# 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 – 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
* 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