Admiral Rockwell Tory
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Obama spent 7 years in the Illinois Senate in addition to 3 1/2 yr in the US Senate and about 3 years as a community organizer working on a number of campaigns. He also work as civil rights lawyer for 3 years. All toll he had about 13 years experience in politics and 10 years in government and 3 in law.No so. Every republican and democratic president has had experience in government with the exception of Trump. The only president with no experience in politics was Zackary Taylor.rrigghttttt…..Obama had lots of experience didnt he......funny how nobody has experience to govern but libs
Taylor, Grant, Taft, Hoover, and Eisenhower were never elected to any political office before becoming President.
Has any other elected U.S. President ever held the office as President... ?
Has any other elected U.S. President ever held the office as President without completing one term of an elected office? Obama has not completed his first term as a Senator. We have had Governor's become President, but they have all finished at least one term. Does anyone have more information on this?
Update: And not spent any time serving in the Armed Forces. Even Washington did that!
Update 2: And not spent any time serving in the Armed Forces. Even Washington did that! Taft served as the Solicitor General of the United States, a federal judge, Governor-General of the Philippines, and Secretary of War before being nominated for President in the 1908 Republican National Convention with the backing of... show more
Has any other elected U.S. President ever held the office as President... ?
IMHO, appointment to political offices can provide good experience in government. Also service in the military at high levels where the person interface with government officials is also very good experience.
I don't believe developing real estate projects is good experience for the presidency. All leaders of large and important organizations have some skills in common: they need to be intelligent, knowledgeable about the relevant issues, able to manage a staff and able to communicate effectively to people inside and outside their organization. But the job of U.S. president differs in some important ways from the job of CEO. Because of that, presidents face challenges that CEOs cannot even imagine. I bet Trump would agree with this.
BTW the Wiki list of presidents provides a lot of good data on past presidents making for easy research.
List of Presidents of the United States - Wikipedia
All toll?
The term is "all told"