List of People From Pennsylvania - Politics, Government and Military

Politics, Government and Military

• Jack Agnew, inspiration for the novel and film The Dirty Dozen—Philadelphia
• Claude Allen, Assistant to the President of the United States for Domestic Policy under George W. Bush—Philadelphia
• Henry "Hap" Arnold, U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force General—Gladwyne
• Joe Biden, 47th Vice President of the United States, U.S. Senator from Delaware—Scranton
• Robert Bork, Solicitor General, Attorney General, Judge of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, Supreme Court nominee—Pittsburgh
• James Buchanan, 15th President of the United States—Cove Gap
• Smedley Butler, U.S. Marine Corps General—West Chester
• Samuel Carpenter, First Treasurer 1704, Deputy Governor to William Penn—Philadelphia
• Bob Casey, Jr., current US Senator, son of former Governor—Scranton
• Robert P. Casey, former Governor—Scranton
• Benjamin Chew, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Attorney General of Pennsylvania—Philadelphia
• Mark B. Cohen, Democratic Chairman, Human Services Committee, Pennsylvania House of Representatives
• William Coleman, U.S. Secretary of Transportation under President Gerald Ford—Philadelphia
• Tom Corbett, current Governor of Pennsylvania—Philadelphia
• George M. Dallas, 11th Vice President of the United States—Philadelphia
• James J. Davis, U.S. Secretary of Labor, U.S. Senator—Pittsburgh
• Benjamin Franklin Scientist, Diplomat, Teacher, and Founding Father of the United
  States—Philadelphia
• Frank Gaffney, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense under President Ronald Reagan—Pittsburgh
• Alexander Haig, Secretary of State, White House Chief of Staff, NATO Supreme Commander—Philadelphia
• Winfield Scott Hancock, Union Civil War commander—Montgomeryville
• Orrin Hatch, Republican senator from Utah—Pittsburgh
• Michael Hayden, Director of the CIA under President George W. Bush—Pittsburgh
• Harold L. Ickes, Secretary of the Interior under Franklin D. Roosevelt—Altoona
• Michael Johns, U.S. Presidential speechwriter—Emmaus
• John Kasich, U.S. Representative from Ohio, Republican Governor of Ohio—McKees Rocks
• Donald Kohn, Vice Chairman of the Federal Reserve—Philadelphia
• Alf Landon, Governor of Kansas and Presidential Candidate-West Middlesex
• Andrew Lewis, Secretary of Transportation under President Ronald Reagan—Philadelphia
• Richard Marcinko, Notable Navy Seal, Commanded Seal Team Six—Lansford
• Betsy McCaughey, Lieutenant Governor of the State of New York—Pittsburgh
• Royal Meeker, advisor to President Woodrow Wilson—Quaker Lake
• Janet Napolitano, current U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security—Pittsburgh
• Benjamin Netanyahu, current Prime Minister of Israel- Cheltenham Township
• Alexander Mitchell Palmer, U.S. Attorney General and director of the controversial Palmer Raids—White Haven
• Robert Reich, Secretary of Labor under President Bill Clinton—Scranton
• Ed Rendell, former Pennsylvania Governor—Philadelphia
• George S. Rentz, World War II Navy Chaplain and Navy Cross awardee—Lebanon
• Tom Ridge, former Pennsylvania Governor, first Secretary of Homeland Security—Munhall
• John Roll, federal judge slain in the 2011 Tucson shooting in Arizona—Pittsburgh
• Dan Rooney, U.S. Ambassador to Ireland—Pittsburgh
• Richard Schweiker, Congressman, Senator, and Secretary of Health and Human Services under Ronald Reagan—Norristown
• Raymond P. Shafer, former Governor of Pennsylvania-New Castle, Pennsylvania
• Don Sherwood, U.S. House of Representatives
• Joe Sestak, Navy Admiral, former Congressman—Secane
• D. Brooks Smith, federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit—Altoona
• Carl Andrew Spaatz, WWII general and first Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force—Boyertown
• Arlen Specter, former U.S. Senator—Philadelphia
• Thaddeus Stevens, Constitutional activist—Gettysburg
• Lawrence Summers, Director of the National Economic Council under President Barack Obama—Penn Valley
• Charlemagne Tower, Lawyer, Mining magnate and landowner—Pottsville
• Tom Vilsack, current U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, former Governor of Iowa—Pittsburgh
• Curtin Winsor, Jr., U.S. Ambassador to Costa Rica under Ronald Reagan—Philadelphia
• Richard Winters, 101st Airborne, 506th E Company, World War II—Lancaster