Historically, John Glenn. The most famous American elected to a *state* legislature (who also ran for Congress & lost) - maybe the most famous man in the country then, a bigger celebrity in his day than Donald Trump - was PT Barnum.https://twitter.com/TossupReport/status/1427646146130894854 …
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I was just discussing Barnum's career as a Connecticut lawmaker last night (he was also Mayor of Bridgeport, both as a Republican):https://twitter.com/baseballcrank/status/1427464238373785613 …
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I only learned it recently and it blew my mind. Somehow they left it out of The Greatest Showman.
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