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About the only possible exception would be a career military person or, maybe a career politician. But I'm not sure either would be considered "middle class" or "blue collar".



I would lean more towards the career military before the politician. At least we would have a clearer idea of what the military man stood for, as opposed to, say, a politician...



I'm not sure there's a distinction between a career military officer and a politician. Anyone that rises above the rank of Lt. Colonal or Navy Commander does so at least partly by political manuvering. If you look at the career military men that have risen to the presidency none was especially good. Grant is considered one of our worst. Eisenhower was mediocre at best. At least he did no harm. Other Presidents served and attained high rank in the post Civil War period however their careers began in 1861 and ended in 1865. Wealth and position were enough to obtain a generalship in that era. Even Jackson was a succesful lawyer before his stent in the Army in 1812.