Four Presidents of the United States have had connections to Princeton. Princeton alumni and former students have served as heads of government in Bangladesh, Belgium, New South Wales (Australia), Peru, Senegal, and South Korea.
Name | Affiliation | Notability | Refs |
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PhD 1975 | Chief Advisor of the caretaker government (interim prime minister) of Bangladesh, 2007–09. Governor of Bangladesh Bank, 2001–05. | [1] [2] [3] [4] | |
PhD 1978 | Prime Minister of South Korea, 2009–10. | [5] [6] | |
F 1899–1908, T 1901–08 | 22nd and 24th President of the United States, 1885–89, 1893–97. Governor of New York, 1883–85. | [7] | |
Att 1935 | 35th President of the United States, 1961–63. U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, 1953–60. U.S. Navy officer during World War II. | [8] | |
B 1771, Princeton's first GS | Fourth President of the United States, 1809–17. Secretary of State, 1801–09. "Father of the U.S. Constitution". | [9] | |
Christopher Minns | MPP 2013 | 47th Premier of New South Wales, 2023–. | [10] |
MPA 1961 | 66th President of Peru, 2016–2018. Prime Minister of Peru, 2005–06. Deputy Director-General of the Central Reserve Bank of Peru, 1967–69. Minister of Energy and Mines, 1980–82. Minister of Economy and Finance, 2001–02, 2004–05. | [11] [12] | |
PhD 1910 | First President of South Korea, 1948–60. | [13] | |
Att | Prime Minister of Senegal, 2002–04. | [14] [15] | |
B 1879, Pres 1902–10 | 28th President of the United States, 1913–21. Governor of New Jersey, 1911–13. | [16] | |
PhD 1921 | Prime minister of Belgium, 1936–37. | [17] | |
Three Vice Presidents of the United States and one Vice-President of Kenya have attended Princeton.
Name | Affiliation | Notability | Refs |
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Att | Vice President of the United States, 1857–61. U.S. Senator from Kentucky, 1861. Confederate States Secretary of War, 1865. | ||
B 1772 | Vice President of the United States, 1801–05. U.S. Senator from New York, 1791–97. | ||
B 1810 | Vice President of the United States, 1845–49. U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania, 1831–33. Ambassador to Russia, 1837–39. Ambassador to the United Kingdom, 1856–61. | ||
Josephat Karanja | PhD 1962 | Vice-President of Kenya, 1988–89. | [18] |
This lists Cabinet members and other senior ministers to national governments. Most associated with Princeton have been members of the Cabinet of the United States, but Princetonians have also served in the Cabinets of Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Germany, Greece, Haiti, Mexico, the Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, and Turkey. John C. Breckinridge served in the Cabinet of the Confederate States of America, the nation proclaimed by the rebelling Southern states during the American Civil War.
Name | Affiliation | Notability | Refs |
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Att | U.S. Secretary of War, 1813–14. U.S. Senator from New York, 1800–02, 1804. Minister to France, 1804–10. Minister to Spain, 1806. | ||
AM 1963, PhD 1972 | Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada, 1996–2000. | [19] [20] | |
PhD 1977 | Minister of Culture of Haiti, 1994–95. | [21] | |
B 1952 | White House Chief of Staff, 1981–85, 1992–93. U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1985–88. Secretary of State, 1989–92. | [22] | |
B 1848 | U.S. Secretary of War, 1869–76. | [23] | |
F 1985–2002 | Chair of the U.S. Council of Economic Advisors, 2005–06. Chairman of the Federal Reserve, 2006–. Member of the Federal Reserve Board, 2002–05. | [24] | |
