Knowledge (XXG)

Presidents

Cabinet Secretaries

Attorneys General

Cabinet-level officers

Directors of Central Intelligence

White House Counsel

Members of the Federal Reserve System

Other presidential advisors

Commissioners and agency heads, sub-cabinet members

Solicitors general

Judges

Supreme Court Justices

U.S. federal judges

• Lynn Adelman – (LL.B. 1965), judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
• Ann Aldrich – (B.A. 1948), judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
• Roy Altman – (B.A. 2004), judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida
• Harry B. Anderson – (LL.B. 1904), judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee
• Harold Baker – (attended college), judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Illinois; chief judge, U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois; judge, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court; judge, Alien Terrorist Removal Court
• Maryanne Trump Barry – (M.A. 1962), judge, U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey; judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
• Benjamin Beaton – (J.D. 2009), judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky
• Egbert Benson – (B.A. 1765), chief judge, U.S. Circuit Court for the Second Circuit
• Joseph F. Bianco – (J.D. 1991), judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
• Stephanos Bibas – (B.A. 1989), judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
• Samuel Blatchford – (B.A. 1837), judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York; judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit; associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
• Victor Allen Bolden – (B.A. 1986), judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut
• William Bondy – (B.A. 1890, M.A. 1891, Ph.D. 1892, LL.B. 1893), chief judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
• Richard F. Boulware – (J.D. 2002), judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada
• Hugh H. Bownes – (B.A. 1941, LL.B. 1948), judge, U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire; judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
• Vincent L. Briccetti – (B.A. 1976), judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
• Charles L. Brieant – (B.A. 1947, LL.B. 1949), judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
• Anita B. Brody – (J.D. 1958), judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
• Gary R. Brown – (B.A. 1985), judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
• Frederick van Pelt Bryan – (B.A. 1925, LL.B. 1928), judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
• Naomi Reice Buchwald – (LL.B. 1968), judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
• Mortimer W. Byers – (LL.B. 1898), judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
• José A. Cabranes – (B.A. 1961), judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut; judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
• Robert L. Carter – (LL.M. 1941), judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
• Claire C. Cecchi – (B.A. 1986), judge, U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
• Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum – (B.A. 1950, LL.B. 1953), judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
• Thomas Chatfield – (LL.B. 1896), judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
• John H. Chun – (B.A. 1991), judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington
• U. W. Clemon – (J.D. 1968), judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama
• LeBaron Bradford Colt – (LL.B. 1870), judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island; judge, U.S. Circuit Courts for the First Circuit; judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
• Kenneth Conboy – (M.A. 1980), judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
• Denise Cote – (M.A. 1969, J.D. 1975), judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
• Joseph Cross – (attended law school), judge, U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
• Oscar Hirsh Davis – (LL.B. 1937), judge, Court of Claims; judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
• Archie Owen Dawson – (B.A. 1921, LL.B. 1923), judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
• Dickinson R. Debevoise – (LL.B. 1951), judge, U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
• Paul S. Diamond – (B.A. 1974), judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
• James Edward Doyle – (LL.B. 1940), judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin
• Kyle Duncan – (LL.M. 2004), judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
• Samantha D. Elliott – (J.D. 2006), judge, U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire
• James Alger Fee – (LL.B. 1914), judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon; judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
• Wilfred Feinberg – (B.A. 1940, LL.B. 1946), judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York; judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
• Marvin E. Frankel – (LL.B. 1948), judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
• Daniel Mortimer Friedman – (B.A. 1937, LL.B. 1940), chief judge, Court of Claims; judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
• Lee Parsons Gagliardi – (LL.B. 1947), judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
• Nicholas Garaufis – (B.A. 1969, J.D. 1974), judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
• Paul G. Gardephe – (J.D. 1982), judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
• Leonard I. Garth – (B.A. 1942), judge, U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey; judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
• Nancy Gertner – (B.A. 1967), judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts
• Ruth Bader Ginsburg – (LL.B. 1959), judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit; associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
• Gerard Louis Goettel – (J.D. 1955), judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
• Neil Gorsuch – (B.A. 1988), judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit; associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
• Nathaniel M. Gorton – (LL.B. 1966), judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts
• Joseph A. Greenaway Jr. – (B.A. 1978), judge, U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey; judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
• Jennifer Choe-Groves – (LL.M. 1998), judge, U.S. Court of International Trade
• Diane Gujarati – (B.A. 1990), judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
• Murray Gurfein – (B.A. 1926), judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York; judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
• John Patrick Hartigan – (M.A. 1913, LL.B. 1913), judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island; judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
• Richard Hartshorne – (LL.B. 1912), judge, U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
• Alexander Harvey II – (LL.B. 1950), judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland
• Paul R. Hays – (B.A. 1924, M.A. 1927, LL.B. 1933), judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
• Alvin Hellerstein – (B.A. 1954, J.D. 1956), judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
• William Bernard Herlands – (LL.B. 1928), judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
• Ogden Hoffman Jr. – (B.A. 1840), judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California; judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California; judge, U.S. District Court for the District of California; judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
• George Chandler Holt – (LL.B. 1869), judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
• Alexander Holtzoff – (B.A. 1908, M.A. 1909, LL.B. 1911), associate justice, District Court of the U.S. for the District of Columbia
• Richard J. Holwell – (J.D. 1970), judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
• Denise Page Hood – (J.D. 1977), judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
• Beryl A. Howell – (J.D. 1983), judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
• Denis Reagan Hurley – (M.B.A. 1962), judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
• Sandra Segal Ikuta – (M.S. 1978), judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
• Dora Irizarry – (J.D. 1979), judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
• Kenneth M. Karas – (J.D. 1991), judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
• Lawrence K. Karlton – (J.D. 1958), judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California
• Gary Stephen Katzmann – (B.A. 1973), judge, U.S. Court of International Trade
• Robert Katzmann – (B.A. 1973), judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
• Claire R. Kelly – (B.A. 1987), judge, U.S. Court of International Trade
• Emile Henry Lacombe – (B.A. 1863, LL.B. 1865), judge, U.S. Circuit Courts for the Second Circuit; judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
• Barbara Lagoa – (J.D. 1992), judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
• Peter K. Leisure – (attended law school), judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
• F. Dickinson Letts – (attended), associate justice, Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
• Ira Lloyd Letts – (LL.B. 1917), judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island
• Harold Leventhal – (B.A. 1934, LL.B. 1936), judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
• Mary Johnson Lowe – (LL.M. 1955), judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
• Gerard E. Lynch – (B.A. 1972, J.D. 1975), judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York; judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
• Frank J. Magill – (M.A. 1953), judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
• J. Daniel Mahoney – (LL.B. 1955), judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
• Nancy L. Maldonado – (J.D. 2001), judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
• Martin Thomas Manton – (LL.B. 1901), judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
• John S. Martin Jr. – (LL.B. 1961), judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
• Howard Matz – (B.A. 1965), judge, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
• Julius Marshuetz Mayer – (LL.B. 1886), judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York; judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
• Carl E. McGowan – (LL.B. 1936), judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
• Joseph McKenna – (attended law school), judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit; associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
• Lawrence M. McKenna – (LL.B. 1959), judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
• Charles F. McLaughlin – (LL.B. 1910), judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
• Hugh Dean McLellan – (LL.B. 1901), judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts
• Harold Medina – (LL.B. 1912), judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York; judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
• Charles Miller Metzner – (B.A. 1931, LL.B. 1933), judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York; judge, Temporary Emergency Court of Appeals
• Jack Miller – (J.D. 1946), associate judge, U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals; judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
• Alfred Egidio Modarelli – (B.A. 1920, M.A. 1922, LL.M. 1922), judge, U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
• Leonard P. Moore – (LL.B. 1922), judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
• Constance Baker Motley – (LL.B. 1946), judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
• Michael Mukasey – (B.A. 1963), judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
• William Daniel Murray – (attended), judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Montana
• Pauline Newman – (M.A. 1948), judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
• Eugene Nickerson – (LL.B. 1943), judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
• Maryellen Noreika – (M.A. 1990), judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware
• Ambrose O'Connell – (LL.B. 1910), associate judge, U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
• James Carriger Paine – (B.S. 1947), judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida
• Edmund Louis Palmieri – (B.A. 1926, LL.B. 1929), judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
• Robert P. Patterson Jr. – (LL.B. 1950), judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
• Myrna Pérez – (J.D. 2003), judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
• S. Jay Plager – (LL.M. 1961), judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
• Milton Pollack – (B.A. 1927, J.D. 1929), judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
• Timothy M. Reif – (J.D. 1985), judge, U.S. Court of International Trade
• Walter Herbert Rice – (J.D. 1962, M.B.A. 1962), judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio
• Giles Rich – (LL.B. 1929), associate judge, U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals; judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
• Simon H. Rifkind – (LL.B. 1925), judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
• Richard W. Roberts – (J.D. 1978), judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
• George Rosling – (B.A. 1920), judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
• Veronica S. Rossman – (B.A. 1993), judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
• Robert D. Sack – (LL.B. 1963), judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
• Shira Scheindlin – (M.A. 1969), judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York; magistrate, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
• Richard Seeborg – (J.D. 1981), judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
• Charles Proctor Sifton – (LL.B. 1961), judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
• William Francis Smith – (Ph.G. 1922), judge, U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey; judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
• Leo T. Sorokin – (J.D. 1991), judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts
• James Marshall Sprouse – (LL.B. 1949), judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
• John Foster Symes – (LL.B. 1903), judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado
• Anna Diggs Taylor – (B.A. 1954), judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
• Analisa Torres – (J.D. 1984), judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
• David G. Trager – (B.A. 1959), judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
• Robert Troup – (B.A. 1774), judge, U.S. District Court for the District of New York
• Harold R. Tyler Jr. – (LL.B. 1949), judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
• William P. Van Ness – (B.A. 1797), judge, U.S. District Court for the District of New York; judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
• Van Vechten Veeder – judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
• Richard Wilde Walker – (attended law school), judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
• Lawrence Walsh – (B.A. 1932, LL.B. 1935), judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
• Jack B. Weinstein – (LL.B. 1948), chief judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
• George Emery Weller – (LL.B. 1889), associate justice, U.S. Customs Court; member, Board of General Appraisers
• Lawrence Aloysius Whipple – (B.S. 1933), judge, U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
• Helene White – (B.A. 1975), judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
• Jerre Stockton Williams – (J.D. 1941), judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
• Karen J. Williams – (B.A. 1972), judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
• Francis A. Winslow – (LL.B. 1889), judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
• Peter Woodbury – (attended law school), judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
• John M. Woolsey – (LL.B. 1901), judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
• Reynier Jacob Wortendyke Jr. – (LL.B. 1922), judge, U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
• Joseph Carmine Zavatt – (B.A. 1922, LL.B. 1924), judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

