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'{{Americans}} {{BLP unsourced|date=November 2018}} [[File:Andrew Jackson.jpg|upright|thumb|right|[[Andrew Jackson]], 7th U.S. President (1829–1837)]] [[File:James Polk restored.jpg|upright|thumb|right|[[James K. Polk]], 11th U.S. President (1845–1849)]] [[File:James Buchanan.jpg|upright|thumb|right|[[James Buchanan]], 15th U.S. President (1857–1861)]] [[File:President Andrew Johnson.jpg|upright|thumb|right|[[Andrew Johnson]], 17th U.S. President (1865–1869)]] [[File:Ulysses S. Grant 1870-1880.jpg|upright|thumb|right|[[Ulysses S. Grant]], 18th U.S. President (1869–1877)]] [[File:20 Chester Arthur 3x4.jpg|upright|thumb|right|[[Chester A. Arthur]], 21st U.S. President (1881–1885)]] [[File:Grover Cleveland - NARA - 518139 (cropped).jpg|upright|thumb|right|[[Grover Cleveland]], 22nd & 24th U.S. President (1885–1889 & 1893–1897)]] [[File:Pach Brothers - Benjamin Harrison.jpg|upright|thumb|right|[[Benjamin Harrison]], 23rd U.S. President (1889–1893)]] [[File:Mckinley.jpg|upright|thumb|right|[[William McKinley]], 25th U.S. President (1897–1901)]] [[File:President Roosevelt - Pach Bros.jpg|upright|thumb|right|[[Theodore Roosevelt]], 26th U.S. President (1901–1909)]] [[File:William Howard Taft cph.3b35813.jpg|upright|thumb|right|[[William Howard Taft]], 27th U.S. President (1909–1913)]] [[File:Thomas Woodrow Wilson, Harris & Ewing bw photo portrait, 1919.jpg|upright|thumb|right|[[Woodrow Wilson]], 28th U.S. President (1913–1921)]] [[File:Harry S Truman, bw half-length photo portrait, facing front, 1945-crop.jpg|upright|thumb|right|[[Harry S. Truman]], 33rd U.S. President (1945–1953)]] [[File:37 Lyndon Johnson 3x4.jpg|upright|thumb|right|[[Lyndon B. Johnson]], 36th U.S. President (1963–1969)]] [[File:Richard M. Nixon, ca. 1935 - 1982 - NARA - 530679 (3x4).jpg|upright|thumb|right|[[Richard Nixon]], 37th U.S. President (1969–1974)]] [[File:JimmyCarterPortrait2.jpg|upright|thumb|right|[[Jimmy Carter]], 39th U.S. President (1977–1981)]] [[File:George H. W. Bush, President of the United States, 1989 official portrait (cropped).jpg|upright|thumb|right|[[George H. W. Bush]], 41st U.S. President (1989–1993)]] [[File:Bill Clinton.jpg|upright|thumb|right|[[Bill Clinton]], 42nd U.S. President (1993–2001)]] [[File:George-W-Bush.jpeg|upright|thumb|right|[[George W. Bush]], 43rd U.S. President (2001–2009)]] [[File:President Barack Obama.jpg|upright|thumb|right|[[Barack Obama]], 44th U.S. President (2009–2017)]] [[File:DeWitt Clinton by Rembrandt Peale.jpg|upright|thumb|right|[[DeWitt Clinton]], [[1812 United States presidential election|1812 Federalist Presidential Nominee]] (unofficial)]] [[File:HLWhite.jpg|upright|thumb|right|[[Hugh Lawson White]], [[1836 United States presidential election|1836 Whig Presidential Nominee]] (Southern)]] [[File:John C Breckinridge-04775-restored.jpg|upright|thumb|right|[[John C. Breckinridge]], [[1860 United States presidential election|1860 Southern Democratic Presidential Nominee]]]] [[File:George B McClellan - retouched.jpg|upright|thumb|right|[[George B. McClellan]], [[1864 United States presidential election|1864 Democratic Presidential Nominee]]]] [[File:Horace Greeley restored (cropped).jpg|upright|thumb|right|[[Horace Greeley]], [[1872 United States presidential election|1872 Liberal Republican Presidential Nominee]]]] [[File:James G. Blaine - Brady-Handy.jpg|upright|thumb|right|[[James G. Blaine]], [[1884 United States presidential election|1884 Republican Presidential Nominee]]]] [[File:WilliamJBryan1902.png|upright|thumb|right|[[William Jennings Bryan]], [[1896 United States presidential election|1896]], [[1900 United States presidential election|1900]], & [[1908 United States presidential election|1908 Democratic Presidential Nominee]]]] [[File:AdlaiEStevenson1900-1965.jpg|upright|thumb|right|[[Adlai Stevenson II]], [[1952 United States presidential election|1952]] & [[1956 United States presidential election|1956 Democratic Presidential Nominee]]]] [[File:Al Gore, Vice President of the United States, official portrait 1994.jpg|upright|thumb|right|[[Al Gore]], [[Al Gore 2000 presidential campaign|2000 Democratic Presidential Nominee]]]] [[File:John McCain official portrait 2009.jpg|upright|thumb|right|[[John McCain]], [[John McCain 2008 presidential campaign|2008 Republican Presidential Nominee]]]] <!--When adding names to the list, please include a reliable source that describes the person added as "Scotch-Irish" or "Scotch-Irish-American" (or a source where the person describes themselves as such), in accordance with Wikipedia's [[No Original Research]] policies.--> This is a list of '''notable [[Scotch-Irish Americans]]''', including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants. The [[Ulster Scots people|Scotch-Irish]] trace their ancestry to [[Scottish Lowlands|Lowland Scottish]] and [[Northern England|Northern English]] people, but through having stayed a few generations in [[Ulster]]. This list is ordered by [[surname]] within section. To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Scots-Irish American or must have references showing they are Scots-Irish American and are notable. ==List== {{verifiability|date=July 2016}} ===Political/military=== ====[[Presidents of the United States|U.S. Presidents]]==== Many [[President of the United States|Presidents of the United States]] have ancestral links to [[Ulster]], including three whose parents were born in Ulster.<ref>[https://www.ulsterscotsagency.com/fs/doc/new_range_of_ulster-scots_booklets/US_and_USA_Presidents_BK3_AW_6.pdf Ulster Scots Agency] Three Presidents who had at least one parent born in Ulster: Jackson, Buchanan and Arthur</ref> The Irish Protestant vote in the U.S. has not been studied nearly as much as that of the Catholic Irish. In the 1820s and 1830s, supporters of [[Andrew Jackson]] emphasized his Irish background, as did [[James Knox Polk]], but since the 1840s it has been uncommon for a Protestant politician in America to be identified as Irish, but rather as 'Scotch-Irish'.{{Original research inline|date=November 2010}} In Canada, by contrast, Irish Protestants remained a cohesive political force well into the 20th century, identified with the [[Conservative Party of Canada (historical)|then Conservative Party of Canada]] and especially with the [[Orange Institution]], although this is less evident in today's politics. More than one-third of all U.S. Presidents had substantial ancestral origins in the northern province of Ireland (Ulster). President Bill Clinton spoke proudly of that fact, and his own ancestral links with the province, during his two visits to Ulster. Like most US citizens, most US presidents are the result of a "[[melting pot]]" of ancestral origins. Clinton is one of at least seventeen Chief Executives descended from emigrants to the United States from Ulster. While many of the Presidents have typically Ulster-Scots surnames – Jackson, Johnson, McKinley, Wilson – others, such as Roosevelt and Cleveland, have links which are less obvious. ;[[Andrew Jackson]] :7th President, 1829–1837: He was born in the predominantly Ulster-Scots [[Waxhaws]] area of [[South Carolina]] two years after his parents left [[Boneybefore]], near [[Carrickfergus]] in [[County Antrim]]. A [[Andrew Jackson Centre|heritage centre in the village]] pays tribute to the legacy of 'Old Hickory', the People's President. Andrew Jackson then moved to [[Tennessee]], where he began a prominent political and military career.<ref name="ulsterscotsagency.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.ulsterscotsagency.com/fs/doc/new_range_of_ulster-scots_booklets/US_and_USA_Presidents_BK3_AW_6.pdf|title=Ulster-Scots and the United States Presidents |publisher=Ulter Scots Agency |accessdate=12 July 2010}}</ref> ([[United States Senate|U.S. Senator]] from [[List of United States Senators from Tennessee|Tennessee]], 1797–1798 & 1823–1825; [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House Representative]] from [[Tennessee's at-large congressional district]], 1796–1797; [[Tennessee Supreme Court]] Judge, 1798–1804; [[List of governors of Florida#Federal military commissioner|Federal Military Commissioner of Florida]], 1821; [[United States Army|U.S. Army]] [[Major general (United States)|Major General]], 1814–1821; [[United States Volunteers|U.S. Volunteers]] [[Major general (United States)|Major General]], 1812–1814; [[Tennessee Military Department|Tennessee State Militia]] [[Major general (United States)|Major General]], 1802–1812; Tennessee State Militia [[Colonel (United States)|Colonel]], 1801–1802) ;[[James K. Polk]] :11th President, 1845–1849: His ancestors were among the first Ulster-Scots settlers, emigrating from [[Coleraine]] in 1680 to become a powerful political family in [[Mecklenburg County, North Carolina|Mecklenburg County]], [[North Carolina]]. He moved to [[Tennessee]] and became its governor before winning the presidency.<ref name="ulsterscotsagency.com"/> ([[List of Speakers of the United States House of Representatives|13th]] [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives|Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives]], 1835–1839; [[List of Governors of Tennessee|9th]] [[Governor of Tennessee]], 1839–1841; U.S. House Representative from [[Tennessee's 6th congressional district]], 1825–1833; U.S. House Representative from [[Tennessee's 9th congressional district]], 1833–1839; [[Tennessee House of Representatives|Tennessee State Representative]], 1823–1825) ;[[James Buchanan]] :15th President, 1857–1861: Born in a log cabin (which has been relocated to his old school in [[Mercersburg, Pennsylvania]]), 'Old Buck' cherished his origins: "My Ulster blood is a priceless heritage". His father was born in [[Ramelton]] in [[County Donegal]], Ireland. The Buchanans were originally from [[Stirlingshire]], [[Scotland]] where the ancestral home still stands.<ref name="ulsterscotsagency.com"/> ([[List of Secretaries of State of the United States|17th]] [[United States Secretary of State|U.S. Secretary of State]], 1845–1849; U.S. Senator from [[List of United States Senators from Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania]], (1834–1845); U.S. House Representative from [[Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district]], 1821–1823; U.S. House Representative from [[Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district]], 1823–1831; [[List of ambassadors of the United States to Russia|U.S. Minister to the Russian Empire]], 1832–1833; [[List of ambassadors of the United States to the United Kingdom|U.S. Minister to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland]], 1853–1856; [[Pennsylvania House of Representatives|Pennsylvania State Representative]], 1814–1816) ;[[Andrew Johnson]] :17th President, 1865–1869: His grandfather left [[Mounthill]], near [[Larne]] in [[County Antrim]] around 1750 and settled in [[North Carolina]]. Andrew worked there as a tailor and ran a successful business in [[Greeneville, Tennessee|Greeneville]], [[Tennessee]], before being elected Vice President. He became President following [[Abraham Lincoln]]'s assassination. ([[List of Vice Presidents of the United States|16th]] [[Vice President of the United States]], 1865; U.S. Senator from Tennessee, 1857–1862 & 1875; 15th Governor of Tennessee, 1853–1857; U.S. House Representative from [[Tennessee's 1st congressional district]], 1843–1853; [[Tennessee Senate|Tennessee State Senator]], 1841–1843; Tennessee State Representative, 1835–1837 & 1839–1841; [[Greeneville, Tennessee]] [[Mayor]], 1834–1838; Greeneville, Tennessee [[Alderman#United States|Alderman]], 1828–1830; Military Governor of Tennessee, 1862–1865; [[Union Army]] [[Brigadier general (United States)|Brigadier General]], 1862–1865) ;[[Ulysses S. Grant]]<ref>Thompson, Joseph E., "American Policy and Northern Ireland: A Saga of Peacebuilding", Praeger (March 30, 2001), Pg. 2, and Howe, Stephen, "Ireland and Empire: Colonial Legacies in Irish History and Culture", Oxford University Press, USA (March 14, 2002), Pg. 273.