B 1781 | U.S. Attorney General, 1829–31. U.S. Senator from Georgia, 1825–29, 1841–45, 1845–52. | ||
B 1792 | U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1844–45. | [25] | |
MPA, AM, PhD, F 1954–57, T | U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1977–79. | [26] | |
B 1976, F 2009– | U.S. Office of Management and Budget director, 2003–06. White House Chief of Staff, 2006–09. | [27] [28] | |
B 1772, AM 1775 | U.S. Attorney General, 1794–95. | [29] | |
Att | Confederate States Secretary of War, 1865. Vice President of the United States, 1857–61. U.S. Senator from Kentucky, 1861. | ||
B 1834 | U.S. Attorney General, 1881–85. | [30] | |
MPA 1972 | Secretary of Urban Development and Ecology of Mexico, 1986–88. Mayor of Mexico City, 1988–93. | [31] | |
B 1852 | U.S. Secretary of War, 1876–77. U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania, 1877–97. Chairman of the Republican National Committee, 1880. | ||
B 1794 | U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1814. U.S. Senator from Tennessee, 1811–14, 1815–18. Minister to Russia, 1818–21. | ||
B 1952 | U.S. National Security Advisor, 1986–87. Secretary of Defense, 1987–89. | [32] | |
B 1973 | Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mexico, 2000–03. | [33] [34] | |
PhD 1966 | Vice-Minister of National Defense of the Republic of China (Taiwan), 2000–02. | [35] | |
B 1820 | U.S. Secretary of War, 1849–50. Governor of Georgia, 1843–47. | ||
B 1971 | U.S. Office of Management and Budget director, 2001–03. Governor of Indiana, 2005–13. | ||
PhD 1973, F 1973–78 | Finance minister of Turkey, 2001–02. Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme, 2005–09. | [36] [37] | |
B 1789 | U.S. Secretary of the Navy, 1834–38. Governor of New Jersey, 1815–17. U.S. Senator from New Jersey, 1817–33. | ||
B 1908 | U.S. Secretary of State, 1953–59. U.S. Senator from New York, 1949. | ||
B 1952 | Minister of Defence of the Netherlands, 1986–88. | [38] | |
Att | Minister of Justice of West Germany, 1969. | [39] [40] | |
Att | U.S. Secretary of the Navy, 1944–47. First Secretary of Defense, 1947–49. | [41] | |
B 1799 | U.S. Secretary of State, 1834–41. U.S. Senator from Georgia, 1818–19, 1829–34. Governor of Georgia, 1827–29. | ||
B 1970 | Minister of Finance of Canada, 2006–2014. | [42] [43] | |
B 1977 | Associate director of White House Cabinet Affairs, 1983–1985. Director of White House Public Affairs, 1985–1987. | [44] [45] | |
F 1966–71, 1972–80 | First Minister of Culture of Turkey, 1971. | [46] [47] | |
MCF 1970 | U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, 1999–2001. Special Envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, 2009–10. | [48] | |
MSE 1986 | Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 2009–. | [49] | |
MPA 1974, PhD 1978 | Minister for the Economy, Competitiveness and Shipping of Greece, 2009–10. Minister for Labour and Social Security, 2010–11. | [50] [51] [52] [53] | |
B 1945 | U.S. Attorney General, 1965–66. | [54] | |
F 1987– 2019 | Chair of the U.S. Council of Economic Advisers, 2011–2013. | [55] [56] [57] [58] | |
MPA 1971 | Minister of Energy and Mines, 1980–82. Minister of Economy and Finance, 2001–02, 2004–05. Prime Minister of Peru, 2005–06. Deputy Director-General of the Central Reserve Bank of Peru, 1967–69. | ||
Larry Kudlow | Att | 12th Director of the National Economic Council, 2018–. | [59] |
PhD 1974 | U.S. National Security Advisor, 1993–97. | [60] | |
B 1775 | U.S. Attorney General, 1795–1801. | [61] | |
