Adams, Sam (Whitehall)
The openly gay mayor of Portland, Oregon, 2009-12
Famous Political Figures from United States
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Alexander, Lamar (Maryville)
The plaid-shirt candidate -
Ashcroft, John (Chicago)
U.S. Attorney General 2001-05 -
Bachmann, Michele (Waterloo)
Minnesota Congresswoman and 2012 presidential candidate -
Baldwin, Tammy (Madison)
The first openly gay U.S. senator -
Bannon, Steve (Norfolk)
The Donald Trump advisor who was indicted for money laundering and fraud -
Barkley, Alben W. (Lowes)
Vice President under Harry S. Truman, 1949-53 -
Bauer, Gary (Newport)
Head of the Family Research Council -
Bentsen, Lloyd (Mission)
Debater who said, "You're no Jack Kennedy" -
Bolten, Joshua
Chief of Staff to George W. Bush, 2006-2009 -
Bolton, John (Baltimore)
Mustachioed U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, 2005-06 -
Bradley, Bill (Crystal City)
Democratic senator from New Jersey -
Bremer, Paul (Hartford)
The U.S. diplomat in charge of occupied Iraq, 2003-04 -
Brennan, John O. (North Bergen)
The director of the C.I.A. from 2013-2017 -
Bryan, William Jennings
The populist politician who defended the Bible in the Scopes trial -
Bryson, John (New York City)
U.S. Secretary of Commerce, 2011-2013 -
Buchanan, Pat
Pugnacious political talker on CNN -
Bunche, Ralph (Detroit)
The first black American to win the Nobel Peace Prize -
Burr, Aaron (Newark)
The Vice President who killed Alexander Hamilton -
Byrd, Robert C. (North Wilkesboro)
The West Virginia Democrat who was the longest serving Member of Congress -
Cain, Herman (Memphis)
Former Godfather's Pizza CEO and 2012 presidential candidate -
Chisholm, Shirley (Brooklyn)
The first African-American woman to run for U.S. president -
Chomsky, Noam (Philadelphia)
Creator of the theory of generative grammar -
Christie, Chris (Newark)
The Governor of New Jersey, 2010-2018 -
Clark, Wesley K. (Chicago)
Former NATO commander and presidential hopeful -
Coakley, Martha (Pittsfield)
Attorney General of Massachusetts, 2007-2015 -
Condit, Gary (Salina)
The congressman who knew the murdered intern Chandra Levy -
Conyers, John Jr. (Detroit)
U.S. Congressman from Michigan, 1964-2017 -
Davis, Jefferson (Christian County)
President of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War -
Davis, Wendy (West Warwick)
The Texas state senator who filibustered an abortion bill -
Dean, Howard (East Hampton)
Former governor of Vermont and outspoken 2004 candidate for U.S. president -
Debs, Eugene (Terre Haute)
Socialist presidential candidate, 1900-1920 -
Dole, Bob (Russell)
The 1996 Republican candidate for president -
Dole, Elizabeth (Salisbury)
Senator from North Carolina, 2003-09 -
Dole, Sanford B. (Honolulu)
The first governor of Hawaii -
Dukakis, Michael (Brookline)
1988 Democratic nominee for U.S. President -
Fiorina, Carly (Austin)
The Hewlett-Packard CEO who ran for president -
Forbes, Steve (Morristown)
Publisher of Forbes magazine -
Gonzales, Alberto (San Antonio)
U.S. Attorney General, 2005-2007 -
Goss, Porter (Waterbury)
The CIA director who resigned suddenly in 2006 -
Hancock, John (Braintree)
The Founding Father with the giant signature -
Hanson, John (Charles County)
The guy who was sort-of the first American president -
Hayden, Tom (Detroit)
The California political activist once married to Jane Fonda -
Hoffa, Jimmy (Brazil)
The powerful Teamsters honcho missing since 1975 -
Hoover, J. Edgar
Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1924-72 -
House, Edward M. "Colonel" (Houston)
