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List of United States political families (D)
The following is an alphabetical list of political families in the United States whose last name begins with D.
The D'Alesandros and Pelosis
The D'Amatos
The Dahles
The Dahles of California
The Dales
The Daleys
Two members of the Daley family served as Mayor of Chicago, between them ruling the city for more than a third of a century.
The Dallases, Pells, and Baches
NOTE: Robert J. Walker was also grandson-in-law of Congressional Delegate Benjamin Franklin. Claiborne Pell is also son of U.S. Representative Herbert C. Pell Jr., great-great grandson of U.S. Representative John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne, and great-great grandnephew of William C.C. Claiborne and Nathaniel Herbert Claiborne.
The Daltons
The Danahers
The Danforths and Rhoadses
The Daniels
The Daniels and Houstons
NOTE: Samuel Houston was also father of U.S. Senator Andrew Jackson Houston and cousin of U.S. Representative David Hubbard. Price Daniel was also brother of Guam Governor William Daniel.
The Daniels and Worths
The Danners
The Darlingtons and Butlers
NOTE: Thomas S. Butler was also son of Pennsylvania Treasurer Samuel Butler and nephew of U.S. District Court Judge William Butler.
The Davenports
The Davises
NOTE: John W. Davis was also first cousin of U.S. Secretary of State Cyrus R. Vance.
The Davises of Kentucky
The Davises of Minnesota and Wisconsin
The Davises of Nebraska and Virginia
The Davises of North Dakota and Iowa
The Davises of Wisconsin
The Davises and Dennys
The Davises and Elkinses
The Davises and Lodges
The Davis family is related by marriage to The Lodges and The Cabots NOTE: Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. and John Davis Lodge were also great-great-great-grandsons of U.S. Senator George Cabot, great-great-grandsons of U.S. Senator Elijah Hunt Mills, great-grandsons of U.S. Secretary of State Frederick T. Frelinghuysen, grandsons of U.S. Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, nephews by marriage of U.S. Representative Augustus P. Gardner, and first cousins once removed of Connecticut State Representative William A.G. Minot. Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. was also great-great-grandson-in-law of U.S. Senator Jonathan Mason and brother-in-law of New Jersey Treasurer Archibald S. Alexander. John Davis Lodge was also brother-in-law of U.S. Consul General D. Chadwick Braggiotti.
The Davises and Roots
The Davises and Tredwells
The Daweses
The Dawsons
The Dawsons, Johnson, and Wickliffes
NOTE: Robert C. Wickliffe was also son of U.S. Postmaster General Charles A. Wickliffe and uncle of U.S. Senator J.C.W. Beckham.
The Days
The Days and O'Connors
The Daytons
The Dearborns
The DeConcinis
The Deens
The Defrees and Frazers
The deGravelles
The Delanos
The Delavans and Depews
The Dellets, Gibbons, and Torreys
NOTE: Charles John Torrey was also son of Alabama legislator Rufus Campbell Torrey, brother-in-law of Mobile, Alabama Mayor Harry Pillans, and cousin by marriage of Alabama State Representative Harry Theophilus Toulmin.
The Demings and Hawthornes
The Denbys
NOTE: Graham N. Fitch was also brother-in-law of Michigan State Senator Henry J. Alvord.
The Denisons
The Denissens
The Dennis and Whites
The Dennisons
The Dennys
The Dennys of Illinois and Washington
The Densons
The Dentons
The Denvers
The DeSaulniers
The Deshas
The Desnoyers
NOTE: Frank B. Desnoyers was also son-in-law of Wisconsin State Senator M. P. Lindsley.
The Devers
The Devines and Millers
The Dewarts
The Deweys
NOTE: Thomas Dewey was also grandnephew-in-law of U.S. Secretary of War Jefferson Davis.
The DeWines
The De Witts
The Dexters
The Díaz-Balarts
NOTE: Lincoln Díaz-Balart and Mario Díaz-Balart are also sons of Cuban politician Rafael Díaz-Balart and former nephews by marriage of Cuban President Fidel Castro.
The DiCarlos
The Dicks
The Dickersons
The Dickersons of Nevada
The Dickinsons and Murfrees
The Dickinsons and Norris
The Dickinsons and Letts
The Dickeys
The Dicksons
The Dicksons and Whites
The Dies
The Diggses
The Dillinghams
The Dimmicks
Note: These Dimmicks are descended from William Bradford (Plymouth Colony governor). Note: The strict paternal Dimmick line goes back to Timothy Dimmick, in Massachusetts by 1635, later an Elder of Barnstable, Massachusetts. They descend from the British Dymoke family of hereditary King's Champions. Note: Samuel's oldest son Walter Erskine Dimmick married Mary Scott Lord, but he died three months later, without issue. The widow later married Benjamin Harrison, after his presidency.
The Dingells
The Dinklas, Douglases, and Johnsons
The Dinsmoors
The Dixes and Morgans
The Dixons
The Dobbs and Jacksons
The Dockerys
The Dockings
The Dockweilers
The Dodds
The Dodds of Michigan and Tennessee
The Dodges
NOTE: Clifton N. McArthur was also grandson of U.S. Senator James W. Nesmith.
The Doles
The Dollivers
NOTE: Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver was also cousin of U.S. Representative William G. Brown Jr.
The Dolphs and Mulkeys
The Dominicks and Smiths
The Donaheys
The Donnells
The Doolings
The Dorns
The Dornans
The Dotys and Martins
The Doughtons
A political family from rural Alleghany County in the North Carolina mountains, they rose to considerable power in both Congress and the state government of North Carolina.
The Douglases
The Downeys
The Downeys of New York
The Downses
The Doyles and Bachhubers
NOTE: James E. Doyle Jr. is also nephew by marriage of U.S. Secretary of Defense Melvin R. Laird, great-grandson-in-law of Wisconsin Lieutenant Governor William D. Connor and great-great-grandson-in-law of Wisconsin State Assemblyman Robert Connor.
The Drapers
NOTE: Ebenezer Sumner Draper was also son-in-law of U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Benjamin Bristow and grandson-in-law of U.S. Representative Francis M. Bristow.
The Draytons
The Drews, the Elams, and Careys of Louisiana
Dreyfus
Driehaus
The Driggses
The Dromgooles and Sims
The Drydens, Kusers, and Marshalls
The Dubinas and Robys
The Dubois
The Dudley-Winthrop family
A political family spanning the country's history. Notable members include:
The Duells
The Duhés and Héberts
The Dukakises and Chaffetzes
The Dulleses
NOTE: Robert Lansing was also son-in-law of U.S. Secretary of State John W. Foster.
The Duncans
The Duns, McCormicks, and Thurmans
The Dunns
The Dunns of Indiana
The Dunns and Thayers
The du Ponts
The du Pont immigrant to the United States, Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours (1739–1817) was deputy of the Third Estate to the Estates-General of 1789 for the region of Nemours in France. The du Pont political dynasty is based on the family's manufacturing empire in Delaware.
The Dupres and Moutons
The Durands and Moores
The Durkans
The Dwights
The Dyers
The Dyers of Rhode Island
The Dyks and Katzens
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