List of People From Philadelphia - Politics

Politics

  • Leon Abbett – Philadelphia native, later governor of New Jersey
  • Lynne Abraham – Philadelphia district attorney, 1991–2010
  • William Allen – mayor of Philadelphia from 1735 to 1736
  • Chris Bartlett – LGBT community organizer
  • Raj Bhakta – 2006 congressional candidate; contestant, The Apprentice, Season 2
  • Michael J. Bradley member, United States House of Representatives, 3rd Congressional District, Pennsylvania, 1935-1945; Chairman, Democratic City Committee, Philadelphia, 1946-1948; Collector of Customs, Port of Philadelphia; Board of Revision of Taxes, City of Philadelphia
  • Bob Brady – member, U.S. House of Representatives, 1st Congressional District, Pennsylvania, 1997–present, 2007 Philadelphia mayoral candidate
  • Raymond J. Broderick – U.S. Federal Judge
  • William T. Cahill – governor of New Jersey, 1970–1974
  • Joseph S. Clark – mayor of Philadelphia, 1952-1956; U.S. senator from Pennsylvania, 1956-1968
  • Mark B. Cohen, member, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 202nd District, June 10, 1974 to date; elected Democratic leader, Pennsylvania House, 1990–2010; Chairman, House Labor Relations Committee, 1983-1990.
  • George M. Dallas – U.S. Vice President
  • Richardson Dilworth – lawyer; Philadelphia district attorney, 1952-1956; mayor of Philadelphia, 1956-1962
  • Dwight E. Evans – member, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 203rd Legislative District; 2007 Philadelphia mayoral candidate
  • Chaka Fattah – member, U.S. House of Representatives, 2nd Congressional District, Pennsylvania, 1995–present; 2007 Philadelphia mayoral candidate
  • Douglas J. Feith – Undersecretary of Defense under Pres. George W. Bush, leading adviser on Iraq policy
  • Tom Feeney – State of Florida politician (from 1990)
  • Benjamin Franklin – A Founding Father of the United States, (from 1723)-1790
  • Shirley Franklin – mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, 2002–2010
  • W. Wilson Goode – mayor of Philadelphia, 1984–1992
  • W. Wilson Goode, Jr. – at-large member, Philadelphia City Council, 2000–present
  • Oscar Goodman – attorney; mayor of Las Vegas, Nevada, 1999–present
  • William H. Gray – Baptist minister; former member, U.S. House of Representatives, 2nd Congressional District, Pennsylvania; former president, United Negro College Fund
  • William J. Green III – mayor of Philadelphia, 1980–1984; member, U.S. House of Representatives, 1964–1977
  • Simon Guggenheim – U.S. Senator, Colorado, 1907–1913; philanthropist
  • Daniel H. Gurmankin - Progressive activist and National Finance Committeeperson, College Democrats of America
  • Alexander Haig – former U.S. Secretary of State and White House Chief of Staff
  • Richard McGarrah Helms – Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) from 1966 to 1973
  • George Landenberger – 23rd Governor of American Samoa
  • John J. McCloy – chairman, Chase Manhattan Bank and Ford Foundation, Assistant U.S. Secretary of War during World War II, subsequently Allies' High Commissioner of Germany
  • J. Whyatt Mondesire – president, NAACP, Philadelphia chapter
  • Patrick Murphy – member, U.S. House of Representatives, 8th Congressional District, Pennsylvania, 2007–2010
  • Robert N.C. Nix, Sr. – member, U.S. House of Representatives, 1959–1979
  • Michael A. Nutter – mayor of Philadelphia, 2008–present; member, Philadelphia City Council, 4th District, 1992–2006
  • Dennis M. O'Brien – member, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 169th Legislative District; 1976–1980 and 1982–present; Speaker Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 2007–2008
  • Tony J. Payton, Jr. – member, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 179th Legislative District; 2007–present
  • Charles H. Ramsey – Philadelphia police commissioner, 2008–present
  • Ed Rendell – governor of Pennsylvania, 2003–2011; mayor of Philadelphia, 1992–2000
  • Frank Rizzo – mayor of Philadelphia, 1972–1980; Philadelphia police commissioner, 1967–1971
  • Allyson Schwartz – member, U.S. House of Representatives, 13th Congressional District, Pennsylvania, 2005–present
  • Arlen Specter – U.S. Senator, Pennsylvania, 1981–present; Philadelphia district attorney, 1966–1974
  • Ben Stahl – Jewish labor leader and activist
  • John F. Street – mayor of Philadelphia, 2000–2008
  • Milton Street – entrepreneur; former Pennsylvania state legislator; 2007 Philadelphia City Council candidate; brother of John F. Street
  • Norman Sussman – Wisconsin State Senator
  • Al Taubenberger – 2007 Philadelphia mayoral candidate
  • C. Delores Tucker – civil rights activist; Pennsylvania Secretary of State, 1971–1977
  • Anna C. Verna – member, Philadelphia City Council, 2nd District, 1976–present; Philadelphia City Council president, 2000–present
  • R. Seth Williams – Philadelphia District Attorney, 2010–Present
  • Fernando Wood – mayor of New York, 1855–1858, 1860–1862

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