List of University of Michigan legislator alumni
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Where the date or fact of graduation is uncertain (MDNG) is used to indicate "matriculated, did not graduate"

Legislator A

  • Jackson Leroy Adair, (LAW: JD 1911) a Congressional Representative from Illinois
    Illinois
    Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...

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  • John Beard Allen, (LAW: 1869?) a Delegate from the Territory of Washington and a Senator from Washington.
  • Edward Payson Allen, (LAW: JD 1867) a Congressional Representative from Michigan.
  • Leo Elwood Allen
    Leo E. Allen
    Leo Elwood Allen , American politician, was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives for fourteen terms, 1933–1961, representing the 13th District of Illinois 1933–1949, and the 16th District of Illinois 1949–1961. He was born in Elizabeth, Illinois and...

     (AB 1923) a Congressional Representative from Illinois.
  • Justin Amash
    Justin Amash
    Justin Amash, , is an American attorney, politician, and member of Congress. He has been the U.S. Representative for which encompasses the Grand Rapids area, since 2011....

     (LAW: JD 2005) is the United States representative-elect for Michigan's 3rd congressional district
    Michigan's 3rd congressional district
    Michigan's 3rd congressional district is a United States Congressional district in Western Michigan. It consists of the counties of Barry, Ionia, and all except the northwest portion of Kent. The district is currently represented by Republican Justin Amash, the second youngest member of the house...

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  • Clinton Presba Anderson
    Clinton Presba Anderson
    Clinton Presba Anderson was an American Democratic Party politician who served as a U.S. Congressman from New Mexico , as the United States Secretary of Agriculture , and as a U.S. Senator from New Mexico .-Early life and career:Anderson was born in Centerville, South Dakota, on October 23, 1895...

    , (AB ??) a Congressional Representative and a Senator from New Mexico.
  • Daniel Read Anthony, Jr.
    Daniel Read Anthony, Jr.
    Daniel Read Anthony, Jr. was an American Republican politician and a nephew of suffragist and political leader Susan B. Anthony .He is the son of newspaper publisher Daniel Read Anthony...

     (MDNG?) a Congressional Representative from Kansas.
  • Henry Fountain Ashurst, (MDNG) a Senator from Arizona.

Legislators B

  • Donald Allen Bailey, (BA 1967) a Congressional Representative from Pennsylvania.
  • Joseph Edward Baird, (LAW: JD 1893) a Congressional Representative from Ohio.
  • Lucien Baker
    Lucien Baker
    Lucien Baker was a United States Senator from Kansas.Baker was born near Cleveland, Ohio and moved with his parents to Morenci, Michigan...

    , (LAW: JD) a Senator from Kansas.
  • Bert Andrew Bandstra, (AB 1953) a Congressional Representative from Iowa.
  • Henry Towne Bannon, (AB 1889) a Congressional Representative from Ohio.
  • Samuel Willard Beakes
    Samuel W. Beakes
    Samuel Willard Beakes was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.-Biography:Beakes was born in Sullivan County, New York and attended Wallkill Academy in Middletown, New York...

     (LAW: JD 1883), a Congressional Representative from Michigan.
  • Rand Beers
    Rand Beers
    Rand Beers was appointed by President Barack Obama to serve as the Under Secretary for the National Protection and Programs Directorate at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. On June 19, 2009, Beers was confirmed by the U.S. Senate to direct NPPD’s integrated efforts to reduce risks to...

    , (MA 1970).
  • Alvin Morell Bentley
    Alvin Morell Bentley
    Alvin Morell Bentley III was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. As a U.S. representative, he made national headlines as one of the victims of the 1954 U.S. Capitol shootings.-Early years:...

    , (AB 1940, MA 1963), served as vice consul and secretary with the United States Diplomatic Corps in Mexico.
  • Michael D. Bishop
    Mike Bishop (Michigan politician)
    Michael D. Bishop is a Republican Party politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. He is a former member and majority leader of the Michigan Senate....

     (A.B. 1989) State of Michigan Senate Majority Leader.
  • Roswell Peter Bishop, (1868-1872) (LAW: JD 1875) a Congressional Representative from Michigan.
  • William Wallace Blackney, (LAW: JD 1912 ) a Congressional Representative from Michigan.
  • Melvin Morella Boothman, (LAW: JD 1871) a Congressional Representative from Ohio.
  • William Patterson Borland
    William Patterson Borland
    William Patterson Borland was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Leavenworth, Kansas, Borland attended public school. He was graduated from the law department of the University of Michigan in 1892. He was admitted to the bar and commenced the practice of law in Kansas City, Missouri the...

    , (LAW: JD 1892) a Congressional Representative from Missouri.
  • Samuel Myron Brainerd
    Samuel Myron Brainerd
    Samuel Myron Brainerd was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Samuel M. Brainerd was born in Albion, Pennsylvania. He attended the public schools, Edinboro Normal School, and University of Michigan Law School in Ann Arbor, Michigan...

    , (LAW: ) a Congressional Representative from Pennsylvania.
  • Abraham Lincoln Brick, (LAW: JD 1883) a Congressional Representative from Indiana.
  • William McNulty Brodhead, (LAW: JD 1967) a Congressional Representative from Michigan.
  • Marriott Brosius, (LAW: ) a Congressional Representative from Pennsylvania.
  • Arthur Brown
    Arthur Brown (Utah)
    Arthur Brown was a United States Senator from Utah.Born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, he attended the common schools and graduated from Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio, in 1862. He pursued graduate work at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and graduated from the law department of the...

