That's not terribly recent. Going by their last position before president:
2004, 2000: Bush, governor
1996, 1992: Clinton, governor
1988: Bush, VP
1984, 1980: Reagan, governor
1976: Carter, governor
1972, 1968: Nixon, VP
1964: Johnson, incumbent/VP
1960: Kennedy, senator
1956, 1952: Eisenhower, general
1948: Truman, incumbent/VP
1944/40/36/32: FDR, governor
1928: Hoover, sec. of commerce
So yeah, the legislature is just not a White House farm team.