List of foreign-born United States politicians

This is a list of United States politicians who were born outside the present-day United States, its territories (the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa), and its outlying possessions. This list does not include politicians from the Philippines (such as Resident Commissioners of the Philippines), which was held under various forms of government as an American territory from 1898 to 1946 before becoming a sovereign country.

United States citizenship is required to serve in Congress, as President or Vice President, and in most state offices. The President and the Vice President must additionally be a 'natural-born citizen'. Foreign-born politicians may gain U.S. citizenship by means of birth (if one or both of their parents were citizens who met the requirements to transmit citizenship at birth), derivation (if they acquired citizenship from their parents after birth but before the age of 18), or naturalization (if they acquired citizenship by fulfilling the requirements of the naturalization process as established in the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952).

Incumbents

Senators

SenatorCountry/Place of BirthCitizenship byPartyServing SincePosition(s) Held
Michael Bennet IndiaBirthDemocratic2009U.S. Senator from Colorado; previously Superintendent of Denver Public Schools
Ted Cruz CanadaBirthRepublican2013U.S. Senator from Texas; previously Solicitor General of Texas
Tammy Duckworth ThailandBirthDemocratic2017U.S. Senator from Illinois; previously U.S. Representative from Illinois, Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Public and Intergovernmental Affairs, and Director of the Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs
Mazie Hirono JapanNaturalizationDemocratic2013U.S. Senator from Hawaii; previously U.S. Representative from Hawaii and Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii
Chris Van Hollen PakistanBirthDemocratic2017U.S. Senator from Maryland; previously U.S. Representative from Maryland, Maryland State Senator, and Maryland State Delegate

Representatives

RepresentativeCountry/Place of BirthCitizenship byPartyPosition(s) Held
Don Beyer TriesteBirthDemocraticLieutenant Governor of Virginia, U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and U.S. Representative from Virginia
Salud Carbajal MexicoNaturalizationDemocraticU.S. Representative from California
Sean Casten IrelandBirthDemocraticU.S. Representative from Illinois
Andrew Clyde CanadaBirthRepublicanU.S. Representative from Georgia
Dan Crenshaw ScotlandBirthRepublicanU.S. Representative from Texas
Sharice Davids West GermanyBirthDemocraticU.S. Representative from Kansas
Diana DeGette JapanBirthDemocraticU.S. Representative from Colorado
Adriano Espaillat Dominican RepublicNaturalizationDemocraticMember of New York State Assembly and New York State Senate and U.S. Representative from New York
Jesús "Chuy" García MexicoNaturalizationDemocraticMember of Illinois Senate and U.S. Representative from Illinois
Carlos A. Giménez CubaNaturalizationRepublicanU.S. Representative from Florida
Jim Himes PeruBirthDemocraticU.S. Representative from Connecticut
Pramila Jayapal IndiaNaturalizationDemocraticWashington State Senate and U.S. Representative from Washington
Young Kim South KoreaNaturalizationRepublicanU.S. Representative from California
Raja Krishnamoorthi IndiaNaturalizationDemocraticU.S. Representative from Illinois
Ted Lieu TaiwanNaturalizationDemocraticU.S. Representative from California
Tom Malinowski PolandDerivationDemocraticU.S. Representative from New Jersey
Sean Patrick Maloney CanadaBirthDemocraticWhite House Staff Secretary under Bill Clinton, and U.S. Representative from New York
Don McEachin West GermanyBirthDemocraticU.S. Representative from Virginia
Stephanie Murphy VietnamNaturalizationDemocraticU.S. Representative from Florida
Ilhan Omar SomaliaNaturalizationDemocraticU.S. Representative from Minnesota
David Rouzer West GermanyBirthRepublicanU.S. Representative from North Carolina
Raul Ruiz MexicoDerivationDemocraticU.S. Representative from California
Albio Sires CubaDerivationDemocraticMayor of West New York, New Jersey, and U.S. Representative from New Jersey
Victoria Spartz Soviet UnionNaturalizationRepublicanU.S. Representative from Indiana
Michelle Steel South KoreaNaturalizationRepublicanU.S. Representative from California
Marilyn Strickland South KoreaBirthDemocraticU.S. Representative from Washington
Norma J. Torres GuatemalaNaturalizationDemocraticU.S. Representative from California
Susan Wild West GermanyBirthDemocraticU.S. Representative from Pennsylvania

Cabinet members

Cabinet MemberPlace of BirthCitizenship byPartyPositions Held
Alejandro Mayorkas CubaNaturalizationDemocraticUnited States Secretary of Homeland Security(Nominee)

Governors

GovernorPlace of BirthCitizenship byPartyServing SincePosition(s) Held
Kate Brown SpainBirthDemocratic2015Oregon Secretary of State and Governor of Oregon

