The following is an alphabetical list of political families in the United States whose last name begins with C.

The Cabaniss and McRaes

The Cabells

The Cables

The Cabots

The Cadwaladers

NOTE: Lambert Cadwalader was also brother-in-law of Continental Congressional Delegate Samuel Meredith.

The Cadys

The Caffertas and Vucanoviches

The Cafferys

The Cains

The Calabreses

The Calderons

The Calhoons and McWillies

NOTE: S. S. Calhoon was also son of Kentucky State Representative George Calhoon.

The Calhouns and Pickens

NOTE: Matthew C. Butler was also son of U.S. Representative William Butler, grandson of U.S. Representative William Butler, nephew of U.S. Senator Andrew Pickens Butler and South Carolina Governor Pierce M. Butler, first cousin of Rhode Island legislator James DeWolf Perry, and first cousin by marriage of U.S. diplomat August Belmont.

The Calls and Collins

The Calverts

NOTE: Cecilius Calvert was also Governor of Newfoundland Colony. Benedict Calvert was also a member of the British Parliament for Harwich. Cecilius and Leonard Calvert's father, George, was Proprietor of the Province of Avalon. Benedict Calvert's great-great-great-granddaughter, Mary Anna Custis Lee, was also step-great-granddaughter of U.S. President George Washington and connected to the Lee family.

The Camachos

The Camerons

NOTE: J. Donald Cameron was also nephew-in-law of U.S. Secretary of State and of the Treasury John Sherman and U.S. Secretary of War William Tecumseh Sherman. J.G. Bradley was also grandson of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Joseph P. Bradley and grandson-in-law of U.S. Secretary of State Thomas F. Bayard, Sr.

The Camdens

The Campbells

The Campbells of South Carolina

The Campbells of South Carolina (II)

The Campbells of Virginia

The Candlers

NOTE: Allen D. Candler and Milton A. Candler were also second cousins once removed of U.S. Representative Mark Anthony Cooper and third cousins once removed of U.S. Senator Joseph Meriwether Terrell. Milton A. Candler was also son-in-law of U.S. Representative Charles Murphey.

The Candlers of Georgia

The Cannons

The Cannons of Delaware

The Cantwells

The Capertons

The Cappers and Crawfords

The Cappses

The Caraways

The Cardins

The Cardozos

The Carews and Magners

The Careys

The Carlinos

The Carlisles and Goodsons

The Carltons

The Carmichaels

The Carmichaels of Maryland

The Carnahans

The Carrs

The Carringtons and Prestons

NOTE: Edward C. Carrington Jr. was also grandson of U.S. Attorney Edward Carrington.

The Carrolls

The Carrolls of Maryland were a very active family during the early history of the United States

The Carrolls of Tennessee

The Carsons

The Carters of Georgia

The Carters of Kentucky

The Carters, Graysons, Monroes, Orrs, and Smallwoods

NOTE: James Monroe was also nephew of Continental Congressional Delegate Joseph Jones, distant cousin of Kentucky Secretary of State Thomas Monroe.

The Carterets

The Cases

The Cases and Holts

The Caseys of Illinois

The Caseys of Pennsylvania

The Caseys are a family originally from New York City, but settled in Scranton, Pennsylvania after World War II.

The Casses and Ballengers

The Castors

The Catrons

The Catts

The Celebrezzes

See Celebrezze family

The Chafees

NOTE: See also The Lippitts.

The Chaffees and Grants

NOTE: Ulysses S. Grant Jr. was also son of U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant and brother of U.S. Minister Frederick Dent Grant.

The Chalmers

The Chambers

The Chambers and Coxes

The Chamberlains

The Chandlers

The Chandlers of Maine

NOTE: Fredrick Hale was also cousin of U.S. Representative Robert Hale, who was the son of District Court Judge Clarence Hale.

The Chandlers of Tennessee

The Chandlers and Hales

The Chanlers

The Chaos and McConnells

The Chapmans

The Chases

The Chases, Smiths and Spragues

NOTE: Dudley Chase was also uncle of U.S. Representative Dudley C. Denison. William Sprague was also the nephew of U.S. Senator William Sprague III. William Sprague was also a distant cousin to Oregon Governor Charles A. Sprague.

The Chavezes and Tristanis

The Cheathams

NOTE: Edward S. Cheatham was also son-in-law of U.S. Senator Ephraim Hubbard Foster.

