George H. W. Bush was the fourth person to serve eight full years as U.S. Vice President (January 20, 1981 - January 20, 1989). He also served as Director of Central Intelligence (January 30, 1976 - January 20, 1977), Chief of the U.S. Liaison Office in Peking, China (September 26, 1974 - December 7, 1975), Chairman of the Republican National Committee (January 19, 1973 - September 16, 1974), U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. (March 1, 1971 - January 18, 1973) and member of the U.S. House of Representatives (CD TX07, January 3, 1967 - January 3, 1971).
Herbert Hoover had a few jobs before becoming the 31st president of the United States. He was involved in many different humanitarian works and involved in the Secretary of Commerce.
Before becoming president, James Monroe had various occupations. He was of the planter class, but later served with the Continental Congress as a delegate. He was later elected into the senate where he would serve under the first Congress in the United States.
The answer is that several presidents had not previously held elected public office before becoming President: Zachary Taylor, U.S. Grant, William Howard Taft [although he was governor-general of the Philippines], Herbert Hoover, and Dwight Eisenhower. This now includes Donald Trump.
James K. Polk's occupation before becoming president was A lawyer and former congressman from Tennessee. People knew him as the dark horse. If you want more information log on to: http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/jamespolk/
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I have read somewhere that Obama's dream before becoming President was to be a bank manager.
Herbert Hoover was the first.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Hoover
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Herbert Hoover before he was president. Woodrow Wilson was president at the time
George W. Bush, Jr. was Governor of Texas before becoming President of the United States.
Jimmy Carter was in the peanut business, before becoming President.