List of foreign-born United States politicians

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

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

Incumbents[]

Members of Congress[]

Senators[]

Senator	Country/Place of Birth	Citizenship by	Party	Serving Since	Position(s) Held
Michael Bennet	India	Birth	Democratic	2009	U.S. Senator from Colorado; previously Superintendent of Denver Public Schools
Ted Cruz	Canada	Birth	Republican	2013	U.S. Senator from Texas; previously Solicitor General of Texas
Tammy Duckworth	Thailand	Birth	Democratic	2017	U.S. Senator from Illinois; previously U.S. Representative from Illinois, Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Public and Intergovernmental Affairs, and Director of the Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs
Mazie Hirono	Japan	Naturalization	Democratic	2013	U.S. Senator from Hawaii; previously U.S. Representative from Hawaii and Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii
Chris Van Hollen	Pakistan	Birth	Democratic	2017	U.S. Senator from Maryland; previously U.S. Representative from Maryland, Maryland State Senator, and Maryland State Delegate

Representatives[]

Representative	Country/Place of Birth	Citizenship by	Party	Position(s) Held
Don Beyer	Trieste	Birth	Democratic	Lieutenant Governor of Virginia, U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and U.S. Representative from Virginia
Salud Carbajal	Mexico	Naturalization	Democratic	U.S. Representative from California
Sean Casten	Ireland	Birth	Democratic	U.S. Representative from Illinois
Andrew Clyde	Canada	Birth	Republican	U.S. Representative from Georgia
Dan Crenshaw	Scotland	Birth	Republican	U.S. Representative from Texas
Sharice Davids	West Germany	Birth	Democratic	U.S. Representative from Kansas
Diana DeGette	Japan	Birth	Democratic	U.S. Representative from Colorado
Adriano Espaillat	Dominican Republic	Naturalization	Democratic	Member of New York State Assembly and New York State Senate and U.S. Representative from New York
Jesús "Chuy" García	Mexico	Naturalization	Democratic	Member of Illinois Senate and U.S. Representative from Illinois
Carlos A. Giménez	Cuba	Naturalization	Republican	U.S. Representative from Florida
Jim Himes	Peru	Birth	Democratic	U.S. Representative from Connecticut
Pramila Jayapal	India	Naturalization	Democratic	Washington State Senate and U.S. Representative from Washington
Young Kim	South Korea	Naturalization	Republican	U.S. Representative from California
Raja Krishnamoorthi	India	Naturalization	Democratic	U.S. Representative from Illinois
Ted Lieu	Taiwan	Naturalization	Democratic	U.S. Representative from California
Tom Malinowski	Poland	Derivation	Democratic	U.S. Representative from New Jersey
Sean Patrick Maloney	Canada	Birth	Democratic	White House Staff Secretary under Bill Clinton, and U.S. Representative from New York
Don McEachin	West Germany	Birth	Democratic	U.S. Representative from Virginia
Stephanie Murphy	Vietnam	Naturalization	Democratic	U.S. Representative from Florida
Ilhan Omar	Somalia	Naturalization	Democratic	U.S. Representative from Minnesota
David Rouzer	West Germany	Birth	Republican	U.S. Representative from North Carolina
Raul Ruiz	Mexico	Derivation	Democratic	U.S. Representative from California
Albio Sires	Cuba	Derivation	Democratic	Mayor of West New York, New Jersey, and U.S. Representative from New Jersey
Victoria Spartz	Soviet Union	Naturalization	Republican	U.S. Representative from Indiana
Michelle Steel	South Korea	Naturalization	Republican	U.S. Representative from California
Marilyn Strickland	South Korea	Birth	Democratic	U.S. Representative from Washington
Norma J. Torres	Guatemala	Naturalization	Democratic	U.S. Representative from California
Susan Wild	West Germany	Birth	Democratic	U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania

Cabinet members[]

Cabinet Member	Place of Birth	Citizenship by	Party	Positions Held
Jennifer Granholm	Canada	Naturalization	Democratic	United States Secretary of Energy
Alejandro Mayorkas	Cuba	Naturalization	Democratic	United States Secretary of Homeland Security

Governors[]

Governor	Place of Birth	Citizenship by	Party	Serving Since	Position(s) Held
Kate Brown	Spain	Birth	Democratic	2015	Oregon Secretary of State and Governor of Oregon

Statewide officials[]

Official	Country/Place of Birth	Citizenship by	Party	Position(s) Held
Richard Corcoran	Canada	Unknown	Republican	Education Commissioner of Florida
John F. King	Mexico	Unknown	Republican	Insurance Commissioner of Georgia
Karl Racine	Haiti	Unknown	Democratic	Attorney General of the District of Columbia
Tregenza Roach	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Unknown	Democratic	Lieutenant Governor of the United States Virgin Islands

Mayors[]

