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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): | ||
| − | *[[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 |
| − | *[[Thomas Jefferson]] - land surveyor<ref>[http://www.monticello.org/site/research-and-collections/surveying Surveying]</ref> | + | *[[Thomas Jefferson]] - land surveyor <ref>[http://www.monticello.org/site/research-and-collections/surveying Surveying]</ref> |
| + | *[[Abraham Lincoln]] - land surveyor, tavern keeper, storekeeper, postmaster, lawyer <ref>[http://www.surveyhistory.org/abraham_lincoln_-_the_surveyor1.htm Abraham Lincoln - The Land Surveyor]</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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*[[Ron Paul]] - physician (obstetrician) | *[[Ron Paul]] - physician (obstetrician) | ||
*[[Jimmy Carter]] - peanut farmer | *[[Jimmy Carter]] - peanut farmer | ||
| + | *[[Rick Scott]] - former CEO of a major hospital network | ||
== Not yet influential in politics == | == Not yet influential in politics == | ||
Revision as of 22:43, August 7, 2011
This is a list of significant politicians who had a real career (outside of politics):
- George Washington - successful military general, land surveyor [1] and real estate investor
- Thomas Jefferson - land surveyor [2]
- Abraham Lincoln - land surveyor, tavern keeper, storekeeper, postmaster, lawyer [3]
- Ronald Reagan - actor, president of the Screen Actors Guild, and spokesman for General Electric
- Jack Kemp - star professional football player (quarterback)
- Jimmie Davis - accomplished singer ("You Are My Sunshine") who served two non-consecutive terms as governor of Louisiana
- Ron Paul - physician (obstetrician)
- Jimmy Carter - peanut farmer
- Rick Scott - former CEO of a major hospital network
Not yet influential in politics
- Mike Enzi - accountant
- Maria Cantwell - software company executive (Real Networks, who make RealPlayer)
- Al Franken - comedian (Saturday Night Live)
- Herman Cain - CEO of Godfathers Pizza and accomplished businessman
- Bill Foster - physicist at the government-subsidized Fermilab
- Rush Holt - assistant director of the government-subsidized Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
(please add examples)