25 of Our Nation's Presidents Were Lawyers - Can You Name Them? (Be the First and Win an Amazon.com Gift Certificate)
Twenty five of our nation's President's were lawyers - can you name them?
First reader to respond correctly via the comments link below will receive a $25 Amazon.com gift certificate.
To get you started, one was William Howard Taft, who later became Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. He was reportedly so pleased with his career change that he later wrote, "I don't remember that I was ever president."
Response Update:
Congratulations to Alex Simpson of Alex Simpson PLLC and publisher of the Corporate & Securities Law Blog who responded with the correct answer first at 1:44 PM EST.
Click the link below for the correct list
Note: some readers included John F. Kennedy on their lists. JFK was not a lawyer though, although his brother, Robert, was.
The list:
- John Adams
- Thomas Jefferson
- James Madison
- James Monroe
- John Quincy Adams
- Andrew Jackson
- Martin Van Buren
- John Tyler
- James Polk
- Millard Fillmore
- Franklin Pierce
- James Buchanan
- Abraham Lincoln
- Rutherford Hayes
- Chester Arthur
- Grover Cleveland
- Benjamin Harrison
- William McKinley
- William Taft
- Woodrow Wilson
- Calvin Coolidge
- Franklin Roosevelt
- Richard Nixon
- Gerald Ford
- Bill Clinton
1. Taft (thanks for the gimmy)
2. John Adams
3. James Madison
4. James Monroe
5. John Quincy Adams
6. Martin Van Buren
7. John Tyler
8. James Polk
9. Millard Fillmore
10. Franklin Pierce
11. James Buchanan
12. Abraham Lincoln
13. Andrew Johnson
14. Rutherford B. Hayes
15. Chester Arthur
16. Grover Cleveland
17. Benjamin Harrison
18. William McKinley
19. Thomas Jefferson
20. James Garfield
21. John Kennedy
22. Warren Harding
23. Calvin Coolidge
24. Richard Nixon
25. Bill Clinton
Posted by: Michael | Nov 1, 2006 10:19:19 AM
Here's my list:
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
James Monroe
John Quincy Adams
Andrew Jackson
Martin Van Buren
John Tyler
James Polk
Millard Fillmore
Franklin Pierce
James Buchanan
Abraham Lincoln
Rutherford Hayes
Chester Arthur
Grover Cleveland
Benjamin Harrison
William McKinley
William Taft
Woodrow Wilson
Calvin Coolidge
Franklin Roosevelt
Richard Nixon
Gerald Ford
Bill Clinton
Posted by: Alex Simpson | Nov 1, 2006 10:44:54 AM
You missed James Garfield. There should be 26!
Posted by: Brian Rich | Jul 21, 2008 6:22:01 AM