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Mayor	Place of Birth	Citizenship by	Party	Serving Since	Position(s) Held
Robert Garcia	Peru	Naturalization	Democratic	2014	Mayor of Long Beach, California
Carlos Hernández	Cuba	Naturalization	Republican	2011	Mayor of Hialeah, Florida
Glenn Jacobs	Spain	Birth	Republican	2018	Mayor of Knox County, Tennessee
Wilmot Collins	Liberia	Naturalization	Independent, later Democratic	2018	Mayor of Helena, Montana

State legislators[]

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Legislator	Place of Birth	Citizenship by	Party	Serving Since	Position(s) Held
Alex Andrade	Cayman Islands	Birth	Republican	2018	Florida State Representative
Colleen Burton	West Germany	Birth	Republican	2014	Florida State Representative
Al Jacquet	Netherlands Antilles	Naturalization	Democratic	2016	Florida State Representative
Dotie Joseph	Haiti	Naturalization	Democratic	2018	Florida State Representative
Janne Myrdal	Norway	Naturalization	Republican	2017	North Dakota State Senator
Manka Dhingra	India	Unknown	Democratic	2017	Washington State Senator
Grace Diaz	Dominican Republic	Naturalization	Democratic	2005	Rhode Island State Representative
Robert Phillips	England	Unknown	Democratic	2011	Rhode Island State Representative
Walter Blackman	Portugal	Birth	Republican	2019	Arizona State Representative
Nathan Biah	Liberia	Naturalization	Democratic	2021	Rhode Island State Representative
Rosanna Gabaldón	Bermuda	Birth	Democratic	2021	Arizona State Senator
Scott Kawasaki	Japan	Birth	Democratic	2019	Alaska State Senator
Donna McLeod	Jamaica	Unknown	Democratic	2019	Georgia House of Representative
Ramon Perez	Dominican Republic	Naturalization	Democratic	2021	Rhode Island State Representative
Susan Rubio	Mexico	Naturalization	Democratic	2018	California State Senator
Annette Taddeo	Colombia	Naturalization	Democratic	2017	Florida State Senator
Jackie Toledo	Peru	Naturalization	Republican	2016	Florida State Representative
Marcia Ranglin-Vassell	Jamaica	Naturalization	Democratic	2017	Rhode Island State Representative
Ardian Zika	Yugoslavia	Naturalization	Republican	2018	Florida State Representative

Others[]

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Name	Place of Birth	Citizenship by	Party	Positions Held
Kshama Sawant	India	Naturalization	Socialist Alternative	Member of the Seattle City Council
Joe Carollo	Cuba	Naturalization	Republican	Miami City Commissioner
Jorge Labarga	Cuba	Naturalization	Independent	Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Florida
Jean Monestime	Haiti	Naturalization	Democratic	Miami-Dade County Commissioner
Xavier Suarez	Cuba	Naturalization	Independent	Miami-Dade County Commissioner
Helena Moreno	Mexico	Unknown	Democratic	President of the New Orleans City Council
Yumi Hogan	South Korea	Naturalization	Republican	First Lady of Maryland
Raj Bhakta	India	Unknown	Republican	Candidate for Congress in Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district
Claston Bernard	Jamaica	Unknown	Republican	Candidate for Congress in Louisiana's 2nd district

Former[]

Members of Congress[]

Senators[]