B 1781 | U.S. Secretary of State, 1831–33. Mayor of New York City, 1801–03. U.S. Senator from Louisiana, 1829–31. Ambassador to France, 1833–35. | ||
B 1771, Princeton's first GS | U.S. Secretary of State, 1801–09. President of the United States, 1809–17. "Father of the U.S. Constitution". | ||
B 1980 | Chair of the U.S. President's Council of Economic Advisers, 2003–05. | [62] | |
AM 1825 | U.S. Attorney General, 1843–45. | [63] | |
B 1991 | U.S. Office of Management and Budget director, 2009–10. Congressional Budget Office director, 2007–08. | [64] [65] | |
B 1933 | U.S. Bureau of the Budget director, 1949–50. Secretary of the Army, 1950–53. | [66] | |
MPP 2010 | Minister of National Defence of Colombia, 2011–. | [67] [68] | |
Att | U.S. Secretary of War, 1843–44. | [69] | |
B 1847 | U.S. Secretary of the Navy, 1869–77. | ||
F 1985–88 | Chair of the U.S. President's Council of Economic Advisers, 2009–10. | [70] [71] | |
F 1974– | Chair of the U.S. President's Council of Economic Advisers, 2005. | [72] [73] | |
B 1957 | Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1970–73, 1983–85. | [74] | |
B 1954 | White House Chief of Staff, 1974–75. Secretary of Defense, 1975–77, 2001–06. U.S. Ambassador to NATO, 1973–74. | [75] | |
B 1797 | U.S. Attorney General, 1814–17. Secretary of the Treasury, 1825–29. Ambassador to the United Kingdom, 1817–25. Ambassador to France, 1847–49. | [76] [77] | |
B 1964 | Minister of Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia, 1975–. | [78] | |
B 1967 | Minister of Foreign Affairs of Zimbabwe, 1987–1995. | [79] | |
B 1942 | U.S. Secretary of Labor, 1969–70. Office of Management and Budget director, 1970–72. Secretary of the Treasury, 1972–74. Secretary of State, 1982–89. | [80] | |
GS | Minister of Fisheries of Canada, 1952–57. | [81] | |
B 1781 | U.S. Secretary of the Navy, 1801–09. Secretary of State, 1809–11. | [82] | |
B 1804 | U.S. Secretary of the Navy, 1823–29. Interim Secretary of the Treasury, 1825. Interim Secretary of War, 1828. U.S. Senator from New Jersey, 1821–23, 1833–42. Governor of New Jersey, 1832–33. | ||
MPP 2001 | Minister of Foreign Affairs of Costa Rica, 2006–10. Ambassador to the United Nations, 2002–06. | [83] [84] | |
F 1979–88 | Chair of the U.S. President's Council of Economic Advisers, 1995–97. World Bank Chief Economist, 1997–2000. Nobel Prize in Economics, 2001. | [85] [86] [87] | |
AM 1983 | Minister of Sport and Recreation of South Africa, 2004–10. | [88] [89] | |
B 1788 | U.S. Secretary of the Navy, 1818–23. Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1823–43. | [90] | |
B 1941 | Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1973–77. | [91] | |
B 1951 | U.S. Secretary of Commerce, 1967–68. | [92] [93] | |
F 1974–77 | Chair of the U.S. President's Council of Economic Advisers, 1993–95. Dean of Haas School of Business, 1998–2001. Dean of London Business School, 2002–06. | [94] | |
Att | U.S. Secretary of the Navy, 1841–43. Secretary of State, 1843–44. | [95] [96] | |
PhD 1958 | Chair of the U.S. President's Council of Economic Advisers, 1981–82. | [97] | |
Charles Yost | BA 1928 | U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, 1969–1971. U.S. Ambassador to Laos and Syria and Morocco. | |
This is a list of people associated with Princeton who have held senior positions within central banks. Several Princetonians have held senior positions within the Federal Reserve System, the central bank of the United States; two (Ben Bernanke and Paul Volcker) have served as Chairman. Another, Nicholas Biddle, served as President of the Second Bank of the United States. Several have served in non-U.S. central banks, as well.
