PRESIDENTS' OCCUPATION

 

President Occupation
George Washington Surveyor, Planter, General
John Adams Lawyer
Thomas Jefferson Lawyer, Planter
James Madison Lawyer, Planter
James Monroe Military
John Quincy Adams Lawyer, Diplomat
Andrew Jackson Lawyer, Military
Martin Van Buren Lawyer
William Henry Harrison Military
John Tyler Politician
James K. Polk Politician
Zachary Taylor Military
Millard Fillmore Lawyer
Franklin Pierce Lawyer, Military
James Buchanan Lawyer
Abraham Lincoln Lawyer
Andrew Johnson Tailor
Ulysses S. Grant Military
Rutherford B. Hayes Lawyer
James A. Garfield Educator, Lawyer
Chester A. Arthur Lawyer
Grover Cleveland Lawyer
Benjamin Harrison Lawyer
William McKinley Lawyer
Theodore Roosevelt Writer
William Howard Taft Lawyer, Politician
Woodrow Wilson Professor
Warren G. Harding Reporter, Newspaper Owner
Calvin Coolidge Lawyer, Politician
Herbert Hoover Engineer
Franklin D. Roosevelt Lawyer
Harry S. Truman Clerk, Store Owner
Dwight D. Eisenhower Military
John F. Kennedy Journalist, Politician
Lyndon B. Johnson Educator, Politician
Richard Nixon Lawyer
Gerald R. Ford Lawyer
Jimmy Carter Farmer
Ronald Reagan Actor
George Bush Business
Bill Clinton Lawyer
George W. Bush Business