List of foreign-born United States politicians

This is a list of U.S. politicians who were born outside of the United States.

Incumbents

Mayors

Mayor	Place of Birth	Positions Held
Jimmy Delshad	Iran	Mayor of Beverly Hills

Members of Congress

Member of Congress	Place of Birth	Positions Held
John McCain	Panama Canal Zone	U.S. Senator from Arizona
Michael Bennet	India	U.S. Senator from Colorado
Diana DeGette	Japan	U.S Representative from Colorado
Geoff Davis	Canada	U.S Representative from Kentucky
Jim Himes	Peru	U.S Representative from Connecticut
Mazie Hirono	Japan	U.S Representative from Hawaii
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen	Cuba	U.S. Representative from Florida
Albio Sires	Cuba	U.S. Representative from New Jersey
Chris Van Hollen	Pakistan	U.S. Representative from Maryland

Others

Name	Place of Birth	Positions Held
Seamus McCaffery	United Kingdom	Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Justice
Marian P. Opala	Poland	Oklahoma Supreme Court Justice
Evelyn Lundberg Stratton	Thailand	Ohio Supreme Court Justice

Former

Name	Country of Birth	Positions Held
Madeleine Albright	Czechoslovakia	fmr. U.S. Secretary of State
Sigurd Anderson	Norway	fmr. Governor of South Dakota
John Hugo Aronson	Sweden	fmr. Governor of Montana
James G. Barry	Ireland	fmr. Mayor of St. Louis
William B. Barry	Ireland	fmr. U.S. Representative
Abraham Beame	England	fmr. Mayor of New York
Charles Gustav Binderup	Denmark	fmr. U.S. Representative from Nebraska
W. Michael Blumenthal	Germany	fmr. Secretary of the Treasury
Haldor Boen	Norway	fmr. U.S. Representative from Minnesota
Rudy Boschwitz	Germany	fmr. United States Senator from Minnesota
John T. Browne	Ireland	fmr. Mayor of Houston, Texas
Zbigniew Brzezinski	Poland	fmr. National Security Advisor
Aedanus Burke	Ireland	fmr. U.S. Representative
Thomas Burke	Ireland	fmr. Governor of North Carolina
Raul Hector Castro	Mexico	fmr. Governor of Arizona
Joseph Cao	Vietnam	fmr. U.S. Representative from Louisiana
Anthony J. Celebrezze	Italy	fmr. Mayor of Cleveland
John Michael Clancy	Ireland	fmr. U.S. Representative
W. Bourke Cockran	Ireland	fmr. U.S. Representative
Patrick Collins	Ireland	fmr. Mayor of Boston
James Cooney	Ireland	fmr. U.S. Representative
Richard Croker	Ireland	fmr. Mayor of New York City
Thomas Cusack	Ireland	fmr. U.S. Representative
William Q. Dallmeyer	Germany	fmr. State Treasurer of Missouri
James O. Davidson	Norway	fmr. Governor of Wisconsin
James J. Davis	Wales	fmr. U.S. Senator and Secretary of Labor
John N. Dempsey	Ireland	fmr. Governor of Connecticut
Steven Derounian	Bulgaria	fmr. U.S. Representative
John M. Deutch	Belgium	fmr. Director of Central Intelligence
Lincoln Diaz-Balart	Cuba	fmr. U.S. Representative from Florida
John Peter Didier	France	fmr. State Treasurer of Missouri
Michael Donohoe	Ireland	fmr. U.S. Representative
John G. Downey	Ireland	fmr. Governor of California
Mervyn M. Dymally	Trinidad and Tobago	fmr. U.S. Representative
Adolph Olson Eberhart	Sweden	fmr. Governor of Minnesota
Thomas Fallon	Ireland	fmr. Mayor of San Jose, California
Michael F. Farley	Ireland	U.S. Representative
John Frederick Finerty	Ireland	fmr. U.S. Representative
Elizabeth Furse	Kenya	fmr. U.S. Representative
Charles P. Gillen	Ireland	fmr. Mayor of Newark, New Jersey
Thomas F. Gilroy	Ireland	fmr. Mayor of New York City
Patrick Gleason	Ireland	fmr. Mayor of Long Island City, New York
William R. Grace	Ireland	fmr. Mayor of New York City
James McMahon Graham	Ireland	fmr. U.S. Representative
Jennifer Granholm	Canada	fmr. Governor of Michigan
Kittel Halvorson	Norway	fmr. U.S. Representative from Minnesota
Nils P. Haugen	Norway	fmr. U.S. Representative from Wisconsin
S. I. Hayakawa	Canada	fmr. US Senator from California
Julius P. Heil	Germany	fmr. Governor of Wisconsin
