This is a list of significant politicians who had a real career (outside of politics):
This is a list of significant politicians who had a real career (outside of politics):
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*[[George Washington]] - successful military general, land surveyor and real estate investor
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*[[George Washington]] - successful military general, land surveyor<ref>[http://www.landsurveyor.us/learn_washington.htm George Washington as a Land Surveyor]</ref> and real estate investor
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*[[Thomas Jefferson]] - land surveyor<ref>[http://www.monticello.org/site/research-and-collections/surveying Surveying]</ref>
*[[Ronald Reagan]] - actor, president of the [[Screen Actors Guild]], and spokesman for [[General Electric]]
*[[Ronald Reagan]] - actor, president of the [[Screen Actors Guild]], and spokesman for [[General Electric]]
*[[Jack Kemp]] - star professional football player (quarterback)
*[[Jack Kemp]] - star professional football player (quarterback)
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*[[Rush Holt]] - assistant director of the government-subsidized Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
*[[Rush Holt]] - assistant director of the government-subsidized Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory