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Essay:Politicians Who Had a Real Career (view source)
Revision as of 21:21, August 8, 2011
, 21:21, August 8, 2011create new category of "obscure or otherwise inept Brits"
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):
*[[Jim Bunning]] - Hall of Fame Major League Baseball pitcher and visionary who stood against government spending
*[[Jim Bunning]] - Hall of Fame Major League Baseball pitcher and visionary who stood against government spending
*[[Winston Churchill]] - accomplished writer, then Prime Minister of [[Great Britain]] before it became [[atheistic]]
*Jimmie Davis - accomplished singer ("You Are My Sunshine") who served two non-consecutive terms as governor of [[Louisiana]]
*Jimmie Davis - accomplished singer ("You Are My Sunshine") who served two non-consecutive terms as governor of [[Louisiana]]
*[[Benjamin Franklin]] - printer, author, postmaster, inventor
*[[Benjamin Franklin]] - printer, author, postmaster, inventor
*[[Ron Johnson]] - was CEO of PACUS, a plastics Mfg, before becoming [[U.S. Senator]] for [[Wisconsin]]; rejected [[Obama]] judicial nominees for his area soon after taking office
*[[Ron Johnson]] - was CEO of PACUS, a plastics Mfg, before becoming [[U.S. Senator]] for [[Wisconsin]]; rejected [[Obama]] judicial nominees for his area soon after taking office
*[[Jack Kemp]] - star professional football player (quarterback) and architect of the Kemp-Roth tax cuts in the 1980s
*[[Jack Kemp]] - star professional football player (quarterback) and architect of the Kemp-Roth tax cuts in the 1980s
*[[Ron Paul]] - physician (obstetrician), perhaps the single most influential presidential candidate in the past decade
*[[Ron Paul]] - physician (obstetrician), perhaps the single most influential presidential candidate in the past decade
*[[Ronald Reagan]] - actor, president of the [[Screen Actors Guild]], and spokesman for [[General Electric]]; architect for the defeat of [[communism]]
*[[Ronald Reagan]] - actor, president of the [[Screen Actors Guild]], and spokesman for [[General Electric]]; architect for the defeat of [[communism]]
*[[Rick Scott]] - former CEO of a major hospital network, now the innovative Governor of [[Florida]]
*[[Rick Scott]] - former CEO of a major hospital network, now the innovative Governor of [[Florida]]
*[[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
*[[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
*[[Margaret Thatcher]] - industrial chemist.
*[[Margaret Thatcher]] - industrial chemist.
*John Key - before becoming New Zealander Prime Minister Key was a succesful businessman and broker for Merril Lynch.
*John Key - before becoming New Zealander Prime Minister Key was a succesful businessman and broker for Merril Lynch.
== No clear influence in politics ==
== No clear influence in politics ==
*[[Rick Snyder]] - President and COO of Gateway during the 1990s, later elected Governor of Michigan in 2010
*[[Rick Snyder]] - President and COO of Gateway during the 1990s, later elected Governor of Michigan in 2010
*[[Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington]] - 19th century soldier. Defeated [[Napoleon]]. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
*[[Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington]] - 19th century soldier. Defeated [[Napoleon]]. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
== Careers outside of government that need further discussion ==
== Careers outside of government that need further discussion ==
*[[Rick Santorum]] - attorney
*[[Rick Santorum]] - attorney
*[[George W. Bush]] - oil business, co-owner and managing general partner of the [[Texas Rangers]]
*[[George W. Bush]] - oil business, co-owner and managing general partner of the [[Texas Rangers]]
== Obscure or otherwise inept [[Brits]] ==
*[[Denis Healey]] - UK Chancellor, soldier (beach-master at Anzio)
*[[Michael Heseltine]] - UK Deputy Prime Minister, publisher
*[[Alex Salmond]] - First Minister of Scotland, economist and banker
*[[John Major]] - Prime Minister, bank executive
*[[Harold Macmillan]] - Prime Minister, soldier, printer.
*[[Neville Chamberlain]] - Prime Minister, accountant, businessman (metal trade).
*[[Stanley Baldwin]] - Prime Minister, businessman (metal trade), industrialist.
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