What position did Bill Clinton hold prior to becoming President of the United States?

Although many paths may lead to the presidency of the United States, the virtually common job experience, occupation or profession of U.S. presidents has been that of a lawyer.^[one] This sortable tabular array enumerates all holders of that office, along with major elective or appointive offices or periods of military service prior to election to the presidency. The column immediately to the right of the presidents' names shows the position or office held only before the presidency. The next column to the right lists the next previous position held, and so on. Notation that the total number of previous positions held by an private may exceed iv; the number of columns was limited to what would fit within the page width. The last two columns on the right list the dwelling house state (at the time of ballot to the presidency) and main occupation of each future president, prior to beginning a political career.

By the numbers

There have been 46 presidencies (including the current one, Joe Biden, whose term began in 2021), and 45 different individuals have served as president. Grover Cleveland was elected to two nonconsecutive terms, and every bit such is considered the 22nd and 24th president of the United states of america. Of the 45 dissimilar people who accept been or are currently serving as president:

• 32 presidents had previous military feel; ix were generals in the US Army.^[a]
• 27 presidents were previously lawyers.
• 18 presidents previously served as U.S. representatives; 6 of 18 held this office prior to the four 'previous positions' shown in this tabular array. Only 1 – James A. Garfield – was a Representative immediately before ballot as president. Only Garfield and Abraham Lincoln had served in no higher office than Representative when elected President. Only John Quincy Adams served as a U.S. representative subsequently being president. Additionally, after being president, John Tyler served in the Provisional Confederate Congress and was later elected to the Confederate Firm of Representatives, but he died before taking his seat.^[2]
• 19 presidents previously served equally governors; 17 were land governors; 9 were governors immediately before election as president. One, William Howard Taft, served as a territorial governor. One, Andrew Jackson, served as a military governor (Florida, before information technology was a state).
• 17 presidents previously served equally U.S. senators; just iii immediately earlier election every bit president. Merely i president, Andrew Johnson, served as a U.S. senator afterward his presidency.
• 15 presidents previously served as vice president. All except Richard Nixon and Joe Biden were vice presidents immediately earlier becoming president; 9 of the 15 succeeded to the presidency because of the death or resignation of the elected president; 5 of those 9 were non afterwards elected.
• 9 presidents were out of office (for at least one year) immediately earlier election as president.
• eight presidents previously served as Chiffonier secretaries; six equally secretary of state; five of the eight served immediately before election as president.
• 7 presidents had previous feel in foreign service.^[b]
• 5 presidents had never been elected to public part before becoming president: Zachary Taylor, Ulysses S. Grant, Herbert Hoover, Dwight D. Eisenhower, and Donald Trump. Most of these had, still, been appointed to several prominent offices. Hoover'south contributions toward the Treaty of Versailles preceded his appointment as United States Secretary of Commerce. Taylor, Grant, and Eisenhower led U.South. forces to victory in the Mexican–American War, American Civil State of war, and Earth War II, respectively – each occupying the highest-ranking command postal service of their time. Trump is the group's sole exception, having never held any public role nor any military position.
• five presidents taught at a university: James A. Garfield, William Howard Taft, Woodrow Wilson, Bill Clinton, and Barack Obama.
• 2 presidents served equally party leaders of the House of Representatives, James A. Garfield and Gerald Ford.
• 1 president served equally an ordained minister, serving as a pastor in the Disciples of Christ (Christian) Church building, James A. Garfield.^{[3] [4]}
• i president served as speaker of the House of Representatives, James One thousand. Polk.
• 1 president served equally president pro tempore of the United States Senate, John Tyler.
• one president served as party leader of the United states Senate, Lyndon B. Johnson.
• 1 president served equally president of the United States for ii not-sequent terms, Grover Cleveland.
• 1 president had a PhD, Woodrow Wilson.
• 1 president had neither prior government nor military experience before condign president, Donald Trump.