Senator	Country/Place of Birth	Citizenship by	Party	Position(s) Held
David H. Armstrong	Nova Scotia	Derivation	Democratic	U.S. Senator from Missouri
Edward Dickinson Baker	England	Derivation	Whig, later Republican	U.S. Senator from Oregon; previously U.S. Representative from Illinois, Illinois State Senator, and Illinois State Representative
Judah P. Benjamin	Danish West Indies	Unknown	Whig, later Democratic	U.S. Senator from Louisiana
Rudy Boschwitz	Weimar Republic	Naturalization	Republican	U.S. Senator from Minnesota; later United States Ambassador to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights
George W. Campbell	Scotland	Naturalization	Democratic-Republican	U.S. Senator from Tennessee; previously Secretary of the Treasury and U.S. Representative from Tennessee; later Minister to Russia
James J. Davis	Wales	Naturalization	Republican	U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania; previously Secretary of Labor
Albert Gallatin	Geneva	Naturalization	Democratic-Republican	U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania; later U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, Secretary of the Treasury, Minister to France, and Minister to the United Kingdom
S. I. Hayakawa	Canada	Derivation	Republican	U.S. Senator from California
Magnus Johnson	Sweden	Naturalization	Farmer-Labor	U.S. Senator from Minnesota; previously U.S. Representative from Minnesota, Minnesota State Senator, and Minnesota State Representative
Samuel Johnston	Scotland	Unknown	Federalist	U.S. Senator from North Carolina; previously Governor of North Carolina
John P. Jones	England	Derivation	Republican; Silver	U.S. Senator from Nevada
Octaviano Ambrosio Larrazolo	Mexico	Derivation	Republican	U.S. Senator from New Mexico; previously Governor of New Mexico
Stephen Mallory	Trinidad	Birth	Democratic	U.S. Senator from Florida; later Confederate States Secretary of the Navy
Lee Mantle	England	Derivation	Republican, then Silver Republican	U.S. Senator from Montana; previously Mayor of Butte, Montana and Speaker of the Montana Territory House of Representatives
Mel Martínez	Cuba	Naturalization	Republican	U.S. Senator from Florida; previously United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and Mayor of Orange County, Florida
Knute Nelson	Norway	Naturalization	Republican	U.S. Senator from Minnesota; previously Governor of Minnesota, U.S. Representative from Minnesota, Minnesota State Senator, and Wisconsin State Assemblyman
Thomas M. Patterson	Ireland	Derivation	Democratic	U.S. Senator from Colorado; previously U.S. Representative from Colorado and Delegate from the Colorado Territory
John McCain	Panama Canal Zone	Birth	Republican	U.S. Senator from Arizona; previously U.S. Representative from Arizona
William Paterson	Ireland	Derivation	Federalist	U.S. Senator from New Jersey; previously New Jersey Attorney General; later Governor of New Jersey and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court
Alexander Porter	Ireland	Derivation	National Republican, later Whig	U.S. Senator from Louisiana; previously Associate Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court and Louisiana State Representative
Carl Schurz	Prussia	Derivation	Republican	U.S. Senator from Missouri; previously United States Minister to Spain; later United States Secretary of the Interior
James Shields	Ireland	Derivation	Democratic	U.S. Senator from Missouri, Minnesota and Illinois; previously Illinois State Representative
George Sutherland	England	Unknown	Liberal, later Republican	U.S. Senator from Utah; previously U.S. Representative from Utah; later Associate Justice of the Supreme Court
Robert F. Wagner	Prussia	Unknown	Democratic	U.S. Senator from New York; previously Lieutenant Governor of New York, New York State Senator, and New York State Assemblyman
Patrick Walsh	Ireland	Unknown	Democratic	U.S. Senator from Georgia; previously Georgia State Representative; later Mayor of Augusta, Georgia
Lowell Weicker	France	Birth	Republican, later A Connecticut Party	U.S. Senator from Connecticut; previously U.S. Representative from Connecticut, Connecticut State Representative, and Selectman of Greenwich, Connecticut; later Governor of Connecticut

Representatives[]

