List of Czech Americans - Government & Politics

Government & Politics

  • Madeleine Albright, born in Prague, former US Secretary of State.
  • Richard Bassett desc. of Augustine Herman, signer of the US constitution.
  • James Asheton Bayard (III), desc. of Augustine Herman, an American lawyer who served as U.S. Senator from Delaware.
  • Richard Henry Bayard, desc. of Augustine Herman, an American lawyer, a member of the Whig Party who served as the first Mayor of Wilmington, Chief Justice of the Delaware Superior Court, and as U.S. Senator from Delaware.
  • Thomas Francis Bayard, Sr., desc. of Augustine Herman, an American lawyer who served three terms as U.S. Senator from Delaware, and as U.S. Secretary of State, and U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom.
  • Thomas Francis Bayard, Jr., desc. of Augustine Herman, served two terms as U.S. Senator from Delaware.
  • Barbara Pierce Bush, desc. of Moravian Brethren from Bohemia who founded the city of Bethlehem, PA, former First Lady.
  • George W. Bush, of Czech ancestry on his mother's side, American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000.
  • John Ellis "Jeb" Bush, an American politician who served as the 43rd Governor of Florida from 1999 to 2007
  • Anton Cermak was the Mayor of Chicago, IL.
  • Henry Horner of Bohemian ancestry, was the 28th Governor of Illinois, serving from 1933 to 1940.
  • Roman Hruska was Senator from Nebraska.
  • Otto Kerner, Jr. was Governor of Illinois
  • John Forbes Kerry, the 68th and current United States Secretary of State, the presidential nominee of the Democratic Party in the 2004 presidential election.
  • Anthony Michalek was member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Chicago, IL.
  • Robert J. Mrazek was member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
  • Edmund Jennings Randolph, desc. of Augustine Herman, an American attorney, the seventh Governor of Virginia, the second Secretary of State, and the first US Attorney General.
  • Adolph J. Sabath was member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Chicago, IL.
  • Judy Baar Topinka was Illinois State Treasurer and Chairman of the Illinois Republican Party.
  • Robert Vanasek is a Minnesota politician and a former member and Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives.
  • Charles Vanik was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Cleveland, OH.
  • Caspar Willard Weinberger of Bohemian ancestry on his father's side, politician, vice president and general counsel of Bechtel Corporation, and Secretary of Defense under President Ronald Reagan from January 21, 1981, until November 23, 1987.

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