U.S. non-federal judges

Foreign judges

U.S. Senators

• Alva B. Adams – (1899), senator from Colorado (1923–24, 1933–41)
• Johnson N. Camden Jr. – senator from Kentucky (1914–15)
• DeWitt Clinton – senator from New York
• Clifford P. Case – (LL.B. 1928), congressman (1945–53) and senator (1955–79) from New Jersey
• LeBaron B. Colt – (1870), senator from Rhode Island (1913–1924)
• Paul Douglas – (M.A. 1915, Ph.D. 1921), senator from Illinois (1949–1967)
• Hamilton Fish – (B.A. 1827), congressman (1843–45) and senator (1851–57) from New York
• Slade Gorton – (J.D. 1953), senator from Washington (1981–1987, 1989–2001)
• Frank Porter Graham – (1916), senator from North Carolina (1949–51)
• Mike Gravel – (B.S. 1956), senator from Alaska (1969–1981), candidate for the 2008 and 2020 U.S. presidential elections
• Judd Gregg – (B.A. 1969), congressman (1981–89) and senator (1993–2011) from New Hampshire
• Frederick Hale – (1896–97), senator from Maine (1917–1941)
• Lister Hill – (left 1915), congressman (1923–38) and senator (1938–69) from Alabama
• Richard C. Hunter – (1911), senator from Nebraska (1934–35)
• Jacob Javits – congressman (1947–54) and senator (1957–1981) from New York
• Daniel T. Jewett – (B.A. 1830), senator from Missouri (1870–71)
• Bob Kasten – (M.B.A. 1966), congressman (1975–79) and senator (1981–93) from Wisconsin
• John Kean – (1875), congressman (1883–85, 1887–89) and senator (1899–1911) from New Jersey
• William Langer – senator from North Dakota (1941–59)
• Frank Lautenberg – (B.S. 1949), senator from New Jersey (1982–2001, 2003–2013)
• Luke Lea – (1903), senator from Tennessee (1911–17)
• Joshua B. Lee – (1924), congressman (1935–37) and senator (1937–43) from Oklahoma
• Oren E. Long – (1922), senator from Hawaii (1959–63)
• Thomas E. Martin – (LL.M. 1928), congressman (1939–55) and senator (1955–61) from Iowa
• Jack Miller – (1946), senator from Iowa (1961–1973)
• Gouverneur Morris – (B.A. 1768, M.A. 1771), senator from New York (1800–03)
• Dwight Morrow – senator from New Jersey (1930–31)
• Wayne Morse – (S.J.D. 1932), senator from Oregon (1945–69)
• Karl Earl Mundt – (M.A. 1927), congressman (1939–1948) and senator (1948–1973) from South Dakota
• Barack Obama – (B.A. 1983), senator from Illinois (2005–2008)
• Joseph C. O'Mahoney – (B.A.), senator from Wyoming (1934–53, 1954–61)
• Frank C. Partridge – (1864), senator from Vermont (1930–31)
• Claiborne Pell – (M.A. 1946), senator from Rhode Island (1961–1997)
• John Patton Jr. – (1877), senator from Michigan (1894–95)
• John Randolph of Roanoke – (attended), congressman (1799–1813, 1815–17, 1819–25, 1827–29, 1833) and senator (1825–27) from Virginia
• John Slidell – (B.A. 1810), congressman (1843–45) and senator (1853–61) from Louisiana
• Howard Alexander Smith – (1908), senator from New Jersey (1944–59)
• Richard Stone – (1954), senator from Florida (1975–80)
• Arthur Vivian Watkins – (1912), senator from Utah (1947–59)
• George P. Wetmore – (1869), senator from Rhode Island (1895–1907, 1908–13)
• Harrison A. Williams – (1948), congressman (1953–57) and senator (1959–82) from New Jersey

