List of United States political families

During its history the United States has seen many families who have repeatedly produced notable politicians from their ranks, and these historic U.S. political families have had a significant impact on politics in the United States.

Many of these families have moved to national prominence from a state or regional power base. The Kennedys, for example, are particularly associated with Massachusetts; the Long family is identified with Louisiana, the Lees with Virginia, the Roosevelts with New York, and the Tafts with Ohio. Other political families are less connected with a specific state; the Bush family began in Connecticut, but is now more closely identified with Texas, and a member of the family is the governor of Florida. Kennedy family member Maria Shriver's husband Arnold Schwarzenegger is now governor of California.

See also Political families of the world.

Families

Here are some of the more notable families visible on a national level:

The Adamses

Main article: Adams political family

• Samuel Adams, (1722–1803), organizer of the Boston Tea Party and signatory of the Declaration of Independence.
  • Joseph Allen, {1749–1827), U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, 1810–1811; nephew of Samuel Adams.
    • Charles Allen, (1797–1869), U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, 1849–1853; son of Joseph Allen.
• John Adams, (1735–1826), first Vice President (1789–1797) and second President (1791–1801) of the United States; second cousin of Samuel Adams.
  • John Quincy Adams, (1767–1848), U.S. senator from Massachusetts, 1803–1808; U.S. Secretary of State, 1817–1825; sixth President, 1825–1829, and the first who was the son of a President; son of John Adams.
    • Charles Francis Adams, (1807–1886), U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, 1859–1861; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1861–1868;, son of John Quincy Adams.
      • Charles F. "Deacon" Adams, (1866–1954), U.S. Secretary of the Navy, 1929–1933; grandson of Charles Francis Adams.

The Baldwin, Hoar & Sherman family

Main article: Baldwin, Hoar & Sherman family

• Roger Sherman (1721-1793), The only American citizen to sign all of the major founding documents of the United States: Articles of Association of 1774 (Address to the King), Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation, and the United States Constitution. Also served Connecticut as mayor of New Haven, 1784-93; a Delegate to the Continental Congress, 1774-81, 1783-84; Treasurer of Yale College,1765-1776; U.S. Representative, 1789-91; and U.S. Senator, 1791-93. Father-in-law of Samuel Hoar, Simeon Baldwin and Jeremiah Evarts, grandfather of Roger Sherman Baldwin, George Frisbie Hoar, and William Maxwell Evarts.

• • Simeon Baldwin, (1761-1851), U.S. Representative from Connecticut and Mayor of New Haven, Connecticut. Married Roger Sherman's daughter Elizabeth Sherman, and her sister Rebecca Sherman after Elizabeth's death. Father of Roger Sherman Baldwin, uncle of Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar, George Frisbie Hoar, and William Maxwell Evart; grandfather of Simeon Eben Baldwin.

• • • Simeon Baldwin Chittenden, (1814-1889), Vice President of the New York City Chamber of Commerce, 1867-1869; U.S. Representative from New York, 1873-1880.

• • • Roger Sherman Baldwin, (1793-1863), member of Connecticut state senate, 1837-38; and state house of representatives, 1840. Also served Connecticut as Governor, 1844-46; and as U.S. Senator, 1847-51. In 1839, he defended the Amistad Captives with former U.S. President John Quincy Adams.

• • • • Simeon Eben Baldwin, (1840-1927), lawyer, co-founded the American Bar Association in 1878. Governor of Connecticut, 1910-1914. His ancestors included all of the first five Governors of the Colony/State of Connecticut. Upon his death in 1927, gave $500,000 to the Yale University Law School. Son of Roger Sherman Baldwin and the great-grandson of Roger Sherman.

• • Samuel Hoar, (1778-1856), delegate to 1820 Massachusetts State Constitutional Convention, member of Massachusetts State Senate, U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, member of Massachusetts state house of representatives. He married Roger Sherman's daughter Sarah Sherman. Father of Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar and George Frisbie Hoar, brother-in-law of Simeon Baldwin.

• • • George Frisbie Hoar, (1826-1904), member of the Massachusetts house of representatives, 1852,; member of the state senate, 1857; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, 1869-1877; United States Senator from Massachusetts, 1877-1904. Delegate to the Republican national conventions of 1876, 1880, and 1884, Married Mary Louisa Spurr, and after Mary's death he married Ruth Miller in 1862. Son of Samuel Hoar; brother of Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar; father of Rockwood Hoar and the uncle of Sherman Hoar.

• • • Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar, (1816-1895), judge of the court of common pleas in Massachusetts, 1849-55, delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1856; Justice of the Massachusetts State Supreme Court 1859-69; Attorney General of the United States, 1869-1870; a member of the Joint High Commission, which framed the Treaty of Washington with Great Britain in 1871; and U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 7th District, 1873-75. Married to Caroline Downes Brooks. Son of Samuel Hoar, brother of George Frisbie Hoar, father of Sherman Hoar and uncle of Rockwood Hoar.

• • • • Sherman Hoar, (1860-1898) son of Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar, grandson of Samuel Hoar, nephew of George Frisbie Hoar. U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, U.S. District Attorney for Massachusetts.

• • • • Rockwood Hoar, (1855-1906) son of George Frisbie Hoar, grandson of Samuel Hoar, nephew of Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar and the great-grandson of Roger Sherman. served as Associate Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts 1859-69. In March, 1869, President Grant appointed him U.S. Attorney General. At the end of the year Grant nominated him to the Supreme Court, but out of pique with the President and with Hoar himself, who insisted that public positions should be filled on the basis of competence and merit, not political patronage, the Senate refused to confirm. Four months after the failure of confirmation, the President asked for Hoar's resignation as Attorney General. He returned to his law practice in Concord. served as one of five members of the commission on Civil War claims against England, which resulted in the Treaty of Washington in 1871, and served a term in the U.S. House of Representatives 1873-74. He married Caroline Prescott Wood.

• • Jeremiah F. Evarts, (1781-1831) of Windsor, Windsor County, VT. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Vermont in 1932. Jeremiah Evarts married Mehitabel Sherman, a daughter of Roger Sherman, who were the parents of William Maxwell Evarts.

• • • William Maxwell Evarts, (1818-1901) (grandson of Roger Sherman), a Senator from New York; born in Boston, Mass., February 6, 1818; attended the Boston Latin School and graduated from Yale College in 1837 (Skull & Bones - 1837); studied at Harvard Law School; admitted to the bar in New York City in 1841 and practiced law; assistant United States district attorney 1849-1853; unsuccessful candidate for the US Senate in 1861; member of the State constitutional convention 1867-1868; appointed as the United States Attorney General by President Andrew Johnson 1868-1869; later served as President Johnson’s Chief Counsel during his 1868 impeachment proceedings; Counsel for the United States before the tribunal of arbitration on the Alabama claims at Geneva, Switzerland, in 1872; Counsel for President Rutherford Hayes, in the behalf of the Republican Party, before the Electoral Dispute Commission in 1876; appointed Secretary of State of the United States by President Hayes 1877-1881; delegate to the International Monetary Conference at Paris 1881; elected to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1885 - March 3, 1891; Chairman of the Committee on the Library (Fiftieth and Fifty-first Congresses); retired from public life due to ill health; died in New York City, February 28, 1901. He married Helen Minerva Wardner.