Representative	Country/Place of Birth	Citizenship by	Party	Position(s) Held
Henry M. Arens	Prussia	Derivation	Farmer-Labor	U.S. Representative from Minnesota; previously Minnesota State Senator and Minnesota State Representative; later Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota
Chester G. Atkins	Switzerland	Birth	Democratic	U.S. Representative from Massachusetts; previously Massachusetts State Senator and Massachusetts State Representative
Ron Barber	England	Birth	Democratic	U.S. Representative from Arizona
William Bernard Barry	Ireland	Unknown	Democratic	U.S. Representative from New York
Carlos Bee	Mexico	Birth	Democratic	U.S. Representative from Texas, previously Texas State Senator
Victor L. Berger	Austria-Hungary	Naturalization	Socialist	U.S. Representative from Wisconsin
John Bernard	France	Derivation	Farmer-Labor	U.S. Representative from Minnesota
Charles Gustav Binderup	Denmark	Unknown	Democratic	U.S. Representative from Nebraska
Haldor Boen	Norway	Derivation	Populist	U.S. Representative from Minnesota
John W. Brown	Scotland	Derivation	Jacksonian	U.S. Representative from New York; later Associate Justice of the New York Supreme Court
Aedanus Burke	Ireland	Derivation	Anti-Administration	U.S. Representative from South Carolina; previously South Carolina State Representative; later Chief Justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court
Thomas Burnside	Ireland	Derivation	Democratic-Republican	U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania; previously Pennsylvania State Senator
Joseph Henry Burrows	England	Derivation	Greenback	U.S. Representative from Missouri
Joseph Cao	South Vietnam	Naturalization	Republican	U.S. Representative from Louisiana
John Michael Clancy	Ireland	Unknown	Democratic	U.S. Representative from New York; previously New York State Assemblyman
William Bourke Cockran	Ireland	Naturalization	Democratic	U.S. Representative from New York
James Cooney	Ireland	Naturalization	Democratic	U.S. Representative from Missouri
William Crawford	Scotland	Naturalization	Democratic-Republican	U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
Thomas Cusack	Ireland	Unknown	Democratic	U.S. Representative from Illinois
Geoff Davis	Canada	Birth	Republican	U.S. Representative from Kentucky
Robert T. Davis	Ireland	Unknown	Republican	U.S. Representative from Massachusetts; previously Mayor of Fall River, Massachusetts
Benjamin Dean	England	Derivation	Democratic	U.S. Representative from Massachusetts; previously Massachusetts State Senator
Steven Derounian	Bulgaria	Unknown	Republican	U.S. Representative from New York; later Associate Justice of the New York Supreme Court
Lincoln Díaz-Balart	Cuba	Naturalization	Republican	U.S. Representative from Florida; previously Florida State Senator and Florida State Representative
Samuel Dickstein	Russia	Unknown	Democratic	U.S. Representative from New York; previously New York State Assemblyman; later Associate Justice of the New York State Supreme Court
Michael Donohoe	Ireland	Derivation	Democratic	U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
Mervyn Dymally	Trinidad and Tobago	Derivation	Democratic	U.S. Representative from California; previously Lieutenant Governor of California and California State Senator; later California State Assemblyman
John Ewing	Ireland	Derivation	National Republican, then Whig	U.S. Representative from Indiana
Jacob Falconer	Canada	Derivation	Progressive	U.S. Representative from Washington; previously Washington State Senator and Washington State Representative
Michael F. Farley	Ireland	Derivation	Democratic	U.S. Representative from New York
John F. Finerty	Ireland	Derivation	Independent Democratic	U.S. Representative from Illinois
Gustavus A. Finkelnburg	Prussia	Derivation	Republican, then Liberal Republican	U.S. Representative from Missouri; later Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
Nicholas Ford	Ireland	Derivation	Greenback	U.S. Representative from Missouri; previously Missouri State Representative
Elizabeth Furse	Kenya	Derivation	Democratic	U.S. Representative from Oregon
Bernard J. Gehrmann	Prussia	Derivation	Progressive	U.S. Representative from Wisconsin; previously Wisconsin State Assemblyman; later Wisconsin State Senator
James McMahon Graham	Ireland	Derivation	Democratic	U.S. Representative from Illinois; previously Illinois State Representative
John Greig	Scotland	Naturalization	Whig	U.S. Representative from New York
James Gunn	Ireland	Derivation	Populist	U.S. Representative from Idaho; previously Idaho State Senator
Michael Hahn	Bavaria	Derivation	Republican, then Unionist	U.S. Representative from Louisiana; previously Louisiana State Representative; later Governor of Louisiana
Kittel Halvorson	Norway	Derivation	Populist	U.S. Representative from Minnesota; previously Minnesota State Representative
John Hardy	Scotland	Unknown	Democratic	U.S. Representative from New York; previously New York City Alderman and New York State Assemblyman
Alexander Harper	Ireland	Naturalization	Whig	U.S. Representative from Ohio; previously Ohio State Representative
Richard A. Harrison	England	Derivation	Unionist	U.S. Representative from Ohio; previously Ohio State Senator and Ohio State Representative
Nils P. Haugen	Norway	Unknown	Republican	U.S. Representative from Wisconsin; previously Wisconsin State Assemblyman
Samuel Henderson	England	Naturalization	Federalist	U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
Pete Hoekstra	Netherlands	Derivation	Republican	U.S. Representative from Michigan; later United States Ambassador to the Netherlands
William Hogan	England	Derivation	Jacksonian	U.S. Representative from New York
Einar Hoidale	Norway	Naturalization	Democratic	U.S. Representative from Minnesota
Pehr G. Holmes	Sweden	Unknown	Republican	U.S. Representative from Massachusetts; previously Massachusetts Executive Councilor and Mayor of Worcester, Massachusetts
Denis M. Hurley	Ireland	Derivation	Republican	U.S. Representative from New York
Jacob Johnson	Denmark	Unknown	Republican	U.S. Representative from Utah
John Johnson	Ireland	Derivation	Independent Democratic	U.S. Representative from Ohio
Niels Juul	Denmark	Derivation	Republican	U.S. Representative from Illinois
Ruben Kihuen	Mexico	Naturalization	Democratic	U.S. Representative from Nevada; previously Nevada State Senator and Nevada State Assemblyman
Jay Kim	Japanese Korea	Naturalization	Republican	U.S. Representative from California; previously Mayor of Diamond Bar, California
Harold Knutson	Norway	Naturalization	Republican	U.S. Representative from Minnesota (House Majority Whip)
Ernie Konnyu	Hungary	Derivation	Republican	U.S. Representative from California; previously California State Assemblyman
John Hans Krebs	Weimar Republic	Derivation	Democratic	U.S. Representative from California
Tom Lantos	Hungary	Birth	Democratic	U.S. Representative from California
John Lind	Sweden	Birth	Democratic	U.S. Representative from Minnesota; later Governor of Minnesota
Charles August Lindbergh	Sweden	Naturalization	Republican	U.S. Representative from Minnesota
Meyer London	Russian Poland	Naturalization	Socialist	U.S. Representative from New York
John Baptiste Charles Lucas	France	Naturalization	Democratic-Republican	U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
Blair McClenachan	Ireland	Derivation	Democratic-Republican	U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania; previously Pennsylvania State Representative
William McCreery	Ireland	Naturalization	Democratic-Republican	U.S. Representative from Maryland; later Maryland State Senator
Lawrence E. McGann	Ireland	Unknown	Democratic	U.S. Representative from Illinois
John J. McGrath	Ireland	Naturalization	Democratic	U.S. Representative from California
Joseph McLaughlin	Ireland	Derivation	Republican	U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
Frank Joseph McNulty	Ireland	Unknown	Democratic	U.S. Representative from New Jersey
M. Alfred Michaelson	Norway	Unknown	Republican	U.S. Representative from Illinois; previously Chicago City Councilman
William Milnes Jr.	England	Derivation	Conservative	U.S. Representative from Virginia; previously Virginia State Delegate
Leopold Morse	Bavaria	Unknown	Democratic	U.S. Representative from Massachusetts
William Moxley	Ireland	Unknown	Republican	U.S. Representative from Illinois
Debbie Mucarsel-Powell	Ecuador	Naturalization	Democratic	U.S. Representative from Florida
James O'Brien	Ireland	Unknown	Independent Democratic	U.S. Representative from New York; previously New York State Senator and Sheriff of New York County
Daniel O'Reilly	Ireland	Naturalization	Independent Democratic	U.S. Representative from New York; previously Mayor of Brooklyn, New York
George F. O'Shaunessy	Ireland	Unknown	Democratic	U.S. Representative from Rhode Island
Joseph Pulitzer	Hungary	Unknown	Democratic	U.S. Representative from New York; previously Missouri State Representative
John Quinn	Ireland	Naturalization	Democratic	U.S. Representative from New York; previously New York State Assemblyman
John Richards	Wales	Naturalization	Democratic-Republican	U.S. Representative from New York; previously New York State Assemblyman
Ciro Rodriguez	Mexico	Unknown	Democratic	U.S. Representative from Texas; previously Texas State Representative
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen	Cuba	Derivation	Republican	U.S. Representative from Florida; previously Florida State Senator and Florida State Representative
William Russell	Ireland	Naturalization	Jacksonian, then Whig	U.S. Representative from Ohio; previously Ohio State Senator and Ohio State Representative
Robert Rutherford	Scotland	Derivation	Anti-Administration, then Democratic-Republican	U.S. Representative from Virginia; previously Virginia State Senator
Peter Sailly	France	Naturalization	Democratic-Republican	U.S. Representative from New York; previously New York State Assemblyman
Dalip Singh Saund	British Raj	Naturalization	Democratic	U.S. Representative from California
James Shields	Ireland	Naturalization	Jacksonian	U.S. Representative from Ohio; previously Ohio State Representative
Jerry Simpson	Prince Edward Island	Derivation	Populist	U.S. Representative from Kansas
Charles Slade	England	Derivation	Jacksonian	U.S. Representative from Illinois; previously Illinois State Representative
Alexander Smyth	Ireland	Derivation	Democratic-Republican	U.S. Representative from Virginia; previously Virginia State Delegate
Karl Stefan	Bohemia	Derivation	Republican	U.S. Representative from Nebraska
Isidor Straus	Bavaria	Unknown	Democratic	U.S. Representative from New York
John K. Tener	Ireland	Unknown	Republican	U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania; later Governor of Pennsylvania
John Thomson	Ireland	Derivation	Jacksonian	U.S. Representative from Ohio; previously Ohio State Senator and Ohio State Representative
Charles W. Upham	Canada	Unknown	Whig	U.S. Representative from Massachusetts; previously Mayor of Salem, Massachusetts and Massachusetts State Representative and Massachusetts State Senator
Benjamin Walker	England	N/A	Federalist	U.S. Representative from New York
Michael Walsh	Ireland	Derivation	Democratic	U.S. Representative from New York; previously New York State Assemblyman
Knud Wefald	Norway	Naturalization	Farmer-Labor	U.S. Representative from Minnesota; previously Minnesota State Representative
Theodore S. Weiss	Hungary	Derivation	Democratic	U.S. Representative from New York; previously New York City Councilman
Campbell P. White	Ireland	Naturalization	Jacksonian	U.S. Representative from New York
James Wilson	Scotland	Naturalization	Republican	U.S. Representative from Iowa; later Secretary of Agriculture
William Bauchop Wilson	Scotland	Naturalization	Democratic	U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania; later Secretary of Labor
Chase G. Woodhouse	Canada	Birth	Democratic	U.S. Representative from Connecticut; previously Secretary of the State of Connecticut
Charles W. Woodman	Denmark	Derivation	Republican	U.S. Representative from Illinois
David Wu	Taiwan	Unknown	Democratic	U.S. Representative from Oregon