Einar Hoidale	Norway	fmr. U.S. Representative from Minnesota
Pehr G. Holmes	Sweden	fmr. U.S. Representative from Massachusetts
Denis M. Hurley	Ireland	fmr.U.S. Representative
Vincent R. Impellitteri	Italy	fmr. Mayor of New York
Martin Indyk	England	fmr. U.S. Ambassador to Israel
Jacob Johnson	Denmark	fmr. U.S. Representative from Utah
Joseph Blaine Johnson	Sweden	fmr. Governor of Vermont
Magnus Johnson	Sweden	fmr. United States Senator from Minnesota
Niels Juul	Denmark	fmr. U.S. Representative from Illinois
Jay Kim	South Korea	fmr. U.S. Representative from California
Henry Kissinger	Germany	fmr. Secretary of State
Harold Knutson	Norway	fmr. U.S. Representative
Ernie Konnyu	Hungary	fmr. U.S. Representative
Madeleine M. Kunin	Switzerland	fmr. Governor of Vermont
Octaviano Larrazolo	Mexico	fmr. Governor and fmr. Senator from New Mexico
Tom Lantos	Hungary	fmr. U.S Representative from California
John Lind	Sweden	fmr. Governor of Minnesota
Charles August Lindbergh	Sweden	fmr. U.S. Representative from Minnesota
George Maguire	Ireland	fmr. Mayor of St. Louis
Stephen Mallory	Trinidad and Tobago	fmr. U.S. Senator from Florida
Mel Martinez	Cuba	U.S. Senator from Florida
P.H. McCarthy	Ireland	fmr. Mayor of San Francisco
Frank McCoppin	Ireland	fmr. Mayor of San Francisco
Lawrence E. McGann	Ireland	fmr. U.S. Representative
John J. McGrath	Ireland	fmr. U.S. Representative
Joseph McLaughlin	Ireland	fmr. U.S. Representative
Frank J. McNulty	Ireland	fmr. U.S. Representative
M. Alfred Michaelson	Norway	fmr. U.S. Representative from Illinois
Robert M. Moore	Ireland	fmr. Mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio
William Moxley	Ireland	fmr. U.S. Representative
Knute Nelson	Norway	fmr. U.S. Representative, U.S. Senator and Governor of Minnesota
Ragnvald Anderson Nestos	Norway	fmr. Governor of North Dakota
Andrew Nicholas	Denmark	fmr. U.S. Representative from New York
Michael N. Nolan	Ireland	fmr. U.S. Representative, fmr. Mayor of Albany, New York
Albin Walter Norblad, Sr.	Sweden	fmr. Governor of Oregon
Christopher D. O'Brien	Ireland	fmr. Mayor of St. Paul, Minnesota
Hugh O'Brien	Ireland	Mayor of Boston
James O'Brien	Ireland	fmr. U.S. Representative
William O'Dwyer	Ireland	fmr. Mayor of New York City
Daniel O'Reilly	Ireland	fmr. U.S. Representative
George F. O'Shaunessy	Ireland	fmr. U.S. Representative
Hjalmar Petersen	Denmark	fmr. Governor of Minnesota
John Quinn	Ireland	fmr. U.S. Representative
Ciro Rodriguez	Mexico	fmr. U.S. Representative from Texas
George Romney	Mexico	fmr. Governor of Michigan
Edward Salomon	Prussia	fmr. Governor of Wisconsin
Edward S. Salomon	Prussia	fmr. Governor of Washington Territory
Arnold Schwarzenegger	Austria	fmr. Governor of California
James Shields	Ireland	fmr. US Senator
William E. Smith	Scotland	fmr. Governor of Wisconsin
Jerry Springer	England	fmr. Mayor of Cincinnati
John K. Tener	Ireland	fmr. Governor of Pennsylvania
Robert F. Wagner	Germany	fmr. US Senator from New York
Michael Walsh	Ireland	fmr.U.S. Representative
Patrick Walsh	Ireland	fmr. US Senator from Georgia
Knud Wefald	Norway	fmr. U.S. Representative from Minnesota
Lowell P. Weicker, Jr.	France	fmr. Governor of Connecticut
Theodore S. Weiss	Hungary	fmr. U.S. Representative from New York
James Wolfensohn	Australia	fmr. President of the World Bank
Charles W. Woodman	Denmark	fmr. U.S. Representative from Illinois
David Wu	Taiwan	fmr. U.S. Representative from Oregon

Historical

Name	Country of Birth	Positions Held
Christian Febiger	Denmark	fmr.Treasurer of Pennsylvania
Thomas Fitzsimons	Ireland	fmr.Continental Congressman
Felix Frankfurter	Austria	fmr. Supreme Court Justice
Albert Gallatin	Switzerland	fmr. Secretary of the Treasury
Alexander Hamilton	Nevis	fmr. Secretary of the Treasury
Carl Schurz	Germany	fmr. Secretary of the Interior

See also

• List of foreign-born French politicians