List

President			Previous 1	Previous 2	Previous 3	Previous iv	Occupation	State[c]
one		George Washington	Out of office[d]	Constitutional Convention[e]	Out of function	Military machine[f]	Planter, land surveyor	Virginia
two		John Adams	Vice President	Foreign service[one thousand]	Continental Congress	Land legislator[h]	Lawyer, farmer	Massachusetts
3		Thomas Jefferson	Vice President	Secretarial assistant of Country	Strange service[g]	Congressman	Planter, lawyer, state surveyor, architect	Virginia
4		James Madison	Secretarial assistant of State	U.S. representative	Constitutional Convention	Country legislator[h]	Planter	Virginia
five		James Monroe	Secretary of Land	Foreign service[g]	Country governor	U.S. senator	Planter, lawyer	Virginia
six		John Quincy Adams	Secretary of State	Strange service[one thousand]	U.S. senator	State legislator[h]	Lawyer	Massachusetts
seven		Andrew Jackson	Out of office[d]	U.S. senator	Armed services	U.Due south. senator	Lawyer, military machine officer	Tennessee
8		Martin Van Buren	Vice President	Secretarial assistant of Land	Land governor[i]	U.S. senator	Lawyer	New York
9		William Henry Harrison	Out of role[d]	Strange service[g]	U.Southward. senator	U.Southward. representative	Country governor	Military	Ohio
ten		John Tyler	Vice President[j]	U.Southward. senator	Country governor	U.South. representative	Lawyer	Virginia
11		James G. Polk	Out of part[d]	Land governor	Speaker of the Firm	U.S. representative	Lawyer, planter	Tennessee
12		Zachary Taylor	Military	—	—	—	Military	Kentucky
13		Millard Fillmore	Vice President[yard]	State part	Out of office[d]	U.S. representative	Lawyer	New York
xiv		Franklin Pierce	Out of function[d]	Military	U.Due south. senator	U.S. representative	Lawyer	New Hampshire
15		James Buchanan	Foreign service[one thousand]	Out of office[d]	Secretary of State	U.Due south. senator	Lawyer	Pennsylvania
16		Abraham Lincoln	Out of office[d]	U.S. representative	Country legislator[h]	Armed forces	Lawyer, land surveyor	Illinois[l]
17		Andrew Johnson	Vice President[one thousand]	Military governor[north]	U.S. senator	Land governor	Tailor	Tennessee
18		Ulysses S. Grant	Military	—	—	—	Military	Illinois[o]
19		Rutherford B. Hayes	Land governor	Out of function[d]	Land governor	U.South. representative	Lawyer	Ohio
20		James A. Garfield	U.S. representative	Military	State legislator[h]	—	Ordained minister, lawyer, teacher	Ohio
21		Chester A. Arthur	Vice President[p]	Out of part[d]	Federal role[q]	Out of office	Lawyer, instructor, tariff collector	New York
22		Grover Cleveland	State governor	Local office[r]	—	—	Lawyer	New York
23		Benjamin Harrison	Out of office[d]	U.Southward. senator	Out of office	Military	Court reporter	Indiana
24		Grover Cleveland	Out of office[d]	President of the U.Due south.	Country governor	Local office[r]	Lawyer	New York
25		William McKinley	State governor	U.S. representative	Military	—	Lawyer	Ohio
26		Theodore Roosevelt	Vice President[s]	State governor	Military	Federal office[q] [t]	Historian, public retainer, naturalist, military officeholder, policeman, rancher	New York
27		William Howard Taft	Secretary of State of war	Territorial governor[u]	Judicial[5]	Federal office[q] [west]	Lawyer, dean	Ohio
28		Woodrow Wilson	Land governor	Academic[x]	—	—	Academic	New Jersey
29		Warren G. Harding	U.S. senator	Out of part[d]	Land legislator[h]	—	Journalist, publisher	Ohio
30		Calvin Coolidge	Vice President[y]	Country governor	State office	Country legislator[h]	Lawyer	Massachusetts[z]
31		Herbert Hoover	Secretary of Commerce	Out of office[d] [aa]	Federal role[q] [ab]	—	Businessman, mining engineer	California
32		Franklin D. Roosevelt	State governor	Out of office[d]	Federal function[q] [t]	State legislator[h]	Lawyer	New York
33		Harry S. Truman	Vice President[ac]	U.S. senator	Canton commissioner (Canton court)	Military	Farmer	Missouri
34		Dwight D. Eisenhower	Military	—	—	—	Armed forces officer, President of Columbia University	Kansas
35		John F. Kennedy	U.Due south. senator	U.S. representative	Military	—	Journalist, military officeholder	Massachusetts
36		Lyndon B. Johnson	Vice President[ad]	U.Due south. senator	U.Southward. representative	Federal office[q] [ae]	Instructor, military officer, rancher	Texas
37		Richard Nixon	Out of office[d]	Vice President	U.S. senator	U.Southward. representative	Lawyer, naval officer	California
38		Gerald Ford	Vice President[af]	U.Due south. representative	Military	—	Lawyer, naval officer	Michigan[ag]
39		Jimmy Carter	Out of office[d]	Country governor	Land legislator[h]	Military	Farmer, naval officer	Georgia
40		Ronald Reagan	Out of office[d]	State governor	—	Military	Actor, Screen Actors Guild President	California[ah]
41		George H. Due west. Bush	Vice President	Out of function[d]	Federal part[q] [ai]	Foreign service[g]	Man of affairs, naval aviator	Texas[aj]
42		Bill Clinton	Country governor	Land attorney general	—	—	Lawyer, law professor at the Academy of Arkansas	Arkansas
43		George Westward. Bush	Country governor	Out of function[d] [7]	Armed forces[eight]	—	Businessman, Air National Guard pilot	Texas
44		Barack Obama	U.S. senator	State legislator[h]	Academic[ak]	—	Lawyer, law professor at the University of Chicago	Illinois[al]
45		Donald Trump	—	—	—	—	Businessman, real estate programmer, reality television receiver personality	New York Florida[am]
46		Joe Biden	Out of office[d]	Vice President	U.South. senator	Local role[r]	Lawyer	Delaware

See besides

• President of the United states of america
• List of presidents of the United States past other offices held