Delegates[]

Delegate	Country/Place of Birth	Citizenship by	Party	Position(s) Held
John Thomas Caine	Isle of Man	Naturalization	Democratic	Delegate from Utah Territory; later Utah State Senator
John G. Campbell	Scotland	Derivation	Democratic	Delegate from Arizona Territory; previously Arizona Territorial Councilman and Yavapai County Commissioner
George Q. Cannon	England	Naturalization	Republican	Delegate from Utah Territory; later First Counselor in the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Daniel Clark	Ireland	Naturalization	Independent	Delegate from Orleans Territory
Charles P. Clever	Prussia	Naturalization	Independent	Delegate from New Mexico Territory; previously Attorney General of New Mexico and
Mary Elizabeth Pruett Farrington	Japan	Birth	Republican	Delegate from Hawaii Territory; later Director of the Office of Territories
David Archibald Harvey	Nova Scotia	Derivation	Republican	Delegate from Oklahoma Territory
Santiago Iglesias	Spain	Naturalization	Coalitionist	Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico; previously Puerto Rico Territorial Senator
Julien de Lallande Poydras	France	Naturalization	Independent	Delegate from Orleans Territory; later Louisiana State Senator
Bernard Shandon Rodey	Ireland	Naturalization	Republican	Delegate from New Mexico Territory; later Judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico
Gabriel Richard	France	Naturalization	Independent	Delegate from Michigan Territory
Daniel Sutherland	Nova Scotia	Derivation	Republican	Delegate from Alaska Territory; previously Alaska Territorial Senator

