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List of American politicians of Irish descent

This is a list of notable Irish American politicians.

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William ArmstrongUS Congressman, Virginia State DelegateChester A. Arthur – 21st President of the United StatesDavid Baird Sr. – born in County Londonderry, Ireland, US SenatorDavid Baird Jr. – son of David Baird Sr.; US Senator • Samuel Fleming Barr – US Congressman • James G. Barry – St. Louis mayor • William B. Barry – US Congressman • William Beatty – US Congressman, Pennsylvania State RepresentativeAndrew Beirne – US Congressman, Virginia State Delegate • Joe Biden – 46th President of the United States, 47th Vice President of the United States; mother was of Irish ancestry, father of partial Irish ancestry • Edward P. Boland – US Congressman • John R. BohanWisconsin State Senator, Wisconsin State AssemblymanJames E. Boyd – Nebraska governor, Omaha mayor, Nebraska State Representative • Brendan Boyle – US Congressman • Bob Brady – US Congressman • William J. Brady – New Mexico Territorial representative and Sheriff of Lincoln County, from County CavanDavid C. Broderick – US Senator • John T. Browne – Houston mayor • William Jennings Bryan – US Secretary of State • Billy BulgerPresident of the Massachusetts State SenateAedanus Burke – Chief Justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court, US Congressman, South Carolina RepresentativeThomas BurkeNorth Carolina governor • Thomas A. Burke – Cleveland mayor, US Senator • William J. Burke – US Congressman • Thomas Burnside – Associate Justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, US Congressman, Pennsylvania State Senator • Prescott Bush – banker/US Senator • Pierce Butler – U.S. Senator, Delegate to the Congress of the ConfederationBrendan Byrne – former Governor of New JerseyJane Byrne – Chicago mayor • Thomas R. Byrne – St. Paul mayor • James F. Byrnes – US Senator • William T. Cahill – New Jersey governor • Thompson Campbell – US Congressman, Secretary of State of IllinoisTimothy J. Campbell – US Congressman, New York State Senator, New York State AssemblymanHugh Carey – New York governor • Patrick J. Carley – US Congressman • Christopher P. Carney – US Congressman • Charles Carroll of Carrollton – the sole Catholic signatory of the American Declaration of IndependenceBob Casey Jr. – US Senator and former Pennsylvania state treasurer • Robert P. Casey – former Pennsylvania governor • Eugene Casserly – US Senator • Bill Cassidy – US Senator • Sean Casten – US Congressman • Jerome Cavanagh – Detroit mayor • John Michael Clancy – US Congressman, New York State Assemblyman • Daniel Clark – US Delegate • Grover Cleveland – 22nd and 24th President of the United StatesBill Clinton – 42nd President of the United StatesDeWitt Clinton – New York City mayor • W. Bourke CockranUS CongressmanJohn F. Collins – Boston mayor • Patrick Collins – Boston mayor, US Congressman, Massachusetts State Senator, Massachusetts State RepresentativeSusan Collins – US Senator • Martin Condon – Knoxville mayor • John Conness – US Senator and California State AssemblymanJames Cooney – US Congressman • Chris Coons - US Senator • John Coughlin – First Ward Alderman in Chicago, 1893–1938 • Thomas J. Creamer – US Congressman, New York State Assemblyman, New York State Senator • Richard CrokerTammany Hall boss • Joseph Crowley – US Congressman • Ted Cruz - Texas SenatorWilliam Cullen – US Congressman • John CunneenNew York attorney generalJames Michael Curley – legendary Boston mayor, US Congressman, and Massachusetts governorThomas CusackUS CongressmanRichard J. Daley – Chicago mayor • Richard M. Daley – Chicago mayor; son of Richard J. Daley • William M. DaleyU.S. Secretary of Commerce; son of Richard J. Daley • Charles Patrick