John McClaughry
... that before John McClaughry was elected to the Vermont House of Representatives, he traveled about 5,000 miles (8,000 km) in boxcars as a hobo?
... that before <b id="mwBzU"><a href="./John_McClaughry" id="mwBzY" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="John McClaughry">John McClaughry</a></b> was elected to the <a href="./Vermont_House_of_Representatives" id="mwBzc" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Vermont House of Representatives">Vermont House of Representatives</a>, he traveled about <span about="#mwt101" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"Convert","href":"./Template:Convert"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"5,000"},"2":{"wt":"mi"}},"i":0}}]}' id="mwBzg" typeof="mw:Transclusion">5,000 miles (8,000</span><span about="#mwt101" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><span about="#mwt101">km)</span> in <a href="./Boxcar" id="mwBzk" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Boxcar">boxcars</a> as a <a href="./Hobo" id="mwBzo" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Hobo">hobo</a>?