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List of United States political families (L)
The following is an alphabetical list of political families in the United States whose last name begins with L.
Lafargues and the Irions
La Follettes
Laffoons
LaHoods
Laidleys
Lairds, Connors, and Doyles
NOTE: James E. Doyle is also the son of federal judge James Edward Doyle and Wisconsin Assemblywoman Ruth Bachhuber Doyle, both were founders of the modern Democratic Party in Wisconsin. Ruth Bachhuber Doyle's father, Frank E. Bachhuber, grandfather, Andrew Bachhuber, and great-grandfather, Max Bachhuber also served in the Wisconsin Assembly.
Lamars
Lambs
Lambeths
Lances
Landers
Landis
Landons
Landrieus
Lanes
NOTE: Joseph Lane was also first cousin by marriage of U.S. Senator Walter T. Colquitt.
Lanes of Indiana
Lanes of Indiana and Kansas
NOTE: James H. Lane was also grandson-in-law of Continental Congressional Delegate Arthur St. Clair.
Lanes of Maryland
Lanes of North Carolina
NOTE: Joseph Lane was also first cousin by marriage of U.S. Senator Walter T. Colquitt.
Langdons
Langers and Fords
Lanhams
Lansings
Lantoses and Swetts
Larneds and Williams
Larrabees and Loves
Lassiters and Rives
Latimers
LaTourettes
Latrobes and Swanns
Lattas
Laurens and Pinckneys
NOTE: Charles Pinckney was also cousin of U.S. Minister Charles Cotesworth Pinckney and second cousin of U.S. Representative Thomas Pinckney.
LaValles
Laws and Learneds
Lawrences
Lawrences of Louisiana and New York
Lawrences of Pennsylvania
Laxalts
Laytons
Leas
Leas and Phelps
NOTE: Preston Lea was also third cousin once removed of U.S. Senator Joseph Rodman West and second cousin once removed of Delaware Assemblyman Charles Corbit and Minnesota State Representative William Webb Jr. Sheffield Phelps was also son of U.S. Representative William Walter Phelps.
Leaches of Louisiana
Leaches of New England
Leaders
LeBlancs, Reeses, and the Couhigs
Leddys and Donovans
Lees
See Lee family
Lees of Maryland
NOTE: Thomas Sim Lee was also first cousin of U.S. Senator Richard Potts. John Lee Carroll was also great-grandson of U.S. Senator Charles Carroll of Carrollton.
Lees and Eubanks of Louisiana
Lees of Texas
LeFevers
Lefflers
Lehlbachs
Lehmans
NOTE: Irving Lehman was also brother-in-law of New York State Senator Nathan Straus Jr. Robert M. Morgenthau is also grandson of U.S. Ambassador Henry Morgenthau Sr. and son of U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau Jr. Orin Lehman was also nephew by marriage of Rhode Island Governor William Henry Vanderbilt III.
Lenahans and O'Connells
Lenroots
Lesinskis
The Letlows
both were elected members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana's 5th district
Levis
Levins
Mimi Levin Lieber (1928-2021), member New York State Board of Regents, 1984-1996, daughter of Theodore. Janno Lieber (born 1961), chairman and CEO of New York Metropolitain Transportation Authority, 2021-present, son of Mimi.
Levitas
Lewises
Lewises of New York
NOTE: Morgan Lewis was also son-in-law of New York Colony Assemblyman Robert Livingston, grandson-in-law of New York Colony Assemblyman Robert Livingston, and brother-in-law of U.S. Secretary of Foreign Affairs Robert Livingston, U.S. Secretary of State Edward Livingston, and U.S. Secretary of War John Armstrong Jr.
Lewises of Virginia
NOTE: Lunsford L. Lewis was also son-in-law of U.S. Representative John Botts.
Lichts
Limbaughs
Lincolns of Illinois
Lincolns of New England
NOTE: Levi Lincoln Sr. was also distantly related to U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.
Lindberghs and Lodges
Lindsays and Rudds
NOTE: Stephen A. Rudd was also son of New York Assemblyman Robert J. Rudd.
Lindsays and Winstons
Lipinskis
Lippitts
Listers
Livermores
Livingstons
Lloyds
NOTE: Henry Lloyd was also great-grandson of U.S. Senator John Henry.
Lockes
Lockes and Wingos
Lodges and Cabots
The Cabots and Lodges were relatives by marriage to the Adams family and the Roosevelt family. NOTE: Henry Cabot Lodge was also grandson-in-law of U.S. Senator Elijah Hunt Mills. George Cabot Lodge was also grandson-in-law of U.S. Secretary of State Frederick T. Frelinghuysen. 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. George C. Lodge and John Davis Lodge were also nephews by marriage of U.S. Representative Augustus P. Gardner. John Davis Lodge was also brother-in-law of U.S. Consul General D. Chadwick Braggiotti.
Lodges of Idaho
Logans
Logans of Illinois
Longs
See Long family
Longworths
Longleys
Longyears
NOTE: John Munroe Longyear was also second cousin by marriage of Kingston, New York Mayor Aaron Thompson.
Lords
Louds
Lounsburys
Lovejoys
NOTE: Owen Lovejoy was also cousin of U.S. Senator Nathan A. Farwell.
Lowes, the Mimses, and the Spencers
Lowells
Lowenthals
Lowndes
NOTE: William Lowndes was also son-in-law of U.S. Representative Thomas Pinckney.
Lowries
Lucases
Lucases of Virginia
Luceys
Lujans
Lukens
Lumpkins
Lynches
Lynes
Lyons and Thayers
Lyonses and Wilkinsons of Louisiana
Lytles and Rowans
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