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This is a list of the occupations of Presidents before they entered politics. Often previous career experience is minimal, however many presidents did spend their younger years in college and the military.

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  Democratic   Whig   Republican

18th Century

#	President		Took office	Left office	Party	Vice President	Term
1	George Washington		April 30 1789	March 4 1797	No party	John Adams	1
							2
2	John Adams		March 4 1797	March 4 1801	Federalist	Thomas Jefferson	3

19th Century

#	President		Took Office	Left Office	Party	Vice President	Terms
3	Thomas Jefferson		March 4 1801	March 4 1809	Democratic-Republican	Aaron Burr	4
						George Clinton	5
4	James Madison		March 4 1809	March 4 1817	Democratic-Republican	George Clinton[1] vacant	6
						Elbridge Gerry[1] vacant	7
5	James Monroe		March 4 1817	March 4 1825	Democratic-Republican	Daniel Tompkins	8
							9
6	John Quincy Adams		March 4 1825	March 4 1829	Democratic-Republican	John Calhoun	10
7	Andrew Jackson		March 4 1829	March 4 1837	Democratic	John Calhoun[2] vacant	11
						Martin Van Buren	12
8	Martin Van Buren		March 4 1837	March 4 1841	Democratic	Richard Johnson	13
9	William H. Harrison		March 4 1841	April 4 1841[1]	Whig	John Tyler	14
10	John Tyler		April 4 1841	March 4 1845	Whig No party[3]	vacant
11	James K. Polk		March 4 1845	March 4 1849	Democratic	George Dallas	15
12	Zachary Taylor		March 4 1849	July 9 1850[1]	Whig	Millard Fillmore	16
13	Millard Fillmore		July 9 1850	March 4 1853	Whig	vacant
14	Franklin Pierce		March 4 1853	March 4 1857	Democratic	William King[1] vacant	17
15	James Buchanan		March 4 1857	March 4 1861	Democratic	John Breckinridge	18
16	Abraham Lincoln		March 4 1861	April 15 1865[4]	Republican National Union[5]	Hannibal Hamlin	19
						Andrew Johnson	20
17	Andrew Johnson		April 15 1865	March 4 1869	Democratic National Union[5]	vacant
18	Ulysses S. Grant		March 4 1869	March 4 1877	Republican	Schuyler Colfax	21
						Henry Wilson[1] vacant	22
19	Rutherford B. Hayes		March 4 1877	March 4 1881	Republican	William Wheeler	23
20	James Garfield		March 4 1881	September 19 1881[4]	Republican	Chester A. Arthur	24
21	Chester A. Arthur		September 19 1881	March 4 1885	Republican	vacant
22	Grover Cleveland		March 4 1885	March 4 1889	Democratic	Thomas Hendricks[1] vacant	25
23	Benjamin Harrison		March 4 1889	March 4 1893	Republican	Levi Morton	26
24	Grover Cleveland (2nd term)		March 4 1893	March 4 1897	Democratic	Adlai E. Stevenson	27
25	William McKinley		March 4 1897	September 14 1901[4]	Republican	Garret Hobart[1] vacant	28
						Theodore Roosevelt	29

