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This is a list of the occupations of Presidents before they entered politics. Often previous career experience is minimal, however many presidents did spend their younger years in college and the military.

19th Century
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 * rowspan=2 | 4
 * rowspan=2 | James Madison
 * rowspan=2 | [[Image:James Madison (cropped 3x4 close).jpg|100px]]
 * rowspan=2 | March 4 1809
 * rowspan=2 | March 4 1817
 * rowspan=2 | Democratic-Republican
 * George Clinton
 * align=center | 6
 * - style="background:#ffddaa"
 * Elbridge Gerry
 * align=center | 7
 * - style="background:#ffddaa"
 * rowspan=2 | 5
 * rowspan=2 | James Monroe
 * rowspan=2 | [[Image:jm5.gif|100px]]
 * rowspan=2 | March 4 1817
 * rowspan=2 | March 4 1825
 * rowspan=2 | Democratic-Republican
 * rowspan=2 | Daniel Tompkins
 * align=center | 8
 * - style="background:#ffddaa"
 * align=center | 9
 * - style="background:#ffddaa"
 * 6 || John Quincy Adams
 * [[Image:John_Quincy_Adams_by_GPA_Healy,_1858.jpg|100px]]
 * March 4 1825
 * March 4 1829
 * Democratic-Republican
 * John Calhoun
 * align=center | 10
 * - style="background:#ddeeff"
 * rowspan=2 | 7
 * rowspan=2 | Andrew Jackson
 * rowspan=2 | [[Image:Andrew jackson head.jpg|100px]]
 * rowspan=2 | March 4 1829
 * rowspan=2 | March 4 1837
 * rowspan=2 | Democratic
 * John Calhoun
 * align=center | 11
 * - style="background:#ddeeff"
 * Martin Van Buren
 * align=center | 12
 * - style="background:#ddeeff"
 * 8
 * Martin Van Buren
 * [[Image:mb8.gif|100px]]
 * March 4 1837
 * March 4 1841
 * Democratic
 * Richard Johnson
 * align=center | 13
 * - style="background:#ffffcc"
 * 9
 * William H. Harrison
 * [[Image:William_Henry_Harrison_by_James_Reid_Lambdin,_1835.jpg|100px]]
 * March 4 1841
 * April 4 1841
 * Whig
 * John Tyler
 * rowspan=2 align=center | 14
 * - style="background:#ffffcc"
 * 10
 * John Tyler
 * [[Image:WHOportTyler.jpg|100px]]
 * April 4 1841
 * March 4 1845
 * Whig No party
 * vacant
 * - style="background:#ddeeff"
 * 11
 * James K. Polk
 * [[Image:James_Knox_Polk_by_GPA_Healy,_1858.jpg|100px]]
 * March 4 1845
 * March 4 1849
 * Democratic
 * George Dallas
 * align=center | 15
 * - style="background:#ffffcc"
 * 12
 * Zachary Taylor
 * [[Image:Zachary_Taylor_by_Joseph_Henry_Bush,_c1848.jpg|100px]]
 * March 4 1849
 * July 9 1850
 * Whig
 * Millard Fillmore
 * rowspan=2 align=center | 16
 * - style="background:#ffffcc"
 * 13
 * Millard Fillmore
 * [[Image:Millard Fillmore White House portrait.png|100px]]
 * July 9 1850
 * March 4 1853
 * Whig
 * vacant
 * - style="background:#ddeeff"
 * 14
 * Franklin Pierce
 * [[Image:Franklin_Pierce_by_GPA_Healy,_1858.jpg|100px]]
 * March 4 1853
 * March 4 1857
 * Democratic
 * William King
 * align=center | 17
 * - style="background:#ddeeff"
 * 15
 * James Buchanan
 * [[Image:Jb15.gif|100px]]
 * March 4 1857
 * March 4 1861
 * Democratic
 * John Breckinridge
 * align=center | 18
 * - style="background:#ffe1e1"
 * rowspan=2 | 16
 * rowspan=2 | Abraham Lincoln
 * rowspan=2 | [[Image:Abraham_Lincoln_by_George_Peter_Alexander_Healy.jpg|100px]]
 * rowspan=2 | March 4 1861
 * rowspan=2 | April 15 1865
 * rowspan=2 | Republican National Union
 * Hannibal Hamlin
 * align=center | 19
 * - style="background:#ffe1e1"
 * Andrew Johnson || rowspan=2 align=center | 20
 * - style="background:#ddeeff"
 * 17
 * Andrew Johnson
 * [[Image:aj17.gif|100px]]
 * April 15 1865
 * March 4 1869
 * Democratic National Union
 * vacant
 * - style="background:#ffe1e1"
 * rowspan=2 | 18
 * rowspan=2 | Ulysses S. Grant
 * rowspan=2 | [[Image:Ulysses_S._Grant.jpg|100px]]
 * rowspan=2 | March 4 1869
 * rowspan=2 | March 4 1877
 * rowspan=2 | Republican
 * Schuyler Colfax
 * align=center | 21
 * - style="background:#ffe1e1"
 * Henry Wilson
 * align=center | 22
 * - style="background:#ffe1e1"
 * 19
 * Rutherford B. Hayes
 * [[Image:Rhayes.png|100px]]
 * March 4 1877
 * March 4 1881
 * Republican
 * William Wheeler
 * align=center | 23
 * - style="background:#ffe1e1"
 * 20
 * James Garfield
 * [[Image:James Garfield portrait.jpg|100px]]
 * March 4 1881
 * September 19 1881
 * Republican
 * Chester A. Arthur
 * rowspan=2 align=center | 24
 * - style="background:#ffe1e1"
 * 21
 * Chester A. Arthur
 * [[Image:Chester_A_Arthur_by_Daniel_Huntington.jpeg|100px]]
 * September 19 1881
 * March 4 1885
 * Republican
 * vacant
 * - style="background:#ddeeff"
 * 22
 * Grover Cleveland
 * [[Image:Grover Cleveland portrait2.jpg|100px]]
 * March 4 1885
 * March 4 1889
 * Democratic
 * Thomas Hendricks
 * align=center | 25
 * - style="background:#ffe1e1"
 * 23
 * Benjamin Harrison
 * [[Image:Bharrison.gif|100px]]
 * March 4 1889
 * March 4 1893
 * Republican
 * Levi Morton
 * align=center | 26
 * - style="background:#ddeeff"
 * 24
 * Grover Cleveland (2nd term)
 * [[Image:Grover Cleveland, painting by Anders Zorn.jpg|100px]]
 * March 4 1893
 * March 4 1897
 * Democratic
 * Adlai E. Stevenson
 * align=center | 27
 * - style="background:#ffe1e1"
 * rowspan=2 | 25
 * rowspan=2 | William McKinley
 * rowspan=2 | [[Image:Official_White_House_portrait_of_William_McKinley.jpg|100px]]
 * rowspan=2 | March 4 1897
 * rowspan=2 | September 14 1901
 * rowspan=2 | Republican
 * Garret Hobart
 * align=center | 28
 * - style="background:#ffe1e1"
 * Theodore Roosevelt
 * rowspan=2 align=center | 29
 * - style="background:#ffc2e1"
 * }

21st Century
This list includes those who have served as the Vice President of the United States since the first administration in 1789 and as recently as the current administration in 2007. It includes the home state of the officeholder as well as when he took office, when he left office and the political party that he belonged to.