U.S. Representatives

• Bella Abzug – (LL.B. 1945), congressman from New York (1971–77)
• John J. Adams – congressman from New York (1883–85, 1885–87)
• Victor Anfuso – congressman from New York (1951–53, 1955–63)
• Homer D. Angell – (1903), congressman from Oregon (1939–55)
• Martin C. Ansorge – (1906), congressman from New York (1921–23)
• John Bancker Aycrigg – (1818), congressman from New Jersey (1836–39, 1841–43)
• Lyman E. Barnes – congressman from Wisconsin (1893–95)
• Franklin Bartlett – (1873), congressman from New York (1893–97)
• Edward Basset – (1886), congressman from New York (1903–05)
• Perry Belmont – (1876), congressman from New York (1880–88)
• Augustus W. Bennet – (LL.B. 1921), congressman from New York (1945–47)
• Egbert Benson – (B.A. 1765), congressman from New York (1789–93, 1813)
• Fred Biermann – (B.A. 1905), congressman from Iowa (1933–39)
• Loring Black – congressman from New York (1923–35)
• Robert William Bonynge – (LL.B. 1885), congressman from Colorado (1904–09)
• William Samuel Booze – (M.D. 1882), congressman from the Maryland (1897–99)
• Frank T. Bow – congressman from Ohio (1951–72)
• John M. Bowers – congressman from New York (1813)
• Lloyd Bryce – congressman from New York (1887–89)
• Charles Waldron Buckley – (Union Theological Seminary 1863), congressman from Alabama (1868–73)
• Rudolph Bunner – (B.A. 1798), congressman from New York (1827–29)
• Robert Grey Bushong – (LL.B. 1906), congressman from Pennsylvania (1927–29)
• Daniel E. Button – (M.A. 1939), congressman from New York (1967–71)
• Eric Cantor – (M.S. 1989), congressman from Virginia (2001–14)
• John F. Carew – (B.A. 1893, LL.M. 1896), congressman from New York (1913–29)
• Clifford P. Case – (LL.B. 1928), congressman (1945–53) and senator (1955–79) from New Jersey
• Emanuel Celler – (1912), congressman from New York (1923–73)
• John Winthrop Chanler – (B.A. 1847), congressman from New York (1863–69)
• Shirley Chisholm – (M.Ed. 1951), congressman from New York (1969–83); first Black woman elected to congress
• Marguerite S. Church – (M.A. 1917), congressman from Illinois (1951–63)
• James Cochran – (B.A. 1788), congressman from New York (1797–99)
• Alexander Gilmore Cochran – congressman from Pennsylvania (1875–77)
• Frederic René Coudert Jr. – (B.A. 1918; J.D. 1922), congressman from New York (1947–59)
• William Cowger – (Navy Midshipmen's School), congressman from Kentucky (1967–71)
• Robert Crosser – (transferred), congressman from Ohio (1913–19, 1923–55)
• Robert Daniel Jr. – (M.B.A.), congressman from Virginia (1972–83)
• Colgate Darden – (1923), congressman from Virginia (1933–37, 1939–41)
• Frederick Morgan Davenport – (1905), congressman from New York (1925–1933)
• John Delaney – (B.S. 1985), congressman from Maryland (2013–2019)
• Isaac C. Delaplaine – (B.A. 1734), congressman from New York (1861–63)
• Rosa DeLauro – (M.A. 1966), congressman from Connecticut (1991–present)
• James G. Donovan – (LL.B. 1924), congressman from New York (1951–57)
• Helen Gahagan Douglas – (Barnard College), congressman from California (1945–51)
• John G. Dow – (M.A. 1937), congressman from New York (1965–69, 1971–73)
• William Duer – (B.A. 1824), congressman from New York (1947–51)
• P. Henry Dugro – (B.A. 1876, law school 1878), congressman from New York (1881–83)
• Charles T. Dunwell – (1874), congressman from New York (1903–08)
• Millicent Fenwick – (B.A.), congresswoman from New Jersey (1975–1983)
• John Fine – (B.A. 1809), congressman from New York (1839–1841)
• Sidney A. Fine – (LL.B. 1926), congressman from New York (1951–56)
• Hamilton Fish – (B.A. 1827), congressman (1843–45) and senator (1851–57) from New York
• Hamilton Fish II – (B.A. 1869, law school 1873), congressman from New York (1909–11)
• Ashbel P. Fitch – congressman from New York (1887–93)
• Frank T. Fitzgerald – (1876), congressman from New York (1889)
• De Witt C. Flanagan – (c. 1892), congressman from New Jersey (1902–03)
• James Florio – (graduate study), congressman from New Jersey (1975–90)
• Wallace T. Foote Jr. – congressman from New York (1895–1899)
• Aime Forand – congressman from Rhode Island (1937–39, 1941–61)
• George E. Foss – (attended), congressman from Illinois (1895–1913, 1915–19)
• Samuel Fowler – congressman from New Jersey (1889–93)
• Peter Frelinghuysen Jr. – (graduate study), congressman from New Jersey (1953–75)
• Jaime Fuster – (LL.M. 1966), resident commissioner of Puerto Rico (1985–1992)
• Ralph A. Gamble – (1912), congressman from New York (1937–45, 1945–53, 1953–57)
• Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer – (B.A. 1858), congressman from New Jersey (1889–95)
• Fred Benjamin Gernerd – (1924), congressman from Pennsylvania (1921–23)
• Ernest Greenwood – congressman from New York (1951–53)
• Judd Gregg – (B.A. 1969), congressman (1981–89) and senator (1993–2011) from New Hampshire
• Percy W. Griffiths – (M.A. 1930), congressman from Ohio (1943–1949)
• James R. Grover Jr. – (1949), congressman from New York (1963–75)
• Frank Joseph Guarini – (Navy Midshipmen's School), congressman from New Jersey (1979–93)
• Ralph W. Gwinn – (LL.M. 1908), congressman from New York (1945–1959)
• Seymour Halpern – (1932–1934), congressman from New York (1953–1973)
• George Sydney Hawkins – (B.A.), congressman from Florida (1857–1861)
• John Henry Hobart Haws – (B.A. 1827), congressman from New York (1851–53)
• Ken Hechler – (M.A. 1936, Ph.D. 1940), congressman from West Virginia (1959–77)
• Thomas Hedge – (LL.B. 1869), congressman from Iowa (1899–1907)
• Lewis Henry – (LL.B. 1911), congressman from New York (1922–1923)
• Abram Stevens Hewitt – (B.A. 1842), congressman from New York (1875–79, 1881–87)
• Lister Hill – (left 1915), congressman (1923–38) and senator (1938–69) from Alabama
• Hal Holmes – (B.A. 1927), congressman from Washington (1943–59)
• Ogden Hoffman – (B.A. 1927), congressman from New York (1837–41)
• William Hogan – (B.A. 1811), congressman from New York (1831–33)
• William H. Hudnut III – (B.D. 1957), congressman from Indiana (1973–75)
• Theodore Gaillard Hunt – (LL.B.), congressman from Louisiana (1853–55)
• Andy Ireland – (graduate studies), congressman from Florida (1981–93)
• Sara Jacobs – (B.A. 2011, M.I.A. 2012), congressman from California (2021–present)
• Meyer Jacobstein – (1904), congressman from New York (1923–29)
• Jacob Javits – congressman (1947–54) and senator (1957–1981) from New York
• Hamilton C. Jones – (1907), congressman from North Carolina (1947–53)
• Bob Kasten – (M.B.A. 1966), congressman (1975–79) and senator (1981–93) from Wisconsin
• John Kean – (1875), congressman (1883–85, 1887–89) and senator (1899–1911) from New Jersey
• Gouverneur Kemble – (B.A. 1803), congressman from New York (1837–41)
• Martin John Kennedy – (1909), congressman from New York (1930–45)
• Cyrus King – (B.A. 1794), congressman from Massachusetts (1813–17)
• Karl C. King – congressman from Pennsylvania (1951–57)
• Charles Landon Knight – (1890), congressman from Ohio (1921–23)
• Peter H. Kostmayer – (B.A. 1971), congressman from Pennsylvania (1977–93)
• Frank Kowalski – representative from Connecticut (1959–63)
• Theodore R. Kupferman – (LL.B.), congressman from New York (1966–69)
• James J. Lanzetta – (1917), congressman from New York (1933–35, 1937–39)