Daly – Chief Justice of New York Court of Common PleasJohn Darragh – Pittsburgh mayor • Harry M. DaughertyUS Attorney General, Ohio State Representative • Jefferson DavisConfederate PresidentRobert T. Davis – US Congressman, Fall River, Massachusetts MayorWilliam Dawson – St. Paul mayor • Éamon de Valera (1882–1975) – President of Ireland, dominant political figure in 20th-century Ireland • John J. Dempsey – New Mexico governor • John N. DempseyConnecticut governor • Thomas Dongan governor of New York In the 1660s • Michael DonohoeUS CongressmanBob Dornan – former US Congressman from CaliforniaJohn G. DowneyCalifornia governor, California lieutenant governor, Calfironia State Assemblyman • Mike Doyle – US Congressman from Pennsylvania • James Duane – New York City mayor • William J. Duane – 11th U.S. Secretary of the TreasuryWarren J. Duffey – US Congressman from Ohio, also Ohio's 9th congressional districtTom Dunn – Mayor, Elizabeth, New Jersey • Edward Fitzsimmons Dunne – Chicago mayor and Illinois governor • Dick Durbin – US Senator • Thomas F. Eagleton – US Senator Missouri 1968–1987; grandfather born in County Mayo; paternal grandmother also Irish • Thomas Addis Emmet – New York attorney general • John Ewing – US Congressman • Mark M. Fagan – Jersey City mayor • Mike Fahey – Omaha mayor • James G. Fair – US Senator • Thomas Fallon – San Jose mayor • James A. Farley – Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, US Postmaster General • Michael F. Farley – US Congressman • John Frederick FinertyUS CongressmanJoseph E. Finerty – Gary mayor • William Findley – US Congressman, Pennsylvania Supreme Executive CounsellorJohn F. Fitzgerald – Boston mayor, father of Rose KennedyJohn Fitzpatrick – New Orleans mayor • Mike Fitzpatrick – US Congressman from Pennsylvania • Thomas Fitzsimons – US Congressman • Peter F. Flaherty – former Pittsburgh mayor • Michael P. Flanagan – US Congressman • Daniel J. Flood – US Congressman from Pennsylvania • Raymond Flynn – Boston mayor • William S. Flynn – Rhode Island governor • Mark Foley – US Congressman from FloridaMichael Forbes – former US Congressman from New YorkNicholas Ford – US Congressman • John H. Frey - CT Republican National Committee Committeeman, former 11 term member CT House of Representatives • Thomas Gallagher – Pittsburgh mayor • Martin Galvin – founder of NORAIDWilliam F. Galvin – Massachusetts Secretary of State • J. Joseph Garrahy – Rhode Island governor • William Jay Gaynor – New York City mayor • Charles P. Gillen – Newark mayor • James Gillespie – US Congressman • Kirsten Gillibrand – US Senator, mother is of Irish descent • Thomas F. Gilroy – New York City mayor • James P. Gleason – County executive of Montgomery County, MarylandPatrick GleasonLong Island City political machine boss and mayor • Martin H. Glynn – New York governor • William R. Grace – New York City mayor • J. Harold Grady – Baltimore mayor • James M. Graham – US Congressman • William T. Granahan – US Congressman • Ulysses S. Grant – 18th President of the United StatesHorace Greeley – Newspaper publisher/US Congressman • James D. Griffin – Mayor of Buffalo, New York, New York State Senator • James Gunn – US Congressman • Frank Hague – Jersey City mayor • R. Phillip Haire – North Carolina state Representative • James M. Hanley – US Congressman • Warren G. Harding – 29th President of the United StatesAlexander Harper – US Congressman, Ohio State Representative • Benjamin Harrison – 23rd President of the United StatesMaura Healey – Massachusetts Attorney General • Jerramiah T. Healy – Jersey City mayor • William Randolph Hearst – Newspaper publisher/US Congressman • James J. Heffernan – US Congressman • Brian Higgins – US Congressman • John Hogan – US Congressman • Larry Hogan – governor of MarylandJohn Patrick Hopkins – Chicago mayor • Harry