List of foreign-born United States politicians

This is a list of U.S. politicians who were born outside of the United States.

Incumbents

Members of Congress

Members of congress that were born outside the U.S. They gained US citizenship by means of: Birth, Derivation or Naturalization.

Member of Congress	Place of Birth	Citizenship by	Positions Held
Michael Bennet	India	Birth	U.S. Senator from Colorado
Don Beyer	Trieste	Birth	U.S. Representative from Virginia
Ted Cruz	Canada	Birth	U.S. Senator from Texas
Diana DeGette	Japan	Birth	U.S. Representative from Colorado
Tammy Duckworth	Thailand	Birth	U.S. Representative from Illinois
Jim Himes	Peru	Birth	U.S. Representative from Connecticut
Mazie Hirono	Japan	Naturalization	U.S. Senator from Hawaii
Ted Lieu	Taiwan	Naturalization	U.S. Representative from California
Sean Patrick Maloney	Canada	Birth	U.S. Representative from New York
John McCain	Panama Canal Zone	Birth	U.S. Senator from Arizona, and 2008 Republican party presidential nominee
Mark Meadows	France	Birth	U.S. Representative from North Carolina
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen	Cuba	Derived	U.S. Representative from Florida
David Rouzer	Germany	Birth	U.S. Representative from North Carolina
Raul Ruiz	Mexico	Derived	U.S. Representative from California
Albio Sires	Cuba	Derived	U.S. Representative from New Jersey
Norma J. Torres	Guatemala	Naturalization	U.S. Representative from California
Chris Van Hollen	Pakistan	Birth	U.S. Representative from Maryland

Members of the President's Cabinet

Cabinet Member	Place of Birth	Positions Held
Boris Bershteyn	Ukraine	Administrator (Acting) of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs
Sally Jewell	United Kingdom	Secretary of the Interior
Samantha Power	Ireland	United States Ambassador to the United Nations

Governors

Governor	Place of Birth	Positions Held
Kate Brown	Spain	Governor of Oregon

Others

Name	Place of Birth	Positions Held
Jorge Labarga	Cuba	Supreme Court of Florida Chief Justice
Patty Lopez	Mexico	California State Assembly Assembly Member
Seamus McCaffery	United Kingdom	Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Justice