• George P. Lawrence – congressman from Massachusetts (1898–1913)
• Joshua B. Lee – (1924), congressman (1935–37) and senator (1937–43) from Oklahoma
• John J. Lentz – (1883), congressman from Ohio (1897–1901)
• Montague Lessler – (1889), congressman from New York (1902–03)
• Sander Levin – (M.A. 1954), congressman from Michigan (1983–2019)
• Marcus C. Lisle – congressman from Kentucky (1893–94)
• Henry Carl Luckey – (graduate study), congressman from Nebraska (1935–39)
• George R. Lunn – (Union Theological Seminary 1901), congressman from New York (1917–19)
• Dan Maffei – (M.S. 1991), congressman from New York (2009–11)
• Thomas F. Magner – (B.A. 1882), congressman from New York (1889–95)
• Thomas E. Martin – (LL.M. 1928), congressman (1939–55) and senator (1955–61) from Iowa
• Mitchell May – (1892), congressman from New York (1899–1901)
• Ben McAdams – (J.D. 2003), congressman from Utah (2019–2021)
• Washington J. McCormick – (1910), congressman from Montana (1921–23)
• Thomas McEwan Jr. – congressman from New Jersey (1895–99)
• Joseph McKenna – congressman from California (1885–92)
• John McKeon – (1828), congressman from New York (1835–37, 1841–43)
• Charles F. McLaughlin – (1910), congressman from Nebraska (1935–43)
• Roy H. McVicker – (1950), congressman from Colorado (1965–67)
• Peter Meijer – (B.A. 2012), congressman from Michigan (2021–present)
• Schuyler Merritt – (1876), congressman from Connecticut (1917–31,1933–37)
• Chester Earl Merrow – (Teachers College 1937), congressman from New Hampshire (1943–63)
• Brad Miller – (J.D. 1979), congressman from North Carolina (2003–13)
• Arthur W. Mitchell – (attended), congressman from Illinois (1935–43)
• Donald J. Mitchell – (B.S. 1949, M.A. 1950), congressman from New York (1973–83)
• E. A. Mitchell – congressman from Indiana (1947–49)
• John M. Mitchell – (B.A. 1877, law school 1879), congressman from New York (1896–99)
• James W. Mott – (B.A. 1909), congressman from Oregon (1933–45)
• Karl Earl Mundt – (M.A. 1927), congressman (1939–48) and senator (1948–73) from South Dakota
• Henry C. Murphy – (B.A. 1830), congressman from New York (1843–45, 1847–49)
• Jerry Nadler – (B.A. 1969), congressman from New York (1992–present)
• Henry Nicoll – (B.A. 1830), congressman from New York (1847–49)
• Mary Rose Oakar – congressman from Ohio (1977–93)
• Benjamin Odell – congressman from New York (1895–99)
• David A. Ogden – (B.A.), congressman from New York (1817–19)
• J. Van Vechten Olcott – (1877), congressman from New York (1905–11)
• Beto O'Rourke – (B.A.), congressman from Texas (2013–19)
• George F. O'Shaunessy – (1889), congressman from Rhode Island (1911–19)
• Camilo Osías – (1910), resident commissioner of the Philippines (1929–35)
• Donald Lawrence O'Toole – (graduate study), congressman from New York (1937–53)
• William Claiborne Owens – (1872), congressman from Kentucky (1895–97)
• James Parker – (B.A. 1793), congressman from New Jersey (1833–37)
• Richard W. Parker – (1869), congressman from New Jersey (1895–1903, 1903–11, 1914–19, 1921–23)
• Thomas G. Patten – (B.A. 1879, law school 1882), congressman from New York (1911–17)
• Herbert Pell – congressman from New York (1919–21)
• Nathanael G. Pendleton – (B.A. 1813), congressman from Ohio (1841–43)
• William Walter Phelps – (1863), congressman from New Jersey (1873–75, 1883–89)
• Philip J. Philbin – (1929), congressman from Massachusetts (1943–76)
• Otis G. Pike – (1948), congressman from New York (1961–79)
• Jotham Post Jr. – (B.A. 1792), congressman from New York (1813–15)
• Adam Clayton Powell Jr. – (M.A. 1932), congressman from New York (1945–71)
• Henry Jarvis Raymond – (LL.B. 1871), congressman from New York (1865–67); founder of The New York Times
• William Emanuel Richardson – (1913), congressman from Pennsylvania (1933–37)
• Edward Everett Robbins – (1884), congressman from Pennsylvania (1897–99, 1917–19)
• James I. Roosevelt – (B.A. 1815), congressman from New York (1841–43)
• Henry H. Ross – (1808), congressman from New York (1825–27)
• Joseph Rowan – (1891), congressman from New York (1919–21)
• William Fitts Ryan – (1949), congressman from New York (1961–72)
• John C. Sanborn – (1912), congressman from Idaho (1947–51)
• Alfred E. Santangelo – (LL.B. 1938), congressman from New York (1957–63)
• James Scheuer – (LL.B. 1948), congressman from New York (1965–93)
• James P. Scoblick – (graduate study), congressman from Pennsylvania (1946–49)
• Townsend Scudder – (1888), congressman from New York (1899–1901, 1903–05)
• Richard C. Shannon – (1885), congressman from New York (1895–99)
• Robert T. Secrest – (1943), congressman from Ohio (1933–42, 1949–54, 1963–66)
• John F. Seiberling – (1949), congressman from Ohio (1971–87)
• Eugene Siler – (attended), congressman from Kentucky (1955–63, 1963–65)
• William I. Sirovich – (M.D. 1906), congressman from New York (1927–39)
• John Slidell – (B.A. 1810), congressman (1843–45) and senator (1853–61) from Louisiana
• Elissa Slotkin – (M.A. 2003), congressman from Michigan (2019–present)
• Stephen J. Solarz – (M.A. 1967), congressman from New York (1975–93)
• Edward J. Stack – (M.A. 1938), congressman from Florida (1979–81)
• Robert H. Steele – (M.A. 1963), congressman from Connecticut (1970–75)
• Percy Hamilton Stewart – (1893), congressman from New Jersey (1931–33)
• William Sulzer – congressman from New York (1895–1912)
• Jessie Sumner – (studied at the law school), congressman from Illinois (1939–1947)
• Edward Swann – (1886), congressman from New York (1902–03)
• Guy J. Swope – congressman from Pennsylvania (1937–39)
• James W. Symington – (1954), congressman from Missouri (1969–77)
• Charles Phelps Taft – (1864), congressman from Ohio (1895–97)
• Benjamin I. Taylor – (1899), congressman from New York (1913–15)
• John A. Thayer – congressman from Massachusetts (1911–13)
• John R. Thurman – (B.A. 1835), congressman from New York (1849–51)
• Norton Strange Townshend – (M.D. 1840), congressman from Ohio (1851–53)
• Charles Henry Turner – congressman from New York (1889–91)
• Al Ullman – (M.A. 1939), congressman from Oregon (1957–81)
• Ralph E. Updike – congressman from Indiana (1925–29)
• John Peter Van Ness – congressman from New York (1801–03)
• Daniel C. Verplanck – (B.A. 1788), congressman from New York (1803–09)
• Gulian C. Verplanck – (B.A. 1801), congressman from New York (1825–33)
• Peter Dumont Vroom – (B.A. 1808), congressman from New Jersey (1839–41)
• J. Mayhew Wainwright – (B.A. 1884, law school 1886), congressman from New York (1923–31)
• William C. Wallace – (1876), congressman from New York (1889–91)
• George M. Wallhauser – congressman from New Jersey (1959–65)
• James J. Walsh – (1879), congressman from New York (1895–96)
• William L. Ward – (B.S. 1878), congressman from New York (1897–99)
• Charles Weltner – (1950), congressman from Georgia (1963–67)
• Rensselaer Westerlo – (B.A. 1795), congressman from New York (1817–19)
• William H. Wiley – congressman from New Jersey (1903–1907, 1909 1911)
• Harrison A. Williams – (1948), congressman (1953–57) and senator (1959–82) from New Jersey
• Francis H. Wilson – (1875), congressman from New York (1895–97)
• Stewart Lyndon Woodford – (B.A. 1854), congressman from New York (1973–74)
• Herbert Zelenko – (1928), congressman from New York (1955–63)

