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