Name | Affiliation | Notability | Refs |
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PhD 1975 | Governor of Bangladesh Bank, 2001–05. Chief Advisor of the caretaker government (interim prime minister) of Bangladesh, 2007–09. | ||
F 1985–2002 | Chairman of the Federal Reserve, 2006–2014. Member of the Federal Reserve Board, 2002–05. Chair of the U.S. President's Council of Economic Advisors, 2005–06. | ||
B 1801 | President of the Second Bank of the United States, 1822–39. | [98] | |
B 1967, F 1971– | Vice Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, 1994–96. | [99] | |
PhD 1972 | Governor of the Bank of Canada, 2001–08. | [100] | |
F | President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, 1963–70. | [101] | |
GS 1982–83 | Deputy Governor of the Bank of Canada, 2003–10. | [102] | |
B 1983 | President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, 2009–2015. | [103] | |
MPA 1961 | Deputy Director-General of the Central Reserve Bank of Peru, 1967–69. Minister of Energy and Mines, 1980–82. Minister of Economy and Finance, 2001–02, 2004–05. Prime Minister of Peru, 2005–06. 66th President of Peru, 2016–2018. | ||
Loretta Mester | PhD 1985 | President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, 2014–. | [104] |
AM 1974, PhD 1977 | Deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of India, 2002–04, 2005–06. | [105] [106] | |
Jerome Powell | B 1975 | Chairman of the Federal Reserve, 2018–. Member of the Federal Reserve Board, 2012–. Under Secretary of the Treasury for Domestic Finance, 1992–1993. | [107] |
B 1952 | Vice Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, 1979–82. | [108] | |
Jeremy Stein | B 1983 | Member of the Federal Reserve Board, 2012–2014. | [109] |
F 2001–09 | Deputy Governor of the Riksbank (Bank of Sweden), 2007–. | [110] | |
B 1949, F 1974–75 | Chairman of the Federal Reserve, 1979–87. Vice Chairman, 1975–79. | [111] | |
MPA 1988 | Deputy Governor of the People's Bank of China, 2009–10. International Monetary Fund: Special Advisor to the Managing Director, 2010–11. Deputy Managing Director, 2011–. | [112] [113] [114] | |
The Governor of New Jersey is an ex officio Trustee of the University.[115] Only Governors with another connection to Princeton are included in this list. Princetonians have served as governors of 23 of the 50 U.S. states.
In the "Notes" column, Governors of U.S. states who also served in Congress represented the same states they governed unless otherwise specified.
Name | Affiliation | State/Province | Service | Notes | Refs |
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B 1776 | North Carolina | 1805–07 | U.S. Representative, 1803–05. | ||
Att 1795–96 | South Carolina | 1812–14 | [116] [117] | ||
Att | North Carolina | 1795–98 | [118] | ||
B 1942 | Oklahoma | 1967–71 | U.S. Senator, 1973–79. | ||
T 1793–1801, 1819–23 | New Jersey | 1801–12 | U.S. Representative, 1817–21. | [119] | |
Att | Tennessee | 1809–15 | [120] | ||
B 1960 | Missouri | 1973–77, 1981–85 | U.S. Senator, 1987–2011. | [121] | |
Att | Mississippi | 1825–26, 1826–32 | [122] | ||
B 1949 | New Jersey | 1974–82 | [123] | ||
F 1974–78 | New Jersey | 1970–74 | U.S. Representative, 1959–70. | ||
B 1844 | Georgia | 1876–80 | U.S. Representative, 1853–55. Confederate major general in the Civil War. U.S. Senator, 1883–94. | ||
B 1917 | Tennessee | 1939–45 | [124] | ||
B 1820 | Georgia | 1843–47 | U.S. Secretary of War, 1849–50. | [125] | |
B 1971 | Indiana | 2005–13 | Office of Management and Budget director, 2001–03. | [126] [127] | |
B 1776 | North Carolina | 1798–99 | [128] | ||
B 1789 | New Jersey | 1815–17 | U.S. Senator, 1817–33. Secretary of the Navy, 1834–38. | ||
Att | South Carolina | 1800–02, 1808–10 | [129] | ||
B 1904 | Pennsylvania | 1947–51 | U.S. Senator, 1951–57. | ||