    , (LAW: JD 1864) a Senator from Utah.
  • Charles Bruce Brownson
    Charles B. Brownson
    Charles Bruce Brownson was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.Born in Jackson, Michigan, Brownson moved with his parents to Flint, Michigan, in 1916.He attended the public schools....

    , (AB 1935) a Congressional Representative from Indiana.
  • Ferdinand Brucker
    Ferdinand Brucker
    Ferdinand Brucker was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Brucker was born in Bridgeport, Michigan, where he attended the common schools. He was a member of the State militia 1878-1881...

    , (LAW: JD 1881) a Congressional Representative from Michigan.
  • William John Bulow, (LAW: JD 1893) a Senator from South Dakota.
  • Anson Burlingame
    Anson Burlingame
    Anson Burlingame wasan American lawyer, legislator, and diplomat, born in New Berlin, Chenango County, New York. In 1823 his parents took him to Ohio, and about ten years afterwards to Michigan...

    , (MDNG? 1838-1841) a Congressional Representative from Massachusetts.

Legislators C to E

  • Benjamin Taylor Cable, (AB 1876) a Congressional Representative from Illinois.
  • Martha Hughes Cannon
    Martha Hughes Cannon
    Martha Maria Hughes Cannon was a Welsh-born immigrant to the United States, a physician, Utah women's rights advocate and suffragist, and Utah state senator...

    , (MED: 1880)On November 3, 1896,became the first woman ever elected as a state senator in the United States.
  • William Randolph Carpenter, (LAW: JD 1917) a Congressional Representative from Kansas.
  • William Wallace Chalmers
    William W. Chalmers
    William Wallace Chalmers was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Strathroy, Ontario, Canada, Chalmers moved with his parents to Kent County, near Grand Rapids, Michigan, in 1865....

    , (AB 1887) a Congressional Representative from Ohio.
  • Walter Marion Chandler, (AB 1897) a Congressional Representative from New York.
  • John Logan Chipman
    John Logan Chipman
    John Logan Chipman was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan, serving as United States Representative to Congress....

     (1843-1845) a Congressional Representative from Michigan.
  • Ralph Edwin Church, (AB 1907) a Congressional Representative from Illinois.
  • Robert Henry Clancy, (AB 1907, LAW: DNG?) a Congressional Representative from Michigan.
  • Kit Francis Clardy, (LAW: JD 1925) a Congressional Representative from Michigan.
  • Raymond Francis Clevenger, (LAW: JD 1952 ) a Congressional Representative from Michigan.
  • George Pierre Codd
    George P. Codd
    George Pierre Codd was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.-Biography:Codd was born on December 7, 1869 in Detroit, Michigan, the son of George C. and Eunice Lawrence Codd...

    , (AB 1891) a Congressional Representative from Michigan.
  • Don Byron Colton, (LAW: 1905) a Congressional Representative from Utah.
  • George Hamilton Combs, Jr., (MDNG) a Congressional Representative from Missouri.
  • Solomon Gilman Comstock, (MDNG) a Congressional Representative from Minnesota.
  • Michael Francis Conry
    Michael F. Conry
    Michael Francis Conry was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, Conry was employed in the coal mines until crippled for life.He attended the public schools, and taught for seven years...

    , (LAW: JD 1896) a Congressional Representative from New York.
  • Allen Foster Cooper
    Allen Foster Cooper
    Allen Foster Cooper was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Allen Foster Cooper was born in Franklin Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the State Normal School in California, Pennsylvania in 1881. He attended Mount Union College in...

    , (LAW: JD 1888) a Congressional Representative from Pennsylvania.
  • Royal Samuel Copeland, (MED: MD 1889), a Senator from New York.
  • John Kissig Cowen
    John Kissig Cowen
    John Kissig Cowen was a U.S. Representative from Maryland.Born near Millersburg, Ohio, Cowen attended the public schools and the local academies at Fredericksburg and Hayesville, Ohio. He graduated from Princeton College in 1866 and from the law department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor...

    , (LAW: ?? ) a Congressional Representative from Maryland.
  • William Elijah Cox, (LAW: JD 1889) a Congressional Representative from Indiana.
  • Louis Convers Cramton, (LAW: JD 1899) a Congressional Representative from Michigan.
  • Philip Miller Crane, (MDNG) a Congressional Representative from Illinois.
  • Fred Lewis Crawford, a Congressional Representative from Michigan.
  • George William Crockett, Jr., (LAW: JD 1934) a Congressional Representative from Michigan.
  • Maurice Edgar Crumpacker, (LAW: JD 1909) elected as a Republican to the Sixty-ninth and Seventieth Congresses.
  • Shepard J. Crumpacker, Jr., (LAW: JD 1941) a Congressional Representative from Indiana.
  • Paul Harvey Cunningham, (LSA: AB 1914; LAW: JD 1915) a Congressional Representative from Iowa.
  • Gilbert Archibald Currie, (LAW: JD 1905) a Congressional Representative from Michigan.
  • Byron M. Cutcheon
    Byron M. Cutcheon
    -See also:*List of American Civil War Medal of Honor recipients: A–F-References:...

    , (AB 1861, LAW: JD 1866) a Congressional Representative from Michigan.
  • Cushman Kellogg Davis, (AB 1857) a Senator from Minnesota.
  • Archibald Bard Darragh, (1857-1858, AB 1868), a Congressional Representative from Michigan.
  • Stephen Albion Day, (AB 1905) a Congressional Representative from Illinois.
  • John Richard Dellenback, (LAW: JD 1949) a Congressional Representative from Oregon.
  • Marion De Vries
    Marion De Vries
    Marion De Vries was a United States Representative from California. He was born on a ranch near Woodbridge, San Joaquin County, California. He attended the public schools and was graduated from the San Joaquin Valley College, Woodbridge, California in 1886 and from the law department of the...

