[SamAdams76]

Here's a link showing 7 presidents that ran their own business before taking office (all of them small businesses by the way).

When I was a boy, I read that Harry Truman ran a haberdashery but I did not know what that was at the time and figured it was some sort of restaurant. In actuality, a haberdashery used to sell sewing supplies and simple articles of clothing like ties, hats and umbrellas.

Men in Truman's era did not go outside without a hat and a proper umbrella.

[SamAdams76]

Sorry, here's that link.

[nascarnation]

Even in depression era bread lines, apparently.