• • • • • Archibald Cox, (1912-2004) graduated from Harvard University Law School in 1937, joining the firm of Ropes, Gray, Best, Coolidge and Rugg. Appointed to the National Defense Board, and then to the Office of US Solicitor General in 1961. He later returned to Harvard, but this time as a professor of law. He soon became both an adviser and speech-writer for President John F. Kennedy, who was then the junior US Senator from Massachusetts. Cox took a four-year leave beginning in 1961 to join the Kennedy administration as his Solicitor General. At a time when civil rights protesters were routinely chased with dogs and clubbed, he became JFK's point man on pursuing legal remedies to injustice, often appearing before the Supreme Court. Cox's great-grandfather William Maxwell Evarts (see above), had defended President Andrew Johnson during his impeachment proceedings in 1868, and Cox will be remembered for his uncompromising defense of the law against a President Richard Nixon during impeachment trial. When his investigation revealed the existence of Oval Office audio tapes, he subpoenaed his boss to provided them. In his teaching career at Harvard and Boston Universities Law Schools, Cox established himself as one of the leading law educators of the 20th century. His careful handling of Vietnam War protests at Harvard specifically, became the model of equanimity for other college administrators.

• • Roger Minott Sherman, (1773-1844) Superior Court Judge in Connecticut 1839-42. He was the youngest son of Roger Sherman's brother Josiah Sherman, and he later married Elizabeth Gould.

• • • • Henry DeForest Baldwin, (1862-1947) graduated from Yale University in 1886 (Skull & Bones - 1885) and was admitted to the bar in 1887, became the President of the Queens County Water Company 1908-25, Chairman of the New York City Charter Committee 1922-23; became a partner of the law firm Lord, Day & Lord in 1900; Assistant Corporate Counsel for the City of New York 1895-98 and a member of the Council on Foregin Relations. He married Jessie Pinney

• • • • Henry Baldwin Harrison, (1821-1901) graduated from Yale University in 1847 (Skull & Bones - 1846) member of Connecticut state senate and state house of representatives and Governor of Connecticut.

• • • • Roger Nash Baldwin, (1885-1981) Baldwin graduated from Harvard in 1905. In 1918, Baldwin and his friends created the National Civil Liberties Bureau (NCLB)as a means of supporting other anti-war activists, and soon Baldwin was called up for military service, but as a conscientious objector, he refused to go. Baldwin went on to serve for thirty (30) years as the Executive Director of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), and received Presidential Medal of Freedom from Former US President Jimmy Carter in 1981.

• • • Charles Robert Sherman, (1788-1829) the father of General William Tecumseh Sherman and US Senator John Sherman. Justice of Ohio State Supreme Court, 1823-29; died in office 1829. Died in Lebanon, Warren County, Ohio on June 24, 1829.

• • • • General William Tecumseh Sherman, (1820-1891) Born in Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio, February 8, 1820. Son of Charles Robert Sherman; adoptive son of Thomas Ewing and the biological brother of Senator John Sherman; uncle by marriage of James Donald Cameron (former Secretary of War 1876-77 & President of the Northern Central Railway)and Lieutenant General Nelson Appleton Miles. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Secretary of War, 1869. Member, Loyal Legion. In 1864, he led Union troops who attacked and then burned down the city of Atlanta, Georgia. Elected to the Hall of Fame for Great Americans in 1905. Died in New York City, N.Y., February 14, 1891.

• • • • John Sherman, (1823-1900) also known as "The Ohio Icicle" — of Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio. Born in Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio, May 10, 1823. Son of Charles Robert Sherman; brother of William Tecumseh Sherman; uncle by marriage of Nelson Appleton Miles. Republican. U.S. Representative from Ohio 13th District, 1855-61; U.S. Senator from Ohio, 1861-77, 1881-97; U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1877-81; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1880, 1884, 1888; U.S. Secretary of State, 1897-98. Methodist. Died in Washington, D.C., October 22, 1900.

• • Richard Updike Sherman, (1819-1895) (the father of James Schoolcraft Sherman - below) was a newspaper editor and he held several appointed offices, such as Brigadier General in the New York militia and various city offices from 1841 through 1857. He was elected clerk of the New York State Assembly from 1851-1857 and served as a New York Assemblyman for the first Oneida County District in 1857 and then again from 1875-1876. He was also the assistant clerk of the United States House of Representatives 1859-1870 and for eleven years he was the Secretary of the New York State Fish and Game Commission. Richard Upike Sherman was the father of Taft's Vice President James Schoolcraft Sherman.

• • • James Schoolcraft Sherman, (1855-1912) He was also known as James S. Sherman; "Sunny Jim" — of Utica, Oneida County, N.Y. Born in Utica, Oneida County, N.Y., October 24, 1855. Son of Richard U. Sherman. Republican. President of both the Utica Trust & Deposit Company and the New Hartford Canning Company; Mayor of Utica, N.Y., 1884-86; U.S. Representative from New York, 1887-91, 1893-1909 (23rd District 1887-91, 25th District 1893-1903, 27th District 1903-09); elected Vice President of the United States on the ticket with President William Howard Taft, 1909-12; died in office 1912. Christian Reformed. Died in Utica, Oneida County, N.Y., October 30, 1912.

• • • • Edward Baldwin Whitney, (1857-1911) He graduated from Yale University in 1878, (Skull & Bones - 1878) and in 1905 he was appointed an Assistant Attorney General of the United States 1893-97, and a Justice on the New York State Supreme Court 1909-1911. A grandson of Roger Sherman Baldwin and the son of Elizabeth Wooster Baldwin Whitney.

• • • • • Henry Lewis Stimson, (1867-1950) He was a law apprentice and went into practice with the firm of [Eli] Root & Clarke in 1893, Root, Howard, Winthrop & Stimson 1897, graduated from Yale University in 1889 (Skull & Bones - 1888) and the firm became Winthrop & Stimson in 1901. Then he served in the administrations of five (5) consecutive US Presidents from 1911 to 1945. He was Secretary of War under President William Howard Taft. He was Chairman og the American Delegation to the London Naval Conferences 1930; a member of the American Delegation to Disarmament Conferences in 1932; Stimson served as a special emissary to Nicaragua in 1927 and as Governor General of the Philippines from 1927 until 1929. Under President Herbert Hoover, Stimson was Secretary of State, as he was under Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman too. In February 1947, Stimson authored the first written defense for the use of the atomic bombings entitled "The Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb," which was published in Harper's Magazine. Henry L. Stimson married the great granddaughter of Roger Sherman, Mabel Wellington White

• • • • Susan Browning Anthony, (1820-1906) Women's rights leader, born in Adams, Massachusetts and raised as a Quaker, she observed the working conditions of the women in her father's cotton mill. Her parents were acquainted with the prominent abolitionists and had attended the first women's rights convention in Seneca Falls, NY (1848). After being denied a chance to speak at meetings of temperance advocates, she dedicated herself to winning full rights for women. Teamed with Elizabeth Cady Stanton, she gained her first success with the passage of New York State's Married Women's Property Act (1860). An ardent abolitionist herself, she opposed the male-only Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments. During 1868–70 she was the publisher of Revolution, a women's suffrage paper, and with Stanton she also founded the National Woman Suffrage Association (1869). Dissatisfaction with Stanton and Anthony's methods and goals led to a schism within the movement, but in 1890 the two main groups were united as the National American Woman Suffrage Association, of which Susan Browning Anthony served as president (1892–1900). Her great-grandmother was Hannah Sherman, who's father was Daniel Sherman.