Statewide officials

OfficialCountry/Place of BirthCitizenship byPartyPosition(s) Held
John F. King MexicoUnknownRepublicanInsurance Commissioner of Georgia
Karl Racine HaitiUnknownDemocraticAttorney General of the District of Columbia
Tregenza Roach Saint Kitts and NevisUnknownDemocraticLieutenant Governor of the United States Virgin Islands

Mayors

MayorPlace of BirthCitizenship byPartyServing SincePosition(s) Held
Robert Garcia PeruUnknownDemocratic2014Mayor of Long Beach, California
Carlos Hernández CubaNaturalizationRepublican2011 Mayor of Hialeah, Florida
Glenn Jacobs SpainBirthRepublican2018Mayor of Knox County, Tennessee
Wilmot Collins LiberiaNaturalizationIndependant,
later Democratic
2018Mayor of Helena, Montana

State legislators

LegislatorPlace of BirthCitizenship byPartyServing SincePosition(s) Held
Alex Andrade Cayman IslandsBirthRepublican2018Florida State Representative
Colleen Burton West GermanyBirthRepublican2014Florida State Representative
Al Jacquet Netherlands AntillesNaturalizationDemocratic2016Florida State Representative
Dotie Joseph HaitiNaturalizationDemocratic2018Florida State Representative
Janne Myrdal NorwayNaturalizationRepublican2017North Dakota State Senator
Annette Taddeo ColombiaNaturalizationDemocratic2017Florida State Senator
Jackie Toledo PeruNaturalizationRepublican2016Florida State Representative
Ardian Zika YugoslaviaNaturalizationRepublican2018Florida State Representative
Marcia Ranglin-Vassell JamaicaNaturalizationDemocratic2017Rhode Island State Representative
Grace Diaz Dominican RepublicNaturalizationDemocratic2005Rhode Island State Representative
Robert Phillips EnglandUnknownDemocratic2011Rhode Island State Representative
Walter Blackman PortugalBirthRepublican2019Arizona State Representative
Nathan Biah LiberiaNaturalizationDemocratic2021Rhode Island State Representative
Ramon Perez Dominican RepublicNaturalizationDemocratic2021Rhode Island State Representative
Scott Kawasaki JapanBirthDemocratic2019Alaska State Senator
Rosanna Gabaldón BermudaBirthDemocratic2021Arizona State Senator
Susan Rubio MexicoNaturalizationDemocratic2018California State Senator

Others

NamePlace of BirthCitizenship byPartyPositions Held
Joe Carollo CubaNaturalizationRepublicanMiami City Commissioner
Jorge Labarga CubaNaturalizationIndependentAssociate Justice of the Supreme Court of Florida
Jean Monestime HaitiNaturalizationDemocraticMiami-Dade County Commissioner
Xavier Suarez CubaNaturalizationIndependentMiami-Dade County Commissioner
Melania Trump YugoslaviaNaturalizationRepublicanFirst Lady of the United States
Helena Moreno MexicoUnknownDemocraticPresident of the New Orleans City Council
Yumi Hogan South KoreaNaturalizationRepublicanFirst Lady of Maryland

