List of American politicians of Irish descent

This is a list of notable Irish American politicians.

To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article and/or references showing the person is Irish American and a notable politician.

A–L 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 "James G. Barry was born in Ireland in 1800..." 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 "Bulger, one of the most successful Irish-American politicians of his generation..." Aedanus Burke – Chief Justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court, US Congressman, South Carolina Representative Thomas Burke – North Carolina governor "Thomas Burke, born about 1747 in Galway, Ireland, moved to Orange County in North Carolina about 1770 from Virginia..." 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 "He was the grandson of Irish Catholic immigrants who came to American after the Great Irish ..." 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 mayorhttp://www.lakelandschools.org/lt/NewYorkVM/peopleclinton.htm "He was the son of an Irish-American Revolutionary War hero and a Dutch mother." W. Bourke Cockran – US Congressman John F. Collins – Boston mayor Patrick Collins – Boston mayor, US Congressman, Massachusetts State Senator, Massachusetts State Representative "Patrick Collins (1844–1905) was the second Irish-born mayor in Boston's history..." Susan Collins – US Senator Martin Condon – Knoxville mayor "The career of Knoxville's first Irish Catholic 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 "Crowley was also named one of the Top 100 Irish American Leaders..." 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 mayorhttp://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/Chicago7/Daley2.html "Richard J. Daley, an only child, was born in 1902 into an Irish Catholic neighborhood of south Chicago..." 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 "John G. Downey, who became governor at the early age of 32, was born in Ireland..." Mike Doyle – US Congressman from Pennsylvania James Duane – New York City mayor "James Duane, son of an Irish-born merchant, became the first Irish-American mayor in 1784..." 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 J. D. Geoghegan – Washington State representative 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"His Career Began on Capitol Hill: Gleason Doesn't Like 'Conservative' Label". The Washington Post. October 24, 1974. p. H1. 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

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 Declaration of Independence

M–Z 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 Mallory – Confederate States Secretary of the Navy, US Senator Sean Patrick Maloney – US Congressman Frederick Mansfield – Boston mayor Mike Mansfield – US Senator, Ambassador Thomas J. Manton – US Congressman Edward Markey – US Senator Malachi Martin – Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives William McAdoo – Assistant Secretary of the Navy, US Congressman, New York City Police Commissioner, New Jersey State Assemblyman William McAleer – US Congressman Gerald McCann – Jersey City mayor