Governors

• Victor Attah – (M.A.) Governor of Akwa Ibom State in Nigeria ( 1999–2007)
• Willie Blount – Governor of Tennessee (1809–1815)
• Steve Bullock – (J.D.) Governor of Montana (2013–2021)
• Doyle E. Carlton – (LL.B. 1912) Governor of Florida
• DeWitt Clinton – (1786) twice Governor of New York (1817–22; 1825–28), U.S. Senator, Mayor of New York City, main proponent of the Erie Canal
• Lawrence William Cramer – (M.A.) second civilian Governor of the United States Virgin Islands (1935–1940)
• Arthur G. Crane – (Ph.D. 1920) acting Governor of Wyoming (1949–1951)
• Colgate Darden – Governor of Virginia, president of the University of Virginia, Chancellor of the College of William and Mary, Democratic Congressman from Virginia, namesake of Darden Graduate School of Business Administration
• Gray Davis – (Law) Governor of California (1999–2003), Lieutenant Governor of California (1995–1999), California State Controller (1987–1995)
• Howard Dean – (GS, Pre-med) former Governor of Vermont; Chairman Democratic National Committee
• Thomas E. Dewey – (Law 1925) Governor of New York (1943–1955); New York prosecutor and District Attorney of New York; Republican candidate for President of the United States in 1944 (against Roosevelt) and in 1948 (against Truman)
• Hamilton Fish – (1827) Governor of New York, U.S. Senator
• Horace F. Graham (J.D.), 56th Governor of Vermont (1917–1919)
• Judd Gregg – (B.A. 1969) Governor of New Hampshire (1989–93), Republican U.S. Senator from New Hampshire (1993–2012), U.S. Congressman (1981–81)
• Wilford Bacon Hoggatt – Governor of Alaska (Territorial)
• Charles Evans Hughes – (Law 1884) Governor of New York
• John Jay – Governor of New York
• Thomas Kean – Governor of New Jersey (1982–1990), President of Drew University, Chairman of 9/11 Commission
• Stephen W. Kearney – military Governor of California (Territorial)
• John W. King – Governor of Rhode Island and jurist
• Madeleine M. Kunin – Governor of Vermont, Deputy Secretary of Education in Clinton administration, U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland, U.S. Ambassador to Liechtenstein
• Ruby Laffoon – Governor of Kentucky
• William Langer – 17th and 21st Governor of North Dakota, U.S. Senator, Attorney General of North Dakota
• William Beach Lawrence – acting Governor of Rhode Island, Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island
• Oren E. Long – tenth Territorial Governor of Hawaii (1951–1053)
• James L. McConaughy – Governor of Connecticut, President of Wesleyan University, Knox College
• James McGreevey – (B.A. 1978) Governor of New Jersey (2002–2004).
• Robert B. Meyner – Governor of New Jersey
• Wayne Mixson – (attended) 39th Governor of Florida, 12th Lieutenant Governor of Florida
• Alejandro Murat Hinojosa – (LL.M.) Governor of Oaxaca
• Evelyn Murphy – (M.A.) 67th Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts; first woman in history of state to hold a constitutional office (1987–1991)
• George Pataki – (Law 1970) Governor of New York (1995–2006)
• David Paterson – (B.A. 1977) first African American Governor of New York; former Lieutenant Governor of New York
• John Dyneley Prince – (M.A. 1898) acting Governor of New Jersey when Governor Woodrow Wilson was out of the state
• Franklin Delano Roosevelt – Governor of New York
• Theodore Roosevelt – Governor of New York
• Charles Wilbert Snow – (M.A. 1910) Governor of Connecticut (1946–1947)
• William Sulzer – Governor of New York, U.S. Congressman (1895–1912)
• Guy J. Swope – (SIPA) acting Governor of Puerto Rico
• Daniel D. Tompkins – (B.A. 1795) Governor of New York; 6th Vice President of the United States
• Rexford Tugwell – (Ph.D.) served as the last appointed American Governor of Puerto Rico (1941–1946)
• Peter Vroom – (1808) Governor of New Jersey (1829–32; 1833–36)
• George P. Wetmore – (LL.B. 1869) Governor of Rhode Island
• Horace White – Governor of New York, Lieutenant Governor of New York, Trustee of Cornell University

