_of_the_United_States_by_occupation#cite_note-9> baseball <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Rangers_(baseball)>)[10] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Presidents_of_the_United_States_by_occupation#cite_note-10> 44 Barack Obama <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama> Community Organizer, Lawyer <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawyer>, Illinois Senator. Lecturer (informally considered by some to be a professor)[11] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Presidents_of_the_United_States_by_occupation#cite_note-11> On Tuesday, February 23, 2016 at 3:06:48 AM UTC-6, Bill wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > This is really interesting info!! > > California > New Mexico > Mississippi > Alabama > Illinois > Kentucky > Ohio > New York > Maine > South Carolina > > These 10 States now have More People on Welfare than they do Employed! > Last month, the Senate Budget Committee reports that in fiscal year 2012, > between food stamps, housing support, child care, Medicaid and other > benefits, the average U.S. Household below the poverty line received > $168.00 a day in government support. What's the problem with that much > support? Well, the median household income in America is just over > $50,000,which averages out to $137.13 a day. To put it another way, being > on welfare now pays the equivalent of $30.00 an hour for a 40-hour week, > while the average job pays $20.00 an hour. > Furthermore: > There are actually two messages here. The first is very interesting, but > the second is absolutely astounding - and explains a lot. A recent > "Investor's Business Daily" article provided very interesting statistics > from a survey by the United Nations International Health Organization. > Percentage of men and women who survived a cancer five years after > diagnosis: > U.S. 65% > England 46% > Canada 42% > Percentage of patients diagnosed with diabetes who received treatment > within six months: > U.S. 93% > England 15% > Canada 43% > Percentage of seniors needing hip replacement who received it within six > months: > U.S. 90% > England 15% > Canada 43% > Percentage referred to a medical specialist who see one within one month: > U.S. 77% > England 40% > Canada 43% > Number of MRI scanners (a prime diagnostic tool) per million people: > U.S. 71 > England 14 > Canada 18 > Percentage of seniors (65+), with low income, who say they are in > "excellent health": > U.S. 12% > England 2% > Canada 6% > And now..for the last statistic: > National Health Insurance? > U.S. NO > England YES > Canada YES > Check the last set of statistics!! > The percentage of each past president's cabinet... Who had worked in the > private business sector...prior to their appointment to the cabinet. You > know what the private business sector is; a real-life business...not a > government job. > Here are the percentages. > T. Roosevelt.......... .... 38% > Taft.......................... 40% > Wilson ...................... 52% > Harding..................... 49% > Coolidge.................... 48% > Hoover....................... 42% > F. Roosevelt............... 50% > Truman..................... 50% > Eisenhower............... 57% > Kennedy.................... 30% > Johnson..................... 47% > Nixon......................... 53% > Ford........................... 42% > Carter........................ 32% > Reagan...................... 56% > GH Bush.................... 51% > Clinton ..................... 39% > GW Bush................... 55% > Obama.................... 8% > This helps explain the incompetence of this administration: ONLY 8% of > them ... have ever worked in private business! That's right! Only eight > percent, the least, by far, of the last 19 presidents! And these people are > trying to tell our big corporations how to run their business? How can the > president of a major nation and society, the one with the most successful > economic system in world history, stand and talk about business when he's > never worked for one? Or about jobs when he has never really had one? And, > when it's the same for 92% of his senior staff and closest advisers? > They've spent most of their time in academia, government, and/or non-profit > jobs. Or, as "community organizers." > Pass this on, because we'll NEVER see these facts in the main stream media. > > > -- > > > > > > > > > > > -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PoliticalForum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