Notes

1. ^ George Washington was commanding general of the Continental Army, the pre-independence equivalent of the Usa Regular army. The 9 US Army generals were Jackson, W. H. Harrison, Taylor, Pierce, Grant, Hayes, Garfield, B. Harrison and Eisenhower. Others with military experience were Monroe, McKinley, T. Roosevelt, Truman, Kennedy, 50. B. Johnson, Nixon, Carter, Ford, Reagan, G. H. W. Bush, G. W. Bush.
2. ^ Martin van Buren'southward brief foreign service is not counted since, although he was appointed Ambassador to the Great britain, the date was rejected past the U.S. Senate
3. ^ "State" refers to the state generally considered "habitation", not necessarily the land where the president was built-in
4. ^ ^{a b c d due east f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v} This designation is used whenever the discipline was out of public role for more one yr
5. ^ Washington was first chosen by the Virginia Land Legislature to exist a delegate to the Ramble Convention. So he was elected past the delegates to be president of the convention.
6. ^ Commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War
7. ^ ^{a b c d e f g} This is a general designation for any appointive position representing the United States to a strange government
8. ^ ^{a b c d east f g h i j} This is a general designation for any elected country legislator
9. ^ Van Buren served simply over 2 months of his term equally governor of New York before President Jackson appointed him Secretary of Country
10. ^ Tyler succeeded President Harrison, who died in part. He was not elected.
11. ^ Fillmore succeeded President Taylor, who died in office. He was not elected.
12. ^ Lincoln was built-in in Kentucky, only moved to Indiana, then Illinois at an early age
13. ^ Johnson succeeded President Lincoln, who was assassinated. He was not elected.
14. ^ President Lincoln appointed Johnson military governor of Tennessee during the Civil War
15. ^ Grant was born and raised in Ohio. He rose to prominence as a Civil State of war full general from Illinois and Illinois was his residence for his political career.^{[5] [6]}
16. ^ Arthur succeeded President Garfield, who was assassinated. He was not elected.
17. ^ ^{a b c d due east f g} This is a general designation for appointive domestic Federal offices below cabinet level
18. ^ ^{a b c} This is a general designation for local constituent offices
19. ^ Roosevelt succeeded President McKinley, who was assassinated. He was elected to a full term in 1904, chose not to run again in 1908, and ran unsuccessfully in 1912.
20. ^ ^{a b} Assistant Secretarial assistant of the Navy
21. ^ President McKinley appointed Taft governor-General of the Philippines
22. ^ United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
23. ^ Solicitor General of the United States
24. ^ Wilson served equally President of Princeton University from 1902 to 1910
25. ^ Coolidge succeeded President Harding, who died in office. He was elected to a total term in 1924, chose not to run again in 1928.
26. ^ Born and raised in Vermont, Coolidge permanently moved to Massachusetts to attend college.
27. ^ Following World War I, Hoover was involved with several humanitarian organizations.
28. ^ Manager of U.s. Food Administration
29. ^ Truman succeeded President Roosevelt, who died in office. He was elected to a total term in 1948, chose non to run once more in 1952.
30. ^ Johnson succeeded President Kennedy, who was assassinated. He was elected to a full term in 1964, chose not to run again in 1968.
31. ^ head of the National Youth Administration in Texas
32. ^ Ford succeeded President Nixon, who resigned. He lost election in 1976. Previously, Ford was appointed Vice President later Spiro Agnew resigned. Currently, only president not to have been elected to the executive branch.
33. ^ Ford was born in Nebraska, only moved to Michigan at an early age
34. ^ Reagan was born, raised and educated in Illinois; he moved permanently to California later graduation from college.
35. ^ Director of the Key Intelligence Agency
36. ^ Bush was built-in in Massachusetts, and raised in Connecticut, but moved to Texas later on graduation from college.
37. ^ Obama taught ramble law at the Academy of Chicago Police force School from 1992 to 2004
38. ^ Obama was born in Hawaii and mostly raised there. His career was based in Illinois.
39. ^ Trump, who was born in New York, ran for role in 2016 from there, simply moved his official residence to Mar-a-Lago in Florida during his term.

References

1. ^ International Law, U.s. Power: The United States' Quest for Legal Security, p x, Shirley V. Scott - 2012
2. ^ Periodical of the Congress of the Confederate States of America, 1861–1865 Book 1. U.S. Regime Printing Office. 1904. pp. 303, 658.
3. ^ The Preacher President http://punditwire.com/2012/03/03/the-preacher-president/
4. ^ The Singular Humility of America's But Ordained President https://www.christianitytoday.com/pastors/2016/apr-web-exclusives/singular-humility-of-americas-simply-ordained-president.html
5. ^ "The Congressional Globe". Library of Congress. 1868. p. 1063.
6. ^ McFeely, William S. (1981). Grant: A Biography. Norton. pp. 232–233. ISBN0-393-01372-iii.
7. ^ P.O. Box 400406. "George W. Bush: Life Before the Presidency—Miller Center". Millercenter.org. Retrieved 2016-12-27 .
8. ^ York, Byron. "Byron York on George W. Bush & National Guard on National Review Online". Archived from the original on 2008-08-30. Retrieved 2016-12-27 . {{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

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