List of United States political families (M)

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

The Mabeys

The MacArthurs

NOTE: Douglas MacArthur was also brother-in-law of U.S. Minister James H.R. Cromwell.

The Macks, Shepards and Connallys

NOTE: Mary Bono is also widow of U.S. Representative Sonny Bono.

The Macks and Wadsworths

The Maclays

The MacVeaghs and Camerons

NOTE: J. Donald Cameron was also nephew by marriage of U.S. Secretary of War William Tecumseh Sherman.

The Madigans

The Madigans (II)

NOTE: Not related to Edward R. and Robert Madigan.

The Madisons

NOTE: Thomas Madison was also brother-in-law of Virginia Governor Patrick Henry. James Madison was also second cousin of U.S. President Zachary Taylor, second cousin thrice removed of Missouri Governor Elliot Woolfolk Major and Missouri legislator Edgar Bailey Woolfolk, and brother-in-law of U.S. Representative John G. Jackson and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thomas Todd.

The Magees

The Magoffins, Shannons, and Shelbys

NOTE: James Shannon was also brother of Kentucky State Representative George Shannon and U.S. Representatives Thomas Shannon and Wilson Shannon and granduncle of U.S. Representative Isaac C. Parker. Charles Stewart Todd was also son of Supreme Court Justice Thomas Todd.

The Majors

The Mallorys

The Malones and O'Gormans

The Manchins

The Manlys

The Manners and Pralls

The Mannings

The Mansfields

The Marchands

The Marins, Mendozas, and Riveras

The Markells

The Marshes

The Marshes of Oregon

The Marshalls

NOTE: Robert Morris was also father of U.S. Representative Thomas Morris. John Marshall was also third cousin once removed of U.S. President Thomas Jefferson, brother-in-law of U.S. Court of Appeals Judges William McClung, George Keith Taylor, and U.S. Attorney Joseph Hamilton Daveiss; and cousin of U.S. Senator John Randolph. Thomas Marshall was also second cousin of Virginia State Senator William Marshall Ambler. Edward Colston was also son-in-law of Virginia House Delegate William Brockenbrough and brother-in-law of U.S. Senator Benjamin Watkins Leigh. Humphrey Marshall was also nephew of Kentucky and Alabama Legislator James G. Birney.

The Marshalls of Maryland and Virginia

The Martinezes and Perezes of California

Note: Patricia Martinez, Anthony Martinez and Edmund Gil are maternal cousins of Richard A. Walker.

The Marvins

The Mathiases

The Martins

The Martins of Colorado and Oklahoma

The Martins of Kentucky and Virginia

The Martins and Owenses

NOTE: James B. Owens was also brother-in-law of U.S. Representative Ethelbert Barksdale.

The Martins and Tillmans

The Martindales

The Masons and Hucks

The Masons of Virginia

NOTE: Armistead T. Mason and John T. Mason were also brothers-in-law of U.S. Representative Benjamin Howard and U.S. Postmaster General William T. Barry.

The Mathesons

The Mathews

The Mathews of Virginia

The Matsuis

The Matthews and Wattersons

NOTE: Thomas Stanley Matthews was also father-in-law of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Horace Gray. Henry Watterson was also son of U.S. Representative Harvey Magee Watterson.

The Matthews and Whitcombs

The Mathias

The Maurys

The Maxeys

The Maxwells and Robesons

The Maybanks

The Mayberrys

The McBrides

The McBrides and Sinks

The McCartys

The McCaskills

Claire (Clarence) Milton McCaskill, b. 1889, served as Mayor of Houston, Missouri. Father of William Y. McCaskill. William Jackson McCaskill, b. 1864, d. 1934, served as Sheriff of Texas County Missouri in 1916. Father of Claire Milton McCaskill

The McClellans

The McClungs

NOTE: William McClung was also brother-in-law of U.S. Secretary of State John Marshall.

The McCooks

NOTE: Edward M. McCook was also brother-in-law of U.S. Minister Charles Adams.

The McCormacks

The McCormicks

See McCormick family

The McCrees

The McCreerys

The McDills

The McDowells

The McDuffies and Hamptons

NOTE: Wade Hampton III was also grandson of U.S. Representative Wade Hampton I, son-in-law of U.S. Representative Francis Preston, and brother-in-law of U.S. Senator William Campbell Preston.

The McEnerys

The McGuires and Nevilles

The McHenrys

The McKays

The McKeans

The McKeithens

The McKennans

The McKenzies and Moss

The McKims

The McKinleys

NOTE: William McKinley was also cousin of U.S. Ambassador Henry P. Fletcher.

