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.
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- William Armstrong â US Congressman, Virginia State Delegate
- Chester A. Arthur â 21st President of the United States
- David Baird Sr. â born in County Londonderry, Ireland, US Senator
- David Baird Jr. â son of David Baird Sr.; US Senator
- Samuel Fleming Barr â US Congressman
- James G. Barry â St. Louis mayor
- William B. Barry â US Congressman
- William Beatty â US Congressman, Pennsylvania State Representative
- Andrew Beirne â US Congressman, Virginia State Delegate
- Joe Biden â 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 â US Congressman
- John R. Bohan â Wisconsin State Senator, Wisconsin State Assemblyman
- James E. Boyd â Nebraska governor, Omaha mayor, Nebraska State Representative
- Brendan Boyle â US Congressman
- Bob Brady â US Congressman
- William J. Brady â New Mexico Territorial representative and Sheriff of Lincoln County, from County Cavan
- David C. Broderick â US Senator
- John T. Browne â Houston mayor
- William Jennings Bryan â US Secretary of State
- Billy Bulger â President of the Massachusetts State Senate
- Aedanus Burke â Chief Justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court, US Congressman, South Carolina Representative
- Thomas Burke â North Carolina governor
- Thomas A. Burke â Cleveland mayor, US Senator
- William J. Burke â US Congressman
- Thomas Burnside â Associate Justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, US Congressman, Pennsylvania State Senator
- Prescott Bush â banker/US Senator
- Pierce Butler â U.S. Senator, Delegate to the Congress of the Confederation
- Brendan Byrne â former Governor of New Jersey
- Jane Byrne â Chicago mayor
- Thomas R. Byrne â St. Paul mayor
- James F. Byrnes â US Senator
- William T. Cahill â New Jersey governor
- Thompson Campbell â US Congressman, Secretary of State of Illinois
- Timothy J. Campbell â US Congressman, New York State Senator, New York State Assemblyman
- Hugh Carey â New York governor
- Patrick J. Carley â US Congressman
- Christopher P. Carney â US Congressman
- Charles Carroll of Carrollton â the sole Catholic signatory of the American Declaration of Independence
- Bob Casey Jr. â US Senator and former Pennsylvania state treasurer
- Robert P. Casey â former Pennsylvania governor
- Eugene Casserly â US Senator
- Bill Cassidy â US Senator
- Sean Casten â US Congressman
- Jerome Cavanagh â Detroit mayor
- John Michael Clancy â US Congressman, New York State Assemblyman
- Daniel Clark â US Delegate
- Grover Cleveland â 22nd and 24th President of the United States
- Bill Clinton â 42nd President of the United States
- DeWitt Clinton â New York City mayor
- W. Bourke Cockran â US Congressman
- John F. Collins â Boston mayor
- Patrick Collins â Boston mayor, US Congressman, Massachusetts State Senator, Massachusetts State Representative
- Susan Collins â US Senator
- Martin Condon â Knoxville mayor
- John Conness â US Senator and California State Assemblyman
- James Cooney â US Congressman
- Chris Coons - US Senator
- John Coughlin â First Ward Alderman in Chicago, 1893âÂÂ1938
- Thomas J. Creamer â US Congressman, New York State Assemblyman, New York State Senator
- Richard Croker â Tammany Hall boss
- Joseph Crowley â US Congressman
- Ted Cruz - Texas Senator
- William Cullen â US Congressman
- John Cunneen â New York attorney general
- James Michael Curley â legendary Boston mayor, US Congressman, and Massachusetts governor
- Thomas Cusack â US Congressman
- Richard J. Daley â Chicago mayor
- Richard M. Daley â Chicago mayor; son of Richard J. Daley
- William M. Daley â U.S. Secretary of Commerce; son of Richard J. Daley
- Charles Patrick Daly â Chief Justice of New York Court of Common Pleas
- John Darragh â Pittsburgh mayor
- Harry M. Daugherty â US Attorney General, Ohio State Representative
- Jefferson Davis â Confederate President
- Robert T. Davis â US Congressman, Fall River, Massachusetts Mayor
- William Dawson â St. Paul mayor
- ÃÂamon de Valera (1882âÂÂ1975) â President of Ireland, dominant political figure in 20th-century Ireland
- John J. Dempsey â New Mexico governor
- John N. Dempsey â Connecticut governor
- Thomas Dongan governor of New York In the 1660s
- Michael Donohoe â US Congressman
- Bob Dornan â former US Congressman from California
- John G. Downey â California governor, California lieutenant governor, Calfironia State Assemblyman