U.S. Diplomats

Non-U.S. Attorneys General

Non-U.S. Ministers, diplomats and prominent political figures

• Madina Abilqasymova  – (M.I.A. 2003) Minister of Labour and Social Protection of the Population of Kazakhstan (2018–2019)
• Emin Amrullayev – (M.P.A. 2012) Minister of Education of the Republic of Azerbaijan (2020–)
• Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai – (M.A., Ph.D.) former President of Afghanistan (2014–2021)
• B. R. Ambedkar – (M.A. 1915, Ph.D. 1928, LL.D. 1952) 1st Minister of Law and Justice of India, the architect of the Indian constitution; honoured with the Bharat Ratna
• Robert Badinter – (M.A. 1949) Minister of Justice of France (1981–1986)
• Hans Blix – (student and research graduate) Swedish diplomat, First Executive Chairman, United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (2000–03); Director General, International Atomic Energy Agency (1981–97); Minister of Foreign Affairs (Sweden) (1976–78)
• Laurens Jan Brinkhorst – (M.A.) Dutch Deputy Prime Minister (2005–06); Dutch Minister of Economic Affairs (2003–06); Dutch Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs (1973–77)
• Chough Pyung-ok – (Ph.D. 1925) South Korean politician, independence activist
• Nikiforos Diamandouros – (M.A., M. Phil., Ph.D.) Ombudsman of the European Union (2003–); National Ombudsman of Greece (1998–2003)
• Sir Albert Edward Patrick Duffy – UK Politician; president, NATO Assembly in the 1980s; Minister of the Navy in the 1970s
• Mark Eyskens – (M.A. 1957) Belgian Prime Minister (1981); Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs (1989—1992); Belgian Minister of Finance (1985—1988, 1980—1981)
• Boutros Boutros-Ghali – (Fulbright Research Scholar, 1954–1955) Secretary-General of the United Nations (1992–1997); Egypt's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs (1977–1991); Egypt's Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs
• Philip Gunawardena – (post-graduate work) national hero in Sri Lanka; twice Cabinet Minister in government of Sri Lanka
• Johan Jørgen Holst – (B.A. 1960) instrumental in Oslo Accord; Minister of Foreign Affairs of Norway (1993–94); twice Minister of Defense of Norway (1986–89, 1990–93)
• Eyo Ita – Nigerian politician; one of the prominent founding fathers of Nigeria
• Michael O'Leary – Deputy Prime Minister of Ireland; Irish Minister of Labour, Minister of Energy
• Carlos P. Romulo – (M.A. 1921) President of the United Nations General Assembly (1949–1950); served eight Philippine presidents from Manuel L. Quezon to Ferdinand Marcos as a cabinet member and as the country's representative to the U.S. or to the United Nations
• David Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Turville – (M.B.A.) British politician; Life peer (1997–); House of Lords (Labour Party) (as of 2013); Minister for Science (1998–2006)
• Alexander Vershbow – (M.A. 1976 and Certificate of the Russian Institute) Deputy Secretary General of NATO (2012–); Special Assistant to the President and senior director, U.S. National Security Council (1994–1997)
• Alexander Nikolaevich Yakovlev – Number 2 in Mikhail Gorbachev Administration; also Soviet Ambassador to Canada (1973–1983)
• Olubanke King Akerele – (M.A.) Liberian Minister of Foreign Affairs (Secretary of State) in the cabinet of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (2007–2010)
• Gonzalo Aróstegui – (B.A.) key architect, Cuba's Independence Movement; Cuban Minister (Ambass.) to Germany and the United States (the former, 1912–15)
• Reuben Baetz – Canadian politician, four time cabinet Minister in the governments of Bill Davis and Frank Miller
• Deniz Baykal – Turkish politician; Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs (1995–1996)
• Mohamed Benaissa – Minister of Foreign Affairs of Morocco (1999–2007); Minister of Culture of Morocco (1985–1992); Moroccan Ambassador to the United States (1993–1999)
• Karin Maria Bruzelius – (LL.M. 1969) Swedish Under Secretary of State (1989–97) (first women to hold position), Swedish Deputy Under Secretary of State (1979–83)
• Vincent P. Burke – (M.A., Ph.D.) Newfoundland Secretary of Education in government of Sir Richard Squires (1927–1935); also, member of the Senate of Canada
• Alfonso López Caballero – (M.A.) Colombian Minister of the Interior (1998); Colombian Minister of Agriculture (1991–93); held several Ambassadorships
• Roberto de Oliveira Campos – (postgraduate study) Brazilian Minister of Planning for the government of Castelo Branco (1964–67); Brazilian Ambassador to the U.S. and U.K.
• Simón Alberto Consalvi – (M.A.) Venezuelan politician, twice Minister of Foreign Affairs of Venezuela (1977–1979, 1985–1988); Minister of Interior and Justice of Venezuela (1988–1989); Secretary of the Presidency (1988); held several Ambassadorships
• Ernest Eastman – Liberian Minister of Foreign Affairs (1983–1986); Minister of State for Presidential Affairs
• Ingrid Eide – (1957–1960) in Bratteli's Second Cabinet, appointed State Secretary in Norwegian Ministry of Church Affairs and Education (1973–76); United Nations official
• Bassel Fleihan – (Ph.D., Economics, 1990) Lebanese legislator; Minister of Economy and Commerce (2000–2003)
• Ibrahim Agboola Gambari, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nigeria and U.N. Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs
• Bernardo J. Gastélum – (postgraduate studies in Medicine) Mexican physician, politician; Mexican Secretary of Public Education (1923)
• Dore Gold – (B.A. 1975, M.A. 1976, Ph.D. 1984) U.S.-born Israeli diplomat, Israel Ambassador to the United Nations (1997–1999)
• Emre Gönensay – (M.A.) Turkish politician; Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs in 1996
• Ronald Green – (pre-doctoral level studies) Dominican politician; Minister of Education, Sports and Youth Affairs (1995–2000)
• Joseph Rudolph Grimes – (M.A.) second Liberian Minister of Foreign Affairs (1960–1971) (longest serving in history of Liberia)
• Kasım Gülek – (Ph.D., economics) Turkish statesman; Turkish Minister of Public Works, Minister of Communications, Transport Minister, and Deputy Prime Minister
• Toomas Hendrik Ilves (B.A. 1975) former President of Estonia
• Radu Irimescu – (engineering degree 1920) Romanian Minister of War; Minister of the Air Forces
• Saeb N. Jaroudi – (Ph.D.) former Minister of National Economy, Industry, and Tourism in Lebanon
• Kim Hyun-jong – (B.A. 1981, M.A. 1982, J.D. 1985), former South Korean Minister of Trade (2004–2007; 2017–2019) and Special Advisor to President Moon Jae-in (2021–)
• Ugnė Karvelis – (student of Economics and History, 1957 through 1958) Permanent Lithuanian Ambassador to UNESCO (1993–1997)
• Georgina Kessel – (Ph.D.) Mexican economist; Mexican Secretary of Energy in cabinet of Felipe Calderón (2006–)
• Emilio Lozoya – (M.B.A.) Mexican economist and politician, Mexican Secretary of Energy under President Carlos Salinas de Gortari (1993–1994)
• Gunnar Lund – (M.A. 1972) Minister in the Swedish cabinet (2002–2004); Swedish Ambassador to France (2007–); Swedish Ambassador to the United States (2004–2007)
• Carlos Tello Macias – (M.A., Economics, 1959) Mexican economist, academician; former Secretary of Budget and Planning in the cabinet of José López Portillo; former Mexican Ambassador to Cuba, Portugal, and Russia
• Ahmed El Maghrabi – (M.B.A.) Minister of Housing in Egypt (2005–2010); former Tourism Minister
• Jiang Menglin – (Ph.D.) Chinese educator, writer, politician; Ministry of Education (Republic of China) (1928–1930)
• Claude Morin – (M.S.W.) Canadian Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs in cabinet of René Lévesque (1976–1982)
• Eleni Myrivili, United Nations Human Settlements Programme's chief heat officer (2022–)
• Walter Ofonagoro - (M.A. 1967, Ph.D. 1972) Nigerian scholar, politician, businessman; former Minister of Information and Culture, Federal Republic of Nigeria (1995-1998) during presidential period of Sani Abacha
• Ken Ofori-Atta (B.A. 1984) 17th Ghanaian Minister for Finance and Economic Planning (2017–)
• Geoffrey Onyeama (B.A. 1977) Nigerian Minister of Foreign Affairs (2015–)
• Michael Oren – (B.A. 1977, M.A. 1978 ) Israeli Ambassador to the United States (2009–)
• James Peterson – (Masters of Laws) retired Canadian politician; former Minister of International Trade
• Mario Laserna Pinzón – (B.A. 1948) Columbian Ambassador to France (1976–1979) and Austria (1987–1990); founder, Universidad de los Andes
• Kyllikki Pohjala – (B.S. 1927) Finland Minister of Social Affairs (1963)
• Eduardo Verano de la Rosa – (M.B.A. 1981) Colombian Minister of Environment (1997–1998)
• K.L.Shrimali – India parliamentarian and educationist; Minister of Education in the Union Council of Ministers (1955–1963)
• Mikheil Saakashvili – (LL.M. 1994) Minister of Justice, Republic of Georgia (2000–2001)
• Abdul Satar Sirat – (undergraduate course work in law) Afghanistan's Justice Minister (1969–1973)
• Hong Soon-young – retired South Korean diplomat; Foreign Minister of South Korea (1998–00); Unification Minister of South Korea (2001–02); held several Ambassadorships
• Lorrin A. Thurston – (LL.B.) Kingdom of Hawaii Minister of Interior (1887–1890)
• Héctor Timerman – (M.A. 1981) Argentine Minister of Foreign Relations (2010–); Argentine Ambassador to the United States (2007–2010)
• Sheila Tlou – (M.A.) Botswana specialist in HIV/AIDS, women's health; Botswana Minister of Health (2004–2008)
• Andrés Velasco – (Ph.D.) Finance Minister of Chile (2006–2010), during complete presidential period of Michelle Bachelet
• Shirley Williams, Baroness Williams of Crosby – (graduate study) British politician and academic; Secretary of State for Education (1976–1979), Paymaster General (1976–1979), Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection (1974–1976); shadow Home Secretary (1971–1973)
• Nugroho Wisnumurti – (J.D. 1973) Ambassador/Permanent Representative of the Republic of Indonesia to the United Nations (1992–1997); Indonesia's Permanent Representative to the United Nations and Other Organizations in Geneva (2000–2004)
• Salomé Zourabichvili – (graduate studies for M.A.) Georgian politician; Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia (2004–2005)
• Bùi Thanh Sơn – (Master of International Relations) Vietnamese politician; Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Vietnam) (1991~1993)