Former

Senators

SenatorCountry/Place of BirthCitizenship byPartyPosition(s) Held
David H. Armstrong Nova ScotiaDerivationDemocraticU.S. Senator from Missouri
Edward Dickinson Baker EnglandDerivationWhig, later RepublicanU.S. Senator from Oregon; previously U.S. Representative from Illinois, Illinois State Senator, and Illinois State Representative
Judah P. Benjamin Danish West IndiesUnknownWhig, later DemocraticU.S. Senator from Louisiana
Rudy Boschwitz Weimar RepublicNaturalizationRepublicanU.S. Senator from Minnesota; later United States Ambassador to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights
George W. Campbell  Scotland Naturalization Democratic-Republican U.S. Senator from Tennessee; previously Secretary of the Treasury and U.S. Representative from Tennessee; later Minister to Russia
James J. Davis  Wales Naturalization Republican U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania; previously Secretary of Labor
Albert Gallatin  Geneva Naturalization Democratic-Republican U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania; later U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, Secretary of the Treasury, Minister to France, and Minister to the United Kingdom
S. I. Hayakawa CanadaDerivationRepublicanU.S. Senator from California
Magnus Johnson SwedenNaturalizationFarmer-LaborU.S. Senator from Minnesota; previously U.S. Representative from Minnesota, Minnesota State Senator, and Minnesota State Representative
Samuel Johnston ScotlandUnknownFederalistU.S. Senator from North Carolina; previously Governor of North Carolina
John P. Jones EnglandDerivationRepublican; SilverU.S. Senator from Nevada
Octaviano Ambrosio Larrazolo MexicoDerivationRepublicanU.S. Senator from New Mexico; previously Governor of New Mexico
Stephen Mallory TrinidadBirthDemocraticU.S. Senator from Florida; later Confederate States Secretary of the Navy
Lee Mantle EnglandDerivationRepublican,
then Silver Republican
U.S. Senator from Montana; previously Mayor of Butte, Montana and Speaker of the Montana Territory House of Representatives
Mel Martínez CubaNaturalizationRepublicanU.S. Senator from Florida; previously United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and Mayor of Orange County, Florida
Knute Nelson  Norway Naturalization Republican U.S. Senator from Minnesota; previously Governor of Minnesota, U.S. Representative from Minnesota, Minnesota State Senator, and Wisconsin State Assemblyman
Thomas M. Patterson IrelandDerivationDemocraticU.S. Senator from Colorado; previously U.S. Representative from Colorado and Delegate from the Colorado Territory
John McCain Panama Canal ZoneBirthRepublicanU.S. Senator from Arizona; previously U.S. Representative from Arizona
William Paterson IrelandDerivationFederalistU.S. Senator from New Jersey; previously New Jersey Attorney General; later Governor of New Jersey and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court
Alexander Porter IrelandDerivationNational Republican,
later Whig
U.S. Senator from Louisiana; previously Associate Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court and Louisiana State Representative
Carl Schurz PrussiaDerivationRepublicanU.S. Senator from Missouri; previously United States Minister to Spain; later United States Secretary of the Interior
James Shields IrelandDerivationDemocraticU.S. Senator from Missouri, Minnesota and Illinois; previously Illinois State Representative
George Sutherland EnglandUnknownLiberal, later RepublicanU.S. Senator from Utah; previously U.S. Representative from Utah; later Associate Justice of the Supreme Court
Robert F. Wagner PrussiaUnknownDemocraticU.S. Senator from New York; previously Lieutenant Governor of New York, New York State Senator, and New York State Assemblyman
Patrick Walsh IrelandUnknownDemocraticU.S. Senator from Georgia; previously Georgia State Representative; later Mayor of Augusta, Georgia
Lowell Weicker  France Birth Republican, later
A Connecticut Party
U.S. Senator from Connecticut; previously U.S. Representative from Connecticut, Connecticut State Representative, and Selectman of Greenwich, Connecticut; later Governor of Connecticut

