•
William Armstrong –
US Congressman,
Virginia State Delegate •
Chester A. Arthur – 21st
President of the United States •
David Baird Sr. – born in
County Londonderry,
Ireland,
US Senator •
David 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 Representative •
Andrew 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. Bohan –
Wisconsin State Senator,
Wisconsin State Assemblyman •
James 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 Cavan •
David C. Broderick – US Senator •
John T. Browne – Houston mayor •
William Jennings Bryan – US Secretary of State •
Billy Bulger –
President of the Massachusetts State Senate •
Aedanus Burke – Chief Justice of the
South Carolina Supreme Court, US Congressman,
South Carolina Representative •
Thomas Burke –
North 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 Confederation •
Brendan Byrne – former Governor of
New Jersey •
Jane 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 Illinois •
Timothy J. Campbell – US Congressman,
New York State Senator,
New York State Assemblyman •
Hugh 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 Independence •
Bob 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 States •
Bill Clinton – 42nd
President of the United States •
DeWitt Clinton – New York City mayor •
W. Bourke Cockran –
US Congressman •
John F. Collins – Boston mayor •
Patrick Collins – Boston mayor, US Congressman,
Massachusetts State Senator,
Massachusetts State Representative •
Susan Collins – US Senator •
Martin Condon – Knoxville mayor •
John Conness – US Senator and
California State Assemblyman •
James 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 Croker –
Tammany Hall boss •
Joseph Crowley – US Congressman •
Ted Cruz -
Texas Senator •
William Cullen – US Congressman •
John Cunneen –
New York attorney general •
James Michael Curley – legendary Boston mayor, US Congressman, and
Massachusetts governor •
Thomas Cusack –
US Congressman •
Richard J. Daley – Chicago mayor •
Richard M. Daley – Chicago mayor; son of Richard J. Daley •
William M. Daley –
U.S. Secretary of Commerce; son of Richard J. Daley •
Charles Patrick Daly – Chief Justice of
New York Court of Common Pleas •
John Darragh – Pittsburgh mayor •
Harry M. Daugherty –
US Attorney General, Ohio State Representative •
Jefferson Davis –
Confederate President •
Robert T. Davis – US Congressman,
Fall River, Massachusetts Mayor •
William 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. Dempsey –
Connecticut governor •
Thomas Dongan governor of New York In the 1660s •
Michael Donohoe –
US Congressman •
Bob Dornan – former US Congressman from
California •
John G. Downey –
California 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 Treasury •
Warren J. Duffey – US Congressman from
Ohio, also
Ohio's 9th congressional district •
Tom 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 Finerty –
US Congressman •
Joseph E. Finerty – Gary mayor •
William Findley – US Congressman,
Pennsylvania Supreme Executive Counsellor •
John F. Fitzgerald – Boston mayor, father of
Rose Kennedy •
John 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
Florida •
Michael Forbes – former US Congressman from
New York •
Nicholas 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
NORAID •
William 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, Maryland •
Patrick Gleason –
Long 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 States •
Horace 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 States •
Alexander Harper – US Congressman, Ohio State Representative •
Benjamin Harrison – 23rd
President of the United States •
Maura 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
Maryland •
John Patrick Hopkins – Chicago mayor •
Harry R. Hughes – Governor of
Maryland •
Richard 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 States •
Andrew Johnson – 17th
President of the United States •
Lyndon B. Johnson – 36th
President of the United States •
Charles W. Jones – US Senator and
Florida State Representative •
John Johnson – US Congressman and
Ohio State Senator •
Thomas Kean – former Governor of
New Jersey •
Frank Keating –
Oklahoma governor •
William J. Keating – former Congressman from
Ohio •
Augustine B. Kelley – US Congressman •
Patrick H. Kelley – US Congressman •
Edward A. Kelly – US Congressman •
Edward Joseph Kelly –
Chicago 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 Kennedy –
US Ambassador •
Edward M. Kennedy – longtime US Senator •
Edward M. Kennedy, Jr –
Connecticut State Senator •
John F. Kennedy – 35th
President of the United States •
Joseph 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. Kennedy –
US Attorney General, US Senator, New York •
Jean Kennedy Smith – former
US Ambassador •
Martin 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
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