This is a list of notable individual politicians and political organizations who publicly indicated support for Hillary Clinton in the 2016 United States presidential election.
Public officials serving below the state level and all other individuals and entities are listed only if they have a separate stand-alone article. Those who indicated their support after Hillary Clinton's presumptive nomination on June 11 are denoted with an asterisk.
Federal officials and state governors Presidents and vice presidents
{| class="wikitable sortable" !Name !Position !Party !In office !Ref |- |Jimmy Carter* |39th president |rowspan=6|Democratic |1977–1981
|Bill Clinton |42nd president |1993–2001
|Barack Obama |44th president |2009–2017
|Walter Mondale |42nd vice president |1977–1981
|Al Gore |45th vice president |1993–2001
|Joe Biden |47th vice president |2009–2017
Federal cabinet-level officers
NamePositionPartyIn officeRefMadeleine Albright64th secretary of stateDemocratic1997–2001Horowitz, A. The Huffington Post 2015-04-13.Colin Powell65th secretary of stateRepublican2001–05John Kerry68th secretary of stateDemocratic2013–17McCaskill, Nolan D. Politico] 2016-06-08.William Cohen20th secretary of defenseRepublican1997–2001Yahoo! News 2016-09-07.Leon Panetta23rd secretary of defenseDemocratic2011–13Gass, N. Politico 2016-01-13.Cecil Andrus42nd secretary of the interiorDemocratic1977–81p2016.or 2016-03-11.Ken Salazar50th secretary of the interiorDemocratic2009–13Mack McLarty17th White House chief of staffDemocratic1993–94Erskine Bowles19th White House chief of staffDemocratic1997–98John Podesta20th White House chief of staffDemocratic1998–2001William M. Daley25th White House chief of staffDemocratic2011–12Sunlight Foundation Accessed: 2016-06-16.Henry Cisneros10th secretary of housing and urban developmentDemocratic1993–97Svitek, P. KGBT-TV 2015-10-19.Julian Castro16th secretary of housing and urban developmentDemocratic2014–2017Michael Chertoff2nd secretary of Homeland SecurityRepublican2005–09Bill Richardson9th secretary of energyDemocratic1998–2001Bell, B. and A. Crowder. ABC News 2015-08-23.Steven Chu12th secretary of energyDemocratic2009–13Austan Goolsbee26th chair of the Council of Economic AdvisersDemocratic2010–11Carlos Gutierrez35th secretary of commerceRepublican2005–09Meckler, L. The Wall Street Journal 2016-08-10.Gary Locke36th secretary of commerceDemocratic2009–11blog.4president.org 2016-01-13.Robert Reich22nd secretary of laborDemocratic1993–97Cohn, J. The Huffington Post 2016-10-18.Alexis Herman23rd secretary of laborDemocratic1997–2001Frizell, S. Time 2015-09-30.Hilda Solis25th secretary of laborDemocratic2009–2013Johnson, T. Variety 2015-11-05.Carla Hills10th trade representativeRepublican1989–93Ron Kirk16th trade representativeDemocratic2009–2013Rudner, J. Texas Tribune 2015-10-14.Eric Holder86th attorney generalDemocratic2009–2015Karen Mills23rd administrator of the Small Business AdministrationDemocratic2009-13p2016.org 2015-10-27.Rodney E. Slater13th secretary of transportationDemocratic1997–2001Norman Mineta14th secretary of transportationDemocratic2001–2006Mary E. Peters15th secretary of transportationRepublican2006–2009Sunlight Foundation Accessed: 2016-08-29.Henry Paulson74th secretary of the treasuryRepublican2006–09Andrew Young14th ambassador to the United NationsDemocratic1977–79Malloy, D. Atlanta Journal-Constitution 2015-10-27.Thomas R. Pickering18th ambassador to the United NationsDemocratic1989–92William Ruckelshaus1st and 5th administrator of the Environmental Protection AgencyRepublican1970–73, 1983–85William K. Reilly7th administrator of the Environmental Protection AgencyRepublican1989–93Carol Browner8th administrator of the Environmental Protection AgencyDemocratic1993–2001Seitz-Wald, A. MSNBC 2014-12-01.Christine Todd Whitman9th administrator of the Environmental Protection AgencyRepublican2001–03Lisa P. Jackson12th administrator of the Environmental Protection