Most of us probably have a very vivid picture of how a US president looks. However, before men become the most powerful people in the free world, they are regular guys just like us. For example, Harry S. Truman was a timekeeper in the railway, while Andrew Johnson was a tailor.
To illustrate that one day they were just like us, LIST TV has collected a list of portraits of US presidents when they were young. You can barely recognize them, and if you think the presidency is an easy job - take a look at how presidents look before and during their terms in office.
1. George Washington - Constitutional Convention - Military - Planter, land surveyor
2. John Adams - Vice President - Foreign service - Continental Congress - State legislator - Lawyer, farmer.
3. Thomas Jefferson - Vice President - Secretary of State - Foreign service - Congressman - Planter, lawyer, land surveyor, architect
4. James Madison - Secretary of State - U.S. representative - Constitutional Convention - State legislator - Planter
5. James Monroe - Secretary of State - Foreign service - State governor - U.S. senator - Planter, lawyer
6. John Quincy Adams - Secretary of State - Foreign service - U.S. senator - State legislator - Lawyer
7. Andrew Jackson - U.S. senator - Military - U.S. senator - Lawyer, military officer
8. Martin Van Buren - Vice President - Secretary of State - State governor - U.S. senator - Lawyer
9. William Henry Harrison - Foreign service - U.S. senator - U.S. representative - State governor - Military
10. John Tyler - Vice President - U.S. senator - State governor - U.S. representative - Lawyer
11. James K. Polk - State governor - Speaker of the House - U.S. representative - Lawyer, planter
12. Zachary Taylor - Military
13. Millard Fillmore - Vice President - State office - U.S. representative - Lawyer
14. Franklin Pierce - Military - U.S. senator - U.S. representative - Lawyer
15. James Buchanan - Secretary of State - U.S. senator - Lawyer, Military
16. Abraham Lincoln - U.S. representative - State legislator - Military - Lawyer, land surveyor
17. Andrew Johnson - Vice President - Military governor - U.S. senator - State governor - Tailor
18. Ulysses S. Grant - Military
19. Rutherford Hayes - State governor - State governor - U.S. representative - Lawyer
20. James A. Garfield - U.S. representative - Military - State legislator - Ordained minister, lawyer, teacher
21. Chester A. Arthur - Vice President - Federal office -Lawyer, teacher, tariff collector
22 & 24. Grover Cleveland - State governor - Local office - Executioner, Lawyer
23. Benjamin Harrison - U.S. senator - Military - Court reporter
25. William McKinley - State governor - U.S. representative - Military - Lawyer
26. Theodore Roosevelt - Vice President - State governor - Military -Federal office - Historian, public servant, naturalist, military officer, policeman, rancher
27. William Howard Taft - Secretary of War - Territorial governor - Judicial - Federal office - Lawyer, dean
28. Woodrow Wilson - State governor - Academic
29. Warren G. Harding - U.S. senator - State legislator - Journalist, publisher
30. Calvin Coolidge - Vice President - State governor - State office - State legislator - Lawyer
31. Herbert Hoover - Secretary of Commerce - Federal office - Mining engineer
32. Franklin D. Roosevelt - State governor - Federal office - State legislator - Lawyer
33. Harry S. Truman - Vice President - U.S. senator - County court commissioner - Military Businessman, railway timekeeper, farmer
34. Dwight D. Eisenhower - Military - Military officer, President of Columbia University
35. John F. Kennedy - U.S. senator - U.S. representative - Military - Journalist, military officer
36. Lyndon B. Johnson - Vice President - U.S. senator - U.S. representative - Federal office - Teacher, military officer, rancher
37. Richard Nixon - Vice President - U.S. senator - U.S. representative - Lawyer, naval officer
38. Gerald Ford - Vice President - U.S. representative - Military - Lawyer
39. Jimmy Carter - State governor - State legislator - Military - Farmer, naval officer
40. Ronald Reagan - State governor - Military - Actor, Screen Actors Guild President
41. George H. W. Bush - Vice President - Federal office - Foreign service - Businessman, naval aviator
42. Bill Clinton - State governor - State attorney general - Lawyer, law professor at the University of Arkansas
43. George W. Bush - State governor - Businessman, Air National Guard pilot
44. Barack Obama - U.S. senator - State legislator - Academic - Lawyer, law professor at the University of Chicago
45. Donald Trump - Businessman, real estate developer, reality TV personality
46. Joe Biden - Vice President - U.S. senator - Local office - Lawyer, Lifeguard
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