the 111th Congress: (elected in 06)
16 medical doctors (including a psychiatrist), two dentists, three nurses, two
veterinarians, a psychologist, an optometrist, a clinical dietician, and a
pharmacist;
• four ministers;
• 38 mayors, 13 state governors, ten lieutenant governors (including two
Delegates), two state first ladies (one of whom was also the first lady of the
United States), and one territorial first lady;
• three Cabinet secretaries, one Secretary of the Navy, a vice admiral in the Navy, a
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, a Defense Department counter terrorism
consultant, an ambassador, three state supreme court justices, and a federal judge;
• 269 (229 in the House, including two Delegates, and 40 in the Senate) state or
territorial legislators;7
• at least 112 congressional staffers (including 9 congressional pages),8 13 White
House staffers or fellows, and several executive branch employees;
• a parliamentary aide in the British House of Commons and a foreign service
officer;
• five Peace Corps volunteers;
• four sheriffs, a deputy sheriff, four police officers (including a Capitol
policeman), two state troopers, two probation officers, a volunteer fireman, an
FBI agent, and a former border patrol chief;
three physicists, one chemist, six engineers including a biomedical engineer, and
one microbiologist;
• a radio talk show host, a radio/television broadcaster, a radio broadcaster, a radio
newscaster, a television reporter, and a television commentator;
• five accountants;
• an astronaut, a naval aviator, the commander of an aircraft carrier battle group, an
instructor at West Point, and a pilot of Marine One (the President’s helicopter);
• two professional musicians, a semi-professional musician, a screenwriter, a
documentary film maker, a major league baseball player, and an NFL football
player;
• three organic farmers, three ranchers, two vintners, and a fruit orchard worker;
• a driving instructor, a cosmetic sales woman, a mountain guide, and a ski
instructor;
• a casino dealer, a night watchman, and a prison guard; and
• three carpenters, two bank tellers, a furniture salesman, an ironworker, an auto
worker, a clothing factory worker, a textile worker, an oil field worker, a
mortician, a coroner, a waitress, a teamster member/dairy worker, a paper mill
worker, a cement plant worker, a meat cutter, a shellfish specialist, a river boat
captain, a taxicab driver, an auctioneer, a toll booth collector, and a hotel clerk.
I've worked for the West Point Instructor, Marine One Pilot, and the furniture salesman. i'm friends with one of the physicists.