Representatives

RepresentativeCountry/Place of BirthCitizenship byPartyPosition(s) Held
Henry M. Arens PrussiaDerivationFarmer-LaborU.S. Representative from Minnesota; previously Minnesota State Senator and Minnesota State Representative; later Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota
Ron Barber EnglandBirthDemocraticU.S. Representative from Arizona
William Bernard Barry IrelandUnknownDemocraticU.S. Representative from New York
Carlos Bee MexicoBirthDemocraticU.S. Representative from Texas, previously Texas State Senator
Victor L. Berger Austria-HungaryNaturalizationSocialistU.S. Representative from Wisconsin
John Bernard FranceDerivationFarmer-LaborU.S. Representative from Minnesota
Charles Gustav Binderup DenmarkUnknownDemocraticU.S. Representative from Nebraska
Haldor Boen NorwayDerivationPopulistU.S. Representative from Minnesota
John W. Brown ScotlandDerivationJacksonianU.S. Representative from New York; later Associate Justice of the New York Supreme Court
Aedanus Burke IrelandDerivationAnti-AdministrationU.S. Representative from South Carolina; previously South Carolina State Representative; later Chief Justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court
Thomas Burnside IrelandDerivationDemocratic-RepublicanU.S. Representative from Pennsylvania; previously Pennsylvania State Senator
Joseph Henry Burrows EnglandDerivationGreenbackU.S. Representative from Missouri
Joseph Cao South VietnamNaturalizationRepublicanU.S. Representative from Louisiana
John Michael Clancy IrelandUnknownDemocraticU.S. Representative from New York; previously New York State Assemblyman
William Bourke Cockran IrelandNaturalizationDemocraticU.S. Representative from New York
James Cooney IrelandNaturalizationDemocraticU.S. Representative from Missouri
William Crawford ScotlandNaturalizationDemocratic-RepublicanU.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
Thomas Cusack IrelandUnknownDemocraticU.S. Representative from Illinois
Geoff Davis CanadaBirthRepublicanU.S. Representative from Kentucky
Steven Derounian BulgariaUnknownRepublicanU.S. Representative from New York; later Associate Justice of the New York Supreme Court
Lincoln Díaz-Balart CubaNaturalizationRepublicanU.S. Representative from Florida; previously Florida State Senator and Florida State Representative
Samuel Dickstein RussiaUnknownDemocraticU.S. Representative from New York; previously New York State Assemblyman; later Associate Justice of the New York State Supreme Court
Michael Donohoe IrelandDerivationDemocraticU.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
Mervyn Dymally Trinidad and TobagoDerivationDemocraticU.S. Representative from California; previously Lieutenant Governor of California and California State Senator; later California State Assemblyman
John Ewing IrelandDerivationNational Republican,
then Whig
U.S. Representative from Indiana
Jacob Falconer CanadaDerivationProgressiveU.S. Representative from Washington; previously Washington State Senator and Washington State Representative
Michael F. Farley IrelandDerivationDemocraticU.S. Representative from New York
John F. Finerty IrelandDerivationIndependent DemocraticU.S. Representative from Illinois
Gustavus A. Finkelnburg PrussiaDerivationRepublican, then
Liberal Republican
U.S. Representative from Missouri; later Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
Nicholas Ford IrelandDerivationGreenbackU.S. Representative from Missouri; previously Missouri State Representative
Elizabeth Furse KenyaDerivationDemocraticU.S. Representative from Oregon
Bernard J. Gehrmann PrussiaDerivationProgressiveU.S. Representative from Wisconsin; previously Wisconsin State Assemblyman; later Wisconsin State Senator
James McMahon Graham IrelandDerivationDemocraticU.S. Representative from Illinois; previously Illinois State Representative
John Greig ScotlandNaturalizationWhigU.S. Representative from New York
James Gunn IrelandDerivationPopulistU.S. Representative from Idaho; previously Idaho State Senator
Michael Hahn BavariaDerivationRepublican,
then Unionist
U.S. Representative from Louisiana; previously Louisiana State Representative; later Governor of Louisiana
Kittel Halvorson NorwayDerivationPopulistU.S. Representative from Minnesota; previously Minnesota State Representative
John Hardy ScotlandUnknownDemocraticU.S. Representative from New York; previously New York City Alderman and New York State Assemblyman
Alexander Harper IrelandNaturalizationWhigU.S. Representative from Ohio; previously Ohio State Representative
Richard A. Harrison EnglandDerivationUnionistU.S. Representative from Ohio; previously Ohio State Senator and Ohio State Representative
Nils P. Haugen NorwayUnknownRepublicanU.S. Representative from Wisconsin; previously Wisconsin State Assemblyman
Samuel Henderson EnglandNaturalizationFederalistU.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
Pete Hoekstra NetherlandsDerivationRepublicanU.S. Representative from Michigan; later United States Ambassador to the Netherlands
William Hogan EnglandDerivationJacksonianU.S. Representative from New York
Einar Hoidale NorwayNaturalizationDemocraticU.S. Representative from Minnesota
Pehr G. Holmes SwedenUnknownRepublicanU.S. Representative from Massachusetts; previously Massachusetts Executive Councilor and Mayor of Worcester, Massachusetts
Denis M. Hurley IrelandDerivationRepublicanU.S. Representative from New York
Jacob Johnson DenmarkUnknownRepublicanU.S. Representative from Utah
John Johnson IrelandDerivationIndependent DemocraticU.S. Representative from Ohio
Niels Juul DenmarkDerivationRepublicanU.S. Representative from Illinois
Ruben Kihuen MexicoNaturalizationDemocraticU.S. Representative from Nevada; previously Nevada State Senator and Nevada State Assemblyman
Jay Kim Japanese KoreaNaturalizationRepublicanU.S. Representative from California; previously Mayor of Diamond Bar, California
Harold Knutson NorwayNaturalizationRepublicanU.S. Representative from Minnesota (House Majority Whip)
Ernie Konnyu HungaryDerivationRepublicanU.S. Representative from California; previously California State Assemblyman
John Hans Krebs Weimar RepublicDerivationDemocraticU.S. Representative from California
Tom Lantos HungaryBirthDemocraticU.S. Representative from California
John Lind  Sweden Birth Democratic U.S. Representative from Minnesota; later Governor of Minnesota
Charles August Lindbergh SwedenNaturalizationRepublicanU.S. Representative from Minnesota
Meyer London Russian PolandNaturalizationSocialistU.S. Representative from New York
John Baptiste Charles Lucas FranceNaturalizationDemocratic-RepublicanU.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
Blair McClenachan IrelandDerivationDemocratic-RepublicanU.S. Representative from Pennsylvania; previously Pennsylvania State Representative
William McCreery IrelandNaturalizationDemocratic-RepublicanU.S. Representative from Maryland; later Maryland State Senator
Lawrence E. McGann IrelandUnknownDemocraticU.S. Representative from Illinois
John J. McGrath IrelandNaturalizationDemocraticU.S. Representative from California
Joseph McLaughlin IrelandDerivationRepublicanU.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
Frank Joseph McNulty IrelandUnknownDemocraticU.S. Representative from New Jersey
M. Alfred Michaelson NorwayUnknownRepublicanU.S. Representative from Illinois; previously Chicago City Councilman
William Milnes Jr. EnglandDerivationConservativeU.S. Representative from Virginia; previously Virginia State Delegate
William Moxley IrelandUnknownRepublicanU.S. Representative from Illinois
Debbie Mucarsel-Powell EcuadorNaturalizationDemocraticU.S. Representative from Florida
James O'Brien IrelandUnknownIndependent DemocraticU.S. Representative from New York; previously New York State Senator and Sheriff of New York County
Daniel O'Reilly IrelandNaturalizationIndependent DemocraticU.S. Representative from New York; previously Mayor of Brooklyn, New York
George F. O'Shaunessy IrelandUnknownDemocraticU.S. Representative from Rhode Island
Joseph Pulitzer HungaryUnknownDemocraticU.S. Representative from New York; previously Missouri State Representative
John Quinn IrelandNaturalizationDemocraticU.S. Representative from New York; previously New York State Assemblyman
John Richards WalesNaturalizationDemocratic-RepublicanU.S. Representative from New York; previously New York State Assemblyman
Ciro Rodriguez MexicoUnknownDemocraticU.S. Representative from Texas; previously Texas State Representative
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen CubaDerivationRepublicanU.S. Representative from Florida; previously Florida State Senator and Florida State Representative
William Russell IrelandNaturalizationJacksonian, then WhigU.S. Representative from Ohio; previously Ohio State Senator and Ohio State Representative
Robert Rutherford ScotlandDerivationAnti-Administration, then
Democratic-Republican
U.S. Representative from Virginia; previously Virginia State Senator
Peter Sailly FranceNaturalizationDemocratic-RepublicanU.S. Representative from New York; previously New York State Assemblyman
Dalip Singh Saund British RajNaturalizationDemocraticU.S. Representative from California
James Shields IrelandNaturalizationJacksonianU.S. Representative from Ohio; previously Ohio State Representative
Jerry Simpson Prince Edward IslandDerivationPopulistU.S. Representative from Kansas
Charles Slade EnglandDerivationJacksonianU.S. Representative from Illinois; previously Illinois State Representative
Alexander Smyth IrelandDerivationDemocratic-RepublicanU.S. Representative from Virginia; previously Virginia State Delegate
Karl Stefan BohemiaDerivationRepublicanU.S Representative from Nebraska
John K. Tener  Ireland Unknown Republican U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania; later Governor of Pennsylvania
John Thomson IrelandDerivationJacksonianU.S. Representative from Ohio; previously Ohio State Senator and Ohio State Representative
Benjamin Walker EnglandN/AFederalistU.S. Representative from New York
Michael Walsh IrelandDerivationDemocraticU.S. Representative from New York; previously New York State Assemblyman
Knud Wefald NorwayNaturalizationFarmer-LaborU.S. Representative from Minnesota; previously Minnesota State Representative
Theodore S. Weiss HungaryDerivationDemocraticU.S. Representative from New York; previously New York City Councilman
Campbell P. White IrelandNaturalizationJacksonianU.S. Representative from New York
James Wilson  Scotland Naturalization Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa; later Secretary of Agriculture
William Bauchop Wilson  Scotland Naturalization Democratic U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania; later Secretary of Labor
Chase G. Woodhouse CanadaBirthDemocraticU.S. Representative from Connecticut; previously Secretary of the State of Connecticut
Charles W. Woodman DenmarkDerivationRepublicanU.S. Representative from Illinois
David Wu TaiwanUnknownDemocraticU.S. Representative from Oregon

