Pennsylvania
- Louis Barletta, U.S. Congressman, former Mayor of Hazleton
- Robert A. Brady, U.S. congressman
- Frank Carlucci, U.S. Secretary of Defense, chairman emeritus of the Carlyle Group.
- Michael F. Doyle, congressman (Italian mother, maiden name Fusco)
- Vincent Fumo, former State Senator, former Democratic State Senate Appropriations Chairman
- Melissa Hart, former U.S. congresswoman (Italian mother, Albina Simone)
- Frank Mascara, former U.S. congressman
- Robert J. Mellow, State Senator, Minority Leader (Italian mother, maiden name Generotti)
- John Murtha U.S. congressman (deceased)
- Russell M. Nigro, retired State Supreme Court justice
- Jeffrey Piccola, State Senator, Chair of State Government Committee
- Frank Rizzo, former Mayor of Philadelphia
- Rick Santorum, former U.S. Senator
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—For the State of New Jersey, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)
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—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)