The Cheathams and Whites

The Cheneys and Perrys

The Chesnuts and Millers

The Childs and Hawleys

The Chiles and Hagans

The Chiles and Trumans

The Chiltons

The Chiltons of West Virginia

The Chinns and Withers

The Chiodos

The Chiperfields

The Chipmans

The Chittendens

Notes: Matthew Lyon's second wife was Beulah Chittenden (1764–1824), the daughter of Thomas Chittenden and sister of Martin Chittenden. The first wife of Governor Jonas Galusha (1753–1834) was Mary Chittenden (1758–1794), daughter of Thomas Chittenden and sister of Martin Chittenden. United States Senator Willis Benson Machen (1810–1893) was married to Margaret A. Lyon, the daughter of Chittenden Lyon. In addition to being the son-in-law of Chittenden Lyon, he was the grandfather of Zelda Fitzgerald.

The Choates

The Christs

The Churches

The Churches and Clarks

The Chutkans and Krauthamers

The Cilleys

The Clagetts and Pettengills

The Claibornes and Dallases

See Claiborne-Dallas-Pell family

The Clancys

The Clardys

The Clarks of Texas

NOTE: William F. Ramsey (1855–1922), Texas Supreme Court justice, was the father-in-law of Tom C. Clark and the grandfather of Ramsey Clark.

The Clarks of Georgia and Texas

The Clarks of Kentucky, Missouri, and Virginia

The Clarks of Missouri

NOTE: Joel B. Clark was also son-in-law of Democratic National Committeeman Wilbur W. Marsh.

The Clarks of Mississippi

The Clarks, Collins, Cooks, and Higgins

The Clarks and Coopers

The Clarks and Pidcocks

The Clarks and Ruckers

The Clarks and Williams

The Clarkes

The Clarkes of New York

The Clasons

The Clausens

The Claussens and Giffords

The Clays

NOTE: Matthew Clay was also second cousin by marriage of U.S. Representative Robert Williams, U.S. Representative Marmaduke Williams, U.S. Representative Archibald Henderson, and North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Leonard Henderson. Clay was also cousin by marriage of U.S. Senator John Williams and U.S. Representative Lewis Williams and granduncle of U.S. Senator Thomas Clay McCreery. James B. Clay was also related by marriage to U.S. Senator John Breckinridge, U.S. Senator Thomas Hart Benton, and U.S. Senator William Grayson.

The Clays of Missouri

The Clays, Cummings, and Stiles

NOTE: Alfred Cumming was also great-grandson-in-law of Continental Congressional Delegate Samuel Adams.

The Claypools and Petersons

The Claytons and Garwoods

The Claytons of Alabama

The Claytons of Delaware

The Clements

The Clements of Georgia

The Clevelands

The Cliffords

The Cliffords of Maine

The Cliffords, Delahantys, and Smiths

The Clintons of New York

DeWitt Clinton was also brother-in-law of U.S. Representative Ambrose Spencer. Matthias B. Tallmadge was also brother of U.S. Representative and Lieutenant Governor James Tallmadge Jr.

The Clintons, Rodhams, Lockharts, Boxers and Mezvinskys

Note: Bill Clinton (born William Blythe) is not related to the Clinton family of New York. He is, however, third cousin twice removed of Congressman James A. Lockhart. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Hugh Rodham's brother, Anthony, is also former son-in-law of U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer. William and Hillary's daughter, Chelsea, is also daughter-in-law of U.S. Representatives Edward Mezvinsky and Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky.

The Cliffords

The Clippingers

The Cloughs and Hartleys

The Clyburns and Murrays

The Cobbs

NOTE: Thomas R.R. Cobb was also the son-in-law of Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice Joseph Henry Lumpkin. Andrew C. Erwin was also brother-in-law of Athens, Georgia Mayor Robert L. McWhorter.

The Coburns

The Cochrans and Dobbins

The Cochranes and Van Schaicks

The Cocks and Hicks

The Cockes

The Cockrans and Ides

The Coddingtons

The Coffmans

The Coggs

The Cohens of Philadelphia

The Cokes

The Colbys

The Coles of Ohio

The Coles of Virginia

The Coles, Rutherfoords, and Stevensons

NOTE: Andrew Stevenson was also grandson-in-law of Continental Congressional Delegate Carter Braxton.

The Colemans

NOTE: Peter Tali Coleman was also the High Commissioner of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands from 1976 to 1977.

