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*[[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> | *[[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]] - | + | *[[Barack Obama]] - claimed to organize church community groups, while not attending church himself; was a non-tenure-track part-time instructor in law at the [[University of Chicago]]. |
*[[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]] | ||
Revision as of 01:53, 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)
- Rand Paul - physician (ophthalmologist), now a major influence in the U.S. Senate for cutting spending
- 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, and architect of the fall of communism
- Rick Scott - former CEO of a major hospital network, now the innovative Governor of Florida
- George Washington - successful military general, land surveyor [1] and real estate investor
No clear influence in politics
- Maria Cantwell - software company executive (Real Networks, who make RealPlayer)
- Clint Eastwood - actor, film director
- Mike Enzi - accountant
- Bill Foster - physicist at the government-subsidized Fermilab
- Al Franken - comedian (Saturday Night Live)
- John Glenn - Marine Corps pilot, astronaut
- Herbert Hoover - geologist, mining engineer
- Rush Holt - assistant director of the government-subsidized Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
- Barack Obama (see also below)
- Arnold Schwarzenegger - professional bodybuilder based on steroid use, actor
- Rick Snyder - President and COO of Gateway during the 1990s, later elected Governor of Michigan in 2010
Careers outside of government that 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 - claimed to organize church community groups, while not attending church himself; was a non-tenure-track part-time instructor in law at the University of Chicago.
- Rick Santorum - attorney
- George W. Bush - oil business, co-owner and managing general partner of the Texas Rangers
(please add examples)