20th century

#	President		Took Office	Left Office	Party	Vice President	Terms
26	Theodore Roosevelt		September 14 1901	March 4 1909	Republican	vacant	29
						Charles Fairbanks	30
27	William H. Taft		March 4 1909	March 4 1913	Republican	James Sherman[1] vacant	31
28	Woodrow Wilson		March 4 1913	March 4 1921	Democratic	Thomas Marshall	32
							33
29	Warren G. Harding		March 4 1921	August 2 1923[1]	Republican	Calvin Coolidge	34
30	Calvin Coolidge		August 2 1923	March 4 1929	Republican	vacant
						Charles Dawes	35
31	Herbert Hoover		March 4 1929	March 4 1933	Republican	Charles Curtis	36
32	Franklin D. Roosevelt		March 4 1933	April 12 1945[1]	Democratic	John Garner	37
							38
						Henry Wallace	39
						Harry S Truman	40
33	Harry S Truman		April 12 1945	January 20 1953	Democratic	vacant
						Alben Barkley	41
34	Dwight D. Eisenhower		January 20 1953	January 20 1961	Republican	Richard Nixon	42
							43
35	John F. Kennedy		January 20 1961	November 22 1963[4]	Democratic	Lyndon B. Johnson	44
36	Lyndon B. Johnson	File:Lyndon B. Johnson - portrait.png	November 22 1963	January 20 1969	Democratic	vacant
						Hubert Humphrey	45
37	Richard Nixon		January 20 1969	August 9 1974[2]	Republican	Spiro Agnew	46
						Spiro Agnew[2] vacant Gerald Ford	47
38	Gerald Ford	File:Gerald R. Ford - portrait.jpg	August 9 1974	January 20 1977	Republican	vacant Nelson Rockefeller
39	Jimmy Carter	File:James E. Carter - portrait.gif	January 20 1977	January 20 1981	Democratic	Walter Mondale	48
40	Ronald Reagan	File:REAGANWH.jpg	January 20 1981	January 20 1989	Republican	George H. W. Bush	49
							50
41	George H. W. Bush	File:George H. W. Bush - portrait by Herbert Abrams (1994).jpg	January 20 1989	January 20 1993	Republican	Dan Quayle	51
42	Bill Clinton	File:Clinton.jpg	January 20 1993	January 20 2001	Democratic	Al Gore	52
							53

21st Century

#	President		Took Office	Left Office	Party	Vice President	Terms
43	George W. Bush		January 20 2001		Republican	Dick Cheney	54
							55

This list includes those who have served as the

. It includes the home state of the officeholder as well as when he took office, when he left office and the political party that he belonged to.

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Democratic-Republican

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18th Century

#	Image	Name	Home State	Took Office	Left Office	Party	President(s)
1		John Adams	Massachusetts	April 21, 17891	March 4, 1797	Federalist	Washington
2		Thomas Jefferson	Virginia	March 4, 1797	March 4, 1801	Democratic-Republican	J. Adams

19th Century

#	Image	Name	Home State	Took Office	Left Office	Party	President(s)
3		Aaron Burr	New York	March 4, 1801	March 4, 1805	Democratic-Republican	Jefferson
4		George Clinton	New York	March 4, 1805	April 20, 1812²	Democratic-Republican	Jefferson/ Madison
Vacant				April 20, 1812	March 4, 1813		Madison
5		Elbridge Gerry	Massachusetts	March 4, 1813	November 23, 1814²	Democratic-Republican	Madison
Vacant				November 23, 1814	March 4, 1817		Madison
6		Daniel D. Tompkins	New York	March 4, 1817	March 4, 1825	Democratic-Republican	Monroe
7		John C. Calhoun	South Carolina	March 4, 1825	December 28, 1832³	Democratic	J. Q. Adams/ Jackson
Vacant				December 28, 1832	March 4, 1833		Jackson
8		Martin Van Buren	New York	March 4, 1833	March 4, 1837	Democratic	Jackson
9		Richard M. Johnson	Kentucky	March 4, 1837	March 4, 1841	Democratic	Van Buren
10		John Tyler	Virginia	March 4, 1841	April 4, 18414	Whig	W. Harrison
Vacant				April 4, 1841	March 4, 1845		Tyler
11		George Dallas	Pennsylvania	March 4, 1845	March 4, 1849	Democratic	Polk
12		Millard Fillmore	New York	March 4, 1849	July 9, 18504	Whig	Taylor
Vacant				July 9, 1850	March 4, 1853		Fillmore
13		William R. King	Alabama	March 4, 18535	April 18, 1853²	Democratic	Pierce
Vacant				April 18, 1853	March 4, 1857		Pierce
14	John C. Breckinridge	John C. Breckinridge	Kentucky	March 4, 1857	March 4, 1861	Democratic	Buchanan
15		Hannibal Hamlin	Maine	March 4, 1861	March 4, 1865	Republican	Lincoln
16		Andrew Johnson	Tennessee	March 4, 1865	April 15, 18654	Democratic	Lincoln
Vacant				April 15, 1865	March 4, 1869		A. Johnson
17		Schuyler Colfax	Indiana	March 4, 1869	March 4, 1873	Republican	Grant
18		Henry Wilson	Massachusetts	March 4, 1873	November 22, 1875²	Republican	Grant
Vacant				November 22, 1875	March 4, 1877		Grant
19		William A. Wheeler	New York	March 4, 1877	March 4, 1881	Republican	Hayes
20		Chester A. Arthur	New York	March 4, 1881	September 19, 18814	Republican	Garfield
Vacant				September 19, 1881	March 4, 1885		Arthur
21		Thomas Hendricks	Indiana	March 4, 1885	November 25, 1885²	Democratic	Cleveland
Vacant				November 25, 1885	March 4, 1889		Cleveland
22		Levi P. Morton	New York	March 4, 1889	March 4, 1893	Republican	B. Harrison
23		Adlai E. Stevenson	Illinois	March 4, 1893	March 4, 1897	Democratic	Cleveland
24		Garret Hobart	New Jersey	March 4, 1897	November 21,1899²	Republican	McKinley
Vacant				November 21, 1899	March 4, 1901		McKinley

