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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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*[[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] - military general
   
*[[Benjamin Franklin]] - printer, author, postmaster, inventor
 
*[[Benjamin Franklin]] - printer, author, postmaster, inventor
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*[[Herbert Hoover]] - geologist, mining engineer
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*[[Thomas Jefferson]] - land surveyor <ref>[http://www.monticello.org/site/research-and-collections/surveying Surveying]</ref>
   
*[[Jack Kemp]] - star professional football player (quarterback)
 
*[[Jack Kemp]] - star professional football player (quarterback)
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*[[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>
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*[[Barack Obama]] - attorney and bestselling author
   
*[[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 Santorum]] - attorney
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*[[Arnold Schwarzenegger]] - actor
   
*[[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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== Not yet influential in politics ==
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== No clear influential in politics ==
    
*[[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
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*[[Al Franken]] - comedian (Saturday Night Live)
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*[[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
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*[[Rick Snyder]] - President and COO of Gateway during the 1990s, later elected Governor of Michigan in 2010
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*[[Barack Obama]] (see also below)
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*[[Al Franken]] - comedian (Saturday Night Live)
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*[[Arnold Schwarzenegger]] - actor and steroid-taker
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*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
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*[[Thomas Jefferson]] - land surveyor <ref>[http://www.monticello.org/site/research-and-collections/surveying Surveying]</ref>
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*[[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>
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*[[Barack Obama]] - ???
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*[[Rick Santorum]] - attorney
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