List of United States political families (D)

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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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