There have been 12 American generals who then became president. William H. Harrison, Zachary Taylor, Ulysses S. Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes, James A. Garfield, Chester A. Arthur, Benjamin Harrison, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Andrew Jackson, Franklin Pierce and Andrew Johnson, and George Washington.
A few, yes. For example, Presidents Washington, Grant, and Eisenhower were all Generals in the U.S. Army before becoming President.
President Donald Trump was rejected from the FBI before becoming president.
So far, all the professional generals who became president won major victories and became national heroes before they were elected President. Taylor won the Mexican War, Grant won the Civil War and Eisenhower won WW II in Europe.
Well Ronald Reagan was an actor before a president. But that is only one of the jobs he had before being a president.
John F. Kennedy was a naval officer,author,congressman and senator before being elected as president.
what president was a auto mechanic and a teacher before president
Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Carter
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Not if they serve another country.
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The speaker of the house will be the acting president.