Random Oddest First Jobs of Famous Politicians (20 items)

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  (#6) Tom Price

  • 65

  Before making the news, Georgia congressman Tom Price was delivering it. The Republican representative worked as a young man, even before high school, as a paperboy.

  Source: The Hill
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  (#12) Jimmy Carter

  • 95

  Sure, you know all about Carter's peanut farming background, but did you know that in high school he was paid 40 cents an hour to measure land for the government 10 hours a day as a surveyor?

  Source: UCSB.edu
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  (#13) Ronald Reagan

  • Dec. at 93 (1911-2004)

  President Ronald Reagan was a Hollywood actor before he was President of the United States. But before he was a Hollywood actor, at age 16, Reagan was a Rock River lifeguard, saving several lives during his summers at the pool.

  Source: LA Times
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  (#16) Wendy Davis

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  Wendy Davis, the sneaker-sporting Senator from Texas, got her first job at an Orange Julius, everyone's favorite mall food court stop.

  Source: The Guardian
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  (#10) Jacques Chirac

  • 87

  Can you imagine the former President of France bussing tables at a HoJo? Try. While paying for Harvard summer school, Jacques Chirac was a busboy and waiter at hotel in the back of a Howard Johnson's. He even earned a certificate of honor "for artistry in making banana splits."
   
  Source: The New York Times
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  (#15) Marco Rubio

  • 48

  Marco Rubio's first job came from within the family, but don't get too jealous about the nepotism. Long before he was a Senator, Rubio built cages for exotic birds at an import-export company owned by his brother in law.

  Source: POLITICO

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