</ref> :18th President, 1869–1877: The home of his maternal great-grandfather, John Simpson, at [[Dergenagh]], [[County Tyrone]], is the location for an exhibition on the eventful life of the victorious [[American Civil War|Civil War]] commander who served two terms as President. Grant visited his ancestral homeland in 1878. The home of John Simpson still stands in County Tyrone.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discovernorthernireland.com/Grant-Ancestral-House-Dungannon-P2938 |title=Grant Ancestral House |publisher=Discovernorthernireland.com |date= |accessdate=2012-06-04}}</ref> (Acting [[United States Secretary of War|U.S. Secretary of War]], 1867–1868; [[Commanding General of the United States Army|Commanding General of the U.S. Army]], 1864–1869; U.S./Union Army [[Lieutenant general (United States)|Lieutenant General]], 1864–1866; Union Army [[Major general (United States)|Major General]], 1862–1864; Union Army [[Brigadier general (United States)|Brigadier General]], 1861–1862; Union Army [[Colonel (United States)|Colonel]], 1861; U.S. Army [[Captain (United States O-3)|Captain]], 1853–1854; U.S. Army [[Brevet (military)#United States|Brevet]] [[Captain (United States O-3)|Captain]], 1847–1848; U.S. Army [[Second lieutenant#United States|2nd Lieutenant]], 1843–1853) ;[[Chester A. Arthur]] :21st President, 1881–1885: His succession to the Presidency after the death of Garfield was the start of a quarter-century in which the White House was occupied by men of Ulster-Scots origins. His family left [[Dreen]], near [[Cullybackey]], [[County Antrim]], in 1815. There is now an interpretive centre, alongside the Arthur Ancestral Home, devoted to his life and times.<ref name="ulsterscotsagency.com"/> (20th Vice President of the United States, 1881; [[Collector of the Port of New York|New York Port Collector]], 1871–1878; [[New York Guard]] [[Quartermaster general|Quartermaster General]], 1862–1863; New York Guard [[Office of Inspector General (United States)|Inspector General]], 1862; New York Guard [[Chief engineer|Engineer-in-Chief]], 1861–1863) ;[[Grover Cleveland]] :22nd and 24th President, 1885–1889 and 1893–1897: Born in [[New Jersey]], he was the maternal grandson of merchant Abner Neal, who emigrated from [[County Antrim]] in the 1790s. He is the only president to have served non-consecutive terms.<ref name="ulsterscotsagency.com"/> ([[List of Governors of New York|28th]] [[Governor of New York]], 1883–1885; [[List of mayors of Buffalo, New York|34th Mayor of Buffalo, New York]], 1882; [[Erie County Sheriff's Office (New York)|Erie County, New York Sheriff]], 1871–1873) ;[[Benjamin Harrison]] :23rd President, 1889–1893: His mother, Elizabeth Irwin, had Ulster-Scots roots through her two great-grandfathers, James Irwin and William McDowell. Harrison was born in [[Ohio]] and served as a brigadier general in the [[Union Army]] before embarking on a career in [[Indiana]] politics which led to the White House.<ref name="ulsterscotsagency.com"/> (U.S. Senator from [[List of United States Senators from Indiana|Indiana]], 1881–1887; Union Army Brevet [[Brigadier general (United States)|Brigadier General]], 1865; Union Army [[Colonel (United States)|Colonel]], 1862–1865; Union Army [[Captain (United States O-3)|Captain]], 1862) ;[[William McKinley]] :25th President, 1897–1901: Born in [[Ohio]], the descendant of a farmer from Conagher, near [[Ballymoney]], [[County Antrim]], he was proud of his ancestry and addressed one of the national Scotch-Irish congresses held in the late 19th century. His second term as president was cut short by an assassin's bullet.<ref name="ulsterscotsagency.com"/> ([[List of Governors of Ohio|39th Governor of Ohio]], 1892–1896; U.S. House Representative from [[Ohio's 18th congressional district]], 1887–1891; U.S. House Representative from [[Ohio's 20th congressional district]], 1885–1887; U.S. House Representative from Ohio's 18th congressional district, 1883–1884; U.S. House Representative from [[Ohio's 17th congressional district]], 1881–1883; U.S. House Representative from [[Ohio's 16th congressional district]], 1879–1881; U.S. House Representative from Ohio's 17th congressional district, 1877–1879; Union Army Brevet [[Brigadier general (United States)|Brigadier General]], 1865; Union Army [[Colonel (United States)|Colonel]], 1862–1865; Union Army [[Captain (United States O-3)|Captain]], 1862) ;[[Theodore Roosevelt]] :26th President, 1901–1909: His mother, [[Mittie Bulloch]], had Ulster Scots ancestors who emigrated from [[Glenoe]], [[County Antrim]], in May 1729. Roosevelt praised "Irish Presbyterians" as "a bold and hardy race".<ref>Theodore Roosevelt, ''The Winning Of The West'', Volume 1, Kessinger Publishing, 2004, pg. 77</ref> However, he is also the man who said: "But a hyphenated American is not an American at all. This is just as true of the man who puts "native"* before the hyphen as of the man who puts German or Irish or English or French before the hyphen."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://home.comcast.net/~nhprman/trhyphenated.htm |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2010-07-12 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090125114220/http://home.comcast.net/~nhprman/trhyphenated.htm |archivedate=2009-01-25 |df= }}</ref> (*Roosevelt was referring to "[[Nativism (politics)|nativists]]", not [[Native Americans in the United States|American Indians]], in this context) (25th Vice President of the United States, 1901; 33rd Governor of New York, 1899–1900; [[Assistant Secretary of the Navy]], 1897–1898; [[New York City Police Commissioner|New York City Police Commissioners Board President]], 1895–1897; [[New York State Assembly]] [[Minority leader|Minority Leader]], 1883; New York State Assembly Member, 1882–1884) ;[[William Howard Taft]] :27th President, 1909–1913: First known ancestor of the [[Taft family]] in the United States, [[Robert Taft Sr.]], was born in [[County Louth]] circa 1640 (where his father, Richard Robert Taft, also died in 1700), before migrating to [[Braintree, Massachusetts]] in 1675, and settling in [[Mendon, Massachusetts]] in 1680. ([[Chief Justice of the United States#List of Chief Justices|10th Chief Justice of the United States]], 1921–1930; [[United States Secretary of War|42nd U.S. Secretary of War]], 1904–1908; [[List of colonial governors of Cuba|1st Provisional Governor of Cuba]], 1906; [[Governor-General of the Philippines|1st Governor-General of the Philippines]], 1901–1903; [[United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit|U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals]] Judge, 1892–1900; [[Solicitor General of the United States|6th U.S. Solicitor General]], 1890–1892) ;[[Woodrow Wilson]] :28th President, 1913–1921: Of Ulster-Scot descent on both sides of the family, his roots were very strong and dear to him. He was grandson of a printer from [[Dergalt]], near [[Strabane]], [[County Tyrone]], whose former home is open to visitors.<ref name="ulsterscotsagency.com"/> ([[List of Governors of New Jersey|34th]] [[Governor of New Jersey]], 1911–1913; [[President of Princeton University|Princeton University President]], 1902–1910) ;[[Harry S. Truman]] :33rd President, 1945–1953: Of Ulster-Scot descent on both sides of the family.<ref name="ulsterscotsagency.com"/> (34th Vice President of the United States, 1945; U.S. Senator from [[List of United States Senators from Missouri|Missouri]], 1935–1945; [[List of county executives of Jackson County, Missouri|Jackson County, Missouri Presiding Judge]], 1927–1935; [[United States Army Reserve|U.S. Army Reserve]] [[Colonel (United States)|Colonel]], 1932–1953; U.S. Army Reserve [[Lieutenant colonel (United States)|Lieutenant Colonel]], 1925–1932; U.S. Army Reserve [[Major (United States)|Major]], 1920–1925; U.S. Army Major, 1919; U.S. Army [[Captain (United States O-3)|Captain]], 1918–1919; U.S. Army [[First lieutenant#United States)|1st Lieutenant]], 1917–1918; [[Missouri National Guard]] [[Corporal#United States|Corporal]], 1905–1911) ;[[Lyndon B. Johnson]] :36th President, 1963–1969: Of Ulster-Scot ancestry with patrilineal descent traced to [[Dumfriesshire]], [[Scotland]] in 1590.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://gw.geneanet.org/tdowling?lang=en&p=john&n=johnson&oc=35|title=John Johnson|last=|first=|date=|website=Geneanet|access-date=1 July 2017}}</ref> (37th Vice President of the United States, 1961–1963; [[Party leaders of the United States Senate|U.S. Senate Majority Leader]], 1955–1961; U.S. Senate Minority Leader, 1953–1955; U.S. Senate Majority Whip, 1951–1953; U.S. Senator from [[List of United States Senators from Texas|Texas]], 1949–1961; U.S. House Representative from [[Texas's 10th congressional district]], 1937–1949; [[United States Naval Reserve|U.S. Naval Reserve]] [[Commander (United States)|Commander]], 1940–1964) ;[[Richard Nixon]] :37th President, 1969–1974: The Nixon ancestors left Ulster in the mid-18th century; the Quaker Milhous family ties were with [[County Antrim]] and [[County Kildare]].<ref name="ulsterscotsagency.com"/> (36th Vice President of the United States, 1953–1961; U.S. Senator from [[List of United States Senators from California|California]], 1950–1953; U.S. House Representative from [[California's 12th congressional district]], 1947–1950; U.S. Naval Reserve [[Commander (United States)|Commander]], 1953–1966; U.S. Naval Reserve [[Lieutenant commander (United States)|Lieutenant Commander]], 1945–1953; U.S. Naval Reserve [[Lieutenant (navy)|Lieutenant]], 1943–1945; U.S. Naval Reserve [[Lieutenant (junior grade)|Lieutenant J.G.]], 1942–1943) ;[[Jimmy Carter]] :39th President, 1977–1981: Some of Carter's paternal ancestors originated from County Antrim, County Londonderry and County Armagh and some of his maternal ancestors originated from County Londonderry, County Down, and County Donegal.<ref>{{cite book|title=Ancestors of Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter|author=Jeff Carter|page=74}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Cultures of the world: selections from the ten-volume encyclopedia of world cultures|author=Melvin Ember, Carol R. Ember|page=1129}}</ref> ([[List of Governors of Georgia|76th Governor of Georgia]], 1971–1975; [[Georgia State Senate|Georgia State Senator]], 1963–1967; U.S. Navy Reserve [[Lieutenant (junior grade)|Lieutenant J.G.]], 1953–1961; U.S. Navy [[Lieutenant (junior grade)|Lieutenant J.G.]], 1949–1953; U.S. Navy [[Ensign (rank)|Ensign]], 1946–1949) ;[[George H. W. Bush]] :41st President, 1989–1993: Of Ulster-Scot ancestry.