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Newspaper EditorPrior to taking office as an Ohio senator and later president, Warren Harding worked as a newspaper editor. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Mining EngineerHerbert Hoover held a job as a mining engineer before taking the office of President.(credit:CRIS BOURONCLE/AFP/Getty Images)

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TailorAndrew Johnson was Tennessee Governor, Tennessee Senator and Vice President before becoming the President. Before all of those esteemed offices, he was a tailor. (Photo credit should read PUNIT PARANJPE/AFP/Getty Images)

ActorLong before taking the office of President, Ronald Reagan was a popular Hollywood actor.(credit: AP)

PilotGeorge H.W. Bush was a World War II pilot prior to becoming President.(Photo credit should read JOEL SAGET/AFP/Getty Images)

JournalistBefore being elected to the presidency, Benjamin Harrison and John Kennedy were both journalists. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Peanut FarmerJimmy Carter still has a reputation as being ‘the peanut man’ due to his job as a peanut farmer before he became President. (credit: AP)

President of Princeton UniversityWoodrow Wilson received some presidential training before taking office, as head of Princeton University. (credit: AP Photo/Daniel Hulshizer)

RancherTheodore Roosevelt was a real outdoorsman, and worked as a rancher before becoming President. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

FarmerPrior to becoming the President, Harry Truman worked as a farmer.(AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Baseball Team OwnerBefore he was President, George W. Bush was the owner of the Texas Rangers baseball team. He still attends many of their games, sitting next to current owners Nolan Ryan and Chuck Greenberg.(Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)

PostmasterAbraham Lincoln was an Illinois postmaster before his historic time in office as President. (AP Photo/Mike Derer)

TeacherBefore sitting in the Oval Office, many former presidents worked in the classroom as schoolteachers including John Adams, James Garfield, Chester Arthur and Lyndon Johnson. (credit: AP)

ArchitectThomas Jefferson held many jobs before becoming the nation’s third president including writer, inventor and architect.(Photo credit should read NICOLAS BOREL/AFP/Getty Images)

University Of Cincinnati Law School Dean In addition to being a lawyer and judge before his presidency, William Taft served as the dean at the University of Cincinnati Law School. (credit: AP)

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