23 Presidents were previously attorneys.
These were: John Adams, Jefferson, Monroe, John Quincy Adams, Jackson, Van Buren, Tyler, Polk, Fillmore, Pierce, Buchanan, Lincoln, Hayes, Arthur, Cleveland, Benjamin Harrison, McKinley, Taft, Coolidge, Franklin Roosevelt, Nixon, Ford, Clinton, Obama.
Washington, Madison, William Harrison, Taylor, Andrew Johnson, Grant, Garfield, Theodore Roosevelt, Harding, Hoover, Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Carter, Reagan, George H. W. Bush, and George W. Bush were not attorneys.
However:
Washington served as a justice of the peace for 14 years.
Theodore Roosevelt, Harding, and Lyndon Johnson studied law briefly, but never passed the bar or practiced law.
Truman served as "Chief Judge" of Jackson County, Missouri, but that post was actually the chief administrative officer of the County, and had no legal duties.
26 of the 43 US presidents were admitted to the bar as lawyers. Madison and Monroe studied but did wish to practice it. Theodore Roosevelt went to law school for a year but dropped out without taking the bar exam. Woodrow Wilson was a scholar of political science and taught law courses but was not a lawyer.
25 US presidents were lawyers or were admitted to the bar.before running for President.
25 presidents have been lawyers
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Many presidents were lawyers perviously.
Nineteen US presidents were lawyers before becoming elected.
About 69% 29/42 = 0.69047
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Most of them are lawyers. Most of them had experience either in Congress or as a state governor.
No, only 25 were lawyers
Cleveland, wilson,fdr,clinton and obama
Of the last 10 presidents, Nixon, Ford ,Clinton and Obama were lawyers. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Carter, Reagan, Bush 41 and Bush 42 were not , although Johnson did study law for a year.
Some were farmers, lawyers, and military leaders.
Most of them were lawyers before they became office holders.
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