The Bayhs

Main article: Bayh family

• Birch E. Bayh II, (b. 1928), U.S. senator from Indiana, 1963–1981, and 1976 presidential candidate
  • B. Evans "Evan" Bayh III, (b. 1955), governor of Indiana, 1989–1997, U.S. Senator from Indiana, 1999-

The Blairs

• Francis Preston Blair, (1791–1876), advisor to presidents Andrew Jackson – Andrew Johnson
  • Montgomery Blair, (1813–1883), Postmaster General, 1861–1864, son of Francis Preston Blair.
  • Francis Preston Blair, Jr., (1821–1875), 1868 Democratic candidate for Vice President, Senator from Missouri, 1871–1873, son of Francis Preston Blair.

The Borens

Main Article: Boren family

• Lyle Boren, US Congressman from Oklahoma
• David Boren, Governor of Oklahoma and US Senator
• Dan Boren, US Congressman from Oklahoma

The Browns

Main article: Brown family

• Edmund G. "Pat" Brown Sr., (1905–1996), Governor of California, 1959–1967; candidate for the Democratic nomination for President, 1960.
  • Edmund G. "Jerry" Brown Jr., (b. 1938), Governor of California 1975–1983; candidate for the Democratic nomination for United States President in 1976, 1980, and 1992; Mayor of Oakland, 1998–present, son of Pat Brown.
  • Kathleen Brown, (b. ?), California State Treasurer 1991–1995, Democratic candidate for Governor of California (1994), daughter of Pat Brown.
• Harold C. Brown, (1908–1998), Justice of the California Court of Appeal, 1966–1976, brother of Pat Brown.

(The Browns are not related to Willie Brown, former Mayor of San Francisco, California and former Speaker of the California State Assembly.)

The Bushes

Main article: Bush family

• Franklin Pierce (1804–1869), President, ancestor of Barbara Bush.
• Samuel P. Bush (1863–1948), a close advisor to President Hoover, was president of the National Association of Manufacturers; father of Prescott Bush.
  • Prescott Bush (1895–1972), U.S. Senator from Connecticut, 1952–1963; father of George H.W. Bush.
    • George H. W. Bush (b. 1924), U.S. Representative from Texas, 1967–1971; Ambassador to the United Nations, 1971–1973; Director of the CIA, chairman of the Republican National Committee, 1973–1974; 43rd Vice President (1981–1989), and 41st President (1989–1993); father of George W. Bush and Jeb Bush.
      • George W. Bush (b. 1946)), Governor of Texas, 1995–2000; 43rd President, 2001-; son of George H.W. Bush.
      • John E. "Jeb" Bush (b. 1953), Governor of Florida, 1999-; son of George H.W. Bush.
    • Prescott Bush Jr., served as chairman of the U.S.-China Chamber of Commerce.

The Byrds and Floods

• Henry D. Flood (1865–1921), U.S. Representative from Virginia, 1901–1921.
• Joel W. Flood (1894–1964), U.S. Representative from Virginia, 1932–1933; brother of Henry D. Flood and uncle of Harry Byrd Sr.
  • Harry F. Byrd Sr. (1887–1966), Governor of Virginia, 1926–1930; Vice Chair of the Democratic Party, 1929; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1932; U.S. Senator from Virginia, 1933–1965; nominee for President of the States Rights Party, 1956; received 15 electoral votes for President, 1960; nephew of Henry D. Flood and Joel West Flood, father of Harry Byrd, Jr.
    • Harry F. Byrd Jr. (b.1914), U.S. Senator from Virginia, 1965–1983; son of Harry F. Byrd Sr.

(The Virginia Byrds are not related to Sen. Robert C. Byrd of West Virginia)

The Carnahans

• A.S.J. Carnahan (1897–1968), U.S. Representative from Missouri, 1945–1947 and 1949–1961; U.S. Ambassador to Sierra Leone, 1961–1963.
  • Melvin E. Carnahan (1934–2000), governor of Missouri, 1993–2000; died in plane crash while running for United States Senate, posthumously elected; son of A.S.J. Carnahan, husband of Jean Carnahan.
  • Jean Carnahan (b. 1933), wife of Mel Carnahan, appointed to Senate in his stead, 2000, served 2001–2003; mother of Russ and Robin Carnahan.
    • Russ Carnahan (b. 1958), U.S. Representative from Missouri, 2004-; son of Mel and Jean Carnahan.
    • Robin Carnahan (b. ?), Missouri Secretary of State, 2004-; daughter of Mel and Jean Carnahan.

The Carrolls

The Carrolls of Maryland were a very active family during the early history of the United States

• Charles Carroll, Barrister (1723–1783), delegate to the Continental Congress from Maryland, 1776–1777.
• Daniel Carroll (1730–1796), delegate to Continental Congress from Maryland, 1781–1783; signer of Articles of Confederation, 1781; member of the United States Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S. Representative from Maryland, 1789–1791; first cousin of Charles the Barrister and Charles of Carrolton.
• John Carroll (1735–1815), First Roman Catholic Bishop of Baltimore, brother of Daniel, first cousin of Charles the Barrister and Charles of Carrollton.
• Charles Carroll of Carrollton (1737–1832), delegate to the Continental Congress from Maryland, 1776–1781; signer of the United States Declaration of Independence, 1776; U.S. Senator from Maryland, 1789–1792; first cousin of Charles the Barrister, Daniel and John.
  • Richard Brent (1757–1814), U.S. Representative from Virginia, 1795–1799 and 1801–1803; U.S. Senator from Virginia, 1809–1814; nephew of Daniel Carroll.
    • William Leigh Brent (1784–1848), U.S. Representative from Louisiana, 1823–1829; nephew of Richard Brent.
      • Charles H. Carroll (1794–1865), U.S. Representative from New York, 1843–1847; great-grandson of Daniel Carroll.
      • John Lee Carroll (1830–1911), Governor of Maryland, 1876–1880; great-grandson of Charles Carroll of Carrollton.

The Celebrezzes

• Anthony J. Celebrezze Sr. (1910–1998), Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, 1958–1962; United States Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1962–1965; judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 1965–1998.
  • Anthony J. "Tony" Celebrezze Jr. (d. 2003), Ohio secretary of state, 1979–1983; Ohio attorney general, 1983–1991; Democratic nominee for Ohio governor, 1990; son of Anthony Sr.
    • Anthony J. Celebrezze III, son of Anthony Jr.
  • Frank D. Celebrezze Sr., Chief justice of the Ohio Supreme Court, 1978–1986; son of Anthony Sr.
    • Frank D. Celebrezze Jr. (b. 1952), Ohio appeals court judge, 2000-; son of Frank Sr.
  • James P. Celebrezze, Ohio Supreme Court judge, 1982–1984, son of Anthony Sr.
• Frank D. Celebrezze I (d. 1953), Cleveland municipal judge; Cleveland director of safety; assistant Cuyahoga County, Ohio, prosecutor; brother of Anthony Sr.

