How many US presidents were lawyers?
25 of the 44 presidents of the US have been lawyers. Only one other besides Barack Obama has been a graduate of Harvard Law - Rutherford B. Hayes was the only other Harvard graduate.
Interestingly, lawyer-nominees have been more common on the Democratic side than the Republican party.
The commonest occupation by most US presidents is not surprisingly, in the field of law.
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