- Mike Doyle â US Congressman from Pennsylvania
- James Duane â New York City mayor
- William J. Duane â 11th U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
- Warren J. Duffey â US Congressman from Ohio, also Ohio's 9th congressional district
- Tom Dunn â Mayor, Elizabeth, New Jersey
- Edward Fitzsimmons Dunne â Chicago mayor and Illinois governor
- Dick Durbin â US Senator
- Thomas F. Eagleton â US Senator Missouri 1968âÂÂ1987; grandfather born in County Mayo; paternal grandmother also Irish
- Thomas Addis Emmet â New York attorney general
- John Ewing â US Congressman
- Mark M. Fagan â Jersey City mayor
- Mike Fahey â Omaha mayor
- James G. Fair â US Senator
- Thomas Fallon â San Jose mayor
- James A. Farley â Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, US Postmaster General
- Michael F. Farley â US Congressman
- John Frederick Finerty â US Congressman
- Joseph E. Finerty â Gary mayor
- William Findley â US Congressman, Pennsylvania Supreme Executive Counsellor
- John F. Fitzgerald â Boston mayor, father of Rose Kennedy
- John Fitzpatrick â New Orleans mayor
- Mike Fitzpatrick â US Congressman from Pennsylvania
- Thomas Fitzsimons â US Congressman
- Peter F. Flaherty â former Pittsburgh mayor
- Michael P. Flanagan â US Congressman
- Daniel J. Flood â US Congressman from Pennsylvania
- Raymond Flynn â Boston mayor
- William S. Flynn â Rhode Island governor
- Mark Foley â US Congressman from Florida
- Michael Forbes â former US Congressman from New York
- Nicholas Ford â US Congressman
- John H. Frey - CT Republican National Committee Committeeman, former 11 term member CT House of Representatives
- Thomas Gallagher â Pittsburgh mayor
- Martin Galvin â founder of NORAID
- William F. Galvin â Massachusetts Secretary of State
- J. Joseph Garrahy â Rhode Island governor
- William Jay Gaynor â New York City mayor
- Charles P. Gillen â Newark mayor
- James Gillespie â US Congressman
- Kirsten Gillibrand â US Senator, mother is of Irish descent
- Thomas F. Gilroy â New York City mayor
- James P. Gleason â County executive of Montgomery County, Maryland
- Patrick Gleason â Long Island City political machine boss and mayor
- Martin H. Glynn â New York governor
- William R. Grace â New York City mayor
- J. Harold Grady â Baltimore mayor
- James M. Graham â US Congressman
- William T. Granahan â US Congressman
- Ulysses S. Grant â 18th President of the United States
- Horace Greeley â Newspaper publisher/US Congressman
- James D. Griffin â Mayor of Buffalo, New York, New York State Senator
- James Gunn â US Congressman
- Frank Hague â Jersey City mayor
- R. Phillip Haire â North Carolina state Representative
- James M. Hanley â US Congressman
- Warren G. Harding â 29th President of the United States
- Alexander Harper â US Congressman, Ohio State Representative
- Benjamin Harrison â 23rd President of the United States
- Maura Healey â Massachusetts Attorney General
- Jerramiah T. Healy â Jersey City mayor
- William Randolph Hearst â Newspaper publisher/US Congressman
- James J. Heffernan â US Congressman
- Brian Higgins â US Congressman
- John Hogan â US Congressman
- Larry Hogan â governor of Maryland
- John Patrick Hopkins â Chicago mayor
- Harry R. Hughes â Governor of Maryland
- Richard J. Hughes â Governor of New Jersey
- William Hughes â US Senator and US Congressman
- Charles F. Hurley â Massachusetts governor
- Denis M. Hurley â US Congressman
- Robert A. Hurley â Connecticut Governor
- Henry Hyde â US Congressman
- John F. Hylan â New York City mayor
- John B. Hynes â Boston mayor
- Andrew Jackson â 7th President of the United States
- Andrew Johnson â 17th President of the United States
- Lyndon B. Johnson â 36th President of the United States
- Charles W. Jones â US Senator and Florida State Representative
- John Johnson â US Congressman and Ohio State Senator
- Thomas Kean â former Governor of New Jersey
- Frank Keating â Oklahoma governor
- William J. Keating â former Congressman from Ohio
- Augustine B. Kelley â US Congressman
- Patrick H. Kelley â US Congressman
- Edward A. Kelly â US Congressman
- Edward Joseph Kelly â Chicago mayor
- John Kelly â Tammany Hall boss
- Joseph J. Kelly â Buffalo mayor
- Mark Kelly â US Senator
- Randy Kelly â St. Paul mayor
- Richard C. Kerens â Ambassador to Austria-Hungary 1909âÂÂ1913
- Michael Kenna â First Ward Alderman in Chicago 1897âÂÂ1923
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- Lisa Madigan â Illinois Attorney General