Cabinet members[]

Cabinet Member	Country/Place of Birth	Citizenship by	Party	Position(s) Held
Madeleine Albright	Czechoslovakia	Naturalization	Democratic	Secretary of State; previously Ambassador to the United Nations
W. Michael Blumenthal	Weimar Republic	Naturalization	Democratic	Secretary of the Treasury
Zbigniew Brzezinski	Poland	Naturalization	Democratic	National Security Advisor
Anthony J. Celebrezze	Italy	Naturalization	Democratic	Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare; previously Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio; later Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Elaine Chao	Taiwan	Naturalization	Republican	Secretary of Transportation; previously Secretary of Labor
Jacob Dolson Cox	Lower Canada	Birth	Republican	Secretary of the Interior; previously Governor of Ohio and Ohio State Senator; later U.S. Representative from Ohio
Alexander J. Dallas	Jamaica	Naturalization	Democratic-Republican	Secretary of the Treasury; concurrently acting Secretary of State and acting Secretary of War; previously Reporter of Decisions of the Supreme Court
John M. Deutch	Belgium	Derivation	Democratic	Director of Central Intelligence; previously Deputy Secretary of Defense and Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology
William J. Duane	Ireland	Naturalization	Democratic	Secretary of the Treasury
Henry D. Gilpin	England	Naturalization	Democratic	Attorney General
Carlos Gutierrez	Cuba	Naturalization	Republican	Secretary of Commerce
Alexander Hamilton	British Leeward Islands	Naturalization	Federalist	Secretary of the Treasury; previously Senior Officer of the U.S. Army and Delegate to the Congress of the Confederation from New York
Sally Jewell	England	Naturalization	Democratic	Secretary of the Interior
Henry Kissinger	Weimar Republic	Naturalization	Republican	Secretary of State; previously National Security Advisor
Franklin Knight Lane	Prince Edward Island	Naturalization	Democratic	Secretary of the Interior; previously Interstate Commerce Commissioner and City Attorney of San Francisco
James McHenry	Ireland	Naturalization	Federalist	Secretary of War
Mark Meadows	France	Birth	Republican	White House Chief of Staff; previously U.S. Representative from North Carolina
Vivek Murthy	England	Unknown	Democratic	Surgeon General
John Negroponte	England	Naturalization	Republican	Director of National Intelligence; previously Ambassador to Iraq, Ambassador to the United Nations, Ambassador to the Philippines, Ambassador to Mexico, Deputy National Security Advisor, Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, and Ambassador to Honduras; later Deputy Secretary of State
Samantha Power	England	Naturalization	Democratic	Ambassador to the United Nations
George W. Romney	Mexico	Birth	Republican	Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; previously Governor of Michigan
Oscar Straus	Bavaria	Naturalization	Republican	Secretary of Commerce and Labor; later Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire
John H. Sununu	Cuba	Derivation	Republican	White House Chief of Staff; previously Governor of New Hampshire
Robert Wilkie	West Germany	Birth	Republican	Secretary of Veterans Affairs

• Christopher Memminger, Confederate States Secretary of the Treasury, born in Württemberg

Governors[]

