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Presidents Who Weren't Senators/Congressmen First  
IN THE PAST 

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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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