- Michael Madigan â Illinois Speaker of the House, Illinois Democratic Party Chairman
- George Maguire â St. Louis mayor
- Dan Malloy â Connecticut governor; Stamford, CT mayor
- Stephen Mallory â Confederate States Secretary of the Navy, US Senator
- Sean Patrick Maloney â US Congressman
- Frederick Mansfield â Boston mayor
- Mike Mansfield â US Senator, Ambassador
- Thomas J. Manton â US Congressman
- Edward Markey â US Senator
- Malachi Martin â Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives
- William McAdoo â Assistant Secretary of the Navy, US Congressman, New York City Police Commissioner, New Jersey State Assemblyman
- William McAleer â US Congressman
- Gerald McCann â Jersey City mayor
- Patrick McCarran â US Senator
- Carolyn McCarthy â US Congressman
- Eugene McCarthy â US Senator
- Joseph McCarthy â US Senator
- Kevin McCarthy â Speaker of the House
- Leo T. McCarthy â California lieutenant governor, California State Assembly speaker, San Francisco supervisor
- P. H. McCarthy â San Francisco mayor
- William C. McCarthy â Pittsburgh mayor
- Blair McClenachan â US Congressman, Pennsylvania State Representative
- Mitch McConnell âÂÂSenate Minority Leader
- Frank McCoppin â San Francisco mayor
- John W. McCormack â Speaker of the House
- William McCreery â US Congressman
- Jim McDermott â US Congressman
- John J. McDonough â St. Paul mayor
- Lawrence E. McGann â US Congressman
- J. Howard McGrath â US Senator, Rhode Island governor
- John J. McGrath â US Congressman
- James McGreevey â New Jersey governor
- Edwin D. McGuinness â Providence mayor
- James Kennedy McGuire â Syracuse mayor
- Thomas McKean â signatory to the Declaration of Independence
- Bernard J. McKenna â Pittsburgh mayor
- Joseph McKenna â US Attorney General
- William McKinley â 25th President of the United States
- John McKinly â Delaware president
- Hugh McLaughlin â Brooklyn Democratic party boss
- Joseph McLaughlin â US Congressman
- Robert McNamara â United States Secretary of Defense under President John F. Kennedy
- Frank J. McNulty â US Congressman
- Michael R. McNulty â US Congressman
- Marty Meehan â US Congressman
- John Purroy Mitchel â New York City mayor
- Robert M. Moore â Cincinnati mayor
- Jim Moran â US Congressman
- John Morrissey â US Congressman
- William J. Moxley â US Congressman
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan â former US Senator
- P. H. Moynihan â US Congressman
- Bryan Mullanphy â St. Louis mayor
- William D. Mullins â member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and baseball player
- Lisa Murkowski â US Senator
- Charles F. Murphy â Tammany Hall boss
- Chris Murphy â US Senator and former Congressman
- Dick Murphy â San Diego mayor
- Frank Murphy â Detroit mayor, Michigan governor
- George Murphy â US Senator
- Isaac Murphy â Arkansas governor
- Morgan F. Murphy â US Congressman
- Philip D. Murphy â New Jersey governor
- Timothy Murphy â US Congressman
- Tom Murphy â Pittsburgh mayor
- William T. Murphy â US Congressman
- James C. Murray â US Congressman
- Timothy P. Murray â Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts
- John Murtha â US Congressman
- Richard Neal â US Congressman
- Richard Nixon â 37th President of the United States
- Michael N. Nolan â US Congressman, Albany mayor
- Mary T. Norton â US Congressman
- Barack Obama â 44th President of the United States
- Frank O'Bannon â Indiana governor
- Christopher D. O'Brien â St. Paul mayor
- Hugh O'Brien â Boston's first Irish mayor
- James O'Brien â US Congressman
- John P. O'Brien â New York City mayor
- Thomas J. OâÂÂBrien â US Congressman
- Dan O'Connell â Albany mayor
- Bob O'Connor â Mayor of Pittsburgh
- Maureen O'Connor â San Diego mayor
- Herbert R. O'Conor â Maryland governor
- Kenneth O'Donnell â Senior Aide to President John F Kennedy
- William O'Dwyer â New York City mayor
- James A. O'Gorman â US Senator
- Barratt O'Hara â US Congressman
- Arthur J. O'Keefe â New Orleans mayor
- George T. Oliver â US Senator
- Martin O'Malley â Baltimore mayor
- Charles H. O'Neill â Jersey City mayor
- Thomas O'Neill â Speaker of the House
- William A. O'Neill â Connecticut governor
- Daniel O'Reilly â US Congressman
- Beto O'Rourke, â US Congressman and Presidential candidate
- George F. O'Shaunessy â US Congressman
- George Pataki â New York governor
- William Paterson â US Supreme Court Associate Justice, 2nd Governor of New Jersey, US Senator, 1st Attorney General of New Jersey