B 1956 | Delaware | 1977–85 | U.S. Representative, 1971–77. | ||
B 1792 | Georgia | 1813–15 | U.S. Representative, 1803–07. | ||
B 1797 | Connecticut | 1833–34, 1835–38 | U.S. Representative, 1819–23. U.S. Senator, 1823–27. | ||
B 1979 | Maryland | 2003–07 | U.S. Representative, 1995–2003. | ||
B 1799 | Georgia | 1827–29 | U.S. Representative, 1813–18. U.S. Senator, 1818–19, 1829–34. Secretary of State, 1834–41. | ||
B 1851 | North Carolina | 1889–91 | [130] | ||
B 1781 | Virginia | 1827–30 | U.S. Representative, 1790–98, 1801–03. U.S. Senator, 1804–15. | ||
B 1850 | New Jersey | 1887–89 | U.S. Representative, 1885–87. | ||
B 1820 | New Jersey | 1844–45, 1848–51 | [131] | ||
B 1761 | New Jersey | 1793 or 1794 | [132] | ||
B 1769 | Maryland | 1797–98 | U.S. Senator, 1789–97. | ||
B 1806 | North Carolina | 1828 | U.S. Senator, 1828–31. | ||
B 1957 | New Jersey | 1982–90 | Chair of the 9/11 Commission. | [133] | |
B 1938 | Maryland | 1977–79 | Acting Governor during Marvin Mandel's term. | [134] | |
B 1773, AM 1776 | Virginia | 1792–95 | American Revolutionary War cavalry officer. | [135] | |
B 1773 | New York | 1804–07 | [136] | ||
Att | South Carolina | 1852–54 | [137] | ||
B 1756 | North Carolina | 1781–84, 1789–92 | Acting Governor, 1781–82. U.S. Senator, 1793–99. | ||
PhD 1960 | North Carolina | 1985–93 | [138] | ||
B 1817 | Virginia | 1843–46 | U.S. Representative, 1846–51. | ||
B 1806 | South Carolina | 1838–40 | [139] | ||
B 1773, T 1803–39 | New Jersey | 1812 | U.S. Senator, 1802–03. | ||
B 1839 | New Jersey | 1863–66, 1872–75 | [140] | ||
B 1763 | New Jersey | 1791–93 | U.S. Senator, 1789–90. Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1793–1806. | ||
B 1813 | New Jersey | 1837–43 | U.S. Representative, 1859–61. Speaker, 1859–61. | ||
Att | South Carolina | 1816–18 | [141] | ||
Jared Polis | B 1996 | Colorado | 2019– | U.S. Rep, 2009–2019 | [142] |
B 1831 | Pennsylvania | 1855–58 | U.S. Representative, 1844–49. | ||
Att | Maryland | 1845–48 | U.S. Senator, 1850–55, 1855–57. | ||
Att | New Jersey | 1854–57 | U.S. Representative, 1851–53. | ||
B 1894 | Alaska | 1918–21 | [143] | ||
B 1810 | Virginia | 1841–42 | [144] | ||
B 1812 | South Carolina | 1848–50 | [145] | ||
B 1804 | New Jersey | 1832–33 | U.S. Senator, 1821–23, 1833–42. Secretary of the Navy, 1823–29. | ||
B 1981 | New York | 2007–08 | [146] | ||
B 1806 | Maryland | 1819–22 | [147] | ||
B 1907 | Hawaii | 1942–51 | [148] [149] | ||
B 1922 | Illinois | 1949–52 | Democratic candidate for President of the United States, 1952, 1956, 1960. U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, 1961–65. | [150] | |
B 1788 | North Carolina | 1808–10 | U.S. Representative, 1799–1801. U.S. Senator, 1801–07, 1813–14. | ||
MPA 1967 | Ohio | 1999–2007 | [151] | ||
B 1790 | South Carolina | 1826–28 | U.S. Representative, 1807–10. U.S. Senator, 1810–16. | ||
B 1775 | Vermont | 1797–1807, 1808–09 | U.S. Senator, 1796–97, 1815–21. | ||
B 1797 | Georgia | 1823–27 | U.S. Representative, 1807–15. U.S. Senator, 1816–18, 1829–33. | ||
Att | Rhode Island | 1939–41 | [152] | ||
B 1895 | Ohio | 1931–35 | U.S. Representative, 1911–15, 1917–19. Chair of the Democratic National Committee, 1920–21. | ||
B 1933 | Michigan | 1949–61 | U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines, 1968–69. | [153] | |
B 1879, Pres 1902–10 | New Jersey | 1911–13 | President of the United States, 1913–21. | ||
Att, AM 1925 | New Hampshire | 1925–27, 1931–35 | First chairman of the Social Security Board, 1935–37. U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom, 1941–46. | [154] [155] [156] [157] | |
See main article: List of Princeton University people (United States Congress, Supreme Court, Continental Congress and Constitutional Convention).