Delegates

DelegateCountry/Place of BirthCitizenship byPartyPosition(s) Held
John Thomas Caine Isle of ManNaturalizationDemocraticDelegate from Utah Territory; later Utah State Senator
John G. Campbell ScotlandDerivationDemocraticDelegate from Arizona Territory; previously Arizona Territorial Councilman and Yavapai County Commissioner
George Q. Cannon EnglandNaturalizationRepublicanDelegate from Utah Territory; later First Counselor in the First Presidency of the Mormon Church
Daniel Clark IrelandNaturalizationIndependentDelegate from Orleans Territory
Charles P. Clever PrussiaNaturalizationIndependentDelegate from New Mexico Territory; previously Attorney General of New Mexico and Adjutant General of New Mexico
Mary Elizabeth Pruett Farrington JapanBirthRepublicanDelegate from Hawaii Territory; later Director of the Office of Territories
David Archibald Harvey Nova ScotiaDerivationRepublicanDelegate from Oklahoma Territory
Santiago Iglesias SpainNaturalizationSocialistResident Commissioner from Puerto Rico; previously Puerto Rico Territorial Senator
Julien de Lallande Poydras FranceNaturalizationIndependentDelegate from Orleans Territory; later Louisiana State Senator
Bernard Shandon Rodey IrelandNaturalizationRepublicanDelegate from New Mexico Territory; later Judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico
Gabriel Richard FranceNaturalizationIndependentDelegate from Michigan Territory
Daniel Sutherland Nova ScotiaDerivationRepublicanDelegate from Alaska Territory; previously Alaska Territorial Senator