    , (LAW: JD 1888) a Representative from California.
  • Gerrit John Diekema, (LAW: JD 1883_ a Congressional Representative from Michigan.
  • Charles Coles Diggs, Jr., (1940-1942) a Congressional Representative from Michigan.
  • Francis Henry Dodds, (LAW: JD 1880) a Congressional Representative from Michigan.
  • Sheridan Downey
    Sheridan Downey
    Sheridan Downey was a lawyer and a Democratic U.S. Senator from California from 1939 to 1950.-Early life:...

    , (LAW: JD 1907) elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate.
  • Robert Blackford Duncan, (LAW: LLB 1948) a Congressional Representative from Oregon.
  • Warren Joseph Duffey, (LAW: JD 1911) a Congressional Representative from Ohio.
  • Robert F. Ellsworth (LAW: JD 1949) a Congressional Representative from Kansas.
  • Marvin Leonel Esch, (AB, MA 1951, Ph. D 1957) a Congressional Representative from Michigan.
  • Robert Emory Evans, (LAW: JD 1886) a Congressional Representative from Nebraska.

Legislators F to G

  • John Franklin Farnsworth, (???) a Congressional Representative from Illinois.
  • Homer Samuel Ferguson, (AB 1913) a Senator from Michigan.
  • Woodbridge Nathan Ferris
    Woodbridge Nathan Ferris
    Woodbridge Nathan Ferris was an educator from New York, Illinois and Michigan, as well as Democratic statesman and the 28th Governor of Michigan .-Early life in New York, Michigan and Illinois:...

    , (MED: MD 1874) a Senator from Michigan.
  • Peter G. Fitzgerald, (LAW: JD 1986a Senator from Illinois.
  • George Ford
    George Ford
    George Ford was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.Born in South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana, Ford attended the common schools.He engaged in the cooper's trade in early youth....

    , (LAW: JD 1869) a Congressional Representative from Indiana.
  • Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr., (AB 1935) a Congressional Representative from Michigan, Vice President, and thirty-eighth President of the United States.
  • Harold Ford, Jr.
    Harold Ford, Jr.
    Harold Eugene Ford, Jr. is an American politician and was the last chairman of the now-defunct Democratic Leadership Council . He was a Democratic Party member of the United States House of Representatives from , centered in Memphis, from 1997 to 2007...

      (LAW: JD 1996) a Congressional Representative from Tennessee.
  • Hiram Robert Fowler, (LAW: JD 1884) a Congressional Representative from Illinois.
  • Louis Frey, Jr.
    Louis Frey, Jr.
    Louis Frey, Jr. is an American+ politician and a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1969 until 1979...

    , (LAW: JD 1961) a Congressional Representative from Florida.
  • Frank Ballard Fulkerson, (LAW: MDNG) a Congressional Representative from Missouri.
  • John James Gardner, (LAW: 1866, 1867) a Congressional Representative from New Jersey.
  • Richard Andrew Gephardt, (LAW: JD 1965) a Congressional Representative from Missouri.
  • Ernest Willard Gibson
    Ernest Willard Gibson
    Ernest Willard Gibson was a United States Representative and Senator from Vermont.Gibson graduated from Norwich University in Northfield, Vermont in 1894 where he was a member of Theta Chi Fraternity, and from the University of Michigan Law School. He was elected to the Vermont House of...

    , LAW: 1899) a Congressional Representative and a Senator from Vermont.
  • Paul Gillmor
    Paul Gillmor
    Paul Eugene Gillmor was an American politician of the Republican Party who served as the U.S. Representative from the 5th congressional district of Ohio from 1989 until his death....

      (LAW: JD 1964) Congressman, Ohio 5th.
  • Robert Henry Gittins, (LAW: JD 1900) a Congressional Representative from New York.
  • Harry Conrad Gahn, (LAW: JD 1904) a Congressional Representative from Ohio.
  • Joseph John Gill, (LAW: JD 1868) a Congressional Representative from Ohio.
  • Paul Eugene Gillmor, (LAW: JD 1964) a Congressional Representative from Ohio.
  • Dan Glickman
    Dan Glickman
    Daniel Robert "Dan" Glickman is an American businessman and politician. He served as the United States Secretary of Agriculture from 1995 until 2001, prior to which he represented the Fourth Congressional District of Kansas as a Democrat in Congress for 18 years. He was Chairman and CEO of the...

    , (BA History 1966), a Congressional Representative from Kansas.
  • James Stephen Golden, (LAW: LLB 1916) a Congressional Representative from Kentucky.
  • Stephen Goldsmith
    Stephen Goldsmith
    Stephen "Steve" Goldsmith is the former mayor of Indianapolis and most recently served as the Deputy Mayor of New York City for Operations, stepping down effective August 4, 2011 after a domestic violence arrest. He is also the Daniel Paul Professor of Government at the John F...

    , (LAW: JD 1971 ), Mayor of Indianapolis 1992-99. Military service: US Army Reserve (1968-74).
  • James William Good
    James William Good
    James William Good was an American politician from the state of Iowa, serving in the U.S. House of Representatives and the Cabinet. He was a member of the United States Republican Party.-Background:...