The McKinneys

The McKinneys of Connecticut

The McKinnons

The McLanes

The McLeans

NOTE: James D. Walker was also grandson of U.S. Representative David Walker, grandnephew of U.S. Senator George Walker, and cousin of U.S. Senator Wilkinson Call. John McLean's son-in-law Joseph Pannell Taylor was the brother of President Zachary Taylor.

The McMahons and Vallandighams

The McMillans

The McNarys

The McNichols

The McNichols of Idaho and Washington

The McNinches

The McRaes

The McWherters

The Mechems

The Meeks

The Mellons, Bruces, and Warners

See Mellon family. NOTE: David K.E. Bruce was also son of U.S. Senator William Cabell Bruce and brother of U.S. Ambassador James Bruce.

The Mercers and Garnetts

The Merediths and Morrises

The Meriwethers

NOTE: David Meriwether was also cousin by marriage of U.S. President Franklin Pierce.

The Merricks

The Merrimons and Overmans

The Merritts

The Metcalfes

The Metzenbaums and Hyatts

The Meyers

The Meyners and Stevensons

NOTE: Helen Stevenson Meyner was also distant cousin of Illinois Governor Adlai Stevenson II.

The Micas

The Mickelsons

The Middletons, Rutledges, and Pickneys

See Middleton-Rutledge-Pinckney Family

The Millards

The Millers

The Millers of California and Delaware

The Millers of California, Indiana, and Washington

The Millers of Georgia

The Millers of Kentucky

The Millers of Louisiana

The Millers of New York

The Millers of New York (II)

The Millers of Pennsylvania

The Millikens

The Mills family

The Mills and Dean family

The Miltons and Atkinsons

The Mitchells of Wisconsin

The Mitchells of Arizona

The Mitchells of Maryland

The Mitchells of Minnesota

The Mitschers and Shears

The Mizunos

The Moffats

NOTE: Seth Low was also son-in-law of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Benjamin R. Curtis. Jay Pierrepont Moffat was also son-in-law of U.S. Ambassador Joseph Grew. Moffat and Abbot Low Moffat were also brother-in-law of U.S. Ambassador John Campbell White.

The Molinaris

The Mollohans

The Mondales

The Moneys and Vardamans

The Monroes and Alsops

Theodore D. Robinson and Corinne Robinson Alsop were also niece and nephew of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt, first cousins of Puerto Rico Governor Theodore Roosevelt Jr., and first cousins by marriage of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nicholas Longworth.

The Montgomerys

The Moodys

The Moodys of Oregon

The Mooneys and Suarezes

The Moores and Capitos

The Moores of Alabama

The Moores of North Carolina and South Carolina

The Moores of Virginia

The Moores and Spinners

The Morans

The Morgenthaus

NOTE: Robert M. Morgenthau is also grandnephew of U.S. Senator Herbert H. Lehman and cousin of U.S. Ambassador John Langeloth Loeb.

The Moreheads

The Morials

The Morrells

The Moriartys, Minors, and Pellys

The Morrills

The Morrises of Morrisania and New Jersey

NOTE: Gouverneur Morris was also a relative of U.S. Ambassador Wymberley DeRenne Coerr. John Rutherfurd was also of some relation to Northwest Territory Governor Arthur St. Clair.

The Morrises of Illinois and Ohio

The Morrises of Pennsylvania and New York

The Morrises of Ohio

The Morrisons

The Morrisons of Louisiana

The Morrows

NOTE: Dwight Morrow's daughter, Anne, was also daughter-in-law of U.S. Representative Charles August Lindbergh.

The Morrows of Mississippi

The Mortons

NOTE: The Mortons were not related to Vice President Levi P. Morton.

The Mortons of Florida and Virginia

The Mortons of Indiana

NOTE: Oliver P. Morton was also brother-in-law of Dakota Territory Governor John A. Burbank. Burbank's son-in-law was Joseph Henry Kibbey, Territorial Governor of Arizona, whose father was John F. Kibbey, Indiana Attorney General in the administration of Governor Morton and also Morton's law partner in Richmond, Indiana.

The Mortons of New York and Ohio

The Mosbachers

The Moseleys of Virginia and the South

The Moses

The Motzes

The Mousers

The Moylans

Guamanian office-holders descended from Scotty Moylan (1916-2010), an Illinois-born businessman that lived in Guam:

The Mudds

The Mortons of Michigan and Nebraska

The Muhlenbergs

NOTE: Henry Augustus Muhlenberg was also grandson of U.S. Representative Joseph Hiester.