Woodrow Wilson's advisor at the Paris Peace Conference -
Houston, Sam (Rockbridge County)
Namesake of the city of Houston -
Jackson, Jesse (Greenville)
Aide to Martin Luther King and candidate for U.S. president -
Johnson, Boris (Manhattan)
Prime Minister of the U.K. from 2019-2022 -
Johnson, Gary (Minot)
The Libertarian presidential candidate in 2012 and 2016 -
Kasich, John (McKees Rocks)
Host of The Heartland with John Kasich -
Kennedy, Joseph Sr. (Boston)
The millionaire father of President John F. Kennedy -
Kennedy, Michael
The Kennedy who died while skiing -
Keyes, Alan (New York City)
African-American conservative and sometime presidential candidate -
King, William Rufus de Vane (Sampson County)
Franklin Pierce's vice president, who died a month into it -
Kucinich, Dennis (Cleveland)
Youthful mayor of Cleveland (1977) and presidential candidate (2004, 2008) -
LaDuke, Winona (Los Angeles)
Native American activist who was a vice presidential candidate in 1996 and 2000 -
Libby, Lewis "Scooter" (New Haven)
Dick Cheney's chief of staff, 2001-2005 -
Luce, Clare Boothe (New York City)
Socialite, playwright, ambassador and wife of publisher Henry Luce -
Mann, Horace (Franklin)
The "Father of American Education" -
Milk, Harvey (Woodmere)
The gay San Francisco city official gunned down in 1978 -
Nader, Ralph (Winsted)
Author of Unsafe at Any Speed and perennial presidential candidate -
Napolitano, Janet (New York City)
Governor of Arizona, 2003-2009 -
Newton, Huey (Monroe)
Co-founder of the Black Panthers -
O'Hair, Madalyn Murray (Pittsburgh)
Head of American Atheists -
Paul, Rand (Pittsburgh)
U.S. senator from Kentucky, 2010-present -
Paulson, Henry Jr. (Palm Beach)
U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 2006-09 -
Perot, Ross (Texarkana)
The wealthy Texan who founded EDS and ran for president in 1992 and 1996 -
Phyllis McAlpin Stewart (St. Louis)
The Republican woman who helped defeat the ERA in the 1970s -
Plame, Valerie (Anchorage)
The CIA agent named publicly by Robert Novak in 2003 -
Pocahontas (Werowocomoco)
The Algonquian princess who befriended English settlers in 1607 -
Prejean, Carrie (San Diego)
The Miss California who said she's against gay marriage -
Priebus, Reince
The RNC chairman who became Donald Trump's Chief of Staff -
Reed, Ralph (Portsmouth)
The executive director of the Christian Coalition, 1989-97 -
Sanford, Mark (Fort Lauderdale)
The South Carolina governor who was caught with an Argentinian mistress -
Sanger, Margaret (Corning)
Co-founder of what became Planned Parenthood -
Schiff, Adam
The California congressman leading the Trump impeachment inquiry in 2019 -
Seale, Bobby (Liberty)
Co-founder, with Huey Newton, of the Black Panther Party -
Sessions, Jeff (Selma)
U.S. Attorney General, 2017-2018 -
Sharpton, Al (Brooklyn)
New York's African-American preacher, activist and presidential candidate -
Sherman, Roger (Newton)
The Founding Father responsible for The Connecticut Compromise -
Solis, Hilda (Los Angeles)
U.S. Secretary of Labor, 2009-present -
Sorensen, Ted (Lincoln)
Counselor and speechwriter for John F. Kennedy -
Specter, Arlen (Wichita)
The Democrat-Republican-Democrat senator from Pennsylvania -
Summers, Lawrence H. (New Haven)
Director of the U.S. National Economic Council, 2009-present -
Webb, Jim (Saint Joseph)
The Marine and Senate veteran who wrote Fields of Fire -
Weiner, Anthony (Brooklyn)
The New York congressman who resigned over sexting in 2011 -
Woodhull, Victoria Claflin (Homer)
The first woman candidate for U.S. President -
Young, Coleman (Tuscaloosa)
Mayor of Detroit, 1974-1993