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The Occupations That Make Up the 111th Congress

According to CQ Today, here is a closer look at the prior occupations of Members of the 111th Congress:

• 16 medical doctors (including a psychiatrist), two dentists, three nurses, two Veterinarians, a psychologist, an Optometrist, a Clinical Dietitian, 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 counters terrorism
Consultant, an ambassador, three state Supreme Court justices, and a federal judge;

• 269 state or Territorial legislators; (229 in the House, including two Delegates, and 40 in the Senate)

• at least 112 congressional staffers (including 9 congressional pages), 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;

• 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.

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