Governor	Country/Place of Birth	Citizenship by	Party	Position(s) Held
Moses Alexander	Bavaria	Naturalization	Democratic	Governor of Idaho; previously Mayor of Boise, Idaho
Roger Allin	England	Naturalization	Republican	Governor of North Dakota; previously Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota
John Peter Altgeld	Nassau	Derivation	Democratic	Governor of Illinois; previously Justice of the Superior Court of Cook County
Sigurd Anderson	Norway	Derivation	Republican	Governor of South Dakota; previously Attorney General of South Dakota
John Hugo Aronson	Sweden	Derivation	Republican	Governor of Montana; previously Montana State Senator and Montana State Representative
Simon Bamberger	Hesse	Naturalization	Democratic	Governor of Utah; previously Utah State Senator
Frank Bell	Upper Canada	Naturalization	Republican	Governor of Nevada; previously Lieutenant Governor of Nevada
James E. Boyd	Ireland	Unknown	Democratic	Governor of Nebraska; previously Mayor of Omaha, Nebraska and Nebraska State Representative
Thomas Burke	Ireland	Derivation	Independent	Governor of North Carolina
Raúl Héctor Castro	Mexico	Derivation	Democratic	Governor of Arizona; previously Ambassador to Bolivia and Ambassador to El Salvador; later Ambassador to Argentina
Frank Henry Cooney	Canada	Derivation	Democratic	Governor of Montana; previously Lieutenant Governor of Montana
John Christopher Cutler	England	Unknown	Republican	Governor of Utah
James O. Davidson	Norway	Derivation	Republican	Governor of Wisconsin; previously Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin, Treasurer of Wisconsin, and Wisconsin State Assemblyman
William Richardson Davie	England	Unknown	Federalist	Governor of North Carolina
D. W. Davis	Wales	Unknown	Republican	Governor of Idaho
John N. Dempsey	Ireland	Unknown	Democratic	Governor of Connecticut; previously Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut, Connecticut State Representative, and Mayor of Putnam, Connecticut
Pierre Derbigny	France	Unknown	National Republican	Governor of Louisiana; previously Secretary of State of Louisiana and Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court
John G. Downey	Ireland	Naturalization	Democratic	Governor of California; previously Lieutenant Governor of California and California State Assemblyman
Adolph Olson Eberhart	Sweden	Derivation	Republican	Governor of Minnesota; previously Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota and Minnesota State Senator
Jennifer Granholm	Canada	Naturalization	Democratic	Governor of Michigan; previously Attorney General of Michigan
Frederic T. Greenhalge	England	Derivation	Republican	Governor of Massachusetts; previously U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, Massachusetts State Representative, and Mayor of Lowell, Massachusetts
Julius P. Heil	Germany	Unknown	Republican	Governor of Wisconsin
Joseph B. Johnson	Sweden	Naturalization	Republican	Governor of Vermont; previously Lieutenant Governor of Vermont, Vermont State Senator, and Vermont State Representative
Madeleine Kunin	Switzerland	Unknown	Democratic	Governor of Vermont; previously Lieutenant Governor of Vermont and Vermont State Representative; later Deputy Secretary of Education, Ambassador to Switzerland, and Ambassador to Lichtenstein
Ragnvald Nestos	Norway	Derivation	Republican	Governor of North Dakota, previously North Dakota State Representative
A. W. Norblad	Sweden	Unknown	Republican	Governor of Oregon; previously Oregon State Senator (President)
Hjalmar Petersen	Denmark	Naturalization	Farmer-Labor	Governor of Minnesota; previously Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota and Minnesota State Representative
Aram J. Pothier	Lower Canada	Derivation	Republican	Governor of Rhode Island; previously Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island, Mayor of Woonsocket, Rhode Island, and Rhode Island State Representative
Edward Salomon	Prussia	Derivation	Republican	Governor of Wisconsin; previously Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin
Edward S. Salomon	Denmark	Unknown	Independent	Governor of Washington Territory
Arnold Schwarzenegger	Austria	Naturalization	Republican	Governor of California; previously Chairman of the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports
Samuel H. Shapiro	Russia	Unknown	Democratic	Governor of Illinois; previously Lieutenant Governor of Illinois and Illinois State Representative
William E. Smith	Scotland	Unknown	Republican	Governor of Wisconsin; previously Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin, Treasurer of Wisconsin, Wisconsin State Assemblyman (Speaker), and Wisconsin State Senator
Stan Stephens	Canada	Naturalization	Republican	Governor of Montana; previously Montana State Senator (President)
John Swainson	Canada	Unknown	Democratic	Governor of Michigan; previously Lieutenant Governor of Michigan and Michigan State Senator

Statewide officials[]

Governor	Country/Place of Birth	Citizenship by	Party	Position(s) Held
Leo T. McCarthy	New Zealand	Unknown	Democratic	Lieutenant Governor of California; previously California State Assemblyman (Speaker) and San Francisco Supervisor

Mayors[]

