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*[[Jimmy Carter]] - peanut farmer | *[[Jimmy Carter]] - peanut farmer | ||
*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]] | ||
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*[[Benjamin Franklin]] - printer, author, postmaster, inventor | *[[Benjamin Franklin]] - printer, author, postmaster, inventor | ||
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*[[Jack Kemp]] - star professional football player (quarterback) | *[[Jack Kemp]] - star professional football player (quarterback) | ||
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*[[Rand Paul]] - physician (ophthalmologist) | *[[Rand Paul]] - physician (ophthalmologist) | ||
*[[Ron Paul]] - physician (obstetrician) | *[[Ron Paul]] - physician (obstetrician) | ||
*[[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]] | ||
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*[[Rick Scott]] - former CEO of a major hospital network, now the Governor of [[Florida]] | *[[Rick Scott]] - former CEO of a major hospital network, now the 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 | ||
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*[[Herman Cain]] - CEO of Godfathers Pizza and accomplished businessman | *[[Herman Cain]] - CEO of Godfathers Pizza and accomplished businessman | ||
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*[[Mike Enzi]] - accountant | *[[Mike Enzi]] - accountant | ||
*[[Bill Foster]] - physicist at the government-subsidized Fermilab | *[[Bill Foster]] - physicist at the government-subsidized Fermilab | ||
| + | *[[Al Franken]] - comedian (Saturday Night Live) | ||
| + | *[[Herbert Hoover]] - geologist, mining engineer | ||
*[[Rush Holt]] - assistant director of the government-subsidized Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory | *[[Rush Holt]] - assistant director of the government-subsidized Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory | ||
| − | *[[Rick Snyder | + | *[[Barack Obama]] (see also below) |
| − | *[[ | + | *[[Arnold Schwarzenegger]] - actor and steroid-taker |
| + | *Rick Snyder - President and COO of Gateway during the 1990s, later elected Governor of Michigan in 2010 | ||
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| + | == Career outside of government needs further discussion == | ||
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| + | *[[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] - military general | ||
| + | *[[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> | ||
| + | *[[Barack Obama]] - ??? | ||
| + | *[[Rick Santorum]] - attorney | ||
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Revision as of 01:13, August 8, 2011
This is a list of significant politicians who had a real career (outside of politics):
- Jim Bunning - Major League Baseball pitcher
- Jimmy Carter - peanut farmer
- Jimmie Davis - accomplished singer ("You Are My Sunshine") who served two non-consecutive terms as governor of Louisiana
- Benjamin Franklin - printer, author, postmaster, inventor
- Jack Kemp - star professional football player (quarterback)
- Rand Paul - physician (ophthalmologist)
- Ron Paul - physician (obstetrician)
- Ronald Reagan - actor, president of the Screen Actors Guild, and spokesman for General Electric
- Rick Scott - former CEO of a major hospital network, now the Governor of Florida
- George Washington - successful military general, land surveyor [1] and real estate investor
No clear influential in politics
- Herman Cain - CEO of Godfathers Pizza and accomplished businessman
- Maria Cantwell - software company executive (Real Networks, who make RealPlayer)
- Mike Enzi - accountant
- Bill Foster - physicist at the government-subsidized Fermilab
- Al Franken - comedian (Saturday Night Live)
- Herbert Hoover - geologist, mining engineer
- Rush Holt - assistant director of the government-subsidized Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
- Barack Obama (see also below)
- Arnold Schwarzenegger - actor and steroid-taker
- Rick Snyder - President and COO of Gateway during the 1990s, later elected Governor of Michigan in 2010
Career outside of government needs further discussion
- Dwight D. Eisenhower - military general
- Thomas Jefferson - land surveyor [2]
- Abraham Lincoln - land surveyor, tavern keeper, storekeeper, postmaster, lawyer [3]
- Barack Obama - ???
- Rick Santorum - attorney
(please add examples)