<ref name="Ulster-Scots Society of America">{{Cite web|title=About the Ulster-Scots|url=http://www.ulsterscotssociety.com/about_the-roots.html}}</ref> (43rd Vice President of the United States, 1981–1989; [[Director of Central Intelligence]], 1976–1977; [[List of ambassadors of the United States to China#List of Chiefs of the U.S. Liaison Office in Beijing|2nd U.S. Beijing Liaison Office Chief]], 1974–1975; [[United States Ambassador to the United Nations|10th U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations]], 1971–1973; U.S. House Representative from [[Texas's 7th congressional district]], 1967–1971; U.S. Navy [[Lieutenant (junior grade)|Lieutenant J.G.]], 1942–1945) ;[[Bill Clinton]] :42nd President, 1993–2001: Of Ulster-Scot ancestry.<ref name="Ulster-Scots Society of America"/> ([[List of Governors of Arkansas|40th & 42nd Governor of Arkansas]], 1979–1981 & 1983–1992; [[Arkansas Attorney General|50th Arkansas Attorney General]], 1977–1979) ;[[George W. Bush]] :43rd President, 2001–2009: Of Ulster-Scot ancestry.<ref name="Ulster-Scots Society of America"/> ([[List of Governors of Texas|46th]] [[Governor of Texas]], 1995–2000) ;[[Barack Obama]] :44th President, 2009–2017: Of Scots-Irish ancestry on mother's side.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Sellers|first1=Frances Stead|last2=Blake|first2=Aaron|title=Our first black president plays up his Scots-Irish heritage — and it has everything to do with Trump|work=[[The Washington Post]]|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/07/28/our-first-black-president-just-played-up-his-scots-irish-heritage-and-it-has-everything-to-do-with-trump/?noredirect=on|date=July 28, 2016|accessdate=July 1, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Drabold|first1=Will|last2=Villa|first2=Lissandra|title=Read President Obama's Speech at the Democratic Convention|work=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|url=http://time.com/4426150/dnc-barack-obama-transcript/|date=July 27, 2016|accessdate=July 1, 2018}}</ref> (U.S. Senator from [[List of United States Senators from Illinois|Illinois]], 2005–2008; [[Illinois Senate|Illinois State Senator]], 1997–2004) ====[[Vice President of the United States|U.S. Vice Presidents]]==== *[[George Clinton (vice president)|George Clinton]] (4th Vice President, 1805–1812; [[List of Governors of New York|1st]] [[Governor of New York]], 1777–1795 & 1801–1804; [[Continental Army]] [[Brigadier general (United States)|Brigadier General]], 1775–1783; [[British Army]] [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|Lieutenant]], 1758) *[[John C. Calhoun]] (7th Vice President, 1825–1832; [[List of Secretaries of State of the United States|16th U.S. Secretary of State]] 1844–1845; [[United States Secretary of War|10th U.S. Secretary of War]] 1817–1825; [[United States Senate|U.S. Senator]] from [[List of United States Senators from South Carolina|South Carolina]], 1832–1843 & 1845–1850; [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] from [[South Carolina's 6th congressional district]], 1811–1817) *[[John C. Breckinridge]] (14th Vice President, 1857–1861; U.S. Senator from [[List of United States Senators from Kentucky|Kentucky]], 1861; U.S. House Representative from [[Kentucky's 8th congressional district]], 1851–1855; [[Kentucky House of Representatives|Kentucky State Representative]], 1849–1850; [[Confederate States Secretary of War]], 1865; [[Confederate States Army|C.S.A.]] [[Major general (United States)|Major General]], 1862–1865; C.S.A. [[Brigadier general (United States)|Brigadier General]], 1861–1862; U.S. Army [[Major (United States)|Major]], 1847–1848; [[1860 United States presidential election|1860 Southern Democratic Presidential Nominee]]) *[[Adlai Stevenson I]] (23rd Vice President, 1893–1897; First Assistant [[United States Postmaster General|U.S. Postmaster General]], 1885–1889; [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] from [[Illinois's 13th congressional district]], 1875–1877 & 1879–1881) *[[Henry A. Wallace]] (33rd Vice President, 1941–1945; [[United States Secretary of Commerce#List of Secretaries of Commerce|10th U.S. Secretary of Commerce]], 1945–1946; [[United States Secretary of Agriculture#List of Secretaries of Agriculture|11th U.S. Secretary of Agriculture]], 1933–1940; [[Progressive Party (United States, 1948)|1948 Progressive Party Presidential Nominee]]) *[[Nelson Rockefeller]] (41st Vice President, 1974–1977; 49th Governor of New York, 1959–1973; [[United States Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services#Under Secretaries of Health, Education, and Welfare|1st Under Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare]], 1953–1954; [[Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs#List of Assistant Secretaries of State for American Republic Affairs, 1944–1947|1st Assistant Secretary of State for American Republic Affairs]], 1944–1945) *[[Al Gore]] (45th Vice President, 1993–2001; U.S. Senator from [[List of United States Senators from Tennessee|Tennessee]], 1985–1993; [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] from [[Tennessee's 6th congressional district]], 1983–1985; U.S. Representative from [[Tennessee's 4th congressional district]], 1977–1983; [[Al Gore presidential campaign, 2000|2000 Democratic Presidential Nominee]]) ====[[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives|Speakers of the U.S. House of Representatives]]==== *[[James G. Blaine]] (27th Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, 1869–1875; 28th & 31st [[United States Secretary of State|U.S. Secretary of State]], 1881 & 1889–1892; [[United States Senate|U.S. Senator]] from [[Maine]], 1876–1881; [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] from [[Maine's 3rd congressional district]], 1863–1876; [[1884 United States presidential election|1884 Republican Presidential Nominee]]) *[[William B. Bankhead]] (42nd Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, 1936–1940; [[Party leaders of the United States House of Representatives|U.S. House Majority Leader]], 1935–1936; [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] from [[Alabama's 10th congressional district]], 1917–1933; U.S. Representative from [[Alabama's 7th congressional district]], 1933–1940) ====[[List of Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court Justices]]==== *[[John Rutledge]] ([[Chief Justice of the United States]], 1795; [[Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States|Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court]], 1789–1791; [[List of Governors of South Carolina|31st]] [[Governor of South Carolina]], 1776–1778 & 1779–1782; [[List of delegates to the Continental Congress|Continental Congress Delegate]] from South Carolina, 1774–1776; [[Stamp Act Congress|Stamp Act Congress Delegate]], 1765) *[[William Paterson (judge)|William Paterson]] ([[Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice]], 1793–1806; [[United States Senate|U.S. Senator]] from [[List of United States Senators from New Jersey|New Jersey]], 1789–1790; [[List of Governors of New Jersey|2nd Governor of New Jersey]], 1790–1793; [[New Jersey Attorney General]], 1776–1783) *[[James Clark McReynolds]] ([[Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice]], 1914–1941; 48th [[United States Attorney General|U.S. Attorney General]], 1913–1914) ====[[Cabinet of the United States|U.S. Cabinet]]==== *[[Henry Knox]] ([[United States Secretary of War|1st U.S. Secretary of War]], 1789–1794; [[Continental Congress]] Secretary at War, 1785–1789; [[Commanding General of the United States Army|Senior Officer of the U.S. Army]], 1783–1784; [[Continental Army]] [[Major general (United States)|Major General]], 1782–1783; Continental Army [[Brigadier general (United States)|Brigadier General]], 1776–1782; Continental Army [[Colonel (United States)|Colonel]], 1775–1776) *[[James McHenry]] (3rd U.S. Secretary of War, 1796–1800; [[Constitutional Convention (United States)#Framers of the Constitution|Constitutional Convention Delegate]] from [[Maryland]], 1787) *[[John Breckinridge (U.S. Attorney General)|John Breckinridge]] ([[United States Attorney General|5th U.S. Attorney General]], 1805–1806; [[United States Senate|U.S. Senator]] from [[List of United States Senators from Kentucky|Kentucky]], 1801–1805; Speaker of the [[Kentucky House of Representatives]], 1799–1800; [[Attorney General of Kentucky|2nd Kentucky Attorney General]], 1795–1797) *[[John Armstrong Jr.]] (7th U.S. Secretary of War, 1813–1814; [[United States Senate|U.S. Senator]] from [[List of United States Senators from New York|New York]], 1801–1802 & 1803–1804; [[List of ambassadors of the United States to France#Ministers to the First Empire (1804–1814)|U.S. Minister to France]], 1804–1810; [[United States Army|U.S. Army]] [[Brigadier general (United States)|Brigadier General]] 1812–1813; [[Continental Army]] [[Major (United States)|Major]], 1782–1783) *[[Jefferson Davis]] (23rd U.S. Secretary of War, 1853–1857; U.S. Senator from [[List of United States Senators from Mississippi|Mississippi]], 1847–1851 & 1857–1861; [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House Representative]] from [[Mississippi's at-large congressional district]], 1845–1846; [[President of the Confederate States of America]], 1861–1865; [[United States Volunteers|U.S. Volunteers]] [[Colonel (United States)|Colonel]]; [[United States Army|U.S. Army]] [[First lieutenant|1st Lieutenant]]) *[[Alexander Hugh Holmes Stuart]] ([[United States Secretary of the Interior|3rd U.S. Secretary of the Interior]], 1850–1853; U.S. House Representative from [[Virginia's 17th congressional district]], 1841–1843) *[[Robert McClelland (American politician)|Robert McClelland]] (4th U.S. Secretary of the Interior, 1853–1857; [[List of Governors of Michigan#Governors of the State of Michigan|9th]] [[Governor of Michigan]], 1852–1853; U.S. House Representative from [[Michigan's 1st congressional district]], 1843–1849) *[[John Aaron Rawlins]] (29th U.S. Secretary of War, 1869) *[[Alphonso Taft]] (34th U.S. Attorney General, 1876–1877; 31st U.S. Secretary of War, 1876; [[List of ambassadors of the United States to Austria|U.S. Minister to Austria-Hungary]], 1882–1884; [[List of ambassadors of the United States to Russia|U.S. Minister to Russia]], 1884–1885) *[[Jacob M. Dickinson]] (44th U.S. Secretary of War, 1909–1911) *[[William Jennings Bryan]] ([[List of Secretaries of State of the United States|41st]] [[United States Secretary of State|U.S. Secretary of State]], 1913–1915; U.S. House Representative from [[Nebraska's 1st congressional district]], 1891–1895; [[1896 United States presidential election|1896 Democratic/Populist Presidential Nominee]]; [[1900 United States presidential election|1900]] & [[1908 United States presidential election|1908 Democratic Presidential Nominee]]) *[[Andrew Mellon]] ([[United States Secretary of the Treasury|49th U.S. Secretary of the Treasury]], 1921–1932; [[List of ambassadors of the United States to the