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Presidents Who Weren't Senators/Congressmen First
IN THE PAST 
Tags: presidential history, US presidents
Even though all American presidents had a start in politics, the military, or judicial services, less than half of them served as congressmen or senators.
| 1. | Zachary Taylor, 1849-1850 |
| 2. | Abraham Lincoln, 1861-1865 |
| 3. | Ulysses S. Grant, 1869-1877 |
| 4. | Chester A. Arthur, 1881-1885 |
| 5. | Grover Cleveland, 1885-1889; 1893-1897 |
| 6. | Theodore Roosevelt, 1901-1909 |
| 7. | William Howard Taft, 1909-1913 |
| 8. | Woodrow Wilson, 1913-1921 |
| 9. | Calvin Coolidge, 1923-1929 |
| 10. | Herbert Hoover, 1929-1933 |
| 11. | Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953-1961 |
| 12. | Jimmy Carter, 1977-1981 |
| 13. | Ronald Reagan, 1981-1989 |
| 14. | Bill Clinton, 1993-2001 |
| 15. | George W. Bush, 2001-present |
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