List of United States Political Families (M) - The MacArthurs

The MacArthurs

  • Arthur MacArthur, Sr., Governor of Wisconsin (1856)
    • Arthur MacArthur, Jr., his son; Army general, military governor of the Philippines 1900–1901
      • Douglas MacArthur, his son; Chief of Staff of the United States Army (1930–1935), Pacific Theater Commander (1941–1945), Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers (SCAP) of Occupied Japan (1945–1951), Commander of UN Forces in Korea (1950–1951), Candidate for President of the United States, 1952.
        • Douglas MacArthur II, nephew of Douglas MacArthur and son-in-law of Alben Barkley; U.S. Vice Consul in Vancouver, British Columbia 1935; U.S. Vice Consul in Naples, Italy 1937–1938; U.S. Vice Consul in Paris, France 1944; U.S. Ambassador to Japan (1957–1961); Belgium (1961–1965); Austria (1967–1969); and Iran (1969–1972).

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

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