Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt became a rancher after a hunting trip to North Dakota's Badlands in 1883, per the NPS. He was so taken by the beauty of the area and its opportunities that he bought a ranch and cattle.

William Taft

William Taft was appointed governor general of the Philippines by President McKinley in 1900.

Taft, his wife, and their three children lived in Southeast Asia for three years, where he improved the local Filipino economy, as reported by Biography.com.

Harry Truman

Harry Truman operated his family farm in Grandview, Missouri, for 11 years.

According to the National Archives, Truman was working a bank job in Kansas City when his father asked him to help manage the family farm owned by his widowed grandmother.

"It was on the farm that Harry got his common sense. He didn't get it in town," his mother, Martha Truman, said of her son.

John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy was a journalist for Hearst Newspapers. He covered World War II news during the summer of 1945.

As a foreign correspondent, Kennedy attended the first United Nations meeting, the Potsdam Conference, and other key meetings following the end of World War II.

Donald Trump

Before the presidency, Donald Trump made a name for himself in the media as a real estate and business mogul, hosting the reality TV show "The Apprentice" from 2004 to 2015, and serving as a guest commentator on "Fox & Friends" from 2011 to 2015.