See main article: List of Princeton University people (United States Congress, Supreme Court, Continental Congress and Constitutional Convention).
See main article: List of Princeton University people (United States Congress, Supreme Court, Continental Congress and Constitutional Convention).
See main article: List of Princeton University people (United States Congress, Supreme Court, Continental Congress and Constitutional Convention).
See main article: List of Princeton University people (United States Congress, Supreme Court, Continental Congress and Constitutional Convention).
This section lists people not listed in prior sections. It includes members of legislatures other than the U.S. Congress, judges and other legal officials, diplomats, sub-Cabinet officials, activists, royalty, and other figures in politics and government.
Name | Affiliation | Notability | Refs | |
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Munib Akhtar | B 1986 | Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, 2018–. | [158] | |
B 1906 | U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Navy, 1941–44. Under Secretary of the Navy, 1944–45. | [159] [160] | ||
Della au Belatti | B 1996 | Majority Leader of the Hawaii House of Representatives, 2017–. Member of the Hawaii House of Representatives, 2007–. | [161] | |
PhD 1975 | Member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines, 2007–. | [162] [163] | ||
B 1810 | Publisher of The Philanthropist. Liberty Party candidate for President of the United States, 1840, 1844. | |||
Bill Botzow | B 1968 | Member of Vermont House of Representatives, 2002–. | [164] | |
B 1992 | First New Jersey State Comptroller, 2008–2013. | [165] | ||
B 1810 | Speaker of the Kentucky House of Representatives (1817 - 1819). Kentucky Secretary of State (1820 - 1823). Member of the Breckinridge family; married Mary Clay Smith, daughter of Princeton President Samuel Stanhope Smith. | [166] [167] [168] | ||
B 1954 | United States district judge, 1984–2012. | [169] | ||
B 1894 | Solicitor General of the United States, 1912–13. | [170] | ||
Jacob Candelaria | B 2009 | Member of the New Mexico State Senate, 2013–. | [171] | |
GS 1943 | United States Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana, 1950–1952. | [172] | ||
B 1940 | U.S. Director of Central Intelligence, 1973–76. | [173] | ||
Herb Conaway | B 1985 | Member of the New Jersey General Assembly, 1998–. | [174] | |
Robert Cooper | B 1979 | 26th Attorney General of Tennessee, 2006–2014. | [175] | |
MCF 1985 | U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon, 1990. Kuwait, 1994–97. Syria, 1998–2001. Pakistan, 2004–07. Iraq, 2007–09. Afghanistan, 2011–. | [176] | ||
B 1992 | Solicitor general of Texas, 2003–08. U.S. Senator since 2013. | [177] | ||
B 1858 | United States Ambassador to the Netherlands. | [178] | ||
Shelby Collum Davis | B 1930 | United States Ambassador to Switzerland, 1969–1975. | [179] | |
B 1846 | Associate Justice and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New Jersey. | [180] | ||
B 1944 | Lead prosecutor in the "Mississippi Burning" trial. | [181] [182] | ||
Kari Dolan | B 1983 | Member of the Vermont House of Representatives, 2019–. | [183] | |
B 1914, AM 1916 | U.S. Director of Central Intelligence, 1953–61. | [184] | ||
John Edwards | B 1966 | Member of the Virginia State Senate, 1996–. United States Attorney for the Western District of Virginia, 1980–1981. | [185] | |
