No professional minister has ever US President. James Garfield did some preaching as a young man. William McKinley and Jimmy Carter both taught Sunday school regularly.
Jonathan Edwards was born in 1703 and died in 1758. He was a preacher and he was a theologian and he became president of Princeton University in 1745.
His father was a preacher
Charles G. Finney was the most influential preacher of the Second Great Awakening. He preached in New York State and eventually became the president of Oberlin College in Ohio.
James Garfield
James Garfield
James Garfield is the only President to have served as a preacher. He preached for two years before becoming a lawyer.
Preacher President
George Bush
No, but he does teach Sunday school.
Jesse Jackson ran for president in 1988.
Billy Graham
No- he was a prominent preacher.