Cabinet members

Cabinet MemberCountry/Place of BirthCitizenship byPartyPosition(s) Held
Madeleine Albright CzechoslovakiaNaturalizationDemocraticSecretary of State; previously Ambassador to the United Nations
W. Michael Blumenthal Weimar RepublicNaturalizationDemocraticSecretary of the Treasury
Zbigniew Brzezinski PolandNaturalizationDemocraticNational Security Advisor
Anthony J. Celebrezze ItalyNaturalizationDemocraticSecretary of Health, Education, and Welfare; previously Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio; later Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Elaine Chao TaiwanNaturalizationRepublicanSecretary of Transportation; previously Secretary of Labor
Jacob Dolson Cox Lower CanadaBirthRepublicanSecretary of the Interior; previously Governor of Ohio and Ohio State Senator; later U.S. Representative from Ohio
Alexander J. Dallas JamaicaNaturalizationDemocratic-RepublicanSecretary of the Treasury; concurrently acting Secretary of State and acting Secretary of War; previously Reporter of Decisions of the Supreme Court
John M. Deutch BelgiumDerivationDemocraticDirector of Central Intelligence; previously Deputy Secretary of Defense and Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology
William J. Duane IrelandNaturalizationDemocraticSecretary of the Treasury
Henry D. Gilpin EnglandNaturalizationDemocraticAttorney General
Carlos Gutierrez CubaNaturalizationRepublicanSecretary of Commerce
Alexander Hamilton British Leeward IslandsNaturalizationFederalistSecretary of the Treasury; previously Senior Officer of the U.S. Army and Delegate to the Congress of the Confederation from New York
Sally Jewell EnglandNaturalizationDemocraticSecretary of the Interior
Henry Kissinger Weimar RepublicNaturalizationRepublicanSecretary of State; previously National Security Advisor
Franklin Knight Lane Prince Edward IslandNaturalizationDemocraticSecretary of the Interior; previously Interstate Commerce Commissioner and City Attorney of San Francisco
James McHenry IrelandNaturalizationFederalistSecretary of War
Mark Meadows FranceBirthRepublicanWhite House Chief of Staff; previously U.S. Representative from North Carolina
John Negroponte EnglandNaturalizationRepublicanDirector of National Intelligence; previously Ambassador to Iraq, Ambassador to the United Nations, Ambassador to the Philippines, Ambassador to Mexico, Deputy National Security Advisor, Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, and Ambassador to Honduras; later Deputy Secretary of State
Samantha Power IrelandNaturalizationDemocraticAmbassador to the United Nations
George W. Romney MexicoBirthRepublicanSecretary of Housing and Urban Development; previously Governor of Michigan
Oscar Straus BavariaNaturalizationRepublicanSecretary of Commerce and Labor; later Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire
John H. Sununu CubaDerivationRepublicanWhite House Chief of Staff; previously Governor of New Hampshire
Robert Wilkie West GermanyBirthRepublicanSecretary of Veterans Affairs

