List of American politicians of Irish descent

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

M-Z

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

References

  1. ↑ "James G. Barry was born in Ireland in 1800..."
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  3. ↑ "He was born in County Tyrone, Ireland, September 9, 1834..."
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  6. ↑ "Born in Dublin, Ireland..."
  7. ↑ "Bulger, one of the most successful Irish-American politicians of his generation..."
  8. ↑ "Aedanus Burke (1742 - 1802) of Galway went to Virginia..."
  9. ↑ "Thomas Burke, born about 1747 in Galway, Ireland, moved to Orange County in North Carolina about 1770 from Virginia..."
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  11. ↑ "Born near London, England of Irish parents..."
  12. ↑ "She turns to the Irish mayor of Chicago, Jane Byrne..."
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  14. ↑ "He was the grandson of Irish Catholic immigrants who came to American after the Great Irish ..."
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  18. ↑ "born in County Queens, Ireland, May 7, 1837; immigrated with his parents to the United States..."
  19. ↑ "He was the son of an Irish-American Revolutionary War hero and a Dutch mother."
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  21. ↑ "Patrick Collins (1844-1905) was the second Irish-born mayor in Boston's history..."
  22. ↑ "The career of Knoxville's first Irish Catholic mayor..."
  23. ↑ "Senator John Conness of California, an Irish immigrant himself..."
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  26. ↑ "Richard Croker was born in County Cork, Ireland, in 1841..."
  27. ↑ "Crowley was also named one of the Top 100 Irish American Leaders..."
  28. ↑ "James Curley the son of Irish immigrants from County Galway..."
  29. ↑ "born in Kilrush, County Clare, Ireland..."
  30. ↑ "Richard J. Daley, an only child, was born in 1902 into an Irish Catholic neighborhood of south Chicago..."
  31. ↑ "John Darragh was born in Ireland, but emigrating to America at an early day became a prosperous farmer."
  32. ↑ "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. ↑ "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. ↑ "John G. Downey, who became governor at the early age of 32, was born in Ireland..."
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  37. ↑ "James Duane, son of an Irish-born merchant, became the first Irish-American mayor in 1784..."
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  40. ↑ "One of five sons, Jim Farley was born on May 30, 1888, to Irish Catholic immigrant parents in Grassy Point, New York..."
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  42. ↑ "He was the 7th child born to William and Nancy Alison McKinley (of Irish and Scottish descent)."
  43. ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/us_elections_2008/7718583.stm
  44. ↑ "The grandson of Hungarian immigrants on his father's side and Italian and Irish immigrants on his mother's side, Pataki grew up on a small farm in Peekskill..."
  45. ↑ Noted as one of "Irish American Political Leaders"; paternal grandparents, John Michael Reagan and Jennie Cusick, were both the children of Irish immigrants
  46. ↑ The Sacramento Bee, volume 200-no. 32,311 and many other articles in the Bee
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