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. "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. "He was born in County Tyrone, Ireland, September 9, 1834..."
  6. "Born in Dublin, Ireland..."
  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. "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..."
  11. "Born near London, England of Irish parents..."
  12. "She turns to the Irish mayor of Chicago, Jane Byrne..."
  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 ..."
  15. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-06-01. Retrieved 2007-01-20.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  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."
  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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  26. "Richard Croker was born in County Cork, Ireland, in 1841..."
  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..."
  28. "James Curley the son of Irish immigrants from County Galway..."
  29. "born in Kilrush, County Clare, Ireland..."
  30. 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. "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. "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..."
  35. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-01-10. Retrieved 2007-01-20.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  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..."
  40. "One of five sons, Jim Farley was born on May 30, 1888, to Irish Catholic immigrant parents in Grassy Point, New York..."
  41. "His Career Began on Capitol Hill: Gleason Doesn't Like 'Conservative' Label". The Washington Post. October 24, 1974. p. H1.
  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)."
  44. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/us_elections_2008/7718583.stm
  45. "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..."
  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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