U.S. Presidents by Former Occupation

What did these men do before they became President of the United States? Take this quiz to find out!

Hint: Political positions will get you far in this quiz.

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#	President	Answer
1	George Washington	Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army
2	John Adams	Vice President
3	Thomas Jefferson	Vice President
4	James Madison	Secretary of State
5	James Monroe	Secretary of State
6	John Quincy Adams	Secretary of State
7	Andrew Jackson	Senator from Tennessee
8	Martin van Buren	Vice President
9	William Henry Harrison	Ambassador to Colombia
10	John Tyler	Vice President
11	James K. Polk	Governor of Tennessee
12	Zachary Taylor	Major General of the U.S. Army
13	Millard Fillmore	Vice President
14	Franklin Pierce	Brigadier General of the U.S. Army
15	James Buchanan	Ambassador to the United Kingdom
16	Abraham Lincoln	Representative of Illinois
17	Andrew Johnson	Vice President
18	Ulysses S. Grant	Commanding General of the U.S. Army
19	Rutherford B. Hayes	Governor of Ohio
20	James A. Garfield	Representative of Ohio
21	Chester A. Arthur	Vice President
22 / 24	Grover Cleveland	Governor of New York / President
23	Benjamin Harrison	Senator from Indiana
25	William McKinley	Governor of Ohio
26	Theodore Roosevelt	Vice President
27	William Howard Taft	Secretary of War
28	Woodrow Wilson	Governor of New Jersey
29	Warren G. Harding	Senator from Ohio
30	Calvin Coolidge	Vice President
31	Herbert Hoover	Secretary of Commerce
32	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Governor of New York
33	Harry Truman	Vice President
34	Dwight D. Eisenhower	Supreme Allied Commander Europe
35	John F. Kennedy	Senator from Massachusetts
36	Lyndon B. Johnson	Vice President
37	Richard Nixon	Vice President
38	Gerald Ford	Vice President
39	Jimmy Carter	Governor of Georgia
40	Ronald Reagan	Governor of California
41	George H. W. Bush	Vice President
42	Bill Clinton	Governor of Arkansas
43	George W. Bush	Governor of Texas
44	Barack Obama	Senator from Illinois
45 / 47	Donald Trump	CEO of The Trump Organization / President
46	Joe Biden	Vice President

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3 Comments

Level 77

Jul 15, 2019

Perhaps entrepreneur or businessman could be acceptable for the last one?

Level 93

Jul 15, 2019

Okay. Those will work now.

Level 93

Jul 15, 2019

I've also been more generous with the secretaries and ambassadors. Just secretary and ambassador will work for those who have them.