The Churches and Clarks

• Barzilla W. Clark (1880–1943), Mayor of Idaho Falls, Idaho, 1935; Governor of Idaho, 1937–1939.
• Chase Addison Clark (1883–1966), Mayor of Idaho Falls, Idaho, 1937–1938; Governor of Idaho from 1941–1943; brother of Barzilla W. Clark.
  • Frank Church (1924–1984), U.S. Senator from Idaho, 1957–1981; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1976; son-in-law of Chase Addison Clark.

The Clintons and Rodhams

• William J. Clinton (b. 1946), 42nd President, 1993–2001; husband of Hillary Clinton.
• Hillary Rodham Clinton (b. 1947), U.S. senator from New York, 2001-; wife of Bill Clinton.
• Hugh Rodham (brother of Hillary), Democratic candidate for U.S. senator from Florida (1994)

The Cornings

• Erastus Corning (1794–1872), mayor of Albany, New York, 1834–1837; formed New York Central railroad; U.S. Congressman from New York, 1857–1859, 1861–1863.
  • • Parker Corning (1874–1943), U.S. Congressman from New York, 28th District, 1923–1937; grandson of Erastus Corning.
    • Edwin Corning (1883–1934), New York Democratic chair, 1926–1928; Lieutenant Governor of New York, 1927–1928; grandson of Erastus Corning.
      • Erastus Corning II (1909–1983), mayor of Albany, 1941–1983; son of Edwin Corning.

The Crowninshields

Main article: Crowninshield family

• Benjamin Williams Crowninshield, Secretary of the Navy
• Jacob Crowninshield, his brother, representative from Massachussetts, appointed Secretary of the Navy
  • Arent S. Crowninshield, his grandson, U.S. Navy admiral

The Cuomos

Main article: Cuomo Family

• Mario Cuomo, Governor of New York (1983–1994)
  • Andrew Cuomo, his son, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (1997–2001)

The D'Alesandros

• Thomas L. J. D'Alesandro, Jr. (1903–1987), U.S. Representative from Maryland, 1939–1947; Mayor of Baltimore, 1947–1959.
  • Thomas L. J. D'Alesandro III (b. 1929), Mayor of Baltimore, 1967–1971; son of Thomas, Jr.
  • Nancy Pelosi (b. 1940), Minority Leader of the United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from California; daughter of Thomas, Jr.

The Daleys

Main article: Daley family

Two members of the Daley family served as Mayor of Chicago, between them ruling the city for more than a third of a century.

• Richard J. Daley (1902–1976), mayor from 1955 until 1976.
  • Richard M. Daley (b. 1942), mayor since 1989; son of Richard J.
  • William M. Daley (b. 1948), U.S. Secretary of Commerce from 1997 until 2000.

The DeWines

• Michael DeWine (b. 1947), U.S. Representative from Ohio, 1983–1991; lieutenant governor of Ohio, 1991–1994; U.S. senator from Ohio, 1995-.
  • Pat DeWine, Cincinnati, Ohio, city councilman; son of Mike DeWine.
• Kevin DeWine, Ohio state representative; cousin of Mike DeWine.

The Dingells

• John D. Dingell Sr. (1894–1955), U.S. representative from Michigan, 1933–1955.
  • John D. Dingell Jr. (b.1926), U.S. representative from Michigan, 1955–present; son of John Sr.
    • Chris Dingell, Michigan state senator, 1998-; son of John Jr.

The Dodds

• Thomas J. Dodd, representative (1952–1956) and senator (1958–1970)from Connecticut
  • Christopher Dodd, his son, senator from Connecticut (1980-)

The Doles

• Bob Dole (b. 1923), U.S. Representative from Kansas, 1961–1969; U.S. Senator from Kansas, 1969–1997; Chairman of Republican National Committee, 1971–1973; Republican nominee for Vice President, 1976; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1980 and 1988; Republican nominee for President, 1996.
• Elizabeth Dole (b. 1936), U.S. Secretary of Transportation, 1983–1987; U.S. Secretary of Labor, 1989–1990; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 2000; U.S. Senator from North Carolina, 2003-; wife of Bob Dole.

The Dulleses

Main article: Dulles family

• John Watson Foster (1836–1917), Union general in Civil War; U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, 1873–1880; U.S. Ambassador to Russia, 1880–1881; U.S. Ambassador to Spain, 1883–1885; Secretary of State, 1892–1893.
  • John Foster Dulles (1888–1959), U.S. Senator from New York, 1949; U.S. Secretary of State, 1953–1959; grandson of John W. Foster. Namesake for the Washington Dulles International Airport
    • Avery Robert Dulles (b. 1918), cardinal of the Catholic Church; son of John Foster Dulles.
  • Allen Welsch Dulles (1893–1969), second director of the CIA, 1953–1961; brother of John Foster Dulles.
• Robert Lansing (1864–1928), Secretary of State, 1915–1920; uncle of John Foster Dulles.
  • • Eleanor Lansing Dulles (b. 1895--d. 1996) The sister of Allen and John, organized of the Berlin Desk before the end of WWII, was the U.S. Political Adviser in Austria and then assisted President Franklin D. Roosevelt in setting up the Social Security system during her two (2) decades of service in the United States State Department.
• Theodore Medad Pomeroy grandfather of Janet Pomeroy Avery Dulles (wife of John Foster Dulles and mother of Cardinal Avery Dulles), a United States Congressman and served as the Speaker of the House of Representatives for one day.

The du Ponts

Main article: du Pont family; also see du Pont company

The du Pont immigrant to the United States, Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours (1739–1817) was deputy of the Third Estate to the Estates-General of 1789 for the region of Nemours in France. The du Pont political dynasty is based on the family's manufacturing empire in Delaware.

• May Lammot du Pont married Willard Saulsbury U.S. Senator from Delaware (elected 1912).
• Renée de Pelleport du Pont married LeRoy Harvey, mayor of Wilmington, Delaware.
• Ethel du Pont (1916–1965) married Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr.
• Henry Algernon du Pont (1838–1926), Colonel in Union Army during Civil War; U.S. Senator from Delaware, 1906–1917; cousin of T. Coleman du Pont.
• Thomas Coleman du Pont (1863–1930), U.S. Senator from Delaware, 1921–1922 and 1925–1928; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1916; cousin of Henry A. du Pont.
  • Pierre Samuel du Pont IV (b. 1935), U.S. Representative from Delaware, 1971–1974; Governor of Delaware, 1977–1985; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1988.

The Eisenhowers

Main article: Eisenhower family

• Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890–1969), General of the United States Army and Supreme Commander Allied Expeditionary Forces during World War II; 34th President (1953–1961).
  • John Eisenhower (b. 1922), U.S. Ambassador to Belgium; son of Dwight D. Eisenhower.
    • David Eisenhower, John's son, eponym of Camp David and son-in-law of Richard Nixon

The Feltons

Main article: Felton family

• William Harrell Felton (1823–1909), U.S. Representative from Georgia, 1875–1881; husband of Rebecca Felton.
• Rebecca Latimer Felton (1835–1930), U.S. Senator from Georgia, 1922–1923; first woman in U.S. Senate; wife of William H. Felton.