United Kingdom|U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom]], 1932–1933) *[[Frank Polk]] (Acting U.S. Secretary of State, 1920; [[United States Under Secretary of State|U.S. Under Secretary of State]], 1919–1920) *[[Harry M. Daugherty]] (51st U.S. Attorney General, 1921–1924) *[[Henry Cantwell Wallace]] ([[United States Secretary of Agriculture|7th U.S. Secretary of Agriculture]], 1921–1924) *[[William Cohen]] ([[United States Secretary of Defense|20th U.S. Secretary of Defense]], 1997–2001; U.S. Senator from [[List of United States Senators from Maine|Maine]], 1979–1997; U.S. House Representative from [[Maine's 2nd congressional district]], 1973–1979) *[[Jeff Sessions]] ([[United States Attorney General|84th U.S. Attorney General]], 2017–2018; U.S. Senator from [[List of United States Senators from Alabama|Alabama]], 1997–2017; [[Attorney General of Alabama#List of Attorneys General of Alabama|44th Alabama Attorney General]]; [[United States Attorney|U.S. Attorney]] for [[United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama|Southern Alabama]], 1981–1993) ====[[United States Senate|U.S. Senators]]==== *[[Alexander Martin]] (U.S. Senator from [[List of United States Senators from North Carolina|North Carolina]], 1793–1799; [[List of Governors of North Carolina|4th & 7th]] [[Governor of North Carolina]], 1782–1785 & 1789–1792) *[[John E. Colhoun]] (U.S. Senator from [[List of United States Senators from South Carolina|South Carolina]], 1801–1802; [[South Carolina House of Representatives|South Carolina State Representative]], 1778–1800) *[[DeWitt Clinton]] (U.S. Senator from [[List of United States Senators from New York|New York]], 1802–1803; [[List of Governors of New York|6th]] [[Governor of New York]], 1817–1822 & 1825–1828; [[Lieutenant Governor of New York]], 1811–1813; [[Mayor of New York City]], 1803–1807, 1808–1810 & 1811–1815; [[1812 United States presidential election|1812 unofficial Federalist Presidential Nominee]]) *[[Jenkin Whiteside]] (U.S. Senator from [[List of United States Senators from Tennessee|Tennessee]], 1809–1811) *[[Thomas Posey]] (U.S. Senator from [[List of United States Senators from Louisiana|Louisiana]], 1812–1813; [[List of Governors of Indiana#Governors of the Indiana Territory|2nd Governor of the Indiana Territory]], 1813–1816; [[Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky|3rd Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky]], 1806–1808; [[Kentucky Senate|Kentucky Senate President]], 1805–1806; Kentucky State Senator, 1804–1806; U.S. Army [[Brigadier general (United States)|Brigadier General]], 1793–1794; Continental Army [[Lieutenant colonel (United States)|Lieutenant Colonel]], 1782–1783; Continental Army [[Major (United States)|Major]], 1778–1782; Continental Army [[Captain (United States O-3)|Captain]], 1775–1778) *[[William Findlay (governor)|William Findlay]] (U.S. Senator from [[List of United States Senators from Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania]], 1821–1827; [[List of Governors of Pennsylvania|4th Governor of Pennsylvania]], 1817–1820; [[Pennsylvania Treasurer]] 1807–1817; [[Pennsylvania House of Representatives|Pennsylvania State Representative]], 1804–1807) *[[Jeremiah Morrow]] (U.S. Senator from [[List of United States Senators from Ohio|Ohio]], 1813–1819; [[List of Governors of Ohio|9th Governor of Ohio]], 1822–1826; [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House Representative]] from [[Ohio's at-large congressional district]], 1803–1813; U.S. House Representative from [[Ohio's 4th congressional district]], 1840–1843; [[Ohio Senate|Ohio State Senator]], 1803) *[[Hugh Lawson White]] (U.S. Senator from Tennessee, 1825–1840; [[President pro tempore of the United States Senate]], 1832–1833; [[1836 United States presidential election|1836]] [[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]] U.S. Presidential Nominee) *[[William Alexander Graham]] (U.S. Senator from [[List of United States Senators from North Carolina|North Carolina]], 1840–1843; [[Governor of North Carolina|30th Governor of North Carolina]], 1845–1849; [[United States Secretary of the Navy|20th U.S. Secretary of the Navy]], 1850–1852; [[1852 United States presidential election|1852 Whig U.S. Vice Presidential Nominee]]; [[List of Confederate States Senators|Confederate States Senator]] from North Carolina, 1864–1865) *[[Sam Houston]] (U.S. Senator from [[List of United States Senators from Texas|Texas]], 1846–1859; [[Governor of Tennessee|6th Governor of Tennessee]], 1827–1829; [[President of the Republic of Texas|1st & 3rd President of the Republic of Texas]], 1836–1838 & 1841–1844; [[Governor of Texas|7th Governor of Texas]] 1859–1861; U.S. House Representative from [[Tennessee's 7th congressional district]], 1823–1827; [[Texas House of Representatives|Texas State Representative]], 1839–1841; [[Texian Army]] [[Major general|Major General]]; [[United States Army|U.S. Army]] [[First lieutenant|1st Lieutenant]]) *[[Trusten Polk]] (U.S. Senator from [[List of United States Senators from Missouri|Missouri]], 1857–1862; [[List of Governors of Missouri|12th Governor of Missouri]], 1857; [[Confederate States Army]] [[General officers in the Confederate States Army|Colonel]]) *[[James L. Alcorn]] (U.S. Senator from [[List of United States Senators from Mississippi|Mississippi]], 1871–1877; [[List of Governors of Mississippi|28th Governor of Mississippi]], 1870–1871; [[Mississippi State Senate|Mississippi State Senator]], 1848–1854; [[Mississippi House of Representatives|Mississippi State Representative]], 1846 & 1856–1857; [[Kentucky House of Representatives|Kentucky State Representative]], 1843; [[Confederate States Army|C.S.A.]] [[General officers in the Confederate States Army|Brigadier General]]) *[[John W. Johnston]] (U.S. Senator from [[List of United States Senators from Virginia|Virginia]], 1870–1871 & 1871–1883; [[Senate of Virginia|Virginia State Senator]], 1846–1848) *[[Mark Hanna]] (U.S. Senator from [[List of United States Senators from Ohio|Ohio]], 1897–1904; Chair of the [[Republican National Committee]], 1896–1904) *[[William A. Clark]] (U.S. Senator from [[List of United States Senators from Montana|Montana]], 1899–1900 & 1901–1907; industrialist, banker) *[[John H. Bankhead]] (U.S. Senator from [[List of United States Senators from Alabama|Alabama]], 1907–1920; [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House Representative]] from [[Alabama's 6th congressional district]], 1887–1907; [[Alabama Senate|Alabama State Senator]], 1876–1877; [[Alabama House of Representatives|Alabama State Representative]], 1865–1867 & 1880–1881) *[[Thomas Gore]] (U.S. Senator from [[List of United States Senators from Oklahoma|Oklahoma]], 1907–1921 & 1931–1937) *[[Joseph M. McCormick]] (U.S. Senator from [[List of United States Senators from Illinois|Illinois]], 1919–1925; U.S. House Representative from [[Illinois's at-large congressional district]], 1917–1919; [[Illinois House of Representatives|Illinois State Representative]], 1913–1917) *[[John H. Bankhead II]] (U.S. Senator from Alabama, 1931–1946) *[[Theodore G. Bilbo]] (U.S. Senator from Mississippi, 1935–1947; 39th & 43rd Governor of Mississippi, 1916–1920 & 1928–1932; [[Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi]], 1912–1916; Mississippi State Senator, 1908–1912) *[[Charles L. McNary]] ([[Party leaders of the United States Senate|U.S. Senate Minority Leader]], 1933–1940 & 1941–1944; U.S. Senator from [[List of United States Senators from Oregon|Oregon]], 1917–1918 & 1918–1944; [[Oregon Supreme Court|Oregon Supreme Court Associate Justice]] 1913–1915; [[1940 United States presidential election|1940 Republican Vice Presidential Nominee]]) *[[Robert A. Taft]] ([[Party leaders of the United States Senate|U.S. Senate Majority Leader]], 1953; U.S. Senator from Ohio, 1939–1953) *[[Kingsley A. Taft]] (U.S. Senator from Ohio, 1946–1947; [[Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court|Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice]], 1963–1970; [[List of Justices of the Ohio Supreme Court|Ohio Supreme Court Associate Justice]], 1949–1962; [[Ohio House of Representatives|Ohio State Representative]], 1933–1934 & 1940) *[[Albert Gore Sr.]] (U.S. Senator from [[List of United States Senators from Tennessee|Tennessee]], 1953–1971; U.S. House Representative from [[Tennessee's 4th congressional district]], 1939–1953) *[[Adlai Stevenson III]] (U.S. Senator from Illinois, 1970–1981; [[Illinois Treasurer|63rd Illinois State Treasurer]], 1967–1970; [[United States Marine Corps|U.S. Marine Corps]] [[Captain (United States O-3)|Captain]]) *[[Robert Taft Jr.]] (U.S. Senator from Ohio, 1971–1976; U.S. House Representative from [[Ohio's 1st congressional district]], 1967–1971; U.S. House Representative from [[Ohio's at-large congressional district]], 1963–1965; [[Ohio House of Representatives|Ohio State Representative]], 1955–1962) *[[Birch Bayh]] (U.S. Senator from [[List of United States Senators from Indiana|Indiana]], 1963–1981; [[List of Speakers of the Indiana House of Representatives|Speakers of the Indiana House of Representatives]], 1958–1960; [[Indiana House of Representatives|Indiana State Representative]], 1954–1962) *[[Mitch McConnell]] (U.S. Senate Majority Leader, 2015–Present; U.S. Senator from [[List of United States Senators from Kentucky|Kentucky]], 1985–Present; U.S. Senate Minority Leader, 2007–2015; U.S. Senate Majority Whip, 2003–2007) *[[Jay Rockefeller]] (U.S. Senator from [[List of United States Senators from West Virginia|West Virginia]], 1985–2015; [[List of Governors of West Virginia|29th Governor of West Virginia]], 1977–1985; [[Secretary of State of West Virginia|22nd West Virginia Secretary of State]], 1969–1973; [[West Virginia House of Delegates|West Virginia House Delegate]], 1966–1968) *[[John McCain]] (U.S. Senator from [[List of United States Senators from Arizona|Arizona]], 1987–2018; U.S. House Representative from [[Arizona's 1st congressional district]], 1983–1987; [[John McCain presidential campaign, 2008|2008 Republican Presidential Nominee]]; [[United States Navy|U.S. Navy]] [[Captain (United States O-6)|Captain]], 1979–1981; U.S. Navy [[Commander (United States)|Commander]], 1973–1979; U.S. Navy [[Lieutenant commander (United States)|Lieutenant Commander]], 1967–1973; U.S. Navy [[Lieutenant (navy)|Lieutenant]], 1962–1967; U.S. Navy [[Lieutenant (junior grade)|Lieutenant J.G.]], 1959–1962; U.S. Navy [[Ensign (rank)|Ensign]], 1958–1959) *[[Evan Bayh]] (U.S. Senator from [[List of United States Senators from Indiana|Indiana]], 1999–2011; [[List of Governors of Indiana|46th]] [[Governor of Indiana]], 1989–1997; 56th [[Secretary of State of Indiana]], 1986–1989) *[[Lamar Alexander]] (U.S. Senator from Tennessee, 2003–Present; [[United States Secretary of Education|5th U.S. Secretary of Education]], 1991–1993; 45th Governor of Tennessee, 1979–1987; Chair of the [[National Governors Association]], 1985–1986) *[[Lindsey Graham]] (U.S. Senator from [[List of United States Senators from South Carolina|South Carolina]], 2003–Present; U.S. House Representative from [[South Carolina's 3rd congressional district]], 1995–2003; [[South Carolina House of Representatives|South