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Essay:Politicians Who Had a Real Career (view source)
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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
*[[Jimmy Carter]] - peanut farmer
*Jimmie Davis - accomplished singer ("You Are My Sunshine") who served two non-consecutive terms as governor of [[Louisiana]]
*[[Al Franken]] - comedian (Saturday Night Live)
*[[Benjamin Franklin]] - printer, author, postmaster, inventor
*[[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>
*[[Jack Kemp]] - star professional football player (quarterback)
*[[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>
*[[Benjamin Franklin]] - printer, author, postmaster, inventor
*[[Barack Obama]] - attorney
*[[Rand Paul]] - physician (ophthalmologist)
*[[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]]
*[[Jack Kemp]] - star professional football player (quarterback)
*[[Rick Santorum]] - attorney
*[[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
== Not yet influential in politics ==
== Not yet influential in politics ==
*[[Maria Cantwell]] - software company executive (Real Networks, who make RealPlayer)
*[[Maria Cantwell]] - software company executive (Real Networks, who make RealPlayer)
*[[Herman Cain]] - CEO of Godfathers Pizza and accomplished businessman
*[[Herman Cain]] - CEO of Godfathers Pizza and accomplished businessman
*[[Mike Enzi]] - accountant
*[[Bill Foster]] - physicist at the government-subsidized Fermilab
*[[Bill Foster]] - physicist at the government-subsidized Fermilab
*[[Rush Holt]] - assistant director of the government-subsidized Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
*[[Rush Holt]] - assistant director of the government-subsidized Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory