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what is the definition of “pre-presidential experience”?

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Barack Obama

Military Experience: None

Political Experience:

State Senator (Illinois) 1997 - 2004 (7 years legislative experience)
U.S. Senator 2005 - 2008 (3 years federal legislative experience)
President 2009 -
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pre-Presidential Experience 10 years

George W Bush

Military Experience: Texas Air National Guard / Air Force Reserve
1968 - 1974 (6 years total)

Political Experience:

Campaign Advisor to GHWB 1988 & 1992 (2 years cumulative campaign experience)
Governor of Texas 1994 - 2000 (6 years executive experience)
President 2001 - 2009
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pre-Presidential Experience 14 years

William Jefferson Clinton

Military Experience: None

Political Experience:

Attorney General (Ark) 1976 - 1978 (2 years judicial experience)
Governor of Arkansas 1978 - 1980 (2 years executive experience)
Governor of Arkansas 1982 - 1992 (10 years executive experience)
President 1993 - 2001
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pre-Presidential Experience 14 years

George Herbert Walker Bush

Military Experience: United States Navy - Combat Naval Aviator & Trainer/Instructor
1942 - 1945 (3 years total)

Political Experience:

U.S. Congressman 1966 - 1970 (4 years legislative experience)
U.N. Ambassador 1971 - 1973 (2 years diplomatic experience)
GOP Chairman 1973 - 1974 (2 years political management experience)
U.S. Liaison to PRC 1974 - 1976 (2 years diplomatic experience)
CIA Director 1976 - 1977 (1 year national security/intelligence experience)
Vice President 1981 - 1989 (8 years executive/diplomatic/managerial experience)
President 1989 - 1993
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pre-Presidential Experience 22 years

Ronald Wilson Reagan

Military Experience: United States Army - Cavalry / Army Air Force / Public Relations
1937 - 1945 (8 years total)

Political Experience:

Screen Actors Guild
(President) 1947 - 1952 (6 years executive/management experience + 1 yr/1959)
Governor of California 1967 - 1975 (8 years executive experience)
President 1981 - 1989
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pre-Presidential Experience 22 years

Jimmy Carter

Military Experience: United States Navy - Nuclear Power Plants, submarine service
1946 - 1953 (7 years total)

Political Experience:

Georgia State Senate 1961 - 1966 (5 years legislative experience)
Governor of Georgia 1971 - 1975 (4 years executive experience)
President 1977 - 1981
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pre-Presidential Experience 16 years

Gerald Ford

Military Experience: United States Navy - Navigation, AntiAircraft, Instructor
1942 - 1946 (4 years total)
Political Experience:

U.S. Congressman 1949 - 1973 (25 years legislative experience)
Vice President 1973 - 1974 (-1 year / 11 mths to be exact)
President 1974 - 1976
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pre-Presidential Experience 30 years

Richard Nixon

Military Experience: United States Navy - Logistics, Operations, Cargo Handling
1942 - 1945 (3 years total)
Political Experience:

U.S. Congressman 1946 - 1950 (4 years legislative experience)
U.S. Senator 1950 - 1952 (2 years legislative experience)
Vice President 1952 - 1960 (8 years executive/diplomatic experience)
President 1968 - 1974
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pre-Presidential Experience 17 years

Lyndon Johnson

Military Experience: United States Navy - Pacific Survey Team, Presidential review
1942 - 1945 (3 years total)
Political Experience:

U.S. Senator 1948 - 1960 (12 years legislative experience)
Vice President 1960 - 1963 (3 years executive experience)
President 1963 - 1968
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pre-Presidential Experience 18 years

John F Kennedy

Military Experience: United States Navy - PT Boat Commander, Pacific Theatre
1941 - 1945 (4 years total)
Political Experience:

U.S. Congressman 1946 - 1952 (6 years legislative experience)
U.S. Senator 1952 - 1960 (8 years legislative experience)
President 1960 - 1963
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pre-Presidential Experience 18 years

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Military Experience: United States Army - Supreme Allied Commander, European Theatre
1911 - 1952 (41 years total)

Political Experience: None
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pre-Presidential Experience 41 years

Harry S Truman

Military Experience: United States Army - Missouri National Guard, AEF, World War I
1905 - 1918 (13 years total)
Political Experience:

County Judge 1922 - 1924 (2 years judicial experience)
Presiding Judge 1926 - 1932 (6 years judicial experience)
Director Federal CWA/MO 1933 - 1934 (1 year executive/managerial experience)
U.S. Senator 1934 - 1944 (10 years legislative experience)
Vice President 1944 - 1945 (-1 year total)
President 1944 - 1952
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pre-Presidential Experience 33+ years

Sarah Palin

Military Experience: None

Political Experience:

Wasilla City Council 1992 - 1996 (4 years local municipal experience)
Mayor of Wasilla 1996 - 2002 (6 years local executive experience)
Oil & Gas Commission 2003 - 2004 (11 months state experience, Feb '03, resigned Jan '04)
Governor of Alaska 2006 - 2009 (3 years executive experience, resigned July 2009)
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pre-Presidential Experience 13 years 11 months