Carolina State Representative]], 1993–1995; [[United States Air Force|U.S. Air Force]] [[Air Force Reserve Command|Reserve Command]] [[Colonel (United States)|Colonel]], 2004–2015; U.S. Air Force Reserve Command [[Lieutenant colonel (United States)|Lieutenant Colonel]] 1998–2004) *[[Jim Webb]] (U.S. Senator from [[List of United States Senators from Virginia|Virginia]], 2007–2013; [[United States Secretary of the Navy|66th U.S. Secretary of the Navy]], 1987–1988; [[Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manpower and Reserve Affairs|Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs]], 1984–1987; [[United States Marine Corps|U.S. Marine Corps]] [[First lieutenant|1st Lieutenant]]) *[[Rob Portman]] (U.S. Senator from [[List of United States Senators from Ohio|Ohio]], 2011–Present; [[Office of Management and Budget|Director of the Office of Management and Budget]], 2006–2007; [[Office of the United States Trade Representative|U.S. Trade Representative]], 2005–2006; U.S. Representative from [[Ohio's 2nd congressional district]], 1993–2005) ====[[Governor (United States)|Governors]]==== *[[John McKinly]] ([[List of Governors of Delaware|1st President of Delaware]], 1777) *[[Joseph Reed (politician)|Joseph Reed]] ([[Supreme Executive Council of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania|3rd President of Pennsylvania]], 1778–1781; [[List of delegates to the Continental Congress|Continental Congress Delegate]], 1775–1778) *[[Thomas McKean]] ([[List of Governors of Delaware|2nd President of Delaware]], 1777; [[List of Governors of Pennsylvania|2nd Governor of Pennsylvania]], 1799–1808; [[President of the Continental Congress]], 1781; [[List of delegates to the Continental Congress|Continental Congress Delegate]], 1774–1776 & 1777–1783; [[Supreme Court of Pennsylvania|Chief Justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court]], 1777–1799; [[Constitutional Convention (United States)#Framers of the Constitution|U.S. Constitutional Convention Delegate]], 1787; [[Signing of the United States Declaration of Independence#List of signers|U.S. Declaration of Independence Signer]]) *[[George Mathews (Georgia)|George Mathews]] ([[List of Governors of Georgia|17th & 21st Governor of Georgia]], 1787–1788 & 1793–1796; U.S. House Representative from [[Georgia's 3rd congressional district]], 1789–1791; [[First Virginia Convention|First Virginia Convention Delegate]], 1774; [[Continental Army]] [[Brigadier general (United States)|Brigadier General]]) *[[Edward Rutledge]] (39th Governor of South Carolina, 1798–1800; [[List of delegates to the Continental Congress|Continental Congress Delegate]] from South Carolina, 1774–1776; [[South Carolina Senate|South Carolina State Senator]], 1796–1798; [[South Carolina House of Representatives|South Carolina State Representative]], 1776–1778 & 1783–1796; [[Continental Army]] [[Captain (United States O-3)|Captain]]) *[[Archibald Roane]] ([[Governor of Tennessee|2nd Governor of Tennessee]], 1801–1803) *[[Andrew Pickens (governor)|Andrew Pickens]] (46th Governor of South Carolina, 1816–1818; [[United States Army|U.S. Army]] [[Lieutenant colonel|Lieutenant Colonel]]) *[[Alexander McNair]] ([[List of Governors of Missouri|1st Governor of Missouri]], 1820–1824) *[[Charles Polk Jr.]] ([[List of Governors of Delaware|27th & 30th Governor of Delaware]], 1827–1830 & 1836–1837; [[Delaware Senate|Delaware State Senator]], 1825–1827 & 1835–1843; [[Delaware House of Representatives|Delaware State Representative]], 1814–1816, 1818–1819, & 1824–1825) *[[Robert P. Dunlap]] ([[List of governors of Maine|11th]] [[Governor of Maine]], 1834–1838; U.S. House Representative from [[Maine's 2nd congressional district]], 1843–1847; [[Maine Senate|Maine State Senator]], 1831–1833 & 1824–1828; [[List of Presidents of the Maine Senate|Maine Senate President]], 1827–1828) *[[David R. Porter]] (9th Governor of Pennsylvania, 1839–1845; [[Pennsylvania House of Representatives|Pennsylvania State Representative]], 1836) *[[William F. Johnston]] (11th Governor of Pennsylvania, 1848–1852) *[[William Trousdale]] ([[Governor of Tennessee|13th Governor of Tennessee]], 1849–1851; [[List of ambassadors of the United States to Brazil|U.S. Minister to Brazil]], 1853–1857; [[United States Army|U.S. Army]] [[Brigadier general (United States)|Brigadier General]], 1848; U.S. Army [[Colonel (United States)|Colonel]], 1836–1848; U.S. Army [[Lieutenant#United States ranks|Lieutenant]], 1812–1836) *[[William B. Campbell]] ([[Governor of Tennessee|14th Governor of Tennessee]], 1851–1853; [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House Representative]] from [[Tennessee's 6th congressional district]], 1837–1843; U.S. House Representative from [[Tennessee's 5th congressional district]], 1866–1867; [[United States Army|U.S. Army]] [[Brigadier general (United States)|Brigadier General]]) *[[Beriah Magoffin]] ([[Governor of Kentucky|21st Governor of Kentucky]], 1859–1862; [[Kentucky Senate|Kentucky State Senator]], 1850; [[Kentucky House of Representatives|Kentucky State Representative]], 1867–1869) *[[Hamilton Rowan Gamble]] (16th Governor of Missouri, 1861–1864; [[List of Missouri Secretaries of State|Missouri Secretary of State]], 1824–1826) *[[William L. Sharkey]] (25th Governor of Mississippi, 1865) *[[John W. Geary]] (16th Governor of Pennsylvania, 1867–1873; [[List of Governors of Kansas#Territorial governors|3rd Territorial Governor of Kansas]], 1856–1857; [[Mayor of San Francisco#List|1st Mayor of San Francisco]], 1850–1851) *[[Edward M. McCook]] ([[Governor of Colorado#Governors of the Territory of Colorado|5th & 7th Governor of the Colorado Territory]], 1869–1873 & 1874–1875; [[United States Minister to Hawaii|U.S. Minister to Hawaii]], 1866–1868; [[Union Army]] [[Brevet (military)|Brevet]] [[Major general (United States)|Major General]], 1865; Union Army [[Brigadier general (United States)|Brigadier General]], 1864–1865; Union Army [[Colonel (United States)|Colonel]], 1862–1864; Union Army [[Captain (United States O-3)|Captain]], 1861–1862) *[[P. B. S. Pinchback]] ([[List of Governors of Louisiana|24th Governor of Louisiana]], 1872–1873; [[Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana|12th Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana]], 1871–1872) *[[Edwin Stanton McCook]] ([[List of Governors of Dakota Territory|Acting Governor of the Dakota Territory]], 1873; Union Army Brevet [[Major general (United States)|Major General]]; Union Army Brevet [[Brigadier general (United States)|Brigadier General]]; Union Army [[Colonel (United States)|Colonel]]) *[[Charles Croswell]] ([[Governor of Michigan|17th Governor of Michigan]], 1877–1881; [[Michigan Senate|Michigan State Senator]] 1862, 1864, & 1866) *[[Henry M. Mathews]] ([[List of Governors of West Virginia|5th Governor of West Virginia]], 1877–1881; [[List of Attorneys General of West Virginia|7th Attorney General of West Virginia]], 1873–1877; [[West Virginia Senate|West Virginia State Senator]], 1865; [[Confederate States Army]] [[Major (United States)|Major]]) *[[George B. McClellan]] ([[List of Governors of New Jersey|24th]] [[Governor of New Jersey]], 1878–1881; [[Commanding General of the United States Army|Commanding General of the Union Army]], 1861–1862; Union Army [[Major general (United States)|Major General]], 1861–1864; [[United States Army|U.S. Army]] [[Captain (United States O-3)|Captain]], 1855–1861; U.S. Army [[First lieutenant|1st Lieutenant]], 1853–1855; U.S. Army [[Second lieutenant|2nd Lieutenant]], 1847–1853; [[1864 United States presidential election|1864 Democratic U.S. Presidential Nominee]]) *[[Andrew Ryan McGill]] ([[Governor of Minnesota|10th Governor of Minnesota]], 1887–1889) *[[Royal C. Taft]] ([[List of Governors of Rhode Island|39th Governor of Rhode Island]], 1888–1889; [[Rhode Island House of Representatives|Rhode Island State Representative]], 1880–1884) *[[James E. Boyd (politician)|James E. Boyd]] ([[List of Governors of Nebraska|7th Governor of Nebraska]], 1892–1893; [[Nebraska House of Representatives|Nebraska State Representative]], 1866) *[[John P. Buchanan]] (25th Governor of Tennessee, 1891–1893) *[[William S. Taylor]] (33rd Governor of Kentucky, 1899–1900; [[Attorney General of Kentucky|19th Attorney General of Kentucky]], 1896–1899) *[[Andrew H. Longino]] (35th Governor of Mississippi, 1900–1904; [[Mississippi State Senate|Mississippi State Senator]], 1880–1884) *[[Paul V. McNutt]] ([[List of Governors of Indiana|34th]] [[Governor of Indiana]], 1933–1937; [[List of ambassadors of the United States to the Philippines|U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines]], 1946–1947; [[Federal Security Agency]] Administrator, 1939–1945; [[National Governors Association]] Chair, 1934–1936) *[[Adlai Stevenson II]] ([[Governor of Illinois|31st Governor of Illinois]], 1949–1953; [[United States Ambassador to the United Nations|5th U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations]], 1961–1965; [[1952 United States presidential election|1952]] & [[1956 United States presidential election|1956 Democratic U.S. Presidential Nominee]]) *[[Winthrop Rockefeller]] ([[List of governors of Arkansas|37th Governor of Arkansas]], 1967–1971; U.S. Army [[Lieutenant colonel (United States)|Lieutenant Colonel]]) *[[Mike Huckabee]] ([[List of Governors of Arkansas|44th Governor of Arkansas]], 1996–2007; Chair of the [[National Governors Association]], 2005–2006; 16th [[Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas]], 1993–1996) *[[Bob Taft]] ([[List of Governors of Ohio|67th Governor of Ohio]], 1999–2007; [[Ohio Secretary of State|49th Secretary of State]], 1991–1999; [[Ohio House of Representatives|Ohio State Representative]], 1977–1980) ====[[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House Representatives]]==== *[[James Gordon (New York)|James Gordon]] (U.S. House Representative from [[New York's 6th congressional district]], 1791–1793; U.S. House Representative from [[New York's 9th congressional district]], 1793–1795) *[[James Armstrong (Pennsylvania)|James Armstrong]] (U.S. House Representative from [[Pennsylvania's at-large congressional district]], 1793–1795) *[[William Irvine (general)|William Irvine]] (U.S. House Representative from [[Pennsylvania's at-large congressional district]], 1793–1795; [[List of delegates to the Continental Congress|Continental Congress Delegate]] from [[Pennsylvania]], 1787–1788; [[Continental Army]] [[Brigadier general (United States)|Brigadier General]]) *[[Andrew Pickens (congressman)|Andrew Pickens]] (U.S. House Representative from [[South Carolina's 6th congressional district]], 1793–1795; Continental Army [[Brigadier general (United States)|Brigadier General]]) *[[John Rhea]] (U.S. House Representative from [[Tennessee's 1st congressional district]], 1813–1815 & 1817–1823; U.S. House Representative from [[Tennessee's at-large congressional district]], 1803–1813) *[[George Clinton Jr.]] (U.S. House Representative from [[New York's 2nd congressional district]], 1805–1809; U.S. House Representative from [[New York's 3rd congressional district]], 1805) *[[Joseph Calhoun]] (U.S. House Representative from [[South Carolina's 6th congressional district]], 1807–1811; [[South