Suddenly, I have a question.
How many of the 44 presidents of the United States have come from defense?
It is often said that many American presidents are war heroes or lawyers, but I wondered what percentage of them would be, so I looked it up this time.
In conclusion, 27 of the 44 presidents have acted as lawyers, or about 60%, or 60%.
In terms of time, (1) from independence to the Civil War, (2) from the Civil War to the Second World War, and (3) from the Second World War to the present, we notice that the ratio changes significantly.
① From independence to the Civil War, 13 out of 16 people are from lawyers. Ratio:Approximately 81%
② 9 out of 15 people from the Civil War to World War II Ratio:Approximately 60%
③ 4 out of 13 people from World War II to the present Ratio:Approximately 30%
While the Civil War from independence is extremely high, the ratio from World War II to the present age is quite low. This shows the transformation of American society, and while industrial capitalists did not become presidents from independence to World War II, after World War II, industrial capitalists were represented by Bush parents and children and Donald Trump. I think it's because it came out on the table.
In addition, seven people have become presidents from successive vice presidents, of which three have lawyer qualifications, so the proportion of purely elected presidents will increase further, and 24 out of 37 will be lawyers. You will have a qualification, and the ratio will be about 65%.
By the way, there are four war heroes, George Washington, Andrew Jackson (qualified lawyer), Ulysses Grant, and Dwight Eisenhower, and four out of 37, so about 10%.
The number of lawyers + war heroes is 27, which is about 73%, so it can be said that the theory that there are many war heroes or lawyers who actually become presidents is correct.
Below is a brief profile of the US president from defense.
2nd John Adams
Born in 1753
Born in Massachusetts
Graduated from Harvard University
3rd Thomas Jefferson
Born in 1743
Born in Virginia
Graduated from William &Mary University
4th James Madison
Born in 1751
Born in Virginia
Graduated from Princeton University
5th James Monroe
Born in 1758
Born in Virginia
Graduated from William &Mary University
6th John Quincy Adams
1767
Born in Massachusetts
Graduated from Harvard University
7th Andrew Jackson
Born in 1767
Born in South Carolina
Study Law at Salisbury University
8th Martin Van Buren
Born in 1782
Born in New York
I don't have a college, but I study law for 6 years under a federal judge.
10th John Tyler
Born in 1790
Born in Virginia
William &Mary University
11th James Polk
Born in 1795
Born in North Carolina
Graduated from the University of North Carolina
13th Millard Fillmore
Born in 1800
Born in New York
I haven't graduated from college, but I learned law as a clerk under a judge.
14th Franklin Pears
Born in 1804
Born in New Hampshire
Graduated from the University of Vienna
15th James Buchanan
Born in 1791
Pennsylvania
Graduated from Dickinson College
16th Abraham Lincoln
Born in 1809
Kentucky
Not even elementary school, let alone university, goes to Roku
While working as a member of the Illinois State Assembly, he studied law and is qualified as a lawyer.
19th Rutherford B. Hayes
Born in 1822
Ohio
Graduated from Harvard Law School
20th James Garfield
Born in 1831
From Ohio
Williams College
21st Chester Arthur
Born in 1830
Born in Vermont
Graduated from Brown University
22nd and 24th Cleveland Cleveland
Born in 1837
Born in New Jersey
I haven't graduated from college, but I'm studying law while working at a law firm in New York.
The 23rd Benjamin Harrison
Born in 1833
From Ohio
Graduated from University of Miami
William McKinley
Born in 1843
From Ohio
Dropped out of Allegheny University (due to the Civil War)
27th William Howard
Born in 1857
From Ohio
Graduated from Yale University, Cincinnati Law School
28th Woodrow Wilson
Born in 1856
Born in Virginia
Graduated from Princeton University
30th Calvin Coolidge
Born in 1872
Born in Vermont
Amherst College
32nd Franklin Roosevelt
Born in 1882
Born in New York
Harvard University, Columbia Law School graduate
37th Richard Nixon
Born in 1913
Born in California
Graduated from Duke University Law School
38th Gerald Ford
Born in 1913
Born in Nebraska
Graduated from University of Michigan, Yale University Law School
42nd Bill Clinton
Born in 1946
Born in Arkansas
Graduated from Yale University Law School
44th Barack Hussein Obama
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Born in 1961
Born in Hawaii
Graduated from Harvard Law School
Why are so many American presidents from lawyers?
The fact that many politicians are lawyers is not limited to the United States, and many Japanese politicians are also lawyers.
In the first place, the job of a politician is legislation, that is, making a law, so it may be natural that there are many lawyers who are legal experts.
In Japan, there are no cases where a lawyer becomes a prosecutor or a judge, but in the United States, all are "Lowyer", so a lawyer becomes a prosecutor or a judge. For that reason, many of the former presidents are not only lawyers but also prosecutors and judges.
Furthermore, even if you lose the election, the lawyer is a qualified business, so it is easy to return to your original job.
If you are an office worker and you fail the election, you have to get a job again.
Even with that in mind, the bias of the US president is moderate. Jimmy Carter, the 39th generation, is the only president of the past who can be said to be from the sciences, and all others are humanities.
Some of them are actors like Reagan, but other than lawyers, they are the Kennedy family, the Bush family, the Roosevelt family who have the backing of a capital family, or the capitalist such as Trump who is confident. Limited.
Lawyers + capitalist class + wartime heroes alone account for 36 out of 37 (one exception is Jimmy Carter).
As an aside, Jimmy Carter is also the president of the United States from the South for the first time in 100 years after the Civil War, and he is an exception.
In recent years, the need for funds for the presidential election has increased, and it can be seen that it is becoming more difficult for people from poor families to become presidents.
With the exception of Lincoln, who is completely self-taught and has mastered everything from reading and writing to the law, he is required to have a high level of education, and he cannot become president unless he is from a family that can raise funds for it. On the contrary, it may be said that the origin of the president in recent years reflects the American society that would otherwise be incapable of playing an active role.
Even so, Bush's parents and children, Donald Trump, and the runaway US president are all from capitalists.