Military

• William Joseph Donovan (Wild Bill) – (LL.B.) World War I, World War II hero; only person to receive Medal of Honor, Distinguished Service Cross, Distinguished Service Medal (3), and National Security Medal; also recipient of Silver Star, Purple Heart (2), and IRC's Freedom Award
• Daniel R. Edwards – (CSJ) Medal of Honor, soldier serving in the U.S. Army during World War I
• Theodore Roosevelt – Medal of Honor, awarded posthumously to Colonel Roosevelt (in 2001) for gallantry shown during dual charges up Kettle Hill and San Juan Hill on July 1, 1898 during the Spanish–American War; TR organized the First U.S. Volunteer Cavalry Regiment, dubbed the Rough Riders by news reporters
• Franklin Van Valkenburgh – Medal of Honor, awarded posthumously; the last captain of the USS Arizona (BB-39) during World War II
• John C. Acton – retired United States Coast Guard rear admiral; Director, Operations Coordination, DHS; served as Director, DHS Presidential Transition Team
• Shlomo Arel – (M.B.A.) retired major general in the IDF; the seventh Commander, Israeli Navy; member, Likud party
• Samuel Auchmuty – (1775) British lieutenant general, loyalist during American Revolutionary War, Commander-in-Chief, Ireland (1882); member, Privy Council of Ireland
• Sidney Bryan Berry – (graduate degree, 1951–1953) retired United States Army lieutenant general; former superintendent of West Point (1974–1977)
• Reid K. Beveridge – retired National Guard of the United States brigadier general; commander, 261st Signal Command
• Roger A. Brady – (E.M.B.A. 1994) former United States Air Force four-star general; last served as the 33rd Commander, U.S. Air Forces in Europe
• Kevin P. Chilton – (1977) retired U.S. Air Force four-star general; engineer; former commander, U.S. Strategic Command (2007–11); former NASA astronaut
• Ralph Clem – (M.A. 1972; Ph.D. 1976) decorated USAF major general (retired); Russian specialist; geographer and author
• Henry Eugene Davies – major general, Union Army, American Civil War
• Ira C. Eaker – (studied Law) four-star general, United States Army Air Forces during World War II; architect, strategic bombing force; Congressional Gold Medal
• Robert J. Elder Jr. – (E.M.B.A. 1997) former lieutenant general, U.S. Air Force; Commander, 8th Air Force
• Hamilton Fish II – (B.A.) sergeant, Rough Riders in Spanish–American War; first American killed in Battle of Las Guasimas
• Francis "Gabby" Gabreski – (B.A. 1949) top American fighter ace in Europe during World War II and a jet fighter ace in Korea
• Ulysses S. Grant III – (attended until 1898, transferred to West Point) major general, United States Army
• Francis H. Griswold – was a United States Air Force lieutenant general; commandant, National War College and vice commander in chief, Strategic Air Command
• Alexander Haig Jr. – (M.B.A. 1955) was a United States Army four-star general; served as Vice Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army (the second-highest-ranking officer in the Army), and as the 7th Supreme Allied Commander Europe, commanding all U.S. and NATO forces in Europe
• Alexander Hamilton – major general during American Revolutionary War; aide-de-camp and confidant to General George Washington; led three battalions at the Siege of Yorktown; Battle of White Plains, Battle of Trenton, Battle of Princeton, Battle of Monmouth
• Thomas F. Healy – (graduate degree) was a U.S. Army lieutenant general and former commandant of the Army War College
• Hazel Johnson-Brown – (M.A.) In 1979 became 1st black female general, United States Army; also the 1st black Chief, U.S. Army Nurse Corps
• David Kay – (M.S., Ph.D.) United Nations chief weapons inspector, head of Iraq Survey Group
• Philip Kearny – (Law 1833), brigadier general, U.S. Army; notable for his leadership in the Mexican–American War and Civil War
• Stephen W. Kearney – United States Army, brevet major general; conqueror of California in the Mexican–American War; military governor of California (Territory)
• Béla Király – (Ph.D. 1962) Hungarian resistance fighter during World War II; major general in the Hungarian army as well as a military historian, author, and politician
• Alfred Thayer Mahan – (1858), president, U.S. Naval War College, and author of The Influence of Sea Power Upon History
• Mark Milley – (M.A. 1992) 20th chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 39th chief of staff of the Army
• Harold M. McClelland – (attended) United States Air Force major general, considered the father of Air Force communications
• C. D. Moore – (M.S. 1981) United States Air Force major general; deputy director, Joint Strike Fighter Program
• Otto L. Nelson Jr. – (M.A. 1932) was a United States Army major general during World War II
• Yuval Neria – professor of medical psychology CUMC Medal of Valor (Israel)
• William Eldridge Odom – (M.S. 1962, Ph.D. 1970) retired U.S. Army lieutenant general; former director of the NSA under President Ronald Reagan
• John Watts de Peyster – (studied law at the law school, M.A.), major general during the American Civil War; author on the art of war, one of the first military critics
• Rudolph Douglas Raiford – (J.D.) decorated African-American World War II combat officer who trained and commanded the Infantry Buffalo Division in Italy
• Hyman G. Rickover – U.S. Navy four-star admiral; father, U.S. nuclear submarine fleet, Enrico Fermi Award, Presidential Medal of Freedom, (2) Congressional Medal of Freedom
• Frederick F. Russell – (M.D. 1893), brigadier general; U.S. Army physician who developed first successful typhoid vaccine in 1909; Public Welfare Medal
• Henry Rutgers – (1766) American Revolutionary War hero; philanthropist; primary supporter of Rutgers College, his namesake (which, in 1924, became Rutgers University)
• Brent Scowcroft – (M.A. 1953, Ph.D. international relations 1967), lieutenant general, United States Air Force; United States National Security Advisor
• Anthony T. Shtogren – (M.B.A. 1948) former major general in the United States Air Force
• William S. Stone – (M.A.) U.S. Air Force major general; third superintendent, U.S. Air Force Academy; air deputy, U.S. Supreme Allied Commander Europe
• Albert Stubblebine – (M.S.) retired major general, U.S. Army; former commanding general, United States Army Intelligence and Security Command
• Robert Troup – Lieutenant colonel in American Revolutionary War, aide-de-camp, General Horatio Gates; participated in surrender of General Burgoyne at Battle of Saratoga
• John W. Vogt – (M.A.) four-star general; Purple Heart; commander in chief, U.S. Air Forces in Europe; Commander, Allied Air Forces Central Europe
• Charles Wilkes – United States Navy admiral, noted for his 1838–1842 Pacific expedition as well as his role in the Trent Affair during the Civil War
• Samuel V. Wilson – lieutenant general, U.S. Army; Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency; coined term "counterinsurgency"
• Richard Whitehead Young – (LL.B. 1884) brigadier general; in Spanish–American War led Utah Light Artillery in Philippines; in World War I led a U.S. artillery brigade in France