20th Century

#	Image	Name	Home State	Took Office	Left Office	Party	President(s)
25		Theodore Roosevelt	New York	March 4, 1901	September 14, 19014	Republican	McKinley
Vacant				September 14, 1901	March 4, 1905		T. Roosevelt
26		Charles W. Fairbanks	Indiana	March 4, 1905	March 4, 1909	Republican	T. Roosevelt
27		James S. Sherman	New York	March 4, 1909	October 30, 1912²	Republican	Taft
Vacant				October 30, 1912	March 4, 1913		Taft
28		Thomas R. Marshall	Indiana	March 4, 1913	March 4, 1921	Democratic	Wilson
29		Calvin Coolidge	Massachusetts	March 4, 1921	August 2, 19234	Republican	Harding
Vacant				August 2, 1923	March 4, 1925		Coolidge
30		Charles G. Dawes	Illinois	March 4, 1925	March 4, 1929	Republican	Coolidge
31		Charles Curtis	Kansas	March 4, 1929	March 4, 1933	Republican	Hoover
32		John Nance Garner	Texas	March 4, 1933	January 20, 1941	Democratic	F. Roosevelt
33		Henry A. Wallace	Iowa	January 20, 1941	January 20, 1945	Democratic	F. Roosevelt
34		Harry S. Truman	Missouri	January 20, 1945	April 12, 19454	Democratic	F. Roosevelt
Vacant				April 12, 1945	January 20, 1949		Truman
35		Alben W. Barkley	Kentucky	January 20, 1949	January 20, 1953	Democratic	Truman
36		Richard M. Nixon	California	January 20, 1953	January 20, 1961	Republican	Eisenhower
37		Lyndon B. Johnson	Texas	January 20, 1961	November 22, 19634	Democratic	Kennedy
Vacant				November 22, 1963	January 20, 1965		L. Johnson
38		Hubert H. Humphrey Jr.	Minnesota	January 20, 1965	January 20, 1969	Democratic	L. Johnson
39		Spiro T. Agnew	Maryland	January 20, 1969	October 10, 1973³	Republican	Nixon
Vacant				October 10, 1973	December 6, 1973		Nixon
40		Gerald R. Ford Jr.	Michigan	December 6, 19736	August 9, 19744	Republican	Nixon
Vacant				August 9, 1974	December 19, 1974		Ford
41		Nelson A. Rockefeller	New York	December 19, 19746	January 20, 1977	Republican	Ford
42		Walter F. Mondale	Minnesota	January 20, 1977	January 20, 1981	Democratic	Carter
43		George H. W. Bush	Texas	January 20, 19817	January 20, 1989	Republican	Reagan
44		J. Danforth Quayle	Indiana	January 20, 1989	January 20, 1993	Republican	G. H. W. Bush
45		Albert A. Gore Jr.	Tennessee	January 20, 1993	January 20, 2001	Democratic	Clinton

21st Century

#	Image	Name	Home States	Took Office	Left Office	Party	President(s)
46		Richard B. Cheney	Wyoming	January 20, 20017	Incumbent	Republican	G. W. Bush

Notes

¹ Arriving in New York City before President-elect George Washington, Adams was sworn as Vice President nine days before the President.
² Died in office
³ Resigned from office
⁴ Succeeded to Presidency upon death or resignation of President
⁵ The only Vice President to be sworn in outside of the United States of America (in Havana, Cuba), with special dispensation from Congress.
⁶ Became Vice President under provisions of

⁷ Acted as President under provisions of

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