    , (LAW: JD 1893) a Congressional Representative from Iowa.
  • William Gordon, (LAW: JD 1893) a Congressional Representative from Ohio.
  • James Sedgwick Gorman, (LAW: JD 1876) a Congressional Representative from Michigan.
  • Jim Graham
    Jim Graham
    Jim Graham is a U.S. politician and a member of the Council of the District of Columbia. He is a Democrat representing Ward 1 - the most populated and diverse area in Washington, D.C....

     (LAW: JD) He is a Democrat
    Democratic Party (United States)
    The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...

     representing Ward 1
  • Levi Thomas Griffin, (AB 1857, LAW: ) a Congressional Representative from Michigan.
  • Robert Paul Griffin, (LAW: JD 1950) a Congressional Representative and a Senator from Michigan.
  • Martha Wright Griffiths, (LAW: JD 1940) a Congressional Representative from Michigan.

Legislators H to J

  • William Flavius Lester Hadley, (LAW: JD 1871) a Congressional Representative from Illinois.
  • John Eugene Harding, (AB 1900) a Congressional Representative from Ohio.
  • Darius Dodge Hare, (LAW: JD 1964) a Congressional Representative from Ohio.
  • Byron Berry Harlan, (LAW: JD 1909; LS&A: 1911a Congressional Representative from Ohio.
  • William H. Harries, (LAW: JD 1868) a Congressional Representative from Minnesota.
  • Dow Watters Harter, (LAW: JD 1907) a Congressional Representative from Ohio.
  • Nils Pederson Haugen, (LAW: JD 1874) a Congressional Representative from Wisconsin.
  • James Harvey, (LAW: LLB 1948) a Congressional Representative from Michigan.
  • Walter Ingalls Hayes, (LAW: JD 1863) a Congressional Representative from Iowa.
  • Guy T. Helvering
    Guy T. Helvering
    Guy Tresillian Helvering was an American politician. He was a U.S. Representative from Kansas, and later served as the Commissioner of Internal Revenue and as a federal district court judge.-Early life:...

    , (LAW: JD 1906) a Congressional Representative from Kansas.
  • Charles Belknap Henderson, (LAW: JD 1895) a Senator from Nevada.
  • John Earl Henderson, (LAW: JD 1942) a Congressional Representative from Ohio.
  • Joseph Lister Hill, a Congressional Representative and a Senator from Alabama.
  • William Henry Hinebaugh, (???) a Congressional Representative from Illinois.
  • John Carl Williams Hinshaw, (BUS: MDNG) a Representative from California.
  • Gilbert Monell Hitchcock, (LAW: JD 1881) a Congressional Representative and a Senator from Nebraska.
  • Peter Hoekstra, (BUS: MBA 1977) a Congressional Representative from Michigan.
  • Adoniram Judson Holmes, (LAW: JD 1867) a Congressional Representative from Iowa.
  • Craig Hosmer
    Craig Hosmer
    Chester Craig Hosmer was a United States Representative from California.Hosmer was born in Brea, California, in Orange County. He attended the public schools, graduated from Long Beach Polytechnic High School...

    , (MDNG) a Representative from California..
  • Jay Abel Hubbell
    Jay Abel Hubbell
    Jay Abel Hubbell was a politician and judge from the U.S. state of Michigan, who served as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives....

    , (AB 1853) a Congressional Representative from Michigan.
  • William Leonard Hungate, (MDNG) a Congressional Representative from Missouri.
  • J. Edward Hutchinson, (AB 1936, LAW: JD 1938) a Congressional Representative from Michigan.
  • Orange Jacobs
    Orange Jacobs
    Orange Jacobs was a Delegate from the Territory of Washington.Born near Geneseo, New York, Jacobs moved with his parents to Michigan Territory in 1831....

    , (MDNG?) a Delegate from the Territory of Washington.
  • Albert Webb Jefferis, (LAW: JD 1893) a Congressional Representative from Nebraska.
  • Bartel John Jonkman, (LAW: JD 1914) a Congressional Representative from Michigan.
  • Adna Romulus Johnson, (LAW: JD 1887) a Congressional Representative from Ohio.

Legislators K

  • Marcia Carolyn "Marcy" Kaptur
    Marcy Kaptur
    Marcia Carolyn "Marcy" Kaptur is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1983. She is a member of the Democratic Party. The district, anchored by the city of Toledo, includes all of Ottawa and Erie counties, and part of Lucas and Lorain counties.Serving her fourteenth term in the House of...

    , (MA 1974) a Congressional Representative from Ohio.
  • Nancy Landon Kassebaum Baker, (AB 1954) a Senator from Kansas.
  • Frank Bateman Keefe
    Frank Bateman Keefe
    Frank Bateman Keefe , was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1939–1951, serving Wisconsin's 6th District....

    , (LAW: JD 1910) a Congressional Representative from Wisconsin.
  • Edwin William Keightley, (LAW: JD 1865) a Congressional Representative from Michigan.
  • Patrick Henry Kelley, (LAW: JD 1900) a Congressional Representative from Michigan.
  • Joseph Morgan Kendall, (MDNG) a Congressional Representative from Kentucky.
  • Mark Kennedy, (BUS: MBA 1983) a former member of the U.S. Congress from Minnesota
    Minnesota
    Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...