The Frelinghuysens

• Frederick Frelinghuysen (1753–1804), New Jersey delegate to Contintental Congress, 1778; U.S. Senator from New Jersey, 1793–1796.
  • Theodore Frelinghuysen (1787–1862), U.S. Senator from New Jersey, 1829–1835; son of Frederick.
    • Frederick T. Frelinghuysen (1817–1885), U.S. Senator from New Jersey, 1866–1869 and 1871–1877; United States Secretary of State, 1881–1885; nephew of Theodore.
      • Joseph S. Frelinghuysen (1869–1948), U.S. Senator from New Jersey, 1917–1923; nephew of Frederick T.
        • • Peter Frelinghuysen, Jr. (b. 1916), U.S. Representative from New Jersey, 1953–1975; great-great-great-grandson of Frederick.
            • Rodney Frelinghuysen (b. 1946), U.S. Congressman from New Jersey, 1995–present; son of Peter Jr.

The Fergusons

• James Edward Ferguson aka Pa Ferguson (1871–1944), Governor of Texas, 1915–1917; impeached by Texas House and removed from office; husband of Miriam Ferguson.
• Miriam Ferguson aka Ma Ferguson (1875–1961), Governor of Texas, 1925–1927 and 1933–1935.

The Gilligans and the Sebeliuses

Main articles: Gilligan family and Sebelius family

• John J. Gilligan (b. 1921), U.S. Representative, 1965–1967; governor of Ohio, 1971–1975.
• Keith Sebelius (1916–1982), U.S. Representative from Kansas, 1969–1981.
  • Kathleen Sebelius (b. 1949), Kansas insurance commissioner, 1995–2003; Governor of Kansas, 2003-; daughter of John Gilligan and daughter-in-law of Keith Sebelius.

The Gores

Main article: Gore family

• Albert A. Gore Sr. (1907–1998), U.S. Representative from Tennessee, 1939–1944 and 1945–1953; U.S. Senator from Tennessee, 1953–1971.
  • Albert A. Gore Jr. (b. 1948), U.S. Representative from Tennessee, 1977–1985; U.S. Senator from Tennessee, 1985–1993; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1988;, Vice President, 1993–2001; Democratic nominee for President, 2000; son of Albert Gore Sr.

Writer Gore Vidal has asserted that his grandfather, Thomas Pryor Gore, was related to the Al Gores of Tennessee, but no such relationship has been proven.

The Hagans

• Robert E. Hagan was a Trumbull County, Ohio, commissioner and held a seat in the Ohio House of Representatives
  • Timothy Hagan, his son, was a Cuyahoga County, Ohio, commissioner and Democratic nominee for Ohio governor
  • Robert F. Hagan, Tim's brother, is a member of the Ohio Senate

The Harlans

• James Harlan (1800–1863), U.S. Representative from Kentucky, 1835–1839; Kentucky state attorney general, 1849–1859.
  • John Marshall Harlan (1833–1911), U.S. District Attorney for Kentucky, 1861–1863; Kentucty state attorney general, 1861–1865; Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, 1877–1911; son of James Harlan.
    • John Marshall Harlan II (1899–1971), justice of 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals, 1954–1955; Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, 1955–1971; son of John Marshall Harlan.

The Harrisons

Main article: Harrison family The Harrisons are related by marriage to the Lees, Washingtons, and Randolphs of Virginia.

• Benjamin Harrison V (1726–1791), delegate to the Continental Congress from Virginia, 1774; signer of the U.S. Declaration of Independence, 1776; Governor of Virginia, 1782–1784.
  • Carter Bassett Harrison (1758–1808), U.S. Representative from Virginia, 1793–1799; son of Benjamin V and brother of William Henry.
  • William Henry Harrison (1773–1841), Governor of Indiana Territory, 1801–1812; U.S. Representative from Ohio, 1816–1819; U.S. Senator from Ohio, 1825–1828; U.S. Minister to Gran Colombia, 1828–1829; Whig party nominee for President, 1836; 9th President, 1841; son of Benjamin Harrison V, brother of Carter Bassett Harrison, cousin of Beverly Randolph.
    • John Scott Harrison (1804–1878), U.S. Representative from Ohio, 1853–1857; son of William Henry Harrison.
      • Benjamin Harrison (1833–1901), general in the Union Army during Civil War; U.S. Senator from Indiana, 1881–1887; 23rd President, 1889–1893; grandson of William Henry Harrison the elder and son of John Scott Harrison, grandfather of William Henry Harrison the younger.
        • • William Henry Harrison (1896–1990), U.S. Representative from Wyoming, 1951–1955 and 1961–1965 and 1967–1969; grandson of Benjamin Harrison.
  • Beverly Randolph (1754–1797), Governor of Virginia, 1788–1791; nephew of Benjamin Harrison V.
  • Burwell Bassett (1764–1841), U.S. Representative from Virginia, first cousin of William Henry Harrison and nephew by marriage of George Washington.
    • Carter Harrison, Sr. (1825–1893), U.S. Representative from Illinois, 1875–1879; Mayor of Chicago, 1879–1887 and in 1893; first cousin (once removed) to Carter Bassett and William Henry Harrison, father of Carter Henry Harrison, Jr..
      • Carter Harrison, Jr. (1860–1953), Mayor of Chicago, 1897–1905 and 1911–1915; son of John Scott Harrison.

The Hearsts

• George Hearst (1820–1891), U.S. Senator from California, 1886–1891.
  • William Randolph Hearst (1863–1951), newspaper baron; U.S. Representative from New York, 1903–1907; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1904.

The Hiesters and Muhlenbergs

Main article: Hiester Family/Muhlenberg Family

• John Hiester (brother of Daniel and Gabriel): American Revolutionary War colonel; Pennsylvania militia general; Congressman 1807-1809
  • Daniel Hiester the Younger (son of John): Pennsylvania Congressman 1809-1811
• Daniel Hiester (brother of John and Gabriel): General in Pennsylvania militia; member of Pennsylvanian Supreme Executive Council; Congressman 1788-1796/1800-1804
• Gabriel Hiester (brother of Daniel and John): Colonel in [[Continental Army]; state senator 1795-1796/1805-1812
• Joseph Hiester (cousin of John, Daniel, and Gabriel): Revolutionary War officer; congressman 1803-1817; Governor of Pennsylvania 1820-1823

The Houghtons

The Houghtons are heirs to the Corning glass fortune.

• Alanson B. Houghton 1863–1941, U.S. Representative from New York, 1919–1922; U.S. Ambassador to Germany, 1922–1925; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1925–1929.
  • Amory Houghton (1899–1981), U.S. Ambassador to France, 1957–1961; son of Alanson B. Houghton, father of Amo Houghton.
    • Amo Houghton (b. 1926), former CEO of Corning Glass Works; U.S. Representative from New York, 1987–2005; son of Amory Houghton.

The Humphreys

• Hubert H. Humphrey Jr. (1911–1978), mayor of Minneapolis, 1945–1948; U.S. Senator from Minnesota, 1949–1964 and 1971–1978; 38th Vice President, 1965–1969; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1960 and 1972; Democratic nominee for President, 1968.
• Muriel Humphrey (1912–1998), appointed to the U.S. Senate upon Hubert Jr.'s death in 1978 to complete his term; wife of Hubert Humphrey Jr.
  • Hubert H. "Skip" Humphrey III (b. 1942), attorney general of Minnesota, 1983–1999, candidate for governor, 1998; son of Hubert and Muriel Humphrey.

