Tailors, teachers, and peanut farmers: See the jobs US presidents held before taking office

Tailors, teachers, and peanut farmers: See the jobs US presidents held before taking office

Theodore Roosevelt was a rancher and Jimmy Carter was a peanut farmer.Popperfoto/Hulton Archives/Getty ImagesYou'll be surprised to learn some of the jobs presidents had before they became commander in chief.Abraham Lincoln was a postmaster in New Salem, Illinois.John F. Kennedy was a journalist and reported on the end of World War II.Though many presidents of the United States had jobs in politics before they were in the White House, some were …