Civil Service
- Victor G. Atiyeh (Oregon, 1945): Former Governor of Oregon
- Newton D. Baker (Johns Hopkins, 1892): Former Secretary of War
- Alphonzo E. Bell, Jr. (Occidental, 1938): U.S. House of Representatives, California for eight terms; Republican National Committee; the southern California communities of Bell, Bell Gardens and Bel Air are named after his family.
- Calvin Coolidge (Amherst, 1895): Thirtieth President of the United States of America
- Admiral (ret.) William J. Crowe, Jr. (Oklahoma, 1946): Former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Ambassador to the United Kingdom
- Charles W. Fairbanks (Ohio Wesleyan, 1872): Twenty-Sixth Vice President of the United States; Namesake, Fairbanks, Alaska
- John N. Hostettler (Rose–Hulman Institute of Technology, 1983): former U.S. House of Representatives, Indiana
- Frank Iacobucci (British Columbia, 1962): Former Justice, Supreme Court of Canada
- Joseph R. Kerrey (Nebraska, 1965): U.S. Senator, Nebraska; Former Governor of Nebraska
- Herbert H. Lehman (Williams College, 1899): Humanitarian; four-term Governor of New York; United States Senator from New York; Colonel in the US Army during World War I.
- Robert Bork : Judge of United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1982–1988; United States Attorney General, October 20, 1973 – December 17, 1973.
- Thomas R. Marshall (Wabash, 1873): Twenty-Eighth Vice President of the United States
- Robert S. McNamara (California, 1937): Former United States Secretary of Defense
- Frank O'Bannon (Indiana, 1952): Former Governor of Indiana
- Mike Pence (Hanover College, 1981): U.S. House of Representatives, Indiana
- Donald Randall Richberg (University of Chicago, 1901): Head of the National Recovery Administration, composer of several Fiji songs.
- Charles E. Rushmore (College of the City of New York, 1876): Namesake, Mount Rushmore National Memorial
- Byron R. White (Colorado, 1938): Former Supreme Court Justice; College Football Hall of Fame
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