List of American politicians of Irish descent

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This is a list of notable Irish American politicians.

To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article and/or references showing the person is Irish American and a notable politician.

A–L[]

United States President John F. Kennedy laying a wreath at the Commodore John Barry Memorial in Wexford, Ireland in 1963
  • Caroline Kennedy - US Ambassador
  • Edward M. Kennedy - longtime US Senator
  • Edward M. Kennedy, Jr - Connecticut State Senator
  • John F. Kennedy - 35th President of the United States
  • Joseph P. Kennedy - US Ambassador
  • Joseph P. Kennedy II - former US Congressman
  • Joseph P. Kennedy III - US Congressman
  • Kathleen Kennedy Townsend - former Lieutenant Governor of Maryland
  • Mark Kennedy - former US Congressman
  • Patrick J. Kennedy - former Member Massachusetts House of Representatives; former Massachusetts Senator
  • Patrick J. Kennedy II - former US Congressman
  • Robert F. Kennedy - US Attorney General , US Senator, New York
  • Jean Kennedy Smith - former US Ambassador
  • Martin H. Kennelly - Chicago mayor
  • John V. Kenny - Jersey City mayor
  • John Kerrigan - Boston mayor
  • Peter T. King - US Congressman
  • Conor Lamb - US Congressman
  • Patrick Leahy - US Senator, father is of Irish descent
  • Huey Long - Louisiana governor
  • Robert Lowry - US Congressman
  • Stephen Lynch - US Congressman
  • Thomas Lynch, Jr. - signatory to the Declaration of Independence

M–Z[]

United States President Ronald Reagan speaking to a crowd in his ancestral home in Ballyporeen, Ireland in 1984

References[]

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-01-20.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) "James G. Barry was born in Ireland in 1800..."
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2004-04-30. Retrieved 2007-01-20.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ [1] "He was born in County Tyrone, Ireland, September 9, 1834..."
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  7. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2004-09-29. Retrieved 2007-01-20.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) "Bulger, one of the most successful Irish-American politicians of his generation..."
  8. ^ [5] "Aedanus Burke (1742 - 1802) of Galway went to Virginia..."
  9. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-02-02. Retrieved 2007-01-20.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) "Thomas Burke, born about 1747 in Galway, Ireland, moved to Orange County in North Carolina about 1770 from Virginia..."
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  11. ^ [7] "Born near London, England of Irish parents..."
  12. ^ [8] "She turns to the Irish mayor of Chicago, Jane Byrne..."
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  14. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2004-12-22. Retrieved 2007-01-20.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) "He was the grandson of Irish Catholic immigrants who came to American after the Great Irish ..."
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  18. ^ [12] "born in County Queens, Ireland, May 7, 1837; immigrated with his parents to the United States..."
  19. ^ [13] "He was the son of an Irish-American Revolutionary War hero and a Dutch mother."
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  21. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2006-12-15. Retrieved 2007-01-20.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) "Patrick Collins (1844-1905) was the second Irish-born mayor in Boston's history..."
  22. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-03-10. Retrieved 2007-01-20.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) "The career of Knoxville's first Irish Catholic mayor..."
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  27. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2006-01-05. Retrieved 2007-01-20.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) "Crowley was also named one of the Top 100 Irish American Leaders..."
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  30. ^ [20] Archived 2006-02-15 at the Wayback Machine "Richard J. Daley, an only child, was born in 1902 into an Irish Catholic neighborhood of south Chicago..."
  31. ^ [21] "John Darragh was born in Ireland, but emigrating to America at an early day became a prosperous farmer."
  32. ^ [22] "The child of a Spanish father and an Irish mother, de Valera was born in New York City, but moved to Ireland upon the death of his father. He became a teacher of mathematics and an avid supporter of the Irish language movement..."
  33. ^ [23] "Michael Donohoe was born in Killeshandra in 1864. After spending a short time teaching in the local National School he emigrated to the U.S. in 1886..."
  34. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-08-05. Retrieved 2007-07-12.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) "John G. Downey, who became governor at the early age of 32, was born in Ireland..."
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  36. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-01-20.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) "James Duane, son of an Irish-born merchant, became the first Irish-American mayor in 1784..."
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  43. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2006-04-10. Retrieved 2007-01-20.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) "He was the 7th child born to William and Nancy Alison McKinley (of Irish and Scottish descent)."
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  46. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2006-06-19. Retrieved 2006-07-05.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Noted as one of "Irish American Political Leaders"; paternal grandparents, John Michael Reagan and Jennie Cusick, were both the children of Irish immigrants
  47. ^ The Sacramento Bee, volume 200-no. 32,311 and many other articles in the Bee
  48. ^ Di Ionno, Mark (November 29, 2016). "Fidel Castro is dead, but scars remain in Union City". NJ.com.
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