Carolina House of Representatives|South Carolina State Representative]], 1804–1805) *[[James Breckinridge]] (U.S. House Representative from [[Virginia's 5th congressional district]], 1809–1817; [[Virginia House of Delegates|Virginia State Delegate]], 1789–1790, 1796–1801, 1806–1807, 1819–1820, & 1823; U.S. Army [[Brigadier general (United States)|Brigadier General]]) *[[James D. Breckinridge]] (U.S. House Representative from [[Kentucky's 8th congressional district]], 1821–1823) *[[Alexander Smyth]] (U.S. House Representative from [[Virginia's 22nd congressional district]], 1827–1830; U.S. House Representative from [[Virginia's 22nd congressional district]], 1823–1825; U.S. House Representative from [[Virginia's 6th congressional district]], 1817–1823) *[[Davy Crockett]] (U.S. House Representative from [[Tennessee's 9th congressional district]], 1827–1831; U.S. House Representative from [[Tennessee's 12th congressional district]], 1833–1835; frontiersman) *[[James Harper (congressman)|James Harper]] (U.S. House Representative from [[Tennessee's 9th congressional district]], 1833–1837) *[[James Graham (North Carolina)|James Graham]] (U.S. House Representative from [[North Carolina's 12th congressional district]], 1833–1843; U.S. House Representative from [[North Carolina's 1st congressional district]], 1845–1847) *[[Archibald Stuart]] (U.S. House Representative from [[Virginia's 7th congressional district]], 1837–1839; [[Virginia Senate|Virginia State Senator]], 1852–1855) *[[Horace Greeley]] (U.S. House Representative from [[New York's 6th congressional district]], 1848–1849; [[1872 United States presidential election|1872 Liberal Republican Presidential Nominee]]) *[[Thompson Campbell]] (U.S. House Representative from [[Illinois's 6th congressional district]], 1851–1853; [[Illinois Secretary of State]], 1843–1846) *[[William Hawkins Polk]] (U.S. House Representative from [[Tennessee's 6th congressional district]], 1851–1853; [[List of ambassadors of the United States to Italy|U.S. Minister to the Two Sicilies]], 1845–1847; [[Tennessee House of Representatives|Tennessee State Representative]], 1841–1845) *[[William M. Tweed]] (U.S. House Representative from [[New York's 5th congressional district]], 1853–1855; [[New York State Senate|New York State Senator]], 1868–1873; [[Sachem|Grand Sachem]] of [[Tammany Hall]], 1858–1871) *[[James S. Rollins]] (U.S. House Representative from [[Missouri's 2nd congressional district]], 1861–1863; U.S. House Representative from [[Missouri's 9th congressional district]], 1863–1865; [[Missouri House of Representatives|Missouri State Representative]], 1838, 1840, & 1854; "Father of the [[University of Missouri]]")<ref>Rollins - Floyd Calvin Shoemaker, Missouri's Hall of Fame: Lives of Eminent Missourians, Missouri Book Company, 1918, p. 184.</ref> *[[Alexander Wilson Taylor]] (U.S. House Representative from [[Pennsylvania's 21st congressional district]], 1873–1875) *[[Harry White (Pennsylvania)|Harry White]] (U.S. House Representative from [[Pennsylvania's 25th congressional district]], 1877–1881) *[[Anson G. McCook]] (U.S. House of Representative from [[New York's 8th congressional district]], 1877–1883; Union Army Brevet [[Brigadier general (United States)|Brigadier General]]; Union Army [[Major (United States)|Major]]; Union Army [[Captain (United States O-3)|Captain]]) *[[Henry L. Muldrow]] (U.S. House Representative from [[Mississippi's 1st congressional district]], 1877–1885; 1st Assistant Secretary of the Interior, 1885–1889) *[[Clifton R. Breckinridge]] (U.S. House Representative from [[Arkansas's 2nd congressional district]], 1885–1894; U.S. House Representative from [[Arkansas's at-large congressional district]], 1883–1885) *[[William Campbell Preston Breckinridge|William C. P. Breckinridge]] (U.S. House Representative from [[Kentucky's 7th congressional district]], 1885–1895; [[Confederate States Army|C.S.A.]] [[Colonel (United States)|Colonel]]; C.S.A. [[Captain (United States)|Captain]]) *[[John M. Wiley]] (U.S. House Representative from [[New York's 33rd congressional district]], 1889–1891; [[New York State Assembly]]man, 1871–1872) *[[David Archibald Harvey]] (U.S. House Delegate from [[Oklahoma Territory's at-large congressional district]], 1890–1893) *[[Charles Phelps Taft]] (U.S. House Representative from [[Ohio's 1st congressional district]], 1895–1897) *[[L. Irving Handy]] (U.S. House Representative from [[Delaware's at-large congressional district]], 1897–1899) *[[George Henry White]] (U.S. House Representative from [[North Carolina's 2nd congressional district]], 1897–1901) *[[Rufus King Polk]] (U.S. House Representative from [[Pennsylvania's 17th congressional district]], 1899–1902) *[[Ruth Hanna McCormick]] (U.S. House Representative from [[Illinois's at-large congressional district]], 1929–1931) *[[Helen Gahagan Douglas]] (U.S. House Representative from [[California's 14th congressional district]], 1945–1951) *[[John Dingell]] (U.S. House Representative from [[Michigan's 15th congressional district]], 1955–1965; U.S. House Representative from [[Michigan's 16th congressional district]], 1965–2003; U.S. House Representative from [[Michigan's 15th congressional district]], 2003–2013; U.S. House Representative from [[Michigan's 12th congressional district]], 2013–2015) *[[Mike McCormack (politician)|Mike McCormack]] (U.S. House Representative from [[Washington's 4th congressional district]], 1971–1981; [[Washington Senate|Washington State Senator]], 1961–1970; [[Washington House of Representatives|Washington State Representative]], 1957–1961) *[[John B. Breckinridge]] (U.S. House Representative from [[Kentucky's 6th congressional district]], 1973–1979; [[Attorney General of Kentucky|38th & 40 Kentucky Attorney General]], 1960–1964 & 1968–1972; Kentucky State Representative, 1956–1960) *[[Rob Andrews]] (U.S. House Representative from [[New Jersey's 1st congressional district]], 1990–2014) *[[Gwen Graham]] (U.S. House Representative from [[Florida's 2nd congressional district]], 2015–2017) *[[Charlie Crist]] (U.S. House Representative from [[Florida's 13th congressional district]], 2017–Present; [[List of Governors of Florida|44th Governor of Florida]], 2007–2011; [[Florida Attorney General|35th Attorney General of Florida]], 2003–2007; [[Florida Department of Education|19th Florida Education Commissioner]], 2001–2003; [[Florida Senate|Florida State Senator]], 1992–1998) ====[[United States Armed Forces|U.S. Military]] [[Officer (armed forces)#United States|Officers]]==== *[[Arthur Noble]] ([[Massachusetts National Guard|Massachusetts Bay Colonial Militia]] [[Lieutenant colonel (United States)|Lieutenant Colonel]], 1744–1747) *[[John Mathews (Augusta County)|John Mathews]] ([[Virginia National Guard|Virginia Colonial Militia]] [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|Captain]]) *[[Sampson Mathews]] (Virginia State Militia [[Lieutenant colonel (United States)|Lieutenant Colonel]]; Virginia Colonial Militia [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|Captain]]) *[[Samuel McClellan]] ([[Connecticut Military Department|Connecticut State Militia]] [[Brigadier general (United States)|Brigadier General]], 1779; Connecticut State Militia [[Colonel (United States)|Colonel]], 1777–1779; Connecticut State Militia [[Lieutenant colonel (United States)|Lieutenant Colonel]], 1776–1777; Connecticut State Militia [[Major (United States)|Major]], 1775–1776; [[British Army]] [[Lieutenant#United Kingdom and Commonwealth police forces|Lieutenant]]; British Army [[Ensign (rank)#United Kingdom|Ensign]]) *[[Samuel McDowell]] ([[Continental Army]] [[Colonel (United States)|Colonel]]; British Army [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|Captain]]) *[[Charles Clinton]] ([[New York Army National Guard|New York Colonial Militia]] [[Colonel (United States)|Colonel]], 1756) *[[Griffith Rutherford]] ([[North Carolina National Guard|North Carolina State Militia]] [[Brigadier general (United States)|Brigadier General]], 1776–1783; North Carolina State Militia Colonel, 1775–1776; North Carolina State Militia [[Colonel (United States)|Colonel]], 1772–1775; North Carolina Colonial Militia [[Captain (United States O-3)|Captain]], 1760–1772) *[[James Smith (delegate)|James Smith]] ([[List of delegates to the Continental Congress|Continental Congress Delegate]] from Pennsylvania, 1775–1776; [[Signing of the United States Declaration of Independence#List of signers|U.S. Declaration of Independence Signer]]; [[Pennsylvania National Guard|Pennsylvania State Militia]] [[Brigadier general (United States)|Brigadier General]]; [[Pennsylvania House of Representatives|Pennsylvania State Representative]], 1780) *[[Matthew Thornton]] ([[List of delegates to the Continental Congress|Continental Congress Delegate]] from New Hampshire, 1776–1777; [[New Hampshire Senate|New Hampshire State Senator]], 1784–1787; [[New Hampshire House of Representatives|New Hampshire State Representative]], 1783 & 1786; [[New Hampshire Supreme Court|New Hampshire Superior Court Judge]], 1776–1782; [[New Hampshire House of Representatives|Speaker of the New Hampshire House of Representatives]], 1776; [[Provincial Congress|New Hampshire Provincial Congress President]], 1775; [[New Hampshire House of Representatives|New Hampshire Provincial Assemblyman]], 1758–1762; [[New Hampshire Militia]] [[Colonel (United States)|Colonel]], 1775–1779; [[Signing of the United States Declaration of Independence#List of signers|U.S. Declaration of Independence Signer]]) *[[Bowes Reed]] (Continental Army [[Colonel (United States)|Colonel]], 1776–1778; Continental Army [[Lieutenant colonel (United States)|Lieutenant Colonel]], 1776) *[[Thomas Polk]] (Continental Army [[Brigadier general (United States)|Brigadier General]], 1780–1781; [[North Carolina Army National Guard|North Carolina State Militia]] [[Colonel (United States)|Colonel]], 1775–1778) *[[William Polk (colonel)|William Polk]] ([[North Carolina House of Representatives|North Carolina State Representative]], 1785–1786 & 1787–1788; Continental Army [[Lieutenant colonel (United States)|Lieutenant Colonel]], 1781; Continental Army [[Major (United States)|Major]], 1776–1781; Continental Army [[Second lieutenant#United States|2nd Lieutenant]], 1775–1776) *[[Andrew Lewis (soldier)|Andrew Lewis]] (Continental Army [[Brigadier general (United States)|Brigadier General]], 1776–1777; Virginia State Militia [[Major (United States)|Major]], 1755–1763; Virginia State Militia [[Captain (United States O-3)|Captain]], 1754–1755) *[[James Ewing (Pennsylvania)|James Ewing]] ([[Pennsylvania Army National Guard|Pennsylvania State Militia]] [[Brigadier general (United States)|Brigadier General]]) *[[Thomas Gaddis]] ([[Virginia National Guard|Virginia State Militia]] [[Major (United States)|Major]]) *[[James Potter]] (Pennsylvania State Militia [[Brigadier general (United States)|Brigadier General]]) *[[William Crawford (soldier)|William Crawford]] (Continental Army [[Colonel (United States)|Colonel]]) *[[John B. McClelland]] (Continental Army [[Captain (United States O-3)|Captain]]) *[[John McClelland (soldier)|John McClelland]] (U.S. Army [[Ensign (rank)#United States|Ensign]]) *[[John Armstrong Sr.]] (Pennsylvania