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Mayor	Country of Birth	Citizenship by	Party	Position(s) Held
Harvinder "Harry" Anand	India	Unknown	Unknown	Mayor of Laurel Hollow, New York
James G. Barry	Ireland	Derivation	Democratic	Mayor of St. Louis, Missouri
Abraham Beame	England	Unknown	Democratic	Mayor of New York City, New York
Luigi Boria	Venezuela	Naturalization	Republican	Mayor of Doral, Florida
John T. Browne	Ireland	Unknown	N/A	Mayor of Houston, Texas
Isabella Cannon	Scotland	Unknown	Democratic	Mayor of Raleigh, North Carolina
Anthony J. Celebrezze	Italy	Naturalization	Democratic	Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio
Josaphat Celestin	Haiti	Naturalization	Republican	Mayor of North Miami, Florida
Anton Cermak	Austria-Hungary	Unknown	Democratic	Mayor of Chicago, Illinois
Patrick Collins	Ireland	Derivation	Democratic	U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, and Mayor of Boston
James J. Couzens	Canada	Unknown	Republican	Mayor of Detroit, Michigan
Richard Croker	Ireland	Naturalization	Democratic	Mayor of New York City, New York
Jimmy Delshad	Iran	Naturalization	Democratic	Mayor of Beverly Hills, California
Philippe Derose	Haiti	Naturalization	N/A	Mayor of El Portal, Florida
Thomas Fallon	Ireland	Naturalization	N/A	Mayor of San Jose, California
Joseph Gales Sr.	England	Unknown	Whig	Intendant of Police of Raleigh, North Carolina
Kashmir Gill	India	Unknown	Unknown	Mayor of Yuba City, California
Charles P. Gillen	Ireland	Derivation	Democratic	Mayor of Newark, New Jersey
Thomas F. Gilroy	Ireland	Unknown	Democratic	Mayor of New York City, New York
Philip Giordano	Venezuela	Naturalization	Republican	Mayor of Waterbury, Connecticut
Patrick Gleason	Ireland	Naturalization	Democratic	Mayor of Long Island City, New York
William R. Grace	Ireland	Naturalization	N/A	Mayor of New York City, New York
Vincent R. Impellitteri	Italy	Unknown	Democratic	Mayor of New York City, New York
Alexander Lewis	Upper Canada	Unknown	Democratic	Mayor of Detroit
George Maguire	Ireland	Unknown	Democratic	Mayor of St. Louis
P.H. McCarthy	Ireland	Derivation	Republican	Mayor of San Francisco, California
Frank McCoppin	Ireland	Naturalization	N/A	Mayor of San Francisco, California
Joseph Medill	Canada	Unknown	Republican	Mayor of Chicago, Illinois
Hugh Moffat	Scotland	Naturalization	Republican	Mayor of Detroit, Michigan
Robert M. Moore	Ireland	Naturalization	N/A	Mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio
Michael N. Nolan	Ireland	Naturalization	Democratic	U.S. Representative, Mayor of Albany, New York
Christopher D. O'Brien	Ireland	Unknown	N/A	Mayor of St. Paul, Minnesota
Hugh O'Brien	Ireland	Unknown	Democratic	Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts
John Patton	Ireland	Naturalization	Democratic	Mayor of Detroit, Michigan
Tomás Pedro Regalado	Cuba	Derivation	Republican	Mayor of Miami, Florida
William Richert	Germany	Unknown	Republican	Acting Mayor of Detroit, Michigan
Jerry Springer	England	Unknown	Democratic	Mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio

State legislators[]

Name	Country/Place of Birth	Citizenship by	Party	Position(s) Held
Juan C. Zapata	Colombia	Unknown	Republican	Florida State Representative
Dave Farnsworth	Mexico	Birth	Republican	Arizona State Senator
Ling Ling Chang	Taiwan	Naturalization	Republican	California State Senator
Nimi McConigley	India	Unknown	Republican	Wyoming House of Representative
Upendra J. Chivukula	India	Unknown	Democratic	Member of the New Jersey General Assembly
Swati Dandekar	India	Unknown	Democratic	Member of the Iowa General Assembly
Donna McLeod	Jamaica	Unknown	Democratic	Georgia House of Representative
John Moorlach	Netherlands	Naturalization	Republican	California State Senator
Christy Smith	West Germany	Birth	Democratic	California State Assemblywoman

Others[]

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Name	Country/Place of Birth	Citizenship by	Party	Position(s) Held
Louisa Adams	England	Unknown	Democratic-Republican	First Lady of the United States
Melania Trump	Yugoslavia	Naturalization	Republican	First Lady of the United States
Francesca Braggiotti	Italy	Unknown	Republican	First Lady of Connecticut
David Brewer	Ottoman Empire	Birth	Republican	Associate Justice of the Supreme Court
Columba Bush	Mexico	Naturalization	Republican	First Lady of Florida
Vicky Cayetano	Philippines	Unknown	Democrat	First Lady of Hawaii
Dagmar Braun Celeste	Austria	Unknown	Democrat	First Lady of Ohio
William Q. Dallmeyer	Kingdom of Hanover	Unknown	Republican	State Treasurer of Missouri and Missouri State Representative
Esther de Berdt	England	Unknown	Unknown	First Lady of Pennsylvania
Felix Frankfurter	Austria-Hungary	Unknown	Independent	Associate Justice of the Supreme Court
James Iredell	England	Unknown	Federalist	Attorney General of North Carolina and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court
Yumi Hogan	South Korea	Unknown	Republican	First Lady of Maryland
Supriya Jolly Jindal	India	Unknown	Republican	First Lady of Louisiana
Zalmay Khalilzad	Afghanistan	Naturalization	Republican	United States Ambassador to the United Nations
Dina Matos	Portugal	Unknown	Democrat	First Lady of New Jersey
Michael Margaret Stewart	France	Unknown	Democrat	First Lady of Alaska
George Meade	Spain	Unknown	Unknown	Commander of the Army of the Potomac
Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben	Prussia	Unknown	Independent	Inspector general of the army
Helen Thorpe	England	Unknown	Democrat	First Lady of Colorado
James Wilson	Scotland	Unknown	Federalist	Associate Justice of the Supreme Court

Totals[]

Totals by country[]

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

See also[]

• List of foreign-born French politicians