List of United States Political Families (D) - The Dulleses

The Dulleses

• John Watson Foster (1836–1917), General, Union Army, Civil War; Ambassador to Mexico, 1873–1880; Ambassador to Russia, 1880–1881; Ambassador to Spain, 1883–1885; United States Secretary of State, 1892–1893.
  • John Foster Dulles (1888–1959), U.S. Senator from New York, 1949; Secretary of State, 1953–1959; grandson of John Watson Foster. Namesake for the Washington Dulles International Airport
    • Avery Robert Dulles (born 1918), cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church; son of John Foster and Janet Avery (Pomeroy) Dulles.
  • Allen Welsh Dulles (1893–1969), second Director of Central Intelligence, 1953–1961; member, Warren Commission. He was the brother of John Foster and Eleanor Lansing Dulles.
• Robert Lansing (1864–1928), Secretary of State, 1915–1920; uncle of John Foster Dulles.
  • Eleanor Lansing Dulles (1895–1996) The sister of Allen and John, organized of the Berlin Desk before the end of World War II, was the U.S. political adviser in Austria and then assisted President Franklin D. Roosevelt in setting up the Social Security system during two decades of service in the United States Department of State.
• Theodore Medad Pomeroy, grandfather of Janet Pomeroy Avery Dulles (wife of John Foster Dulles and mother of Cardinal Avery Dulles), U.S. Representative; Speaker of the United States House of Representatives for one day.

NOTE: Robert Lansing was also son-in-law of U.S. Secretary of State John W. Foster.