AgencyDemocratic2009–13Jackson, L. and C. Browner. Medium 2016-01-22.Richard Riley6th secretary of educationDemocratic1993–2001Louis Wade Sullivan17th secretary of health and human servicesRepublican1989–93Donna Shalala18th secretary of health and human servicesDemocratic1993–2001Caputo, M. The Miami Herald 2015-01-22.Kathleen Sebelius21st secretary of health and human servicesDemocratic2009–14Carpenter, T. CJOnline 2016-02-22.Laura Tyson16th chair of the Council of Economic AdvisersDemocratic1993–95Joseph Stiglitz17th chair of the Council of Economic AdvisersDemocratic1995–97Bloomberg 2016-07-28.James Lee WittDirector of the Federal Emergency Management AgencyDemocratic1993–2001
State and territorial governors
Bycoffe, A. FiveThirtyEight Accessed: 2016-06-16. +NamePositionPartyRefJerry Brown34th governor of CaliforniaDemocraticKate Brown38th governor of OregonDemocraticSteve Bullock24th governor of MontanaDemocraticNBC Montana 2016-06-17Andrew Cuomo56th governor of New YorkDemocraticMark Dayton40th governor of MinnesotaDemocraticJohn Bel Edwards56th governor of LouisianaDemocraticCrisp, E. The Advocate 2016-03-04.Maggie Hassan81st governor of New HampshireDemocraticJohn Hickenlooper42nd governor of ColoradoDemocraticJay Inslee23rd governor of WashingtonDemocraticDan Malloy88th governor of ConnecticutDemocraticJack Markell73rd governor of DelawareDemocraticTerry McAuliffe72nd governor of VirginiaDemocraticLolo Matalasi Moliga57th governor of American SamoaDemocraticSamoa News 2016-02-24.Jay Nixon55th governor of MissouriDemocraticAlejandro García Padilla11th governor of Puerto RicoDemocraticBernal, R. The Hill 2016-06-01Gina Raimondo75th governor of Rhode IslandDemocraticPeter Shumlin81st governor of VermontDemocraticEarl Ray Tomblin35th governor of West VirginiaDemocraticTom Wolf47th governor of PennsylvaniaDemocratic
U.S. senators
U.S. representatives
Former members of the federal judiciary U. W. Clemon, chief judge, N.D. Ala. (1999–2006)
State officials
Executive officials
State legislators
Rep. Matt Claman
Rep. Mark Cardenas Rep. Charlene Fernandez Rep. Randall Friese Rep. Rosanna Gabaldón Rep. Sally Ann Gonzales Sen. Katie Hobbs Rep. Jonathan Larkin Rep. Stefanie Mach Sen. Robert Meza Sen. Lynne Pancrazi Rep. Rebecca Rios Rep. Macario Saldate Rep. Victoria Steele (2013–16) Sen. Anna Tovar (2013–15) Rep. Bruce Wheeler
Ass. Tom Ammiano (2008–14)Shearer, J. Knoxville News Sentinel 2015-09-11. Ass. Cheryl BrownHorseman, J. The Press Enterprise 2016-05-26. Ass. Bill DoddEberling, B. Napa Valley Register 2015-10-28. Sen. Isadore Hall III Sen. Tom Hayden† (1992–2000)Hayden, T. The Nation 2016-04-12. Ass. Fabian Núñez, 66th speaker (2004–08)Los Angeles Times 2015-01-22. Ass. John Pérez, 68th speaker (2010–14)Sunlight Foundation Accessed: 2016-06-16.
Sen. Polly Baca (1974–79) Sen. Gloria Tanner (1994–2000)Hutchins, C. The Colorado Independent 2016-02-22. Rep. Wilma Webb (1980–93)
Sen. Bill Finch, maj. whip (2000–07)Lockhart, B. Connecticut Post 2015-08-14. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy Jr.
Sen. Betty Castor, pres. pro tem. (1985–87) Sen. Nan Rich, min. leader (2010–12)Man, A. Sun-Sentinel 2015-10-02. Sen. Geraldine ThompsonRay, R. Florida Politics 2016-03-02.
Rep. DuBose Porter (1982–2011)San Francisco Chronicle 2015-09-05. Rep. Pam StephensonBluestein, G. Atlanta Journal-Constitution 2016-02-18. Sen. Curt ThompsonStowers, W. Southern Political Report 2015-05-07.
Rep. Brian Cronin, min. caucus chair (2010–12) Rep. Wendy Jaquet, min. leader (1994–2012)
Sen. James Clayborne Jr., maj. leaderChicago Tribune 2016-03-04. Rep. Gregory S. Harris*Sunlight Foundation Accessed: 2016-09-19. Rep. Michael Madigan, 67th speakerO'Connor, J. Chicago Sun Times 2016-05-09. Sen. Iris Martinez, ass. maj. leaderChicago Tribune 2016-02-22.
p2016.org 2015-06-26.p2016.org 2015-08-20.blog.4president.org 2015-12-17.
p2016.org 2016-02-26.
Shepherd, M. The Bangor Daily News 2015-09-17.