Governors

GovernorCountry/Place of BirthCitizenship byPartyPosition(s) Held
Moses Alexander BavariaNaturalizationDemocraticGovernor of Idaho; previously Mayor of Boise, Idaho
Roger Allin EnglandNaturalizationRepublicanGovernor of North Dakota; previously Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota
John Peter Altgeld NassauDerivationDemocraticGovernor of Illinois; previously Justice of the Superior Court of Cook County
Sigurd Anderson NorwayDerivationRepublicanGovernor of South Dakota; previously Attorney General of South Dakota
John Hugo Aronson SwedenDerivationRepublicanGovernor of Montana; previously Montana State Senator and Montana State Representative
Simon Bamberger HesseNaturalizationDemocraticGovernor of Utah; previously Utah State Senator
Frank Bell Upper CanadaNaturalizationRepublicanGovernor of Nevada; previously Lieutenant Governor of Nevada
James E. Boyd IrelandUnknownDemocraticGovernor of Nebraska; previously Mayor of Omaha, Nebraska and Nebraska State Representative
Thomas Burke IrelandDerivationIndependentGovernor of North Carolina
Raúl Héctor Castro MexicoDerivationDemocraticGovernor of Arizona; previously Ambassador to Bolivia and Ambassador to El Salvador; later Ambassador to Argentina
Frank Henry Cooney CanadaDerivationDemocraticGovernor of Montana; previously Lieutenant Governor of Montana
John Christopher Cutler EnglandUnknownRepublicanGovernor of Utah
James O. Davidson NorwayDerivationRepublicanGovernor of Wisconsin; previously Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin, Treasurer of Wisconsin, and Wisconsin State Assemblyman
William Richardson Davie EnglandUnknownFederalistGovernor of North Carolina
D. W. Davis WalesUnknownRepublicanGovernor of Idaho
John N. Dempsey IrelandUnknownDemocraticGovernor of Connecticut; previously Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut, Connecticut State Representative, and Mayor of Putnam, Connecticut
Pierre Derbigny FranceUnknownNational RepublicanGovernor of Louisiana; previously Secretary of State of Louisiana and Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court
John G. Downey IrelandNaturalizationDemocraticGovernor of California; previously Lieutenant Governor of California and California State Assemblyman
Adolph Olson Eberhart SwedenDerivationRepublicanGovernor of Minnesota; previously Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota and Minnesota State Senator
Jennifer Granholm CanadaNaturalizationDemocraticGovernor of Michigan; previously Attorney General of Michigan
Julius P. Heil GermanyUnknownRepublicanGovernor of Wisconsin
Joseph B. Johnson SwedenNaturalizationRepublicanGovernor of Vermont; previously Lieutenant Governor of Vermont, Vermont State Senator, and Vermont State Representative
Madeleine Kunin  SwitzerlandUnknownDemocraticGovernor of Vermont; previously Lieutenant Governor of Vermont and Vermont State Representative; later Deputy Secretary of Education, Ambassador to Switzerland, and Ambassador to Lichtenstein
Ragnvald Nestos NorwayDerivationRepublicanGovernor of North Dakota, previously North Dakota State Representative
A. W. Norblad SwedenUnknownRepublicanGovernor of Oregon; previously Oregon State Senator (President)
Hjalmar Petersen DenmarkNaturalizationFarmer-LaborGovernor of Minnesota; previously Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota and Minnesota State Representative
Aram J. Pothier Lower CanadaDerivationRepublicanGovernor of Rhode Island; previously Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island, Mayor of Woonsocket, Rhode Island, and Rhode Island State Representative
Edward Salomon PrussiaDerivationRepublicanGovernor of Wisconsin; previously Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin
Edward S. Salomon DenmarkUnknownIndependentGovernor of Washington Territory
Arnold Schwarzenegger AustriaNaturalizationRepublicanGovernor of California; previously Chairman of the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports
Samuel H. Shapiro RussiaUnknownDemocraticGovernor of Illinois; previously Lieutenant Governor of Illinois and Illinois State Representative
William E. Smith ScotlandUnknownRepublicanGovernor of Wisconsin; previously Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin, Treasurer of Wisconsin, Wisconsin State Assemblyman (Speaker), and Wisconsin State Senator
Stan Stephens CanadaNaturalizationRepublicanGovernor of Montana; previously Montana State Senator (President)
John Swainson CanadaUnknownDemocraticGovernor of Michigan; previously Lieutenant Governor of Michigan and Michigan State Senator

Statewide officials

GovernorCountry/Place of BirthCitizenship byPartyPosition(s) Held
Leo T. McCarthy New ZealandUnknownDemocraticLieutenant Governor of California; previously California State Assemblyman (Speaker) and San Francisco Supervisor

Mayors

MayorCountry of BirthCitizenship byPartyPosition(s) Held
James G. Barry IrelandDerivationDemocraticMayor of St. Louis, Missouri
Abraham Beame EnglandUnknownDemocraticMayor of New York City, New York
Luigi Boria  Venezuela Naturalization Republican Mayor of Doral, Florida
John T. Browne IrelandUnknownN/AMayor of Houston, Texas
Isabella Cannon ScotlandUnknownDemocraticMayor of Raleigh, North Carolina
Anthony J. Celebrezze ItalyNaturalizationDemocraticMayor of Cleveland, Ohio
Josaphat Celestin HaitiNaturalizationRepublicanMayor of North Miami, Florida
Anton Cermak Austria-HungaryUnknownDemocraticMayor of Chicago, Illinois
Patrick Collins IrelandDerivationDemocraticU.S. Representative from Massachusetts, and Mayor of Boston
James J. Couzens CanadaUnknownRepublicanMayor of Detroit, MIchigan
Richard Croker IrelandNaturalizationDemocraticMayor of New York City, New York
Jimmy Delshad IranNaturalizationDemocraticMayor of Beverly Hills, California
Philippe Derose HaitiNaturalizationN/AMayor of El Portal, Florida
Thomas Fallon IrelandNaturalizationN/AMayor of San Jose, California
Joseph Gales Sr. EnglandUnknownWhigIntendant of Police of Raleigh, North Carolina
Charles P. Gillen IrelandDerivationDemocraticMayor of Newark, New Jersey
Thomas F. Gilroy IrelandUnknownDemocraticMayor of New York City, New York
Philip Giordano  Venezuela Naturalization Republican Mayor of Waterbury, Connecticut
Patrick Gleason IrelandNaturalizationDemocraticMayor of Long Island City, New York
William R. Grace IrelandNaturalizationN/AMayor of New York City, New York
Vincent R. Impellitteri ItalyUnknownDemocraticMayor of New York City, New York
Alexander Lewis Upper CanadaUnknownDemocraticMayor of Detroit
George Maguire IrelandUnknownDemocraticMayor of St. Louis
P.H. McCarthy IrelandDerivationRepublicanMayor of San Francisco, California
Frank McCoppin IrelandNaturalizationN/AMayor of San Francisco, California
Joseph Medill CanadaUnknownRepublicanMayor of Chicago, Illinois
Hugh Moffat ScotlandNaturalizationRepublicanMayor of Detroit, Michigan
Robert M. Moore IrelandNaturalizationN/AMayor of Cincinnati, Ohio
Michael N. Nolan IrelandNaturalizationDemocraticU.S. Representative, Mayor of Albany, New York
Christopher D. O'Brien IrelandUnknownN/AMayor of St. Paul, Minnesota
Hugh O'Brien IrelandUnknownDemocraticMayor of Boston, Massachusetts
John Patton IrelandNaturalizationDemocraticMayor of Detroit, Michigan
Tomás Pedro Regalado CubaDerivationRepublicanMayor of Miami, Florida
William Richert GermanyUnknownRepublicanActing Mayor of Detroit, Michigan
Jerry Springer EnglandUnknownDemocraticMayor of Cincinnati, Ohio