R. Hughes – Governor of MarylandRichard J. Hughes – Governor of New Jersey • William Hughes – US Senator and US Congressman • Charles F. Hurley – Massachusetts governor • Denis M. Hurley – US Congressman • Robert A. Hurley – Connecticut Governor • Henry Hyde – US Congressman • John F. Hylan – New York City mayor • John B. Hynes – Boston mayor • Andrew Jackson – 7th President of the United StatesAndrew Johnson – 17th President of the United StatesLyndon B. Johnson – 36th President of the United StatesCharles W. Jones – US Senator and Florida State RepresentativeJohn Johnson – US Congressman and Ohio State SenatorThomas Kean – former Governor of New JerseyFrank KeatingOklahoma governor • William J. Keating – former Congressman from OhioAugustine B. Kelley – US Congressman • Patrick H. Kelley – US Congressman • Edward A. Kelly – US Congressman • Edward Joseph KellyChicago mayor • John Kelly – Tammany Hall boss • Joseph J. Kelly – Buffalo mayor • Mark Kelly – US Senator • Randy Kelly – St. Paul mayor • Richard C. Kerens – Ambassador to Austria-Hungary 1909–1913 • Michael Kenna – First Ward Alderman in Chicago 1897–1923 laying a wreath at the Commodore John Barry Memorial in Wexford, Ireland in 1963 • Caroline KennedyUS AmbassadorEdward M. Kennedy – longtime US Senator • Edward M. Kennedy, JrConnecticut State SenatorJohn F. Kennedy – 35th President of the United StatesJoseph P. Kennedy – US Ambassador • Joseph P. Kennedy II – former US Congressman • Joseph P. Kennedy III – US Congressman • Kathleen Kennedy Townsend – former Lieutenant Governor of Maryland • Mark Kennedy – former US Congressman • Patrick J. Kennedy – former Member Massachusetts House of Representatives; former Massachusetts Senator • Patrick J. Kennedy II – former US Congressman • Robert F. KennedyUS Attorney General, US Senator, New York • Jean Kennedy Smith – former US AmbassadorMartin H. Kennelly – Chicago mayor • John V. Kenny – Jersey City mayor • John Kerrigan – Boston mayor • Peter T. King – US Congressman • Thomas Kirker – Ohio governor, Speaker of the Ohio Senate, Ohio State Senator, Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives, Ohio State Representative • Conor Lamb – US Congressman • Patrick Leahy – US Senator, father is of Irish descent • Huey Long – Louisiana governor • Robert Lowry – US Congressman • Stephen Lynch – US Congressman • Thomas Lynch Jr. – signatory to the Declaration of Independence == M–Z ==
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Lisa Madigan – Illinois Attorney General • Michael Madigan – Illinois Speaker of the House, Illinois Democratic Party Chairman • George Maguire – St. Louis mayor • Dan Malloy – Connecticut governor; Stamford, CT mayor • Stephen MalloryConfederate States Secretary of the Navy, US Senator • Sean Patrick Maloney – US Congressman • Frederick Mansfield – Boston mayor • Mike Mansfield – US Senator, AmbassadorThomas J. Manton – US Congressman • Edward Markey – US Senator • Malachi MartinSpeaker of the Florida House of RepresentativesWilliam McAdooAssistant Secretary of the Navy, US Congressman, New York City Police Commissioner, New Jersey State AssemblymanWilliam McAleer – US Congressman • Gerald McCann – Jersey City mayor • Patrick McCarran – US Senator • Carolyn McCarthy – US Congressman • Eugene McCarthy – US Senator • Joseph McCarthy – US Senator • Kevin McCarthy – Speaker of the House • Leo T. McCarthy – California lieutenant governor, California State Assembly speaker, San Francisco supervisorP. H. McCarthy – San Francisco mayor • William C. McCarthy – Pittsburgh mayor • Blair McClenachan – US Congressman, Pennsylvania State Representative • Mitch McConnell –Senate Minority Leader • Frank McCoppin – San Francisco mayor • John W. McCormack – Speaker of the House • William McCreery – US Congressman • Jim McDermott – US Congressman • John