The Hutchinsons

• Asa Hutchinson (b. 1950), U.S. Representative from Arkansas, 1997–2001; administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration, 2001–2003; Undersecretary for Border & Transportation Security for the Department of Homeland Security, 2003–2005; brother of Tim Hutchinson
• Tim Hutchinson (b. 1949), U.S. Representative from Arkansas, 1993–1997; U.S. Senator from Arkansas, 1997–2003; brother of Asa Hutchinson.

The Johnsons

• Lyndon B. Johnson (1908–1973), U.S. Representative from Texas, 1937–1941 and 1942–1949; U.S. Senator from Texas, 1948–1961; Senate Majority Leader, 1954–1961; Vice President, 1961–1963; 36th President, 1963–1969; father-in-law of Charles S. Robb.
  • Charles S. Robb (b. 1939), Governor of Virginia, 1982–1986; U.S. Senator from Virginia, 1989–2001; co-chair of the Iraq Intelligence Commission, 2004; son-in-law of Lyndon Johnson.

The Kennedys

Main article: Kennedy family

Some commentators in the early 1960s made predictions that President John F. Kennedy would be first of a dynasty in the White House, but these predictions were not borne out, and the idea largely dropped off the public's radar after Robert Kennedy was assassinated in 1968 and Edward Kennedy was involved in a drunk-driving incident (in which a passenger in his car was killed) in 1969. However, a number of Kennedy family members have held high office since then.

• Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., U.S. Ambassador to the U.K 1938-1941.
  • John F. Kennedy, U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 1946-1952; U.S. Senator from Massachusetts 1952-1960; 35th President of the United States 1961-1963; son of Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr..
  • Robert F. Kennedy, Attorney General; U.S. Senator from New York 1964-1968; son of Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr..
    • Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Lieutenant Governor of Maryland 1995-2003; daughter of Robert F. Kennedy.
    • Joseph P. Kennedy II, U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 1987-1999; son of Robert F. Kennedy.
  • Jean Kennedy Smith, Ambassador to Ireland 1993-1998; daughter of Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr..
  • Edward M. Kennedy (), U.S. Senator from Massachusetts 1962-; son of Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr..
    • Patrick J. Kennedy, Rhode Island State Representative 1988-1994; U.S. Representative from Rhode Island 1994-; son of Edward M. Kennedy.

The Kennedys have also made marriages with political figures:

• Eunice Kennedy (daughter of Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.) is married to (Robert) Sargent Shriver, Jr., Democratic vice-presidential candidate 1972; descendant of David Shriver, Maryland State Representative 1776.
  • Television journalist Maria Shriver (daughter of Eunice Kennedy) is married to Arnold Schwarzenegger, 38th Governor of California 2003-.
  • Mark Kennedy Shriver, Maryland State Representative 1995-2003; candidate for U.S. Representative from Maryland 2002; son of Eunice Kennedy.

The La Follettes

Main article: La Follette family

• Robert M. La Follette, Sr. (1855–1925), U.S. Representative from Wisconsin, 1885–1891; Governor of Wisconsin, 1901–1906; U.S. Senator from Wisconsin, 1906–1925; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1908 and 1916; Progressive Party nominee for President, 1924; father of Robert Jr. and Philip.
  • Robert M. La Follette, Jr. (1895–1953), U.S Senator from Wisconsin, 1925–1947; son of Robert Sr. and brother of Philip.
  • Philip F. La Follette (1897–1965), Governor of Wisconsin, 1931–1933 and 1935–1939; son of Robert Sr. and brother of Robert Jr.

The Landrieus

• Moon Landrieu (b. 1930), Mayor of New Orleans, Louisiana, 1970–1978; United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under Jimmy Carter, 1977–1980; judge, 4th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1991–2000.
  • Mary Landrieu (b. 1955), U.S. Senator from Louisiana, 1997-; daughter of Moon Landrieu.
  • Mitch Landrieu (b. 1960), Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana; son of Moon Landrieu

The Lees

Main article: Lee family

The Lees of Virginia are related by marriage to the Washingtons, Randolphs, and Harrisons, as well as other prominent political families:

• Richard Henry Lee (1732–1794), delegate to Continental Congress from Virginia and president of that body, 1774; signer of the U.S. Declaration of Independence, 1776; U.S. Senator from Virginia, 1789–1792; brother of Francis Lightfoot and Arthur.
  • • Samuel Phillips Lee (1812–1897), US Navy rear admiral in the Civil War; husband of Elizabeth Blair Lee (1818–1906) and grandson of Richard Henry Lee.
      • Francis Preston Blair Lee (1857–1944), U.S. Senator from Maryland, 1914–1917; son of Samuel P. Lee and grandson of Francis Preston Blair.
        • • Blair Lee III (1916–1985), lieutenant governor of Maryland, 1971–1977; governor of Maryland, 1977–1979; grandson of Francis Preston Blair Lee.
• Francis Lightfoot Lee (1734–1797), delegate to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1775; signer of the U.S. Declaration of Independence, 1776; brother of Richard Henry and Arthur.
• Arthur Lee (1741–1792), delegate to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1782; brother of Richard Henry and Francis Lightfoot.
  • Henry Lee III (1756–1818), known as "Light Horse Harry Lee", delegate to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1786–1788; Governor of Virginia, 1791–1794; U.S. Representative from Virginia, 1799–1801; first cousin once removed of Richard Henry, Francis Lightfoot, and Arthur Lee, brother of Charles Lee and Richard Bland Lee.
  • Charles Lee (1758–1815), Attorney General of the United States, 1795–1801; brother of Henry Lee and Richard Bland Lee, son-in-law and first cousin once removed of Richard Henry Lee.
  • Richard Bland Lee (1761–1827), U.S. Representative from Virginia, 1789–1795; brother of Charles and Henry Lee.
    • Robert E. Lee, Confederate general in the United States Civil War.
      • Fitzhugh Lee (1835–1905), Confederate general in the Civil War; Governor of Virginia, 1886–1890; general in U.S. Army in Spanish-American War; nephew of Robert E. Lee and grandson of Charles Lee.
      • William H. F. Lee (1837–1891), general in Confederate Army during Civil War; U.S. Representative from Virginia, 1887–1891; grandson of Henry Lee.

The Levins

• Theodore Levin (1897–1970), federal judge; father of Charles and Joseph.
  • Charles Levin (b. 1926), justice of Michigan State Supreme Court, 1973–1996; son of Theodore.
  • Joseph Levin (b. ?), candidate for U.S. representative from Michigan; son of Theodore and brother of Charles.
• Saul Levin (?-?), U.S. Ambassador to Honduras; brother of Theodore.
  • Carl Levin (b. 1934), U.S. senator from Michigan, 1979-; son of Saul and brother of Sander.
  • Sander Levin (b. 1931), U.S. representative from Michigan, 1983–2003; son of Saul and brother of Carl.

The Lodges and Cabots

The Cabots and Lodges were relatives by marriage of the Adams family.

