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Political and Media Families

 * John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Adams political family
 * Kelly Ayotte, Kathy Veracco, a well-connected lobbyist
 * Joe Biden, His paternal grandparents, Mary Elizabeth (Robinette) and Joseph H. Biden, an oil businessman from Baltimore, had English, Irish, and French ancestry. He has two brothers, James Brian Biden and Francis W. Biden, and a sister, Valerie (Biden) Owens. His maternal great-grandfather, Edward F. Blewitt, was a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate. Beau Biden, Hunter Biden was appointed by Bill Clinton to serve in the United States Department of Commerce
 * Mika Brzezinski, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Edvard Beneš, Vojta Beneš, Emilie Benes Brzezinski
 * William Bundy, McGeorge Bundy, father Harvey Hollister Bundy all members of Skull and Bones.
 * George W. Bush, George H. W. Bush, Prescott Bush, Jeb Bush, Neil Bush, Marvin P. Bush, Dorothy Bush Koch
 * Dick Cheney, Lynne Cheney, Elizabeth Cheney, husband Philip Perry, indirect ancestor Benjamin Pierce Cheney
 * Bill Clinton, Hillary Rodham Clinton
 * Chet Curtis, Natalie Jacobson THE UNDERGROUND MAN FINDS WORLD CLOSING IN ON NANTUCKET
 * Bob Dole Among his father's customers was the father of Arlen Specter who ran a junkyard in the town and used Dole's scales to weigh junk. Elizabeth Dole
 * Steve Doocy, son Peter Doocy
 * John Foster Dulles, Allen Welsh Dulles, uncle Robert Lansing, sister Eleanor Lansing Dulles, son Cardinal Avery Dulles
 * James Forrestal, Michael Forrestal
 * Roger Goodell, son of Charles Ellsworth Goodell
 * Al Gore, Albert Gore, Sr.
 * Franklin Graham, Billy Graham
 * Alan Greenspan, Andrea Mitchell, Barbara Walters
 * Benjamin Harrison, John Scott Harrison, William Henry Harrison, Benjamin Harrison V, Carter Bassett Harrison, John Cleves Symmes, William Livingston
 * Jon Huntsman, Jr., Jon Huntsman, Sr. and Mitt Romney are all descendents of Parley P. Pratt.
 * Donald Kagan, and sons Robert Kagan and Frederick Kagan
 * John F. Kennedy, Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., Robert F. Kennedy, Ted Kennedy, Patrick J. Kennedy, Joseph Patrick Kennedy II
 * Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., Henry Cabot Lodge, George Cabot, Augustus P. Gardner
 * Douglas MacArthur, Arthur MacArthur, Jr., Arthur MacArthur, Sr.
 * Chris Matthews, brother Jim Matthews (politician) He is a former member of the Board of Commissioners of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, and was the unsuccessful 2006 Republican nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania as Lynn Swann's running mate.
 * Stephanie Miller is the daughter of former U.S. Representative William E. Miller, who was Barry Goldwater's running mate in the 1964 presidential election and a Chairman of the Republican National Committee.
 * Melville Nimmer, David Nimmer
 * Nancy Pelosi the youngest of six children of Annunciata M. "Nancy" (née Lombardi) and Thomas D'Alesandro, Jr., who was a Democratic party U.S. Congressman from Maryland and a Mayor of Baltimore. Pelosi's brother, Thomas D'Alesandro III, also a Democrat, was mayor of Baltimore from 1967 to 1971. Her husband Paul Pelosi is an American businessman who owns and operates Financial Leasing Services, Inc., a San Francisco, California-based real estate and venture capital investment and consulting firm. In addition, he is the owner of the Sacramento Mountain Lions of the United Football League. Daughter Christine Pelosi Her work in public policy and politics includes service as Executive Director (1998–99) and Platform Chair (1996–present) of the California Democratic Party; Deputy City Attorney (Construction and Trial Teams) and Assistant District Attorney (Sexual Assault and Child Abuse Unit) for the City of San Francisco; U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Special Counsel in the Clinton/Gore Administration (1999–2001); and, Chief of Staff to U.S. Representative John F. Tierney (2001–2005). Son Paul Pelosi, Jr., daughter Alexandra Pelosi
 * Michael Powell (politician), Colin Powell
 * Dan Quayle, His maternal grandfather, Eugene C. Pulliam, was a wealthy and influential publishing magnate who founded Central Newspapers, Inc., owner of over a dozen major newspapers such as The Arizona Republic and The Indianapolis Star. James C. Quayle moved his family to Arizona in 1955 to run a branch of the family's publishing empire. His son Ben Quayle
 * Ann Richards, Cecile Richards
 * [Cokie Roberts] was appointed by President George W. Bush to his Council on Service and Civic Participation. her husband, Steven V. Roberts, Cokie Roberts is the third child and youngest daughter of former ambassador and long-time Democratic Congresswoman from Louisiana Lindy Boggs and of the late Hale Boggs, also a Democratic Congressman from Louisiana who was Majority Leader of the House of Representatives. Her sister, the late Barbara Boggs Sigmund, was mayor of Princeton, New Jersey and a candidate for U.S. Senate from New Jersey. Her brother Tommy Boggs is a prominent Washington, D.C. attorney and lobbyist.
 * Richard Roberts (evangelist), Oral Roberts
 * Nelson Rockefeller, John D. Rockefeller, Nelson W. Aldrich, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., John D. Rockefeller III, Laurance Rockefeller, Winthrop Rockefeller, David Rockefeller
 * Mitt Romney, George W. Romney, Marion G. Romney, George S. Romney, Gaskell Romney, Miles Park Romney, Miles Romney, Romney family, Parley P. Pratt was the great grandfather of George W. Romney. Pratt family
 * Franklin D. Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., Kermit Roosevelt, Kermit Roosevelt, Jr.


 * Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr., Norman Schwarzkopf, Sr.
 * John H. Sununu, John E. Sununu, Chris Sununu son of John H.
 * Chris Wallace, Bill Leonard (journalist), Mike Wallace (journalist)


 * List of United States political families

Major political donors
Bob Perry, Foster Friess, Harold Simmons, Robert Rowling, Jerry Perenchio, Sheldon Adelson, Paul Singer, Kenneth C. Griffin, Julian H. Robertson Jr., Bradley Wayne Hughes, Edward Conard Bain Capital, Fred Trammell Crow, Jon Lloyd Stryker, Ira Rennert, David Siegel, Robert Murray, Frank L. VanderSloot,

Philip Anschutz, Stephen Bechtel, Jr., Joseph W. Craft III, Richard DeVos, Sr., Ken Griffin, Diane Hendricks, Stanley Hubbard, Charles Koch, David Koch, Kenneth Langone, Stephen A. Schwarzman