Who was the last president to admit publicly in prayer while still in office that he had lust in his heart?

Jimmy Carter admitted it in a Playboy interview. Is this the answer that you are looking for??

No. He did admit to having lust, but I'm looking for the last president who admitted so while IN office.

Surely it wouldn't be Bill Clinton?!
(Would it?)

Nope. Not even close. I'll give you guys a hint: He was a military guy. (That might have given it away...)

Dwight D. Eisenhower?

(But I thought Carter was still in office when he made his admission?)

I believe that Jimmy Carter was in office when he made his admission.

Well, my answer was Dwight D. Eisenhower, though I don't know if anyone was in office then.

Jell, can you supply a source for that ?

The Carter interview appeared in the November 1976 Playboy, which hit the shelves when he was a candidate. Carter did not assume the office until his inauguration the following January.

I remember his admitting it, but I didn't remember exactly when!

(I thought it was before he left office - so I guess that was 'WAY before he left office! )

OK Jell - I concede!

Dorian, our pastor used that as an example in Sunday school, I have no idea where he got it. I put the answer down that he gave, though I don't know if it was after office.

After looking at literally hundreds of pages, I have come to the conclusion that Eisenhower never said anything like that. I think your pastor misread or misremembered Carter's widely-known quote. The quote certainly does not seem like something Eisenhower would have said. Carter did say that he had lust in his heart and that God knew that he did, as Fuse said, and Fuse is right about the sequence of events - Candidate Carter said that, not President Carter.