    .
  • John Worth Kern, (LAW: JD 1869) a Senator from Indiana.
  • Winfield Scott Kerr, (LAW: JD 1879) a Congressional Representative from Ohio.
  • Dale Kildee  MA 1962, Congressman, U.S. Congressman.
  • Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick
    Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick
    Carolyn Jean Cheeks Kilpatrick is an American politician who was U.S. Representative for from 1997 to 2011. She is a member of the Democratic Party. In August 2010 she lost the Democratic primary election...

    , (MS 1977) a Congressional Representative from Michigan.
  • Henry Mahlon Kimball, (LAW: JD 1904) a Congressional Representative from Michigan.
  • Moses Pierce Kinkaid, (LAW: JD 1876) a Congressional Representative from Nebraska.
  • Snyder Solomon Kirkpatrick, a Congressional Representative from Kansas.
  • Milton Kraus
    Milton Kraus
    Milton Kraus was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.Born in Kokomo, Indiana, Kraus attended the common and high schools.He was graduated from the law department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1886....

    , (LAW: JD 1886) a Congressional Representative from Indiana.

Legislators L

  • James Laird
    James Laird (politician)
    James Laird was a Nebraska Republican politician.Laird was born in Fowlerville, New York and moved with his parents to Hillsdale County, Michigan. He attended Adrian College and served in the Sixteenth Regiment of the Michigan Volunteer Infantry in the Army of the Potomac during the American Civil...

    , (LAW: JD 1871) a Congressional Representative from Nebraska.
  • Frederick Landis
    Frederick Landis
    Frederick Landis was a U.S. Representative from Indiana, brother of Charles Beary Landis and baseball commissioner Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis....

    , (LAW: JD 1895), a Congressional Representative from Indiana.
  • Oscar John Larson, (LAW: JD 1894) a Congressional Representative from Minnesota.
  • Steven C. LaTourette, (BA 1976) a Congressional Representative from Ohio.
  • Scott Leavitt
    Scott Leavitt
    Scott Leavitt was a U.S. Representative from Montana. He served as chairman of the House Committee on Indian Affairs.-Early life:...

    , (MDNG?) a Congressional Representative from Montana.
  • John Camillus Lehr, (LAW: JD 1900) a Congressional Representative from Michigan.
  • John Jacob Lentz, (AB 1882) a Congressional Representative from Ohio.
  • Elliott Harris Levitas, (LAW: 1954-1955) a Congressional Representative from Georgia.
  • William Lewis, (MDNG) a Congressional Representative from Kentucky.
  • Roland Victor Libonati, (AB 1921; LAW: ??) a Congressional Representative from Illinois.
  • Charles August Lindbergh
    Charles August Lindbergh
    Charles August Lindbergh Sr. was a United States Congressman from Minnesota's 6th congressional district from 1907 to 1917...

    , (LAW: JD 1883) a Congressional Representative from Minnesota.
  • Cyrus Locher
    Cyrus Locher
    Cyrus Locher was a Democratic politician from Ohio. He served in the U.S. Senate.Locher studied at Ohio Wesleyan University and Western Reserve University Law School...

    , (LAW: MDNG) a Senator from Ohio.
  • Oren Ethelbirt Long, (AB 1916) a Senator from Hawaii.
  • Alfred Lucking
    Alfred Lucking
    Alfred Lucking was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Lucking was born in Ingersoll, Ontario, Canada and moved with his parents to Ypsilanti, Michigan in 1858 where he attended public schools, the Ypsilanti High School, and the Michigan State Normal College...

    , (LAW: JD 1878) a Congressional Representative from Michigan.

Legislators M

  • Verner Wright Main, (LAW: JD 1914) a Congressional Representative from Michigan.
  • Carl Edgar Mapes, (LAW: 1899) a Congressional Representative from Michigan.
  • Ernest Whitworth Marland, (LAW: JD 1893) a Congressional Representative from Oklahoma.
  • Eben Wever Martin, (LAW: 1879, 1890) a Congressional Representative from South Dakota.
  • William Cotter Maybury, (AB 1870; LAW: 1871) a Representative from Michigan.
  • James Henry Mays
    James Henry Mays
    James Henry Mays was a U.S. Representative from Utah.Born in Morristown, Tennessee, Mays attended the district schools.He moved to Kansas in 1883 with his parents, who settled in Galena, Kansas....

    , (LAW: JD 1895) a Congressional Representative from Utah.
  • Porter James McCumber, (LAW: JD 1880) a Senator from North Dakota.
  • Jonas Hartzell McGowan, (AB 1861) a Congressional Representative from Michigan.
  • Robert John McIntosh, (LAW: JD 1948) a Congressional Representative from Michigan.
  • James Campbell McLaughlin, (AB 1879, LAW: JD 1883) a Congressional Representative from Michigan.
  • Rolla Coral McMillen, (LAW: JD 1906) a Congressional Representative from Illinois.
  • George Meader
    George Meader
    George Meader was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Meader was born in Benton Harbor, Michigan and attended the public schools of various cities in Michigan. He was a student at Ohio Wesleyan University from 1923 to 1925 and graduated from the University of Michigan, A.B. in 1927 and...

    , (AB 1927; LAW: JD 1931) a Congressional Representative from Michigan.
  • Rice William Means, (LAW: JD 1901) a Senator from Colorado.
  • Carrie P. Meek
    Carrie P. Meek
    Carrie P. Meek is an American politician from the U.S. state of Florida.-Background and early life:Meek, the granddaughter of slaves and daughter of former sharecroppers, was born and raised in segregated Tallahassee, Florida...