• George Cabot (1752–1823), U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, 1791–1796.
  • • • Henry Cabot Lodge (1850–1924), U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, 1887–1893; U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, 1893–1924; great-grandson of George Cabot.
        • • Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. (1902–1985), U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, 1937–1944 and 1947–1953; Colonel in the Army during World War II; Ambassador to the UN, 1953–1960; Republican nominee for Vice President, 1960; Ambassador to Vietnam, 1963–1964 and 1965–1967; Ambassador to Germany, 1968–1969; candidate for the Republican nomination for President in 1964; grandson of Henry Cabot Lodge and brother of John Davis Lodge.
          • John Davis Lodge (1903–1985), professional actor, 1933–1940; U.S. Representative from Connecticut, 1947–1951; governor of Connecticut, 1951–1955; U.S Ambassador to Spain, 1955–1961; Ambassador to Argentina, 1969–1973; Ambassador to Switzerland, 1983–1985; grandson of Henry Cabot Lodge and brother of Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.

The Longs

Main article: Long family

• George Long (1883–1958), U.S. Representative from Louisiana, 1953–1958; brother of Huey Long and Earl Long.
• Huey Long (1893–1935), Governor of Louisiana, 1928–1932; U.S. Senator from Louisiana, 1932–1935; assassinated in 1935; husband of Rose McConnell Long, brother of George and Earl Long.
• Rose McConnell Long (1892–1970), U.S. senator from Louisiana, 1936–1937; wife of Huey Long.
  • Russell B. Long (b. 1918), U.S. senator from Louisiana, 1948–1987; son of Huey and Rose Long.
• Earl Long (1895–1960), Governor of Louisiana, 1939–1940, 1948–1952, 1956–1960; brother of Huey and George Long.
  • Gillis Long (1923–1985), U.S. Representative from Louisiana, 1963–1965 and 1973–1985; cousin of Russell and Speedy Long, husband of Catherine.
  • Catherine Small Long (b. 1924), U.S. Representative from Louisiana, 1985–1987; wife of Gillis Long.
  • Speedy Oteria Long (b. 1928), U.S. Representative from Louisiana, 1965–1973; cousin of Gillis and Russell Long.

The Metzenbaums and Hyatts

• James Metzenbaum, prominent Cleveland, Ohio, lawyer and candidate for the Ohio Supreme Court
  • Howard Metzenbaum (b. 1917), U.S. senator from Ohio, 1974 and 1977–1995; son of James.
    • Joel Hyatt (b. ?), Democratic nominee for U.S. senator from Ohio, 1994; son-in-law of Howard Metzenbaum.

The Murkowskis

Main article: Murkowski family

• Frank Murkowski (b. 1933), U.S Senator from Alaska, 1981–2002; Governor of Alaska, 2002-; father of Lisa Murkowski.
  • Lisa Murkowski (b. 1957), Alaska state representative; U.S. senator from Alaska, 2002-; daughter of Frank.

The Peckhams

• Rufus W. Peckham (1809–1873), U.S. Representative from New York; District Attorney of Albany, New York; Justice of the New York Supreme Court and New York Court of Appeals.
  • Rufus Wheeler Peckham (1838–1909), Albany District Attorney; Justice of New York Supreme Court and New York Court of Appeals; Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1895–1909; son of Rufus W.
  • Wheeler Hazard Peckham, (1833-?), lawyer in New York, appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court by Grover Cleveland but not confirmed; son of Rufus W. and brother of Rufus Wheeler.

The Popes

Main article: Pope family The following are members of the Pope family in no particular order:

• William Pope Duval, (1784–1854), first governor of Florida Territory.
• John Pope, (1770–1845), brother of Nathaniel, U.S. Senator from Kentucky, Governor of Arkansas Territory, U.S. Representative from Kentucky
• Nathaniel Pope, (1784–1850), brother of John, Delegate and Secretary of Illinois Territory, U.S. District judge in Illinois.
  • John Pope(1822–1892), son of Nathaniel, U.S. Soldier, Union General in the Civil War.
  • Daniel Pope Cook, (1794–1827), nephew of Nathaniel and John, newspaper editor, Attorney General and U.S. Representative from Illinois
    • John Cook, son of Daniel Pope Cook, was a Union general in the Civil War.

The Powells

Main article: Powell family

• Colin Powell (b. 1937), Army general; Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1989–1991; National Security Advisor, 1991–1992; Secretary of State, 2001–2005.
  • Michael Powell (b. 1963), Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, 2001–2005; son of Colin Powell.

The Riffes

• Vernal G. Riffe Jr. was speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives from 1975 to 1995.
  • His son Vernal G. "Skip" Riffe III is a county commissioner in Scioto County, Ohio

The Rockefellers and Aldriches

Main article: Rockefeller family

• William Aldrich (1820–1885), U.S. Representative from Illinois, 1877–1883; cousin of Nelson Aldrich and father of James Aldrich.
  • James Franklin Aldrich (1853–1933), U.S. Representative from Illinois, 1893–1897; son of William Aldrich.
• Nelson Aldrich (1841–1915), U.S. Representative from Rhode Island, 1879–1881; U.S. Senator from Rhode Island, 1881–1911. Cousin of William Aldrich and father of Richard Aldrich, grandfather of Nelson A. Rockefeller and Winthrop Rockefeller, great grandfather of John D. Rockefeller IV and Win Rockefeller.
  • Richard S. Aldrich (1884–1941), U.S. Representative from Rhode Island, 1923–1933; son of Nelson Aldrich, uncle of Nelson A. Rockefeller and Winthrop Rockefeller.
    • Nelson A. Rockefeller (1908–1979), Governor of New York, 1959–1973; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1964 and 1968; Vice-President, 1974–1977; brother of Winthrop Rockefeller.
    • Winthrop Rockefeller (1912–1973), Governor of Arkansas, 1967–1971; brother of Nelson A. Rockefeller and father of Win Rockefeller.
      • Jay Rockefeller (John D. Rockefeller, IV) (b. 1937), Secretary of State of West Virginia, 1969–1972; Governor of West Virginia, 1977–1985; U.S. Senator from West Virginia, 1985-; great-grandson of John D. Rockefeller and nephew of Nelson Rockefeller.
    • Charles Percy (b. 1919), U.S. Senator from Illinois, 1967–1985; father-in-law of Jay Rockefeller.
      • Mark Dayton (b. 1947), U.S. Senator from Minnesota, 2001–2007; brother-in-law of Jay Rockefeller.
      • Win Rockefeller (b. 1948), Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas, 1999–2005; candidite for governor, 2006; son of Winthrop Rockefeller.

The Romneys

Main article: Romney family

• George W. Romney (1907–1995), Governor of Michigan 1963–1969; Republican presidential candidate, 1968; HUD Secretary, 1969–1973.
  • Willard Mitt Romney (b. 1948), Governor of Massachusetts, 2003-; son of George Romney.

