Presidential resumes

So during the Republican primary, I asked myself "how long has it been since a Republican was elected to the highest office in the land without having Vice-President, Governor, or Supreme Allied Commander on his resume?" (Answer: 84 years.)

And that question eventually prompted this chart.

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Some notes: Vice-Presidents who assumed the role of the President after the incumbent died/resigned are only present if they went on to win re-election. Therefore Coolidge and LBJ are present; Andrew Johnson and Gerald Ford are not. Also, only the highest office a person held prior to becoming President is listed (ergo Coolidge is only listed under Vice-President, not VP and Governor). "Since 1945" does not include FDR.

One thing I learned from making this chart: Cabinet members (Taft, Hoover, and above all Buchanan) make awful Presidents.