J. McDonough – St. Paul mayor • Lawrence E. McGann – US Congressman • J. Howard McGrath – US Senator, Rhode Island governor • John J. McGrath – US Congressman • James McGreevey – New Jersey governor • Edwin D. McGuinness – Providence mayor • James Kennedy McGuireSyracuse mayorThomas McKean – signatory to the Declaration of IndependenceBernard J. McKenna – Pittsburgh mayor • Joseph McKenna – US Attorney General • William McKinley – 25th President of the United StatesJohn McKinlyDelaware president • Hugh McLaughlin – Brooklyn Democratic party boss • Joseph McLaughlin – US Congressman • Robert McNamaraUnited States Secretary of Defense under President John F. KennedyFrank J. McNulty – US Congressman • Michael R. McNulty – US Congressman • Marty Meehan – US Congressman • John Purroy Mitchel – New York City mayor • Robert M. Moore – Cincinnati mayor • Jim Moran – US Congressman • John Morrissey – US Congressman • William J. Moxley – US Congressman • Daniel Patrick Moynihan – former US Senator • P. H. Moynihan – US Congressman • Bryan Mullanphy – St. Louis mayor • William D. Mullins – member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and baseball player • Lisa Murkowski – US Senator • Charles F. Murphy – Tammany Hall boss • Chris Murphy – US Senator and former Congressman • Dick Murphy – San Diego mayor • Frank Murphy – Detroit mayor, Michigan governor • George Murphy – US Senator • Isaac Murphy – Arkansas governor • Morgan F. Murphy – US Congressman • Philip D. Murphy – New Jersey governor • Timothy Murphy – US Congressman • Tom Murphy – Pittsburgh mayor • William T. Murphy – US Congressman • James C. Murray – US Congressman • Timothy P. Murray – Lieutenant Governor of MassachusettsJohn Murtha – US Congressman • Richard Neal – US Congressman • Richard Nixon – 37th President of the United StatesMichael N. Nolan – US Congressman, Albany mayorMary T. Norton – US Congressman • Barack Obama – 44th President of the United StatesFrank O'Bannon – Indiana governor • Christopher D. O'Brien – St. Paul mayor • Hugh O'Brien – Boston's first Irish mayor • James O'Brien – US Congressman • John P. O'Brien – New York City mayor • Thomas J. O’Brien – US Congressman • Dan O'Connell – Albany mayor • Bob O'Connor – Mayor of Pittsburgh • Maureen O'Connor – San Diego mayor • Herbert R. O'Conor – Maryland governor • Kenneth O'Donnell – Senior Aide to President John F Kennedy • William O'Dwyer – New York City mayor • James A. O'Gorman – US Senator • Barratt O'Hara – US Congressman • Arthur J. O'Keefe – New Orleans mayor • George T. Oliver – US Senator • Martin O'Malley – Baltimore mayor • Charles H. O'Neill – Jersey City mayor • Thomas O'Neill – Speaker of the House • William A. O'Neill – Connecticut governor • Daniel O'Reilly – US Congressman • Beto O'Rourke, – US Congressman and Presidential candidate • George F. O'Shaunessy – US Congressman • George Pataki – New York governor • William PatersonUS Supreme Court Associate Justice, 2nd Governor of New Jersey, US Senator, 1st Attorney General of New JerseyThomas M. Patterson – US Senator, US Congressman, and Territorial Delegate • Mike Pence – 48th Vice President of the United States; 50th Governor of IndianaTom Pendergast – Kansas City Democratic machine boss • James D. Phelan – San Francisco mayor, US Senator • George Washington Plunkitt – Tammany Hall member • Alexander Porter – US Senator, Louisiana Supreme Court Associate Justice, Louisiana State RepresentativeJohn Logan PowerMississippi secretary of stateSamantha Power – US Ambassador • William Prince – US Congressman, Indiana State Representative, Indiana State SenatorJack Quinn – US Congressman • John Quinn – US Congressman, New York State Assemblyman Ronald Reagan speaking to a crowd in his ancestral home in Ballyporeen, Ireland in 1984 • Ronald Reagan (1911–2004) – 40th President of