Manny Espitia | B 2011 | Member of the New Hampshire State Senate, 2018–. | [186] | |
Andrew Fleischmann | B 1986 | Member of the Connecticut House of Representatives, 1995–. | [187] | |
Vince Fong | MPA 2003 | Member of the California State Assembly, 2016–. | [188] | |
B 1970 | Publishing executive and Republican candidate for President of the United States in 1996 and 2000. | [189] | ||
L. Scott Frantz | B 1982 | Member of the Connecticut State Senate, 2009–2018. | [190] | |
B 1956 | Solicitor General of the United States, 1985–89. | [191] | ||
B 1939 | U.S. Ambassador to Gabon, 1969–70. | [192] [193] | ||
B 1988 | Prince of Jordan. | [194] | ||
B 1940, AM 1947, PhD 1948, F 1948–72, Pres 1957–72 | U.S. Ambassador to India, 1977–80. | [195] [196] | ||
B 1988 | Solicitor general of New York, 2001–07. | [197] | ||
Maria Horn | B 1986 | Member of the Connecticut House of Representatives, 2019–. | [198] | |
Brian Hoven | B 1963 | Member of the Montana State Senate, 2015–. Member of the Montana House of Representatives, 2009–2015. | [199] | |
B 1805 | Chargé d'affaires in Sweden and The Netherlands in the 1820s and 1830s. | [200] | ||
PhD 1989 | Member of the House of Commons of Canada for Kingston and the Islands, 2011–. | [201] | ||
Eric Johnson | MPA 2003 | Member of the Texas House of Representatives, 2010–. | [202] | |
Brian Kavanagh | B 1989 | Member of the New York State Senate, 2017–. Member of the New York State Assembly, 2007–2017. | [203] | |
B 1925 | Cold War diplomat and architect of the United States's "containment" strategy. | [204] | ||
B 1958 | Executive director of the CIA, 2001–04. | [205] [206] | ||
B 1941 | Philadelphia City Councilman, 1969–71, 1983–2003. | [207] [208] | ||
B 1922 | U.S. Under Secretary of State for Administration, 1953–54. | [209] [210] | ||
Sara Love | B 1989 | Member of the Maryland House of Delegates, 2018–. | [211] | |
B 1988 | Cabinet Secretary to U.S. President Barack Obama, 2009–13. United States Deputy Secretary of Labor 2014–2017. | [212] | ||
Donald Lu | B 1988, MPA 1991 | U.S. Ambassador to Albania, 2015–. | [213] | |
Att | Member of the UK House of Commons, 1966–74, 1974–78. | [214] | ||
PhD 1972 | Member of the Senate of Canada representing Ontario, 1984–92. | [215] [216] | ||
Rachel May | B 1978 | Member of the New York State Senate, 2019–. | [217] | |
B 1966 | Special Counsel for the United States Department of Justice, 2017–. Director of the F.B.I., 2001–2013. | [218] | ||
B 1955 | U.S. presidential candidate, consumer advocate, political activist. | [219] | ||
B 1974 | Queen consort of Jordan, 1978–99. Queen dowager of Jordan, 1999–. | [220] | ||
B 1985 | First Lady of the United States, 2009–2017. | [221] | ||
MPA 1966, PhD 1970 | Wisconsin State Senator, 1977–84. District of Columbia Commissioner of Health Care Finance, 1995–99. | [222] [223] [224] | ||
AM 1967 | Chairman of the Defense Policy Board Advisory Committee, 2001–03. | [225] | ||
MPA 1985, PhD 1987 | Head of U.S. forces in Iraq, 2007–08. Commander of USCENTCOM, 2008–10. Commander of U.S. and international forces in Afghanistan, 2010–11. Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, 2011–. | [226] [227] [228] | ||
B 1988 | Environmental activist, Chief strategist for New Jersey's chapter of Clean Water Action, 1997–present. Congressional candidate for New Jersey's 7th congressional district, 2018. | [229] | ||
Herman Quirmbach | PhD 1983 | Member of the Iowa State Senate, 2003–. | [230] | |
