5 Inexperienced U.S. Presidents

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4 out of the 5 above WERE at least governors. If you're the governor, you've got to be able to run the state, create a budget, etc. I'd call that experience. I'd say being a governor gives one more experience than being a senator. Senators don't RUN anything.

vickie of WV 6:49PM April 30, 2009

I can't say very many good things about Richard M Nixon or Lyndon Johnson, who had plenty of experience before becoming President, yet both made serious mistakes regarding the Vietnam War, and as far as I am concerned both were crooks!

Bill Miller of ME 8:25AM January 21, 2009

Do you think TR's executive experience as a NYC Police Commissioner and as military leader with combat experience along with being a published historian and naturalist might matter?
Do You think FDR executive experience as a wartime Assistant Secretary of the Navy (essentially a modern DepSecDef) might count for something?

PurpleSlog of WI 1:15PM September 13, 2008