State legislators

NameCountry/Place of BirthCitizenship byPartyPosition(s) Held
Juan C. Zapata ColombiaUnknownRepublicanFlorida State Representative
Dave Farnsworth MexicoBirthRepublicanArizona State Senator
Ling Ling Chang TaiwanNaturalizationRepublicanCalifornia State Senator
John Moorlach NetherlandsNaturalizationRepublicanCalifornia State Senator

Others

NameCountry/Place of BirthCitizenship byPartyPosition(s) Held
Louisa Adams EnglandUnknownDemocratic-RepublicanFirst Lady of the United States
Francesca Braggiotti ItalyUnknownRepublicanFirst Lady of Connecticut
David Brewer Ottoman EmpireBirthRepublicanAssociate Justice of the Supreme Court
Columba Bush MexicoNaturalizationRepublicanFirst Lady of Florida
Vicky Cayetano PhilippinesUnknownDemocratFirst Lady of Hawaii
Dagmar Braun Celeste AustriaUnknownDemocratFirst Lady of Ohio
William Q. Dallmeyer Kingdom of HanoverUnknownRepublicanState Treasurer of Missouri and Missouri State Representative
Esther de Berdt EnglandUnknownUnknownFirst Lady of Pennsylvania
Felix Frankfurter Austria-HungaryUnknownIndependentAssociate Justice of the Supreme Court
James Iredell EnglandUnknownFederalistAttorney General of North Carolina and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court
Yumi Hogan South KoreaUnknownRepublicanFirst Lady of Maryland
Supriya Jolly Jindal IndiaUnknownRepublicanFirst Lady of Louisiana
Zalmay Khalilzad AfghanistanNaturalizationRepublicanUnited States Ambassador to the United Nations
Dina Matos PortugalUnknownDemocratFirst Lady of New Jersey
Michael Margaret Stewart FranceUnknownDemocratFirst Lady of Alaska
Helen Thorpe EnglandUnknownDemocratFirst Lady of Colorado
James Wilson ScotlandUnknownFederalistAssociate Justice of the Supreme Court

Totals

Totals by country

Modern country Number of

politicians

 Ireland 68
 England 28
 Germany 24
 Canada 22
 Scotland 15
 Cuba 12
 Norway 12
 Mexico 10
 France 9
 Sweden 8
 Denmark 6
 Haiti 5
 India 5
 South Korea 5
 Hungary 4
 Italy 4
 Austria 3
 Czech Republic 3
 Japan 3
 Peru 3
 Poland 3
 Taiwan 3
 Wales 3
 Colombia 2
 Dominican Republic 2
 Jamaica 2
 Lithuania 2
 Portugal 2
 Spain 2
  Switzerland 2
 Trinidad and Tobago 2
 Venezuela 2
 Vietnam 2
 Afghanistan 1
 Belgium 1
 Bulgaria 1
 Cayman Islands 1
 Ecuador 1
 Estonia 1
 Guatemala 1
 Iran 1
 Isle of Man 1
 Kenya 1
 Kosovo 1
 Netherlands 1
 New Zealand 1
 Pakistan 1
 Panama 1
 Philippines 1
 Romania 1
 Sint Maarten 1
 Slovenia 1
 Somalia 1
 St. Kitts and Nevis 1
 Thailand 1
 Turkey 1
 Ukraine 1
 U.S. Virgin Islands 1

See also

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