State Militia [[Major general (United States)|Major General]]; Continental Army [[Brigadier general (United States)|Brigadier General]], 1776–1777; British Army [[Colonel (United States)|Colonel]], 1758–1763; [[List of delegates to the Continental Congress|Continental Congress Delegate]] from [[Pennsylvania]], 1779–1780) *[[Richard Montgomery]] (Continental Army [[Major general (United States)|Major General]], 1775; Continental Army [[Brigadier general (United States)|Brigadier General]], 1775; [[British Army]] [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|Captain]], 1762–1772; British Army [[Lieutenant#United Kingdom and Commonwealth police forces|Lieutenant]], 1758–1762) *[[John Stark]] (Continental Army [[Major general (United States)|Major General]]; Continental Army [[Brigadier general (United States)|Brigadier General]], 1777–1783; Continental Army [[Colonel (United States)|Colonel]], 1775–1777; British Army [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|Captain]]) *[[James Clinton]] (Continental Army [[Brevet (military)|Brevet]] [[Major General (United States)|Major General]]; Continental Army [[Brigadier general (United States)|Brigadier General]], 1776–1783; Continental Army, [[Colonel (United States)|Colonel]], 1775–1776; British Army [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|Captain]], 1759–1763; British Army [[Ensign (rank)#United Kingdom|Ensign]], 1757–1759) *[[William Maxwell (Continental Army general)|William Maxwell]] (Continental Army [[Brigadier general (United States)|Brigadier General]], 1776–1780; [[New Jersey Army National Guard|New Jersey State Militia]] [[Colonel (United States)|Colonel]], 1775–1776) *[[Walter Stewart (general)|Walter Stewart]] ([[Pennsylvania National Guard]] [[Major general (United States)|Major General]]; Continental Army Brevet [[Brigadier general (United States)|Brigadier General]], 1783; Continental Army [[Major (United States)|Major]], 1776–1783; Continental Army [[Captain (United States O-3)|Captain]], 1776) *[[James White (general)|James White]] ([[North Carolina National Guard|North Carolina State Militia]] [[Brigadier general (United States)|Brigadier General]], 1790–1814; North Carolina State Militia [[Captain (United States O-3)|Captain]], 1779–1781) *[[John Dunlap]] ([[United States Army|U.S. Army]] [[Major (United States)|Major]], 1794) *[[Samuel Dale]] (U.S. Army [[Brigadier general (United States)|Brigadier General]]) *[[David Farragut]] ([[United States Navy|U.S. Navy]] [[Admiral (United States)|Admiral]], 1866–1870; U.S./[[Union Navy]] [[Vice admiral (United States)|Vice Admiral]] 1864–1866; Union Navy [[Rear admiral (United States)|Rear Admiral]], 1862–1864; U.S./Union Navy [[Captain (United States O-6)|Captain]] 1855–1862; U.S. Navy [[Commander (United States)|Commander]], 1841–1855; U.S. Navy [[Lieutenant (navy)|Lieutenant]], 1822–1841; U.S. Navy [[Midshipman]], 1810–1822) *[[Cabell Breckinridge]] ([[Secretary of State of Kentucky]], 1820–1823; [[Kentucky House of Representatives|Speaker of the Kentucky House of Representatives]], 1817–1819; Kentucky State Representative, 1816–1819; U.S. Army [[Major (United States)|Major]], 1812–1814) *[[John J. Kennedy (Republic of Texas politician)|John J. Kennedy]] ([[Confederate States Army|C.S.A.]] [[Captain (United States O-3)|Captain]], 1861–1865; U.S. Army [[First lieutenant#United States|1st Lieutenant]], 1832–1836) *[[Benjamin McCulloch]] (C.S.A. [[Brigadier general (United States)|Brigadier General]], 1861–1862; C.S.A. [[Colonel (United States)|Colonel]], 1861; U.S. Army [[Major (United States)|Major]], 1846–1847; [[Texas Army National Guard|Texas State Militia]] [[Major general (United States)|Major General]], 1846–1847; [[Texas House of Representatives|Texas State Representative]], 1839; [[Texian Army]] [[First lieutenant#United States|1st Lieutenant]], 1836) *[[John P. McCown]] (C.S.A. [[Major general (United States)|Major General]], 1862–1865; C.S.A. [[Brigadier general (United States)|Brigadier General]], 1861–1862; C.S.A. [[Colonel (United States)|Colonel]], 1861; C.S.A. [[Lieutenant colonel (United States)|Lieutenant Colonel]], 1861; U.S. Army [[Captain (United States O-3)|Captain]], 1851–1861; U.S. Army [[Brevet (military)|Brevet]] Captain, 1847; U.S. Army [[First lieutenant#United States|1st Lieutenant]], 1843–1851; U.S. Army [[Second lieutenant#United States|2nd Lieutenant]], 1840–1843) *[[Leonidas Polk]] (C.S.A. [[Lieutenant general (United States)|Lieutenant General]], 1862–1864; C.S.A. [[Major general (United States)|Major General]], 1861–1862; U.S. Army Brevet [[Second lieutenant#United States|2nd Lieutenant]], 1827) *[[Daniel Harvey Hill]] (C.S.A. Brevet [[Lieutenant general (United States)|Lieutenant General]], 1863; C.S.A. [[Major general (United States)|Major General]], 1862–1863; C.S.A. [[Brigadier general (United States)|Brigadier General]], 1861–1862; C.S.A. [[Colonel (United States)|Colonel]], 1861; U.S. Army Brevet [[Major (United States)|Major]], 1847; U.S. Army Brevet [[Captain (United States O-3)|Captain]], 1847–1849; U.S. Army [[First lieutenant#United States|1st Lieutenant]], 1842–1847) *[[Stonewall Jackson]] (C.S.A. [[Lieutenant general (United States)|Lieutenant General]], 1862–1863; C.S.A. [[Major general (United States)|Major General]], 1861–1862; C.S.A. [[Brigadier general (United States)|Brigadier General]], 1861; C.S.A. [[Colonel (United States)|Colonel]], 1861; U.S. Army Brevet [[Major (United States)|Major]], 1847; U.S. Army Brevet [[Captain (United States O-3)|Captain]], 1847; U.S. Army [[First lieutenant#United States|1st Lieutenant]], 1847; U.S. Army [[Second lieutenant#United States|2nd Lieutenant]], 1846–1847) *[[J. E. B. Stuart]] (C.S.A. [[Major general (United States)|Major General]], 1862–1864; C.S.A. [[Brigadier general (United States)|Brigadier General]], 1861–1862; C.S.A. [[Colonel (United States)|Colonel]], 1861; C.S.A. [[Lieutenant colonel (United States)|Lieutenant Colonel]], 1861; U.S. Army [[Captain (United States O-3)|Captain]], 1861; U.S. Army [[First lieutenant#United States|1st Lieutenant]], 1855–1861; U.S. Army [[Second lieutenant#United States|2nd Lieutenant]], 1854–1855) *[[Waller T. Patton]] (C.S.A. [[Lieutenant colonel (United States)|Lieutenant Colonel]], 1862–1863; C.S.A. [[Major (United States)|Major]], 1861–1862) *[[George S. Patton Sr.]] (C.S.A. [[Colonel (United States)|Colonel]]; U.S. Army [[Captain (United States O-3)|Captain]]) *[[Robert Jefferson Breckinridge Jr.]] (C.S.A. [[Colonel (United States)|Colonel]]) *[[Nathan Bedford Forrest]] (C.S.A. [[Lieutenant general (United States)|Lieutenant General]], 1864–1865; C.S.A. [[Major general (United States)|Major General]], 1863–1864; C.S.A. [[Brigadier general (United States)|Brigadier General]], 1862–1863; C.S.A. [[Colonel (United States)|Colonel]], 1862; C.S.A. [[Lieutenant colonel (United States)|Lieutenant Colonel]], 1861–1862) *[[William Gamble (general)|William Gamble]] (U.S./[[Union Army]] [[Brigadier general (United States)|Brigadier General]], 1864–1866; Union Army [[Colonel (United States)|Colonel]], 1862–1864; Union Army [[Lieutenant colonel (United States)|Lieutenant Colonel]], 1861–1862) *[[Joseph Cabell Breckinridge Sr.]] (U.S. Army [[Major general (United States)|Major General]], 1898–1903; U.S. Army [[Brigadier general (United States)|Brigadier General]], 1889–1898; U.S. Army [[Colonel (United States)|Colonel]], 1885–1889; U.S. Army [[Lieutenant colonel (United States)|Lieutenant Colonel]], 1885; U.S. Army [[Major (United States)|Major]], 1881–1885; U.S. Army [[Captain (United States O-3)|Captain]], 1874–1881; Union Army Brevet [[Major (United States)|Major]], 1865; U.S./Union Army [[First lieutenant#United States|1st Lieutenant]], 1863–1874; Union Army [[Second lieutenant#United States|2nd Lieutenant]], 1862–1863) *[[Thomas Z. Morrow]] ([[Kentucky Senate|Kentucky State Senator]], 1865–1866; [[Union Army]] [[Lieutenant colonel (United States)|Lieutenant Colonel]], 1862–1863; Kentucky State Representative, 1861–1863) *[[James W. McLaughlin]] (Union Army [[Lieutenant#United States ranks|Lieutenant]]) *[[Alexander McDowell McCook]] (U.S. Army [[Major general (United States)|Major General]], 1894–1895; U.S. Army [[Brigadier general (United States)|Brigadier General]], 1890–1894; U.S. Army [[Lieutenant colonel (United States)|Lieutenant Colonel]], 1867–?; Union Army Brevet [[Major general (United States)|Major General]], 1862–1865; Union Army Brevet [[Brigadier general (United States)|Brigadier General]], 1861–1862; Union Army [[Colonel (United States)|Colonel]], 1861) *[[Daniel McCook]] (Union Army [[Major (United States)|Major]], 1861–1863) *[[Daniel McCook Jr.]] (Union Army [[Brigadier general (United States)|Brigadier General]], 1862–1864; Union Army [[Colonel (United States)|Colonel]], 1862–1864; Union Army [[Captain (United States O-3)|Captain]], 1861–1862) *[[George Wythe McCook]] (Union Army Brevet [[Brigadier general (United States)|Brigadier General]], 1865; Union Army [[Colonel (United States)|Colonel]], 1864–1865; Union Army [[Lieutenant colonel (United States)|Lieutenant Colonel]], 1861–1864) *[[Robert Latimer McCook]] (Union Army [[Brigadier general (United States)|Brigadier General]], 1862; Union Army [[Colonel (United States)|Colonel]], 1861–1862) *[[Mason Patrick]] (U.S. Army [[Major general (United States)|Major General]], 1927; U.S. Army Brevet Major General, 1918–1921; U.S. Army Brevet [[Brigadier general (United States)|Brigadier General]], 1917–1918; U.S. Army [[Colonel (United States)|Colonel]], 1916–1921; U.S. Army [[Lieutenant colonel (United States)|Lieutenant Colonel]], 1910–1916; U.S. Army [[Major (United States)|Major]], 1904–1910; U.S. Army [[Captain (United States)|Captain]], 1898–1904; U.S. Army [[First lieutenant#United States|1st Lieutenant]], 1889–1898; U.S. Army [[Second lieutenant#United States|2nd Lieutenant]], 1886–1889) *[[Byron McCandless]] (U.S. Navy [[Rear admiral (United States)|Rear Admiral]]) *[[Bruce McCandless]] (U.S. Navy [[Rear admiral (United States)|Rear Admiral]], 1952; U.S. Navy [[Commander (United States)|Commander]], 1942–1952) *[[Bruce McCandless II]] (U.S. Navy [[Captain (United States O-6)|Captain]]) *[[Robert R. McCormick]] (U.S. Army [[Colonel (United States)|Colonel]], 1918; U.S. Army [[Lieutenant colonel (United States)|Lieutenant Colonel]], 1918; U.S. Army [[Major (United States)|Major]], 1916–1918) *[[Richard King Mellon]] ([[United States Army Reserve|U.S. Army Reserve]] [[Lieutenant general (United States)|Lieutenant General]]) *[[Archibald Roosevelt]] (U.S. Army [[Lieutenant colonel (United States)|Lieutenant Colonel]], 1943–1945; U.S. Army [[Captain (United States O-3)|Captain]], ?