The Roosevelts

Main article: Roosevelt family

• James I. Roosevelt (1795–1875), U.S. Representative from New York, 1841–1843.
  • Robert B. Roosevelt (1829–1906), U.S. Representative from New York, 1871–1873; U.S. Minister to The Netherlands, 1888–1889; nephew of James I. Roosevelt.
    • Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919), colonel in U.S. Army during Spanish-American War; governor of New York, 1899–1901; Vice President of the United States, 1901; 26th President of the United States, 1901–1909; Progressive Party nominee for President, 1912; nephew of Robert B. Roosevelt.
      • Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. (1887–1944), colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; general in the Army in World War II; Assistant Secretary of the Navy, 1921–1923; Governor of Puerto Rico, 1929–1932; Governor General of the Philippines, 1932–1933; son of Theodore Roosevelt.
      • Kermit Roosevelt 1889–1943, British and American soldier in both World Wars; son of Theodore Roosevelt.
        • Kermit "Kim" Roosevelt Jr. 1916–2000, CIA operative and director of Operation Ajax; son of Kermit Roosevelt.
      • Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962), First Lady of the United States, 1933–1945; United States delegate to United Nations Conference on International Organizations; niece of Theodore Roosevelt and wife of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
      • Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882–1945), governor of New York, 1929–1933; 32nd President of the United States, 1933–1945; fourth cousin once removed and nephew by marriage of Theodore Roosevelt, husband of Eleanor Roosevelt.
        • James Roosevelt (1907–1991), U.S. Representative from California, 1955–1965; son of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
        • Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr. (1914–1988), U.S. Representative from New York, 1949–1955; son of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

The Sheppards and Macks

• John Levi Sheppard (1852–1902), U.S. Representative from Texas, 1899–1902.
  • Morris Sheppard (1875–1941), U.S. Representative from Texas, 1902–1913; U.S. Senator from Texas, 1913–1941; son of John Levi Sheppard.
    • • Connie Mack III (b. 1940), U.S. Representative from Florida, 1983–1989; Senator from Florida 1989–2001; grandson of Morris Sheppard.
        • Connie Mack IV (b. 1967), U.S. Representative from Florida, 2004-; son of Connie Mack III.

The Shrivers

• David Shriver, a delegate of the Maryland state legislature in 1776.
  • (Robert) Sargent Shriver, Jr., who was a Democratic vice-presidential candidate in 1972 and is a descendant of David Shriver. He is married to Eunice Kennedy (daughter of Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.)
    • Television journalist Maria Shriver (daughter of Sargent Shriver) is married to Arnold Schwarzenegger, Governor of California.
    • Mark Kennedy Shriver (son of Sargent Shriver) served as a delegate in the Maryland state legislature for two consecutive terms and ran unsuccessfully for the United States House of Representatives in 2002.

The Stevensons

Main article: Stevenson family

The Stevensons of Illinois have produced a number of important political figures:

• Adlai Stevenson I (1835–1914), U.S. Representative from Illinois, 1875–1877 and 1879–1881; U.S. vice president under Grover Cleveland, 1893–1897.
• James Stevenson Ewing (1835–1918), U.S. Minister to Belgium, 1893–1897; cousin of Adlai Stevenson I.
• Sydenham B. Alexander (1840–1921), U.S. Representative from North Carolina, 1891–1895, cousin of Adlai Stevenson I and James Stevenson Ewing.
  • Lewis G. Stevenson (?-?), Secretary of State of Illinois, 1914–1917; son of Adlai Stevenson I.
    • Adlai Stevenson II (1900–1965), governor of Illinois, 1949–1953; Democratic nominee for President, 1952 and 1956; ambassador to the United Nations, 1961–1965; son of Lewis G. Stevenson.
      • Adlai Stevenson III (b. 1930), U.S. Senator from Illinois, 1970–1981; son of Adlai Stevenson II.

The Talmadges

• Eugene Talmadge (1884–1946), governor of Georgia (U.S. state), 1933–1937 and 1941–1943.
  • Herman Talmadge (1913–2002), governor of Georgia 1947 and 1948–1955; U.S. Senator from Georgia, 1957–1981; son of Eugene Talmadge.

The Tafts

Main article: Taft family

• Alphonso Taft (1810–1891), U.S. secretary of war, 1876; U.S. attorney general, 1876–1877; U.S. Minister to Austria-Hungary, 1882–1884; U.S. Minister to Russia, 1884–1885.
  • Charlie Taft (1843–1929), U.S. Representative from Ohio, 1895–1897; first owner of the Chicago Cubs; son of Alphonso Taft and half-brother of William Howard Taft.
  • William Howard Taft (1857–1930), U.S. Court of Appeals judge, 1892–1900; Governor of the Phillippines, 1900–1904; U.S. Secretary of War, 1904–1908; 27th President of the United States, 1909–1913; Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, 1921–1930; son of Alphonso Taft and half-brother of Charlie Taft.
    • Charles Phelps Taft II (1897–1983), mayor of Cincinatti, 1955–1957; son of William Howard Taft and brother of Robert Taft.
    • Robert Alphonso Taft, U.S. Senator from Ohio, 1939–1953; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1940 and 1944 and 1948 and 1952; son of William Howard Taft and nephew of Charlie Taft.
      • William Howard Taft III (1915–1991), ambassador to Ireland, 1953–1957; son of Robert Alphonso Taft, brother of Robert Taft, Jr.
      • Robert Taft, Jr. (1917–1993), U.S. Representative from Ohio, 1963–1965 and 1967–1971; U.S. Senator from Ohio, 1971–1976; son of Robert Alphonso Taft and brother of William Howard Taft III.
        • Robert A. "Bob" Taft II (b. 1942), governor of Ohio, 1999-; son of Robert Taft, Jr.

Kingsley A. Taft (1903–1970), U.S. senator from Ohio, 1946–1947; justice of the Ohio Supreme Court, 1948–1970; is an 8th cousin to Robert A. "Bob" Taft II. Their common ancestor is Robert Taft, who was born in England in 1640.

The Udalls

Main article: Udall family

The Udalls of Arizona are a politically notable family in the West, among them

• Stewart Udall served as a United States Representative from Arizona (1955–1961) and also as Secretary of the Interior (1961–1969).
  • Tom Udall, Stewart's son, is a U.S. Representative from New Mexico (since 1999).
• Mo Udall, Stewart's brother, also served as U.S. Representative from Arizona (1961–1991) and ran for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States in 1976.
  • Mark Udall, Mo's son, is a U.S. Representative from Colorado (since 1999).
• Gordon Smith is a U.S. Senator from Oregon (since 1997); unlike the rest of the family, he is a Republican. His grandfather was a Udall and he is a second cousin to both Mark and Tom Udall.

The Van Rensselaers

The Van Rensselaers are a wealthy and politically notable family centered in Albany, New York.

• Jeremiah Van Rensselaer (1738–1810), a U.S. Representative during the first United States Congress. He is the father of Solomon, and the cousin of Killian.
  • Solomon Van Rensselaer (1774–1852), a U.S. Representative, and lieutenant colonel during the War of 1812. He is the son of Jeremiah, nephew of Killian, and cousin of Stephen.
• Killian Van Rensselaer (1763–1845), a U.S. Representative. He is the cousin of Jeremiah, and the uncle of Solomon.
• Stephen Van Rensselaer III (1764–1839), a U.S. Representative, a general during the War of 1812, and founder of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He is the father of Henry, and cousin of Solomon.
  • Henry Van Rensselaer (1810–1864), a U.S. Representative, and a Union Army general during the American Civil War. He is the son of Stephen.

See also

• List of well-known U.S. presidential relatives

External references

• Leading Political Families