Fritze, J. The Baltimore Sun 2016-04-09.Peck, L. Bethesda Magazine 2014-12-30.Sunlight Foundation 2014-12-04.
p2016.org 2015-12-15.
blog.4president.org 2016-02-19.Sunlight Foundation Accessed: 2014-06-18.Montgomery, D. TwinCities.com 2015-10-05.blog.4president.org 2016-07-13.
p2016.org 2015-12-11.
New Hampshire Labor News 2015-12-14.
p2016.org 2016-05-19.PolitickerNJ 2015-08-24.Pizzaro, M. 2015-10-27.McDonald, T. "Hudson Dems back Hillary New Jersey.com 2016-03-04.
Reyes, A. 1199SEIU Accessed: 2016-06-17.BDCC. Facebook 2015-06-22.Rom, G. The Journal News 2016-04-17.Lovett, K. New York Daily News 2016-01-25.Weiner, M. Syracuse.com 2016-01-04.Jorgensen, J. The New York Observer 2015-04-11.
Evans, J. WECT 2016-02-24.
Smith, N. Bismarck Tribune 2016-06-02.
Livingston, D. Akron Beacon Journal 2016-02-16.Brumfield, S. The Athens Messenger 2015-11-22.
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Calabrese, C. Philadelphia Business Journal 2016-04-13.Field, N. Politics PA 2016-04-14.
p2016.org 2016-05-24.
p2016.org 2015-12-04.p2016.org 2015-10-29.Coyne, A. The Greenville News 2016-02-11.Self, J. The State 2015-09-09.
Ferguson, D. Argus Leader 2016-06-03.
Harrison, S. Nashville Business Journal 2015-10-14.
Lovegrove, J. Texas Tribune 2016-02-11Cato, G. Burnt Orange Report 2015-11-16.Baugh, J. San Antonio Express–News 2015-10-12.
Matthews, J. Richmond Free Press 2015-06-19.Nolan, J. and A. Cain. Richmond Times-Dispatch 2016-02-19.
Schrader, J. The News Tribune 2016-03-17.
Sen. Jeff Kessler, Min. LeaderKing, J. The Intelligencer 2016-07-28.
Former members of state judiciaries
Municipal and county officials
Mayors, county executives, and tribal leaders
p2016.org 2015-10-20.p2016.org 2015-10-30.
Municipal and county executive officials
Municipal and county legislators
Windy City Times 2016-03-04.
Goist, R. Cleveland.com 2016-02-28.
PolitickerNJ 2015-04-16.
Kornbluh, J. Jewish Journal 2016-04-12.
Van Zuylen-Wood, S. Philadelphia 2014-01-31.
Sunlight Foundation Accessed: 2016-06-17.
Stein, P. The Washington Post 2016-05-16.Kurzius, R. DCist 2016-06-15.
Other municipal and county officials Steven W. Tompkins, sheriff of Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Diplomats and bureaucrats
Federal departmental officials
Gearan, A. The Washington Post 2016-01-19.
Rowley, M. and A. Isenstadt. Politico 2016-07-06.
Independent agencies and commissions
State, municipal, and tribal staffers
U.S. ambassadors Source:The Washington Post Accessed: 2016-09-22.
U.S. attorneys
U.S. military
Sally Brice-O'Hara, ret. 3-star admiral, 27th vice-commandant (2010–12)
The Briefing 2016-09-07.
White House staff
International political figures
Heads of state and government
Current Michelle Bachelet, 33rd and 35th president of Chile (2006–2010, 2014–2018) (Socialist Party)TVN 24 Horas 2018-01-21. Rafael Correa,* 43rd president of Ecuador (2007–2017) (PAIS Alliance)El Comercio 2016-09-30. François Hollande,* 24th president of France (2012–2017) (Socialist Party)Deen, M. Bloomberg 2016-06-30. John Key, 38th prime minister of New Zealand (2008–2016) (National Party)The New Zealand Herald 2015-04-13. Stefan Löfven,* 33rd prime minister of Sweden (2014–2021) (Social Democrats)Olsson, S. Nyheter24 2016-08-07. Petro Poroshenko, 5th president of Ukraine (2014–2019) (Solidarity) Matteo Renzi, 56th prime minister of Italy (2014–2016) (Democratic Party)Associated Press 2016-02-22. Bohuslav Sobotka, 11th prime minister of the Czech Republic (2014–2017) (Social Democratic Party)Bauerova, L. Bloomberg 2016-08-23. Nicola Sturgeon, 5th first minister of Scotland (2014–2023) (Scottish National Party) Tsai Ing-wen, 7th president of the Republic of China (2016–2024) (Democratic Progressive Party)Huang, Cary. South China Morning Post 2016-11-26.Firstpost 2016-05-25. Manuel Valls, 169th prime minister of France (2014–2016) (Socialist Party)L'Express 2015-04-13. Aleksandar Vučić, 11th prime minister of Serbia (2014–2017) (Serbian Progressive Party)Dekić, D. 2016-08-30.
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