21.   Before entering politics, Ecevit worked as a journalist, including a stint as a columnist for The Winston-Salem Journal in North Carolina.

22.   Before he entered politics, Garcia met Ed Clark for the first time.

23.   Bill Clinton entered national politics with a therapeutic bent that fit his personal history and campaigning style.

24.   Bobbitt endowed the prize in memory of his mother, Rebekah Johnson, who worked at the Library of Congress before her brother Lyndon B. Johnson entered politics.

25.   Both entered politics at a relatively young age.

26.   Bono entered politics late in life.

27.   A familiar sight at Knick and Ranger play-off games, Kennedy has said he does not know whether he will at some point enter politics.

28.   A rarity in a Senate dominated by lawyers, Smith was a high school history teacher and varsity baseball coach before he entered politics.

29.   A manufacturer of cowboy boots and a former Coca-Cola executive, Fox entered politics by being elected a congressman and later was a governor.

30.   After earning a law degree, Seward entered politics.