Smartest U.S. Senators (PHOTOS)

Love it or hate it, the United States Senate is home to some of the smartest (and most highly educated) legislators in the country -- at least judging by their varied resumes.

But what makes a smart senator? Earning a Rhodes scholarship? Teaching at universities and writing books? Graduating with honors (from all three schools, no less)? All of the above.

Here are some of the smartest senators serving on Capitol Hill today.

 

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Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)

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There's a reason why the New York Times has called Klobuchar one of the 17 women likely to become the first female president. The first elected female senator of Minnesota was valedictorian of her high school class and graduated magna cum laude from Yale, where she majored in political science. Her senior thesis on the construction of the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis, called "Uncovering the Dome," was published. And it's used in many colleges today.

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There's a reason why the New York Times has called Klobuchar one of the 17 women likely to become the first female president. The first elected female senator of Minnesota was valedictorian of her high school class and graduated magna cum laude from Yale, where she majored in political science. Her senior thesis on the construction of the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis, called "Uncovering the Dome," was published. And it's used in many colleges today.

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