–1918) *[[Quentin Roosevelt]] (U.S. Army [[Second lieutenant#United States|2nd Lieutenant]], 1917–1918) *[[George S. Patton]] (U.S. Army [[General (United States)|General]], 1945; U.S. Army [[Lieutenant general (United States)|Lieutenant General]], 1944–1945; U.S. Army [[Major general (United States)|Major General]], 1944; U.S. Army [[Brigadier general (United States)|Brigadier General]], 1944; U.S. Army Lieutenant General, 1943–1944; U.S. Army Major General, 1941–1943; U.S. Army Brigadier General, 1940–1941; U.S. Army [[Colonel (United States)|Colonel]], 1938–1940; U.S. Army [[Lieutenant colonel (United States)|Lieutenant Colonel]], 1934–1938; U.S. Army [[Major (United States)|Major]], 1920–1934; U.S. Army Colonel, 1918–1920; U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel, 1918; U.S. Army [[Major (United States)|Major]], 1918; U.S. Army [[Captain (United States O-3)|Captain]], 1917–1918; U.S. Army [[First lieutenant#United States|1st Lieutenant]], 1916–1917; U.S. Army [[Second lieutenant#United States|2nd Lieutenant]], 1909–1916) *[[John S. McCain Sr.]] (U.S. Navy [[Admiral (United States)|Admiral]], 1945; U.S. Navy [[Vice admiral (United States)|Vice Admiral]], 1943–1945; U.S. Navy [[Rear admiral (United States)|Rear Admiral]], 1941–1943) *[[John S. McCain Jr.]] (U.S. Navy [[Admiral (United States)|Admiral]], 1967–1972; U.S. Navy [[Vice admiral (United States)|Vice Admiral]], 1963–1967; U.S. Navy [[Rear admiral (United States)|Rear Admiral]], 1958–1963; U.S. Navy [[Captain (United States O-6)|Captain]], 1950–1958; U.S. Navy [[Commander (United States)|Commander]], 1944–1950; U.S. Navy [[Lieutenant commander (United States)|Lieutenant Commander]], 1941–1944; U.S. Navy [[Ensign (rank)#United States|Ensign]], 1931) *[[Thomas McInerney]] ([[United States Air Force|U.S. Air Force]] [[Lieutenant general (United States)|Lieutenant General]]) *[[George Patton IV]] (U.S. Army [[Major general (United States)|Major General]], 1975–1980; U.S. Army [[Brigadier general (United States)|Brigadier General]], 1970–1975; U.S. Army [[Colonel (United States)|Colonel]], 1968–1970; U.S. Army [[Lieutenant colonel (United States)|Lieutenant Colonel]], c. 1962–1968) *[[H. R. McMaster]] ([[National Security Advisor (United States)|26th U.S. National Security Advisor]], 2017–2018; U.S. Army [[Lieutenant general (United States)|Lieutenant General]], 2017; U.S. Army [[Major general (United States)|Major General]], 2014–2017; U.S. Army [[Brigadier general (United States)|Brigadier General]], 2012–2014; U.S. Army [[Brigadier general (United States)|Brigadier General]], 2009–2012; U.S. Army [[Colonel (United States)|Colonel]]; U.S. Army [[Lieutenant colonel (United States)|Lieutenant Colonel]]; U.S. Army [[Captain (United States O-3)|Captain]], 1990–1991; U.S. Army [[Captain (United States O-3)|Captain]], 1990–1991; U.S. Army [[Second lieutenant#United States|2nd Lieutenant]], 1984–?) ====Others==== *[[Francis Makemie]] (Presbyterian minister) *[[George Taylor (Pennsylvania politician)|George Taylor]] ([[Pennsylvania General Assembly|Pennsylvania Provincial Assemblyman]], 1763–1769 & 1775–1777; [[List of delegates to the Continental Congress#Pennsylvania|Continental Congress Delegate]] from Pennsylvania, 1776–1777; [[Signing of the United States Declaration of Independence#List of signers|U.S. Declaration of Independence Signer]]) *[[Charles Thomson]] (Secretary of the [[Continental Congress]], 1774–1789) *[[James G. Birney]] ([[1840 United States presidential election|1840]] & [[1844 United States presidential election|1844]] [[Liberty Party (United States, 1840)|Liberty Party]] [[Liberty Party (United States, 1840)#Candidates|Presidential Nominee]]; [[Alabama House of Representatives|Alabama State Representative]], 1819–1821; [[Kentucky House of Representatives|Kentucky State Representative]], 1817–1819) *[[George W. Clinton]] ([[United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York|U.S. Attorney for Northern New York]], 1847–1850; [[List of mayors of Buffalo, New York|12th Mayor of Buffalo, New York]], 1842–1843) *[[Samuel Ealy Johnson Jr.]] ([[Texas House of Representatives|Texas State Representative]], 1905–1909 & 1918–1923) *[[George S. Patton (attorney)|George S. Patton Jr.]] (Mayor of [[San Marino, California]], 1913–1922 & 1922–1924; [[Los Angeles County District Attorney]], 1886–1887) *[[Winthrop Paul Rockefeller]] ([[Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas|17th Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas]], 1996–2006) ===Entertainment=== * [[Karen Allen]] (actress), of English, Irish, Scottish, and Welsh descent.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Wloszczyna|first=Susan|title=Allen and Riegert tend to the 'White Irish Drinkers' |work=[[USA Today]] |date=September 9, 2010 |url=http://content.usatoday.com/communities/livefrom/post/2010/09/allen-and-reigert-tend-to-the-white-irish-drinkers/1| accessdate=September 9, 2010| archivedate=October 3, 2012|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20121003040137/http://content.usatoday.com/communities/livefrom/post/2010/09/allen-and-reigert-tend-to-the-white-irish-drinkers/1#.V5yrfpMrKb8|deadurl=no}}</ref> * [[Billie Joe Armstrong]] (singer, actor, musician, record producer and songwriter) * [[Mary Astor]] (movie star), maternal grandmother was of Scots Irish heritage * [[Alec Baldwin]] (actor) * [[Daniel Baldwin]] (actor) * [[Stephen Baldwin]] (actor) * [[William Baldwin]] (actor) * [[Tallulah Bankhead]] (actress) * [[Kim Basinger]] (actress) * [[Warren Beatty]] (actor, producer, director), of part Scotch-Irish descent * [[Justin Bieber]] (musician), of part descent * [[Brad Pitt]] (actor) * [[Johnny Cash]] (musician) * [[June Carter Cash]] (musician) * [[Jessica Chastain]] (actress), small amount of Scotch-Irish ancestry * [[Eddie Cochran]] (musician) * [[Rory Cochrane]] (actor) * [[Charles Coburn]] (actor) * [[Emily Deschanel]] (actress), small amount of Scotch-Irish ancestry * [[Janice Dickinson]] (model), father of Scotch-Irish ancestry * [[Shannen Doherty]] (actress), small amount of Scotch-Irish ancestry * [[Michael Douglas]] (actor), his Bermudian mother Diana Dill is of part Ulster Scots ancestry * [[Haylie Duff]] (actress), small amount of Scotch-Irish ancestry * [[Aaron Eckhart]] (actor) * [[Carrie Fisher]] (actress), small amount of Scotch-Irish ancestry *[[Megan Fox]] (actress), small amount of Scotch-Irish ancestry * [[Zach Galifianakis]] (actor), mother is of part Scotch-Irish descent * [[Crystal Gayle]] (singer) * [[Mel Gibson]] (actor) * [[Summer Glau]] (actress, classically trained ballet dancer), small amount of Scotch-Irish ancestry * [[Edna Goodrich]] (Broadway and silent screen actress; [[Florodora girl]]) * [[Martha Graham]] (dancer, choreographer) * [[Moby]] (Musician, DJ, Vegan) small amount of Scotch-Irish ancestry * [[Merle Haggard]] (musician) * [[Barbara Hale]] (actress) * [[Armie Hammer]] (actor), small amount of Scotch-Irish ancestry *[[Colton Haynes]] (actor) *[[Smith Hart]] ([[wrestler]]) *[[Bruce Hart (wrestler)|Bruce Hart]] ([[wrestler]]) *[[Keith Hart (wrestler)|Keith Hart]] ([[wrestler]]) *[[Wayne Hart (wrestling)|Wayne Hart]] ([[referee]]) *[[Dean Hart]] ([[wrestler]]) *[[Bret Hart]] ([[wrestler]]) *[[Ross Hart]] ([[wrestler]]) *[[Diana Hart]] ([[wrestling valet]]) *[[Owen Hart]] ([[wrestler]]) * [[Kate Hudson]] (actress), small amount of Scotch-Irish ancestry * [[Oliver Hudson]] (actor), small amount of Scotch-Irish ancestry * [[Angelica Huston]] (actress) * [[Danny Huston]] (actor) * [[John Huston]] (director, actor) * [[Michael Keaton]] (actor), small amount of Scotch-Irish ancestry * [[Burt Lancaster]] (actor) * [[David Lynch]] (director), Scotch-Irish father * [[Loretta Lynn]] (singer) * [[Shirley MacLaine]] (actress, dancer, author), of part Scotch-Irish ancestry * [[Steve Martin]] (actor) * [[Frank McCown]], aka Rory Calhoun (actor) * [[Reba McEntire]] (singer, actress), of part Scotch-Irish ancestry * [[Robert Mitchum]] (actor), of part Scotch-Irish ancestry * [[Agnes Moorehead]] (actress) * [[Mary-Louise Parker]] (actress), small amount of Scotch-Irish ancestry * [[Dolly Parton]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.scotchirish.net/Country%20Music.php4 |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2006-07-31 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061229152617/http://www.scotchirish.net/Country%20Music.php4 |archivedate=2006-12-29 |df= }}</ref> (country singer, songwriter, composer, author and actress), small amount of Scotch-Irish ancestry * [[Lou Diamond Phillips]] (actor), father was partly of Scotch-Irish ancestry * [[Axl Rose]] (singer), father's line was Scotch-Irish * [[Elvis Presley]] (musician, actor), of Scotch-Irish ancestry * [[Burt Reynolds]] (actor), small amount of Scotch-Irish ancestry * [[Debbie Reynolds]] (actress) * [[Christina Ricci]] (actress), of part Scotch-Irish ancestry * [[Peter Sarsgaard]] (actor), small amount of Scotch-Irish ancestry * [[Ricky Skaggs]] (singer) * [[Richard St. Clair]] (composer, pianist), father was of Scotch-Irish ancestry * [[Hilary Swank]] (actress), small amount of Scotch-Irish ancestry * [[Maria Tallchief]] (prima ballerina) * [[John Wayne]] (actor), of Scotch-Irish ancestry * [[Hank Williams]] (singer), Scotch-Irish mother * [[Mary Elizabeth Winstead]] (actress), small amount of Scotch-Irish ancestry * [[Jonathan Winters]] (actor), small amount of Scotch-Irish ancestry ===Literature=== *[[L. Frank Baum]] (author) *[[Cork Graham]] (author) *[[Stephen King]] (author) *[[David McCullough]] (historian) *[[Edgar Allan Poe]] (author), paternal side of his family were Ulster Scots from County Cavan *[[John Steinbeck]] (author) *[[Mark Twain]], aka Samuel Clemens (author, wit), family were from County Antrim ===Sports=== *[[Mickey Cochrane]] (sportsman) *[[Jack Dempsey]] (boxer) *[[Aaron Rodgers]] (NFL quarterback) *[[Jeff Gordon]] ([[NASCAR]] driver) *[[Josh McCown]] ([[National Football League|NFL]] [[quarterback]]) *[[Luke McCown]] (NFL quarterback) *[[Randy McCown]] ([[Texas A&M Aggies]] quarterback) *[[Kirk Cousins]] ([[NFL]] quarterback) *[[Arnold Palmer]] (golfer) *[[David Wright]] ([[Major League Baseball|MLB]] [[third baseman]]) ===Other=== *[[Neil Armstrong]] (astronaut) *[[James M. Buchanan]] (economist; [[List of Nobel Memorial Prize laureates in Economics|1986 Nobel Prize Laureate in Economics]]) *[[Rosa Parks]] (Civil Rights activist) *[[Tammy Bruce]]<ref>Tammy Bruce: "I'm [[Italian American|Italian]] and Scotch-Irish", ''Tammy Bruce Show'', [[Los Angeles]], [[Talk Radio Network]] (May 14, 2009), radio commentary.</ref> (radio talk show host) *[[Kit Carson]] (frontiersman) *[[James Creelman]] (journalist) *[[Charles Stark Draper]] (inventor of inertial navigation) *[[Wyatt Earp]] (lawman) *[[Timothy Eaton]] (founder of the [[Eaton's]] department store) *[[Bill Gates]] (chairman of [[Microsoft]]) *[[J. Paul Getty]] (industrialist) *[[James Irwin]] (astronaut) *[[Billy the Kid]] (gunslinger) *[[Bat Masterson]] (lawman) *[[Bruce McCandless II]] (astronaut) *[[Robert R. McCormick]] (owner of ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'') *[[Kary Mullis]] (inventor of PCR, Nobel Prize winner) *[[John D. Rockefeller]] (oil magnate) *[[Harry Gordon Selfridge]] (founder of eponymous department store) *[[Alexander Turney Stewart]] (retail innovator) *[[Sir Henry Worth Thornton]] (President, Canadian National Railways; Coach, Vanderbilt University football team) *[[William Wheeler Thornton]] (judge, author, Indiana Supreme Ct. Librarian) ==References== {{reflist|30em}} [[Category:Lists of American people by ethnic or national origin|Scots-Irish Americans]] [[Category:American people of Scotch-Irish descent|*]] [[Category:Lists of people by ethnicity|Scotch-Irish]]'