This is a list of the occupations of Presidents before they entered politics. Often,
previous career experience is minimal; however, the most common previous
occupation is lawyer, and many president...
Feb 18, 2011 ... More than half of all the US presidents started as lawyers but ended up leading a
country. How does law school lead to the US presidency?
Feb 17, 2012 ... Beginning with Millard Fillmore, most presidents were lawyers who ... Indeed,
since the early 20th century, the fortunes of many presidents, ...
In this article, we take a look at what the 17 Presidents who weren't lawyers did, ...
Most notably, he was present at the Battle of the Thames, which ended ... his
property confiscated, and his wife and two daughters were run out of the state.
Including President Obama, 26 lawyers have held the office of president of the
United States. ... How many appeared as counsel before the U.S. Supreme Court
? ... U.S. presidency, at which time his legal services were not only widely sought,
Oct 18, 2012 ... Many surveys have ranked our presidents in terms of their ... The majority of U.S.
presidents have been lawyers or career politicians, 21 were ...
Feb 15, 2016 ... In honor of Presidents' Day, we're taking a look at American ... Little Known Fact:
Andrew Jackson was involved in as many as 100 duels, ...
About 30 - although only a half-dozen actually earned any kind of law degree, as
I noted in the question details of What does it say about the legal acumen of US ...
Lawyers deal with the law, and the fundamental job of politicians is to write the
law. Even in his role as director of foreign policy, the president ...
Sep 9, 2012 ... It is a surprisingly common debate around election time, with those in the “yes”
camp pointing out that 25 of our 44 Presidents were lawyers, ...