the United States (1981–1989); 33rd Governor of California (1967–1975); father was Irish-American • Thomas Reilly – Massachusetts Attorney General • James B. Reynolds – US Congressman • Daniel J. Riordan – US Congressman • Richard Riordan – former Los Angeles mayor • Bernard Shandon Rodey – US Delegate • William R. Roberts – US Congressman • John J. Rooney – US Congressman • William Russell – US Congressman, Ohio State Representative, Ohio State Senator • Jim Ryan – former Illinois Attorney General; father was Irish, mother was Italian • Paul Ryan – US Congressman and 2012 Vice Presidential nominee; father was of Irish ancestry • Tim Ryan – US Congressman • William Ryan – US Congressman • Christopher Scanlon – Buffalo mayor • Mary Gay Scanlon – US Congresswoman from PennsylvaniaWilliam J. Sewell – US Senator, President of the New Jersey SenateWilson Shannon – Ohio governor • H. James Shea Jr. – member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives • William F. Sheehan – Buffalo democratic machine boss • John Sheridan – New Jersey Transportation CommissionerJames Shields – US Congressman, Ohio State Representative • James Shields – US Senator, Commissioner of the General Land Office, Illinois AuditorPeter Joseph Shields – Superior Court Judge, Jeffersonian Democrat, for 49 years; founder of University of California at Davis, and the McGeorge Law School; son of John Shields, County Donegal, Ireland and Elizabeth Bowe, County Waterford, IrelandSargent ShriverDemocratic politician • John Smilie – US Congressman • Al Smith – New York governor, Democratic Party presidential candidate (Irish born grandparents from Westmeath; Smith identified as an Irish American) • James Smith – signatory to the Declaration of IndependenceO'Brien Smith – US Congressman, South Carolina Senator, South Carolina Representative • Alexander Smyth – US Congressman, Virginia State Delegate • Peter J. Somers – Milwaukee mayor • Brian P. Stack – Mayor of Union City, New JerseyMichael J. Stack – US Congressman • Christopher D. Sullivan – US Congressman • James Sullivan – Massachusetts governor • Patrick Joseph Sullivan – US Senator and Wyoming State RepresentativeTimothy Sullivan – US Congressman • Jane Swift – first woman to serve as Massachusetts governor • William Howard Taft – 27th President of the United StatesJames Tate – first Catholic mayor of PhiladelphiaThomas Taggart – US Senator, Chair of the Democratic National Committee, 18th Mayor of IndianapolisGeorge Taylor – signatory to the Declaration of Independence • John K. Tener – Pennsylvania governor, US Congressman • Charles Thomsonsecretary to the Continental CongressJohn Thomson – US Congressman, Ohio State Senator, Ohio State Representative • Matthew Thornton – signatory to the Declaration of Independence • John F. Tierney – US Congressman • Maurice J. Tobin – Boston mayor and Massachusetts governor • Harry S. Truman – 33rd President of the United StatesJoseph Patrick Tumulty – attorney/secretary to Woodrow WilsonJohn V. Tunney – US Senator • William M. Tweed – Political boss/US Congressman • Jimmy Walker – New York City mayor • David I. Walsh – Massachusetts' first Catholic governor • James T. Walsh – US Congressman • Marty WalshUS Secretary of Labor, Boston mayor • Michael Walsh – US Congressman, New York State Assemblyman • Patrick Walsh – Mayor of Augusta, Georgia, US Senator, Georgia State AssemblymanThomas W. Ward – Austin mayor • Thomas J. Whelan – Jersey City mayor • Campbell P. White – US Congressman • Woodrow Wilson – 28th President of the United StatesWilliam Whipple – signatory to the Declaration of IndependenceKevin White – Boston mayor • Thomas L. Young – Ohio governor, lieutenant governor Ohio, US Congressman, Ohio State Senator, Ohio State Representative ==References==
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