Attorneys

• Mark Barnes – (LL.M. 1991) advocate, public healthcare law at the state and national levels; co-founded the first AIDS law clinic
• David M. Becker, two-time General Counsel of the SEC.
• Richard Ben-Veniste – (J.D. 1967), federal prosecutor (1968–73); Chief, Watergate Task Force, Special Prosecutor's Office (1973–75); member, 9/11 Commission (2002–04)
• Moe Berg – (J.D. 1930) spy, Office of Strategic Services (OSS), spoke 12 languages; light-hitting catcher, Brooklyn Robins (1923), Chicago White Sox (1926–30), Cleveland Indians (1931, 1934), Washington Senators (1932–34), Boston Red Sox (1935–39); according to Casey Stengel, "the strangest man ever to play Major League Baseball"
• Preet Bharara – (J.D. 1993), United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York in the administration of President Barack Obama (2009–2017)
• Naomi Biden – (J.D. 2020) lawyer, associate at Arnold & Porter, granddaughter of U.S. President Joe Biden
• Felix Cohen – (1928) advocate, Native American rights, fundamentally shaped federal Native American law and policy
• Roy Cohn – (1947) conservative lawyer, became famous during investigations of Senator Joseph McCarthy into alleged Communists in U.S. government
• Robert Cover – (1968) civil rights and international anti-violence advocate; professor at Yale Law School
• Paul Drennan Cravath – (J.D. 1886) name partner, New York law firm Cravath, Swaine & Moore
• William Nelson Cromwell – (J.D. 1878) founder, New York law firm Sullivan & Cromwell
• William Joseph Donovan (Wild Bill) – United States Attorney for the Western District of New York
• William O. Douglas – third Chairman, United States Securities and Exchange Commission; professor, Columbia Law School and Yale Law School
• Julius Genachowski (B.A.) – chairman, United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the Obama Administration, former General Counsel, FCC
• Harvey Goldschmid – commissioner, general counsel, special adviser to the chairman, United States Securities and Exchange Commission; professor, Columbia Law
• Jack Greenberg – (B.A. 1945, LL.B. 1948) litigator of Brown v. Board of Education; argued 40 civil rights cases before U.S. Supreme Court; professor, Columbia Law
• Slade Gorton – (J.D. 1953) member, 9/11 Commission
• George Sydney Hawkins – (B.A.), United States District Attorney for the Apalachicola District (1841–46); Associate Justice, Supreme Court of Florida (1846–50)
• Arthur Garfield Hays – (1905) civil liberties advocate; general counsel, ACLU; notable trials included Scopes Trial, trial of Sacco and Vanzetti, Scottsboro case
• Joel I. Klein – (B.A. 1967) United States Assistant Attorney General under Bill Clinton; won U.S. v. Microsoft; counsel to Bertelsmann
• William Kovacic – (J.D. 1978) chairman (2008–), commissioner (2006–), United States Federal Trade Commission
• William Kunstler – (1948) civil rights and human rights advocate; director, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) (1964–1972); co-founded, Center for Constitutional Rights in 1969; self-described radical lawyer; defended numerous controversial clients, including Chicago Seven, American Indian Movement; a popular author
• Benjamin M. Lawsky – (B.A., J.D.) first superintendent, New York State Department of Financial Services (2011–); investigated Standard Chartered
• Howard Lesnick (A.B. 1952) Jefferson B. Fordham Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania Law School
• Harvey R. Miller – (J.D. 1959) New York Times called him "the most prominent bankruptcy lawyer in the nation". (March 9, 2007)
• Dorothy Miner – (J.D. 1961, M.S.U.P. 1972) chief counsel of the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission
• Leonard P. Moore – United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York (1953–1957)
• Annette Nazareth – commissioner, United States Securities and Exchange Commission
• Jim Nicholson – former chairman, Republican National Committee
• Marshall Perlin – (1942) civil liberties advocate; defended Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
• Robert Pitofsky – chairman (1995–2001), Commissioner (1978–81), United States Federal Trade Commission
• Frank Polk – name partner, New York law firm Davis Polk & Wardwell
• Simon H. Rifkind – name partner, New York law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
• Benito Romano – (J.D. 1976) first Puerto Rican to serve as United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York (on an interim basis)
• James I. Roosevelt – (1815), United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York (1860–1861)
• Charles Ruff – (J.D. 1963) United States Attorney for the District of Columbia; in Watergate scandal, fourth and final Watergate Special Prosecutor
• Whitney North Seymour – (1923) president of the ABA; chairman, New York law firm Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
• John W. Simpson – (1873) one of founders, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
• John William Sterling – (1893) founder, New York law firm Shearman & Sterling; namesake of Yale's library and law building
• Francis Lynde Stetson – (1869) early leader, Davis Polk & Wardwell
• Thomas Thacher – (1873) one of founders, Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett
• David G. Trager – (1959) United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York (1974–1978); judge, United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (1993)
• Charles H. Tuttle – (B.A. 1899, LL.B. 1902) U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York (1927–30)
• Lawrence E. Walsh – independent prosecutor for the Iran-Contra Affair
• Charles Weltner – (1950) advocate, racial equality; second individual to receive the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award
• Edward Baldwin Whitney – United States Assistant Attorney General
• Mary Jo White – (J.D. 1974) first female U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York (1993–02); Acting U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York
• Stewart Lyndon Woodford – (B.A. 1854) U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York (1877–1883); Lieutenant Governor of New York (1867–1868); U.S. Ambassador to Spain (1897–1898); brigadier general, Civil War

City government

Mayors of New York City

Other mayors

• Horace Carpentier – (B.A.) first Mayor of Oakland, California; president of the Overland Telegraph Company
• Jun Choi – (M.P.P.A.) Mayor of Edison, New Jersey (2006–2011)
• Jerome Choquette – (CBS) Mayor of Outremont, Montreal (Canada)
• May Cutler – (M.A.) Canadian, first female Mayor of Westmount, Quebec (1987–1991).
• Karl Dean – (B.A. 1978) sixth Mayor of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee (2007–)
• William Sanford Evans – (B.A.) Mayor of Winnipeg, MB (1909–1911); leader of Manitoba, Canada's Conservative Party caucus (1933–1936)
• Sun Fo – (M.A. 1917) appointed Mayor of Guangzhou (Canton), Republic of China (1920–1922, 1923–1925)
• Eric Garcetti – (B.A., M.I.A.) 42nd Mayor of Los Angeles (2013–present), nominee to be United States Ambassador to India
• Susan Golding – (M.A.) two-term mayor of San Diego, California (1992–2000)
• Claudia López Hernández – (M.P.A) 799th Mayor of Bogota, Senator of Colombia
• Frank S. Katzenbach – former Mayor of Trenton, New Jersey
• George Latimer – (J.D.) Mayor of Saint Paul, Minnesota, the state's capital city, from 1976 until 1990
• Joseph McGoldrick (1922 and 1931) – NYC Comptroller and NY State Residential Rent Control Commissioner, lawyer, and professor
• Charles Meeker – (J.D. 1975) former mayor of Raleigh, North Carolina (2001–2009)
• Maureen Ogden – (M.A. 1963) Mayor of Millburn, New Jersey (1979–1981); Deputy Mayor (1976–197)
• Henrique Capriles Radonski – (attended) Venezuelan politician; Mayor of Baruta, Municipality of Caracas, Venezuela (2000–2008)
• Paul Schell – (J.D.) Mayor of Seattle, Washington (1998–2002) during the infamous WTO Meeting of 1999
• Henri Simonet – Belgian politician; Mayor of Anderlecht, Belgium (1966–1984); Vice-Chairman of the European Commission (1973–1977)
• Edward J. Stack – (M.A. 1938) City Commissioner-Mayor Pompano Beach, Florida
• Thomas Benton Stoddard – first Mayor of La Crosse, Wisconsin, a New York lawyer, Wisconsin legislator
• Annette Strauss – (M.A.) former Mayor of Dallas, Texas; second female Mayor and the second Jewish Mayor of Dallas
• Percy Sutton – (studied law) Manhattan borough president (1966–1977); longest tenure at that position
• Hsu Tain-tsair – (attended) Taiwanese politician, served as the 15th Mayor of Tainan City from 2001 to 2010
• Raymond Tucker – (B.A.) Mayor of St. Louis, Missouri (1953–1965)
• Ted Wheeler – (M.B.A. 1989) Mayor of Portland, Oregon (2017– )

Commentators

Candidates

Spies (or alleged)

Other

See also

Notes

References

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