    , (M.S. 1948), member of the Florida state house of representatives.
  • George de Rue Meiklejohn
    George de Rue Meiklejohn
    George de Rue Meiklejohn was a Nebraska Republican politician who served as the fifth Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska and a representative of the U.S. state of Nebraska....

    , (LAW: JD 1880) a Congressional Representative from Nebraska.
  • David Henry Mercer
    David Henry Mercer
    David Henry Mercer was a Nebraska Republican politician.Born in Benton County, Iowa on July 9, 1857, he moved with his parents to Adams County, Illinois in 1858. After the American Civil War he moved again to Brownville, Nebraska. He graduated from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1880 and...

    , (LAW: JD 1882) a Congressional Representative from Nebraska.
  • William Smith Mesick, (LAW: JD 1881) a Congressional Representative from Michigan.
  • Earl Cory Michener, (LAW: 1901-1902 DNG) a Congressional Representative from Michigan.
  • Seth Crittenden Moffatt, (LAW: JD 1863) a Congressional Representative from Michigan.
  • James William Murphy
    James William Murphy
    James William Murphy was an American politician from Wisconsin....

    , (LAW: JD 1880) a Congressional Representative from Wisconsin.

Legislators N to O

  • Lucien Norbert Nedzi, (BA 1948; LAW: JD 1951) a Congressional Representative 1952.
  • James Carson Needham, (LAW: JD 1889) a Congressional Representative from California.
  • John Stoughton Newberry
    John Stoughton Newberry
    John Stoughton Newberry was a U.S. Representative and industrialist from the state of Michigan.Newberry was born in Waterville, New York and moved with his parents to Michigan when a child, residing successively in Detroit, Ann Arbor, and Romeo. He was the nephew of Walter Loomis Newberry and...

    , (AB 1847), was appointed the first provost marshal for the State of Michigan.
  • Edward Thomas Noonan
    Edward Thomas Noonan
    Edward Thomas Noonan was a Representative from Illinois; studied law in Chicago and was admitted to the bar in 1882; after admission to the bar was graduated from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1883 and commenced practice; member of the State senate 1890-1894; colonel on the staff of...

    , (LAW: 1883?) a Congressional Representative from Illinois.
  • Charles Gibb Oakman, (AB 1926), a Congressional Representative from Michigan.
  • James Grant O’Hara, (AB 1954, LAW: JD 1955) a Congressional Representative from Michigan.
  • John Henry O’Neall, (LAW: JD 1864) a Congressional Representative from Indiana.
  • Theobald Otjen
    Theobald Otjen
    Theobald Otjen was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.Theobald was born to German immigrants John Conrad and Dorothea Otjen, in west China township in St. Clair County, Michigan and attended the Marine City Academy and a private school in Detroit.He was employed as foreman in the rolling mill...

    , (LAW: JD 1875) a Congressional Representative from Wisconsin.
  • James W. Owens
    James W. Owens (congressman)
    James W. Owens was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Franklin County, Indiana, Owens pursued academic studies.He was graduated from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, in 1862....

    , (LAW: 1864-1865) a Representative from Ohio.

Legislators P to Q

  • Jasper Packard
    Jasper Packard
    Jasper Packard was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.-Biography:Born in Austintown, Ohio, Packard moved with his parents to Indiana in 1835....

    , (AB 1955) a Congressional Representative from Indiana.
  • Thomas Witherell Palmer, (MDNG) Senator from Michigan.
  • Seymour Howe Person, (AB 1901) a Congressional Representative from Michigan.
  • Samuel Ritter Peters, (LAW: JD 1867) a Congressional Representative from Kansas.
  • Augustus Herman Pettibone
    Augustus Herman Pettibone
    Augustus Herman Pettibone was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 1st congressional district of Tennessee.-Biography:...

    , (AB 1859) a Congressional Representative from Tennessee.
  • William Wallace Phelps
    William Wallace Phelps
    William Wallace Phelps was a Representative from Minnesota; born in Oakland County, Michigan, June 1, 1826; attended the country schools; was graduated from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1846 where he was a founding member of the Chi Psi Fraternity there; studied law; was admitted to...

    , (AB 1846) a Congressional Representative from Minnesota.
  • John Alfred Pickler, (LAW: JD 1872) a Congressional Representative from South Dakota.
  • Walter Marcus Pierce, (MDNG?) a Congressional Representative from Oregon.
  • Frank Plumley
    Frank Plumley
    Frank Plumley was a Republican politician from Vermont.Plumley was born in Vermont on December 17, 1844. He attended University of Michigan Law School. Plumley held many positions in state and federal government...

    , (LAW: ) a Congressional Representative from Vermont.
  • John Edward Porter
    John Edward Porter
    John Edward Porter is a former United States Representative from Illinois.Porter was born in Evanston, Illinois, was educated in public schools, and then attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology for one year before receiving a B.S. and B.A. from Northwestern University in 1957...

    , (LAW: JD 1961) a Congressional Representative from Illinois.
  • Tom Price
    Tom Price (US politician)
    Thomas E. Price is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2005. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district is based in the northern suburbs of Atlanta...

    , (BA 1976; MED: MD 1979) a Congressional Representative from Georgia.
  • Joseph Very Quarles, (AB 1966; LAW: JD 1867) a Senator from Wisconsin.