- Thomas M. Patterson â US Senator, US Congressman, and Territorial Delegate
- Mike Pence â 48th Vice President of the United States; 50th Governor of Indiana
- Tom Pendergast â Kansas City Democratic machine boss
- James D. Phelan â San Francisco mayor, US Senator
- George Washington Plunkitt â Tammany Hall member
- Alexander Porter â US Senator, Louisiana Supreme Court Associate Justice, Louisiana State Representative
- John Logan Power â Mississippi secretary of state
- Samantha Power â US Ambassador
- William Prince â US Congressman, Indiana State Representative, Indiana State Senator
- Jack Quinn â US Congressman
- John Quinn â US Congressman, New York State Assemblyman
- Ronald Reagan (1911âÂÂ2004) â 40th President of the United States (1981âÂÂ1989); 33rd Governor of California (1967âÂÂ1975); father was Irish-American
- Thomas Reilly â Massachusetts Attorney General
- James B. Reynolds â US Congressman
- Daniel J. Riordan â US Congressman
- Richard Riordan â former Los Angeles mayor
- Bernard Shandon Rodey â US Delegate
- William R. Roberts â US Congressman
- John J. Rooney â US Congressman
- William Russell â US Congressman, Ohio State Representative, Ohio State Senator
- Jim Ryan â former Illinois Attorney General; father was Irish, mother was Italian
- Paul Ryan â US Congressman and 2012 Vice Presidential nominee; father was of Irish ancestry
- Tim Ryan â US Congressman
- William Ryan â US Congressman
- Christopher Scanlon â Buffalo mayor
- Mary Gay Scanlon â US Congresswoman from Pennsylvania
- William J. Sewell â US Senator, President of the New Jersey Senate
- Wilson Shannon â Ohio governor
- H. James Shea Jr. â member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
- William F. Sheehan â Buffalo democratic machine boss
- John Sheridan â New Jersey Transportation Commissioner
- James Shields â US Congressman, Ohio State Representative
- James Shields â US Senator, Commissioner of the General Land Office, Illinois Auditor
- Peter Joseph Shields â 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 â Democratic politician
- John Smilie â US Congressman
- Al Smith â New York governor, Democratic Party presidential candidate (Irish born grandparents from Westmeath; Smith identified as an Irish American)
- James Smith â signatory to the Declaration of Independence
- O'Brien Smith â US Congressman, South Carolina Senator, South Carolina Representative
- Alexander Smyth â US Congressman, Virginia State Delegate
- Peter J. Somers â Milwaukee mayor
- Brian P. Stack â Mayor of Union City, New Jersey
- Michael J. Stack â US Congressman
- Christopher D. Sullivan â US Congressman
- James Sullivan â Massachusetts governor
- Patrick Joseph Sullivan â US Senator and Wyoming State Representative
- Timothy Sullivan â US Congressman
- Jane Swift â first woman to serve as Massachusetts governor
- William Howard Taft â 27th President of the United States
- James Tate â first Catholic mayor of Philadelphia
- Thomas Taggart â US Senator, Chair of the Democratic National Committee, 18th Mayor of Indianapolis
- George Taylor â signatory to the Declaration of Independence
- John K. Tener â Pennsylvania governor, US Congressman
- Charles Thomson â secretary to the Continental Congress
- John Thomson â US Congressman, Ohio State Senator, Ohio State Representative
- Matthew Thornton â signatory to the Declaration of Independence
- John F. Tierney â US Congressman
- Maurice J. Tobin â Boston mayor and Massachusetts governor
- Harry S. Truman â 33rd President of the United States
- Joseph Patrick Tumulty â attorney/secretary to Woodrow Wilson
- John V. Tunney â US Senator
- William M. Tweed â Political boss/US Congressman
- Jimmy Walker â New York City mayor
- David I. Walsh â Massachusetts' first Catholic governor
- James T. Walsh â US Congressman
- Marty Walsh â US Secretary of Labor, Boston mayor
- Michael Walsh â US Congressman, New York State Assemblyman
- Patrick Walsh â Mayor of Augusta, Georgia, US Senator, Georgia State Assemblyman
- Thomas W. Ward â Austin mayor
- Thomas J. Whelan â Jersey City mayor
- Campbell P. White â US Congressman
- Woodrow Wilson â 28th President of the United States
- William Whipple â signatory to the Declaration of Independence
- Kevin White â Boston mayor
- Thomas L. Young â Ohio governor, lieutenant governor Ohio, US Congressman, Ohio State Senator, Ohio State Representative
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