Former

Name	Country of Birth	Positions Held
Madeleine Albright	Czechoslovakia	U.S. Secretary of State
Sigurd Anderson	Norway	Governor of South Dakota
John Hugo Aronson	Sweden	Governor of Montana
Ron Barber	United Kingdom	U.S Representative from Arizona
James G. Barry	Ireland	Mayor of St. Louis
William B. Barry	Ireland	U.S. Representative from New York
Abraham Beame	United Kingdom	Mayor of New York
Carlos Bee	Mexico	U.S. Representative from Texas
Charles Gustav Binderup	Denmark	U.S. Representative from Nebraska
W. Michael Blumenthal	Germany	Secretary of the Treasury
Haldor Boen	Norway	U.S. Representative from Minnesota
Rudy Boschwitz	Germany	U.S. Senator from Minnesota
John T. Browne	Ireland	Mayor of Houston, Texas
Zbigniew Brzezinski	Poland	National Security Advisor
Aedanus Burke	Ireland	U.S. Representative from South Carolina
Thomas Burke	Ireland	Governor of North Carolina
Joseph Cao	South Vietnam	U.S. Representative from Louisiana
Raul Hector Castro	Mexico	Governor of Arizona
Anthony J. Celebrezze	Italy	Mayor of Cleveland
Josaphat Celestin	Haiti	Mayor of North Miami, Florida
John Michael Clancy	Ireland	U.S. Representative from New York
W. Bourke Cockran	Ireland	U.S. Representative from New York
Patrick Collins	Ireland	Mayor of Boston
Dalip Singh Saund	India	U.S. Representative from California
James Cooney	Ireland	U.S. Representative from Missouri
Richard Croker	Ireland	Mayor of New York City
Thomas Cusack	Ireland	U.S. Representative from Illinois
William Q. Dallmeyer	Germany	State Treasurer of Missouri
James O. Davidson	Norway	Governor of Wisconsin
Geoff Davis	Canada	U.S Representative from Kentucky
James J. Davis	United Kingdom	U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania and Secretary of Labor
Jimmy Delshad	Iran	Mayor of Beverly Hills
John N. Dempsey	Ireland	Governor of Connecticut
Philippe Derose	Haiti	Mayor of El Portal, Florida
Steven Derounian	Bulgaria	U.S. Representative from New York
John M. Deutch	Belgium	Director of Central Intelligence
Lincoln Diaz-Balart	Cuba	U.S. Representative from Florida
John Peter Didier	France	State Treasurer of Missouri
Michael Donohoe	Ireland	U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
John G. Downey	Ireland	Governor of California
Mervyn M. Dymally	Trinidad and Tobago	U.S. Representative from California
Adolph Olson Eberhart	Sweden	Governor of Minnesota
Thomas Fallon	Ireland	Mayor of San Jose, California
Michael F. Farley	Ireland	U.S. Representative from New York
John Frederick Finerty	Ireland	U.S. Representative from Illinois
Elizabeth Furse	Kenya	U.S. Representative from Oregon
Charles P. Gillen	Ireland	Mayor of Newark, New Jersey
Thomas F. Gilroy	Ireland	Mayor of New York City
Patrick Gleason	Ireland	Mayor of Long Island City, New York
William R. Grace	Ireland	Mayor of New York City
James McMahon Graham	Ireland	U.S. Representative from Illinois
Jennifer Granholm	Canada	Governor of Michigan
Kittel Halvorson	Norway	U.S. Representative from Minnesota
Nils P. Haugen	Norway	U.S. Representative from Wisconsin
S. I. Hayakawa	Canada	U.S. Senator from California
Julius P. Heil	Germany	Governor of Wisconsin
Einar Hoidale	Norway	U.S. Representative from Minnesota
Pehr G. Holmes	Sweden	U.S. Representative from Massachusetts
Denis M. Hurley	Ireland	U.S. Representative from New York
Vincent R. Impellitteri	Italy	Mayor of New York City
Martin Indyk	United Kingdom	U.S. Ambassador to Israel
Jacob Johnson	Denmark	U.S. Representative from Utah
Joseph Blaine Johnson	Sweden	Governor of Vermont
Magnus Johnson	Sweden	U.S. Senator from Minnesota
Niels Juul	Denmark	U.S. Representative from Illinois
Jay Kim	South Korea	U.S. Representative from California
Henry Kissinger	Germany	Secretary of State
Harold Knutson	Norway	U.S. Representative from Minnesota
Ernie Konnyu	Hungary	U.S. Representative from California
John Hans Krebs	Germany	U.S. Representative from California
Madeleine M. Kunin	Switzerland	Governor of Vermont
Octaviano Larrazolo	Mexico	Governor and U.S. Senator from New Mexico
Tom Lantos	Hungary	U.S Representative from California
John Lind	Sweden	Governor of Minnesota
Charles August Lindbergh	Sweden	U.S. Representative from Minnesota
George Maguire	Ireland	Mayor of St. Louis
Stephen Mallory	Trinidad and Tobago	U.S. Senator from Florida
Mel Martinez	Cuba	U.S. Senator from Florida
John McCain	Panama	U.S. Senator from Arizona
Leo McCarthy	New Zealand	Lieutenant Governor of California
P.H. McCarthy	Ireland	Mayor of San Francisco
Frank McCoppin	Ireland	Mayor of San Francisco
Lawrence E. McGann	Ireland	U.S. Representative from Illinois
John J. McGrath	Ireland	U.S. Representative from California
Joseph McLaughlin	Ireland	U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
Frank J. McNulty	Ireland	U.S. Representative from New Jersey
M. Alfred Michaelson	Norway	U.S. Representative from Illinois
Robert M. Moore	Ireland	Mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio
William Moxley	Ireland	U.S. Representative from Illinois
Knute Nelson	Norway	U.S. Representative, U.S. Senator and Governor of Minnesota
Ragnvald Anderson Nestos	Norway	Governor of North Dakota
Michael N. Nolan	Ireland	U.S. Representative, fmr. Mayor of Albany, New York
Albin Walter Norblad, Sr.	Sweden	Governor of Oregon
Christopher D. O'Brien	Ireland	Mayor of St. Paul, Minnesota
Hugh O'Brien	Ireland	Mayor of Boston
James O'Brien	Ireland	U.S. Representative
William O'Dwyer	Ireland	Mayor of New York City
Marian P. Opala	Poland	Oklahoma Supreme Court Justice
Daniel O'Reilly	Ireland	U.S. Representative from New York
George F. O'Shaunessy	Ireland	U.S. Representative from Rhode Island
Hjalmar Petersen	Denmark	Governor of Minnesota
John Quinn	Ireland	U.S. Representative from New York
Ciro Rodriguez	Mexico	U.S. Representative from Texas
George Romney	Mexico	Governor of Michigan
Edward Salomon	Prussia	Governor of Wisconsin
Edward S. Salomon	Prussia	Governor of Washington Territory
Arnold Schwarzenegger	Austria	Governor of California
James Shields	Ireland	U.S. Senator from Illinois, Minnesota and Missouri
William E. Smith	United Kingdom	Governor of Wisconsin
Jerry Springer	United Kingdom	Mayor of Cincinnati
Evelyn Lundberg Stratton	Thailand	Ohio Supreme Court Justice
John Henry Sununu	Cuba	Governor of New Hampshire and White House Chief of Staff
John K. Tener	Ireland	Governor of Pennsylvania
Robert F. Wagner	Germany	U.S. Senator from New York
Michael Walsh	Ireland	U.S. Representative from New York
Patrick Walsh	Ireland	U.S. Senator from Georgia
Knud Wefald	Norway	U.S. Representative from Minnesota
Lowell P. Weicker, Jr.	France	Governor of Connecticut
Theodore S. Weiss	Hungary	U.S. Representative from New York
James Wolfensohn	Australia	President of the World Bank
Charles W. Woodman	Denmark	U.S. Representative from Illinois
David Wu	Taiwan	U.S. Representative from Oregon
Juan C. Zapata	Colombia	Florida State Representative

Historical

Name	Country of Birth	Positions Held
Christian Febiger	Denmark	Treasurer of Pennsylvania
Thomas Fitzsimons	Ireland	Continental Congressman
Felix Frankfurter	Austria	Supreme Court Justice
Albert Gallatin	Switzerland	Secretary of the Treasury
Alexander Hamilton	Nevis	Secretary of the Treasury
Carl Schurz	Germany	Secretary of the Interior