Legislators R

  • Clark T. Randt , BA (MED: MD), U.S. Congressman.
  • Henry Augustus Reeves, (MDNG) a Congressional Representative from New York.
  • John Birchard Rice, (MED: 1857) a Congressional Representative from Ohio.
  • Donald Wayne Riegle, Jr., (AB 1960) a Congressional Representative and a Senator from Michigan.
  • Dick Riordan, (LAW: JD 1956 ), Mayor of Los Angeles 1993-2001.
  • Lynn Nancy Rivers, (BA 1987), a Congressional Representative from Michigan.
  • Mike Rogers, (MDNG). Congressman, Michigan 8th.
  • Philip Edward Ruppe, (MDNG 1944-1946) a Congressional Representative from Michigan.
  • Jon Daniel Runyan
    Jon Runyan
    Jon Daniel Runyan is the U.S. Representative for . He is a member of the Republican Party. He is a former American football offensive tackle in the National Football League, where he played for fourteen seasons. He was a participant in the 2003 Pro Bowl following the 2002 NFL season...

     is the congressman-elect (2010) for .

Legislators S

  • Ken Salazar
    Ken Salazar
    Kenneth Lee "Ken" Salazar is the current United States Secretary of the Interior, in the administration of President Barack Obama. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as a United States Senator from Colorado from 2005 to 2009. He and Mel Martinez were the first Hispanic U.S...

    , (LAW: JD 1981) a Senator from Colorado, Secretary of the Interior.
  • John J. H. (Joe) Schwarz, (BA 1959) a Congressional Representative from Michigan.
  • Frank Douglas Scott, (LAW: JD 1901) a Congressional Representative from Michigan.
  • John Franklin Shafroth, (AB 1875), a Congressional Representative and a Senator from Colorado.
  • William Graves Sharp
    William Graves Sharp
    William Graves Sharp was an American lawyer, manufacturer, three-term congressman, and diplomat.Sharp was born in Mount Gilead, Ohio. He graduated LL.B. from the Law Department of the University of Michigan in 1881 and then practiced law in Elyria, Ohio. He also engaged in the manufacture of...

    , (LAW: JD 1881) a Congressional Representative from Ohio.
  • John M. C. Smith
    John M. C. Smith
    John M. C. Smith was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. He served as U.S. Representative from Michigan's 3rd congressional district.- Biography :...

    , (AB 1879, LAW: JD 1880) a Congressional Representative from Michigan.
  • Samuel William Smith
    Samuel William Smith
    Samuel William Smith , was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.He was born in Independence Township and attended the common schools in Clarkston and Detroit. He began teaching school in 1869, served as superintendent of schools in Waterford Township in 1875 and also served as principal of...

    , (LAW: JD 1878) a Congressional Representative from Michigan.
  • Horace Greeley Snover, (AB 1969; LAW: JD 1871) a Congressional Representative from Michigan.
  • Neil Oliver Staebler, (BA 1926) a Congressional Representative from Michigan.
  • Robert Theodore Stafford, (AB: ) a Congressional Representative and a Senator from Vermont.
  • Ozora P. Stearns
    Ozora P. Stearns
    Ozora Pierson Stearns was an American politician.-Education:He attended Oberlin College, later graduating from the University of Michigan in 1858 and from the law department of that university in 1860...

    , (AB 1858, LAW: JD 1860) a Senator from Minnesota.
  • K. William Stinson
    K. William Stinson
    K. William Stinson was a U.S. Representative from Washington.Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Stinson attended the public schools and Grand Rapids Junior College for two years. He graduated in 1952 from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor.He entered executive training program of Westinghouse...

    , (AB 1952) a Congressional Representative from Washington.
  • Byron Gray Stout, (AB 1851) a Congressional Representative from Michigan.
  • George Sutherland
    George Sutherland
    Alexander George Sutherland was an English-born U.S. jurist and political figure. One of four appointments to the Supreme Court by President Warren G. Harding, he served as an Associate Justice of the U.S...

    , (LAW: ) a Congressional Representative and a Senator from Utah.
  • Edwin Forrest Sweet, (LAW: JD 1874) a Congressional Representative from Michigan.
  • Oscar William Swift, (AB: ca 1895?) a Congressional Representative from New York.

Legislators T

  • John Charles Tarsney
    John Charles Tarsney
    John Charles Tarsney was a politician from the U.S. state of Missouri.One of Tarsney's most long lasting contributions was the "Tarsney Act" which permitted private architects to design federal buildings after being selected in a competition under the supervision of Supervising Architect of the...

    , (LAW: JD 1869) a Congressional Representative from Missouri.
  • Timothy Edward Tarsney, (LAW: JD 1872) a Congressional Representative from Michigan.
  • Edward Thomas Taylor, (LAW: JD 1884), a Congressional Representative from Colorado.
  • Charles Spalding Thomas
    Charles Spalding Thomas
    Charles Spalding Thomas was a United States Senator from Colorado. Born in Darien, McIntosh County, Georgia, he attended private schools in Georgia and Connecticut, and served briefly in the Confederate Army.-Biography:...

    , (LAW: JD 1871) a Senator from Colorado.
  • Henry Franklin Thomas, (MED: 1868) a Congressional Representative from Michigan.
  • Charles A. Towne
    Charles A. Towne
    Charles Arnette Towne was an American politician. Born near Pontiac, Michigan, he graduated from the University of Michigan and served in the United States House of Representatives from Minnesota as a Republican in the 54th congress and from New York as a Democrat in the 59th congress.Towne also...

    , (AB 1881) a Congressional Representative and a Senator from Minnesota and a Representative from New York.
  • Charles Elroy Townsend, (MDNG) a Representative and a Senator from Michigan.
  • Jerald F. ter Horst
    Jerald terHorst
    Jerald Franklin "Jerry" terHorst was the first person to serve as press secretary for U.S. President Gerald Ford. Before being appointed press secretary, terHorst had been a newspaper reporter from Michigan who had covered Ford's career since 1948.-Early career:Jerald terHorst was born in Grand...

