Can you name the careers of the U.S. Presidents before they became politicians? by mgrand29

Can you name the careers of the U.S. Presidents before they became politicians?

created by mgrand29

Enter a profession in the box below
Correctly named professions will show up below
Click any empty President or Profession to answer for that location
I only included military service if it was his clear career or one of his last jobs before politics-if his service occurred only during wartime it is not included.
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President	Profession
George Washington
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
James Monroe
John Quincy Adams
Andrew Jackson
Martin Van Buren
William Henry Harrison
John Tyler
James K. Polk
Zachary Taylor
Millard Fillmore
Franklin Pierce
James Buchanan
Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Johnson
Ulysses S. Grant
Rutherford B. Hayes
James Garfield
Chester A. Arthur
Grover Cleveland

President	Profession
Benjamin Harrison
Grover Cleveland
William McKinley
Theodore Roosevelt
William Howard Taft
Woodrow Wilson
Warren G. Harding
Calvin Coolidge
Herbert Hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Richard Nixon
Gerald Ford
Jimmy Carter
Ronald Reagan
George H. W. Bush
Bill Clinton
George W. Bush
Barack Obama

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Before They Were Politicians Quiz

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Created Jan 3, 2010 in History
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	danielhay:	Jan 3rd, 2010 at 07:42 GMT	1 point
	if you're going to accept "professor" for obama, you should accept it for wilson as well. WW is still our only president who was also a full professor - obama was an adjunct, if i remember correctly

	debbiedoesnothin:	Jan 3rd, 2010 at 08:34 GMT	0 points
	I think you should accept "navy officer" "naval officer" and "writer" as alternate answers for Kennedy. I tried all of those plus "war hero" and "playboy."

	mgrand29:	Jan 3rd, 2010 at 09:54 GMT	1 point
	Made those changes.

	cocky:	Jan 3rd, 2010 at 17:29 GMT	0 points
	JFK's book he got a Pulitzer for was wriiten by someone else. If you are including miulitery for Carter nd JFK, you should also take it for Bush41.

	mgrand29:	Jan 3rd, 2010 at 20:26 GMT	0 points
	The man you to whom you are referring as President Kennedy's ghost writer was Ted Sorensen. However, proof that Sorensen in fact wrote the entire book has not been produced, and Kennedy is still credited as the author. And if you'd bothered to read the instructions you'd see that I included President Carter's military service because he served during a period when America was not at war and President Kennedy's because besides writing, at least in part, "Profiles in Courage," his service as a sailer was his only other career. While the first President Bush's military service was decorated and admirable, it was never his real career as his entire service occurred during World War II.

	cocky:	Jan 3rd, 2010 at 21:11 GMT	1 point
	http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121029817046479539.html?mod=2_1167_1 Sorenson confirms his "asistance" in this article.

	cocky:	Jan 3rd, 2010 at 21:14 GMT	1 point
	Well, I don't know how to do a link here, but it is given in the wiki article on Kennedy. He was less deserving of his Pulitzer than Obama was of the Nobel Peace Prize. Alos, Clinton could be listed as a professor since he taught law school before entering politics. I don't think he ever actually practiced law.

	mgrand29:	Jan 4th, 2010 at 03:36 GMT	0 points
	I'm well aware what Sorensen says, and I'm sure that he's telling some truth. However, no one knows to what extent he actually wrote the book, and as far as I know most people still give the credit to Kennedy and his Pulitzer Prize hasn't been revoked. Until then, author and writer will be an acceptable answer. As far as Clinton goes, you're right that he was a professor, and I changed that. But he did work in the law firm of Wright, Lindsey, and Jennings in between his stints as Governor of Arkansas.