Occupation store clerk

cook

spoken word artist

screenwriter

novelist

stevedore

actor

welfare worker

swimming instructor

actor

lyricist

merchandising director

military officer (US Army, 7th Inf. Regt., 1813-1818, Creek War, enlisted as private and rose to lieutenant)

lawyer (admitted to bar, 1818, Tennessee)

District attorney (Nashville district, 1819)

Tennesse Militia (adjutant general, 1820; major general, 1821)

U.S. Congressman (Tennessee, 1823-1827, Democrat)

Governor of Tennessee (1827-1829)

trader (trading post called Wigwam Neosho near Fort Gibson)

Commander-in-chief of the Texas Army (1836)

President of the Republic of Texas (1836-1838)

Republic of Texas Congressman (1838-1840)

President of the Republic of Texas (1841-1844)

U.S. Senator (Texas, 1845-1855, Democrat)

U.S. Senator (Texas, 1855-1859, American Party)

Governor of Texas (1859-1861, Independent)