    , AB 1947. Gerald Ford's short-term press secretary.

Legislators U to Z

  • Frederick Stephen Upton, (BA 1975) a Congressional Representative from Michigan.
  • Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg, (LAW: 1900-1901 ) a Senator from Michigan.
  • Guy Adrian Vander Jagt, (LAW: JD 1960) a Congressional Representative from Michigan.
  • Bird J. Vincent
    Bird J. Vincent
    Bird J. Vincent was a soldier and politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.-Early life:Vincent was born in Brandon Township near Clarkston, Michigan.-Education:...

    , (LAW: JD 1905) a Congressional Representative from Michigan.
  • Weston Edward Vivian, (Ph. D. 1959) a Congressional Representative from Michigan.
  • William Warner
    William Warner (Missouri)
    William Warner was an American lawyer and politician from Kansas City, Missouri. He represented Missouri in both the U.S. House and Senate. He was mayor of Kansas City in 1871-72....

    , (LAW: 1861? ) a Congressional Representative and a Senator from Missouri.
  • Thaddeus Francis Boleslaw Wasielewski, (BA 1927) a Congressional Representative from Wisconsin.
  • William Warner (Missouri)
    William Warner (Missouri)
    William Warner was an American lawyer and politician from Kansas City, Missouri. He represented Missouri in both the U.S. House and Senate. He was mayor of Kansas City in 1871-72....

     Senator from Missouri.
  • Charles Winfield Waterman, (LAW: JD 1889) a Senator from Colorado.
  • Thomas Addis Emmet Weadock, (LAW: JD 1873) a Congressional Representative from Michigan.
  • John Stanley Webster, (LAW: 1897-1899) a Congressional Representative from Washington.
  • William Walter Wedemeyer, (LAW: JD 1895) a Congressional Representative from Michigan.
  • Alvin F. Weichel
    Alvin F. Weichel
    Alvin F. Weichel was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio.-Biography:Alvin F. Weichel was born in Sandusky, Ohio...

    , (MDNG) a Congressional Representative from Ohio.
  • Carl May Weideman, (MDNG) a Congressional Representative from Michigan.
  • Adonijah Strong Welch, (AB 1846) a Senator from Florida.
  • Benjamin Franklin Welty, (AB 1896) a Congressional Representative from Ohio.
  • Charles Stuart Wharton, (LAW: 1896) a Congressional Representative from Illinois.
  • Burton Kendall Wheeler, (LAW: JD 1905) a Senator from Montana.
  • John Daugherty White, (LAW: JD 1872; MED ) a Congressional Representative from Kentucky.
  • John Jefferson Whitacre, (MDNG) a Congressional Representative from Ohio.
  • Robert Henry Whitelaw
    Robert Henry Whitelaw
    Robert Henry Whitelaw was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born on a farm near Lloyds, Virginia, Whitelaw moved with his father to Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, in 1856.He returned to Essex County, Virginia, in 1866....

    , (LAW: 1873?) a Congressional Representative from Missouri.
  • Justin Rice Whiting
    Justin Rice Whiting
    Justin Rice Whiting was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Whiting was born in Bath, New York, and moved to Michigan in 1849 with his parents, who settled in St. Clair, Michigan. He attended the public schools and the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor from 1863 to 1865. He worked as a...

    , (MDNG: 1863-1865) a Congressional Representative from Michigan.
  • Alexander Wiley
    Alexander Wiley
    Alexander Wiley was a member of the Republican Party who served four terms in the United States Senate for the state of Wisconsin from 1939 to 1963. When he left the Senate, he was its most senior Republican member.-Biography:...

    , (MDNG?) a Senator from Wisconsin.
  • Edwin Willits
    Edwin Willits
    Edwin Willits was a politician from the U.S. State of Michigan.Willits was born in Otto, New York and moved to Michigan with his parents in September 1836. He graduated from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in June 1855. The following April he settled in Monroe, Michigan where he was...

    , (AB 1955) a Congressional Representative from Michigan.
  • Edgar Wilson
    Edgar Wilson
    Edgar Wilson was a United States Representative from Idaho. A graduate of the University of Michigan, Wilson served as a Republican in the House from 1895 to 1897 and as a Silver Republican from 1899 to 1901, representing the state at-large.-References:...

    , (LAW: JD 1884) a Congressional Representative from Idaho.
  • William Warfield Wilson, (???) a Congressional Representative from Illinois.
  • Thomas Jefferson Wood
    Thomas Jefferson Wood
    Thomas Jefferson Wood was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Indiana....

    , (LAW: JD 1867) a Congressional Representative from Indiana.
  • William Robert Wood
    William R. Wood (Indiana)
    William Robert Wood was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.Born in Oxford, Indiana, Wood attended the public schools of Oxford. Then he went on to college and eventually graduated from the law department of the University of Michigan in 1882. He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced...

    , (LAW: JD 1882) a Congressional Representative from Indiana.
  • Rebecca Young
    Rebecca Young (Wisconsin politician)
    Rebecca Young was a Wisconsin politician and legislator.Born in Clairton, Pennsylvania, Young graduated from University of Michigan. She received her law degree from University of Wisconsin–Madison. Young served on the Dane County, Wisconsin Board of Supervisors, and the Madison, Wisconsin...

    , (1955), Wisconsin State Assembly

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