B 1982 | New Jersey Attorney General, 2006–07. Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court, 2007–. | [231] | ||
Doug Racine | B 1974 | 78th Lieutenant Governor of Vermont, 1997–2003. Member of the Vermont State Senate, 1983–1993. | [232] | |
B 1982 | Chief of Staff to the Vice President of the United States, 2011–2013. | [233] | ||
former Provost | Advisor to President Gerald Ford. | [234] | ||
B 1952 | Mayor of Los Angeles, 1993–2001. | [235] | ||
B 1935 | Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1949–1952. | [236] | ||
B 1987 | Executive Director of the American Civil Liberties Union, 2001–. | [237] [238] | ||
Patrick Rose | B 2001 | Member of the Texas House of Representatives, 2003–2011. | [239] | |
B 1956 | U.S. Ambassador to Singapore, 1984–86. China, 1991–95. Indonesia, 1996–99. | [240] | ||
B 1981 | American conservative lawyer and activist. Founder of Conservapedia. | [241] | ||
Deb Schulte | B 1982 | Member of House of Commons of Canada for King-Vaughan, 2015–. | [242] | |
Dan Schwartz | B 1972 | 21st Treasurer of Nevada, 2015–. | [243] | |
Sean Shaw | B 2000 | Member of the Florida House of Representatives, 2016–. | [244] | |
Andrew Sidamon-Eristoff | B 1985 | Treasurer of New Jersey, 2010–2015. | [245] | |
B 1980; F 2002–09, 2011– | Dean of Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, 2002–09. Director of Policy Planning for the U.S. State Department, 2009–11. | [246] [247] | ||
B 1918, AM 1920, PhD 1921, F 1924–66 | Author of the Smyth Report. Member of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, 1949–54. U.S. Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency, 1961–70. | [248] [249] | ||
MPA 1950 | U.S. Ambassador to Turkey, 1977–80. U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan, 1982–83. Under Secretary of State for Management, 1983–89. | [250] | ||
Heather Steans | B 1985 | Member of the Illinois Senate, 2008–. | [251] | |
Dana Stein | MPA 1985 | Member of the Maryland House of Delegates, 2002–2003, 2007–. | [252] | |
Andrew Steinberg | B 1980 | U.S. Assistant Secretary of Transportation for Aviation and International Affairs, 2006–08. Chief Counsel of the Federal Aviation Administration, 2003–06. | [253] | |
B 1987 | U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy, 2006–09. | [254] | ||
Jimmy Tarlau | B 1970 | Member of the Maryland House of Delegates, 2015–. | [255] | |
B 1905 | American socialist, pacifist, and six-time presidential candidate. | [256] | ||
Mary Throne | B 1982 | Minority Leader of the Wyoming House of Representatives, 2013–2017. Member of the Wyoming House of Representatives, 2007–2017. | [257] | |
B 1766, MA 1769 | Secretary of State of Vermont. | [258] | ||
Trevor Traina | B 1990 | U.S. Ambassador to Austria, 2018–. | [259] | |
Sharon Treat | B 1978 | Majority Leader of the Maine State Senate, 2002–2004. Member of the Maine State Senate, 1996–2004. Member of the Maine House of Representatives, 1990–1996, 2006–2014. | [260] | |
Att | Member of the British House of Lords, 1962–. Held a number of posts in the Thatcher ministry. | [261] | ||
Charles Trump IV | B 1982 | Member of the West Virginia State Senate, 2014–. Member of the West Virginia House of Delegates, 1992–2006. | [262] | |
Suzi Wizowaty | B 1977 | Member of the Vermont House of Representatives, 2009–2015. | [263] | |
Josephine Chu | B 1990 | Member of the Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China, 1996–2002. | [264] |