What other occupations other than lawyer or businessman would be good presidents

[BaldEagle1991]

I'd say in order: Journalist, Teacher, PR Specialist, Salesman, or even a scientist.

What do you think?

[Mike67]

I'd say in order: Journalist, Teacher, PR Specialist, Salesman, or even a scientist.

What do you think?

A General would be a good President look at Dwight Eisenhower.

[BaldEagle1991]

I'd say in order: Journalist, Teacher, PR Specialist, Salesman, or even a scientist.

What do you think?

A General would be a good President look at Dwight Eisenhower.

Forgot about that one.

[libertpaulian]

Doctor.

[Santander]

Actor

[OSR stands with Israel]

Actor

Reagan was not an actor when he became president, he was a governor.

[Santander]

Actor

Reagan was not an actor when he became president, he was a governor.

If you didn't tell me that, I might have had to go look for it on Wikipedia.

[Mike67]

Actor

Reagan was not an actor when he became president, he was a governor.

If you didn't tell me that, I might have had to go look for it on Wikipedia.

He was a great two term Governor who saved California from bankruptcy

[BaldEagle1991]

I honestly expect a journalist turned President once in my lifetime. Out of all the occupations we've mentioned, that's likely to happen.

Doctor is the 2nd likely one to happen.

[Mike67]

I honestly expect a journalist turned President once in my lifetime. Out of all the occupations we've mentioned, that's likely to happen.

Doctor is the 2nd likely one to happen.

Warren Harding ran a newspaper The Marion Star

[BaldEagle1991]

I honestly expect a journalist turned President once in my lifetime. Out of all the occupations we've mentioned, that's likely to happen.

Doctor is the 2nd likely one to happen.

Warren Harding ran a newspaper The Marion Star

I said in my lifetime.

[White Trash]

Union leader

[Mike67]

Union leader

Street Organizer

[Del Tachi]

Businessman
Engineer

[Mr. Smith]

Actor

That's an excellent endorsement of Al Franken for 2020.

[BaldEagle1991]

Engineer

I can see a NASA engineer running. I think its bound to happen at some point.

[Mike67]

Engineer

I can see a NASA engineer running. I think its bound to happen at some point.

A Minister. Woodrow Wilson was a Presbyterian Minister.

[Bismarck]

Scientist, engineer, maybe a sheriff

[Mike67]

Scientist, engineer, maybe a sheriff

I'd like a President that used to be in Law Enforcement. We could always have another CIA Director as President(George Bush was the last one)

[Make My Bank Account Great Again]

Politician

[tallguy23]

A professor

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

There's absolutely no historical basis for thinking that presidents who 'were businessmen', whatever 'businessman' means, are any better than average. So many presidents have been lawyers that it's hard to tell if it's liable to make one a 'good' president or not.

[RFayette]

Engineer
Scientist
Pastor

[Del Tachi]

I mentioned engineer and it seemed to be a pretty popular idea.

However, the only engineer to have ever been President was the wildly inept and unpopular Herbert Hoover. 

Under looser definitions Abraham Lincoln could be counted as an "engineer", as he is the only U.S. President to hold a patent.  He was primarily a lawyer though.

[Thank you for being a friend...]

Anyone who was already famous before.

A talk show host (high-brow, not Maury or Jerry), a news anchor, a foreign affairs correspondent, a well-respected journalist, a humanitarian.

Obviously they'd have to have fame, money, and strong name recognition.  An actor may not do very well unless it was someone that was an American icon, popular with both parties-- Tom Hanks, John Wayne could have ran and won, Bob Hope could have definitely won easily.