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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): | ||
| − | *[[Jim Bunning]] - Major League Baseball pitcher | + | *[[Jim Bunning]] - Hall of Fame Major League Baseball pitcher |
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*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 | ||
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== Careers outside of government need further discussion == | == Careers outside of government need further discussion == | ||
| + | *[[Jimmy Carter]] - peanut farmer ... or was it mostly administrative work and local government positions? | ||
*[[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] - military general | *[[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] - military general | ||
*[[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> | ||
Revision as of 01:45, August 8, 2011
This is a list of significant politicians who had a real career (outside of politics):
- Jim Bunning - Hall of Fame Major League Baseball pitcher
- 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)
- Barack Obama (see also below)
- 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 influence 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
- Arnold Schwarzenegger - professional bodybuilder, actor
- Rick Snyder - President and COO of Gateway during the 1990s, later elected Governor of Michigan in 2010
Careers outside of government need further discussion
- Jimmy Carter - peanut farmer ... or was it mostly administrative work and local government positions?
- Dwight D. Eisenhower - military general
- Thomas Jefferson - land surveyor [2]
- Abraham Lincoln - land surveyor, tavern keeper, storekeeper, postmaster, lawyer [3]
- Barack Obama - attorney and best selling author
- Rick Santorum - attorney
- George W. Bush - oil business, co-owner and managing general partner of the Texas Rangers
(please add examples)