• Source: 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


Harry M. Daugherty
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
James G. Barry – St. Louis mayor
William B. Barry – US Congressman
Joe Biden – current 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
James E. Boyd – Omaha mayor
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 – US Congressman
Thomas Burke – North Carolina governor
Thomas A. Burke – Cleveland mayor, US Senator
William J. Burke – US Congressman
Prescott Bush – banker/US Senator
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
Hugh Carey – New York governor
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
Bill Cassidy – US Senator
Jerome Cavanagh – Detroit mayor
John Michael Clancy – US Congressman
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
Susan Collins – US Senator
Martin Condon – Knoxville mayor
John Conness – US Senator
James Cooney – US Congressman
Chris Coons - US Senator
John Coughlin – First Ward Alderman in Chicago, 1893–1938
Richard Croker – Tammany Hall boss
Joseph Crowley – US Congressman
Ted Cruz - Texas Senator
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
Jefferson Davis – Confederate President
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
Mike Doyle – US Congressman from Pennsylvania
James Duane – New York City mayor
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
Mark M. Fagan – Jersey City mayor
Mike Fahey – Omaha mayor
Thomas Fallon – San Jose mayor
James A. Farley – Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, US Postmaster General
John Frederick Finerty – US Congressman
Joseph E. Finerty – Gary mayor
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
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
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
Martin H. Glynn – New York governor
William R. Grace – New York City mayor
J. Harold Grady – Baltimore mayor
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
Frank Hague – Jersey City mayor
James M. Hanley – US Congressman
Warren G. Harding – 29th President of the United States
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
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
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
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
Sean Patrick Maloney – US Congressman
Frederick Mansfield – Boston mayor
Mike Mansfield – US Senator, Ambassador
Thomas J. Manton – US Congressman
Edward Markey – US Senator
William 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
P. H. McCarthy – San Francisco mayor
William C. McCarthy – Pittsburgh mayor
Mitch McConnell –Senate Minority Leader
Frank McCoppin – San Francisco mayor
John W. McCormack – Speaker of the House
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 McGuire – Syracuse mayor
Thomas McKean – signatory to the Declaration of Independence
Bernard J. McKenna – Pittsburgh mayor
Joseph McKenna – US Attorney General
William McKinley – 25th President of the United States
Hugh McLaughlin – Brooklyn Democratic party boss
Joseph McLaughlin – US Congressman
Robert McNamara – United States Secretary of Defense under President John F. Kennedy
Frank 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 Massachusetts
John Murtha – US Congressman
Richard Neal – US Congressman
Richard Nixon – 37th President of the United States
Michael N. Nolan – Albany mayor
Mary T. Norton – US Congressman
Barack Obama – 44th President of the United States
Frank 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
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
Mike Pence – 48th Vice President of the United States; 50th Governor of Indiana
Tom Pendergast – Kansas City Democratic machine boss
James D. Phelan – San Francisco mayor, US Senator
George Washington Plunkitt – Tammany Hall member
Samantha Power – US Ambassador
Jack Quinn – US Congressman
John Quinn – US Congressman

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
Daniel J. Riordan – US Congressman
Richard Riordan – former Los Angeles mayor
William R. Roberts – US Congressman
John J. Rooney – US Congressman
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 Pennsylvania
Wilson 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 Commissioner
James Shields – US Senator
Peter 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, Ireland
Sargent Shriver – Democratic politician
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 Independence
Peter J. Somers – Milwaukee mayor
Brian P. Stack – Mayor of Union City, New Jersey
Michael J. Stack – US Congressman
Christopher D. Sullivan – US Congressman
James Sullivan – Massachusetts governor
Patrick Joseph Sullivan – US Senator
Timothy Sullivan – US Congressman
Jane Swift – first woman to serve as Massachusetts governor
William Howard Taft – 27th President of the United States
James Tate – first Catholic mayor of Philadelphia
George Taylor – signatory to the Declaration of Independence
Charles Thomson – secretary to the Continental Congress
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 States
Joseph Patrick Tumulty – attorney/secretary to Woodrow Wilson
John 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 Walsh – Boston mayor
Patrick Walsh – US Senator
Thomas W. Ward – Austin mayor
Thomas J. Whelan – Jersey City mayor
Woodrow Wilson – 28th President of the United States
William Whipple – signatory to the Declaration of Independence
Kevin White – Boston mayor




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