The Colemans of Kentucky

The Colemans of Minnesota

The Colemans of Mississippi

The Colfaxes, Holmeses, and Wades

The Collinses

The Collins and Hardmans

The Colons and Mayorals

The Colquitts and Lanes

The Colts

The Colvins

The Combses

The Comegys and Ridgelys

The Comers, Blounts, and Lathrops

NOTE: James H. Blount Jr. was also son of U.S. Representative James H. Blount.

The Comptons and Keys

NOTE: George Hunt Pendleton was also son of U.S. Representative Nathanael Greene Pendleton.

The Comstocks and Russells

The Conaways of Baltimore

The Condicts and Cutlers

The Condits

The Congers

The Conklings

NOTE: Roscoe Conkling was also son-in-law of New York Assemblyman Henry Seymour and brother-in-law of New York Governor Horatio Seymour.

The Connallys of Texas

The Connells

The Connerys

The Conrads and Schafers

The Contees, Hansons, Kents, Pratts, and Worthingtons

The Conways and Seviers

See Conway and Sevier family

The Conys

The Conyerses

The Cooks and Edwards

NOTE: Ninian W. Edwards was also brother-in-law of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, and his daughter, Julia, was daughter-in-law of U.S. Representative David J. Baker. Daniel Pope Cook was nephew of U.S. Senator John Pope and U.S. Representative Nathaniel Pope.

The Cooks, and Thometzes

NOTE: David Thometz's aunt, Teresa Woodward, married (and later divorced) Michael Brockbank Snow, the nephew of Utah State Senator Karl Snow.

The Cookerlys, Hughes, and McLeans

The Coolidges

NOTE: Calvin Coolidge was also a distant relative of Vermont Governor Carlos Coolidge. Calvin Coolidge's son, John, was also son-in-law of Connecticut Governor John H. Trumbull.

The Coolidges of Massachusetts

The Coombs

The Cooneys

The Coopers

The Coopers of Delaware

The Coopers of Kentucky

The Coopers of Tennessee

The Coopers of Wisconsin

The Coopers, Bryces, Hewitts, and Tiemanns

The Coopers and Nisbets

The Coopers and Wileys

The Copelands

The Córdovas of Puerto Rico

The Cornells

Note: Alonzo B. Cornell's son, Charles Ezra, was also son-in-law of New York Assemblyman Charles C. Bouck. Note: Other US political figures which descend from Thomas Cornell (settler) include Presidents Richard Nixon and Jimmy Carter, John Kerry, William Ellery (signer of the United States Declaration of Independence), and Bob Graham, among others.

The Cornings

The Corrigans

The Cortezes

The Corwins

The Corzines

The Cottons

The Couderts, Rands, and Tracys

The Coughlins

The Couzens

The Cowgills

The Cowles and Holdens

The Cowles of Iowa

The Coxes

The Cramtons

The Cranes of Illinois

The Cranes of New Jersey and Ohio

The Cranstons

NOTE: Samuel Cranston was also nephew of Rhode Island Colony Governor Walter Clarke.

The Cranstons of Rhode Island

The Cravens

The Cravens of Indiana

The Crawfords

The Crawfords of Connecticut

The Creedons

The Cresaps

The Crisfields and Pages

The Crisps

The Crittendens

Note:John J. Crittenden's second wife was Maria Knox Todd, the daughter of District Judge Harry Innes.

The Crocherons

The Crocketts

NOTE: David S. Crockett is also grandfather of Portia Rebecca Crockett, who is former sister-in-law of California State Senator Thomas Hayden.

The Crocketts of Michigan

The Crofts

The Crofts of Alaska

The Crouchs

The Crows

The Crowninshields

The Crumpackers

The Cuellars

The Culbersons

The Culloms

The Culpeppers

The Culvers

The Cunninghams

The Cunninghams, Paynes, and Methvins

The Cuomos

NOTE: Andrew Cuomo is also former son-in-law of U.S. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy. Chris Cuomo is a reporter from CNN.

The Curleys

The Currys

The Currys of Louisiana

The Curtins, Greggs, and McLanahans

The Curtises and Lows

The Cushings and Wildes

The Cuthberts

The Cuylers and Lows

NOTE: Abraham Cuyler was also son-in-law Albany, New York Mayor Jan Jansen Bleecker and brother-in-law of Albany, New York Mayors John Bleecker and Rutger Bleecker. Isaac Low was also brother of New York Assemblyman Nicholas Low.