List of United States political families (H)


The following is an alphabetical list of political families in the United States whose last name begins with H.

The Habershams

NOTE: Willard Preble Hall was also son-in-law of U.S. Representative Mordecai Oliver.

The Halls of Delaware

NOTE: John Collins was also son Delaware Assemblyman John Collins, Sr. and brother-in-law of Delaware Governor David Hazzard.

The Halls of Georgia and Illinois

NOTE: Dixon H. Lewis was also son-in-law of South Carolina and Alabama legislator John Archer Elmore and brother-in-law of U.S. Senator Franklin Harper Elmore, Kansas Territory Supreme Court Justice Rush Elmore, South Carolina Treasurer Benjamin F. Elmore, and Alabama Secretary of State Albert S. Elmore.

The Halls and Woodruffs

The Hamlins

NOTE: Hannibal Hamlin's son, Cyrus, was also a political figure in Louisiana.

The Hamms and Van Hornes

NOTE: Wade Hampton III was also son-in-law of U.S. Senator George McDuffie and U.S. Representative Francis Preston and brother-in-law of U.S. Senator William Campbell Preston.

The Hancocks

NOTE: William R. Merriam was also a descendant of U.S. President John Adams.

The Hancocks and Quincys

NOTE: Joseph M. McCormick was also grandson of Chicago, Illinois Mayor Joseph Medill. His first cousin twice removed, Joseph, is also husband of U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, McCormick was also son of U.S. Ambassador Robert Sanderson McCormick, first cousin of Illinois State Representative Joseph Medill Patterson and first cousin once removed of U.S. Ambassador William McCormick Blair, Jr..

The Hardins

NOTE: Robert Todd Lincoln was also son of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.

The Harlans and Semblers

NOTE: Pamela Harriman was also previously married to British politician Randolph Churchill, son of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and was widow of Leland Hayward, grandson of U.S. Senator Monroe L. Hayward.

The Harringtons

NOTE: Alfred and Robert Taylor were opposing candidates for Governor in 1888.

The Harrisons

NOTE: William Henry Harrison was also fourth cousin once removed of U.S. President John Tyler and fifth cousin of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln. John Cleves Symmes was also nephew by marriage of New York Assemblyman Peter V.B. Livingston and Congressional Delegate Philip Livingston, son-in-law of Congressional Delegate William Livingston, first cousin by marriage of New York Assemblyman Peter R. Livingston, Congressional Delegate Walter Livingston, and New York State Senator Philip Livingston; and brother-in-law of Congressional Delegate John Jay and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brockholst Livingston.

The Harrisons of Virginia

NOTE: Merwin K. Hart was also great-great-grandson of New York Assemblyman Thomas Hart, great-grandson of New York State Senator Ephraim Hart, great-grandnephew of New York State Senator Truman Hart, and grandnephew of New York Assemblyman Henry R. Hart.

The Harters and Moores

The Haweses

NOTE: Micajah Thomas Hawkins was also nephew of U.S Speaker of the House of Representatives Nathaniel Macon.

The Hawkins of Tennessee

NOTE: Robert Young Hayne was also son-in-law of U.S. Senator Charles Pinckney.

The Hayneses of Louisiana

NOTE: David Hazzard was also brother-in-law of Delaware Governor John Collins.

The Heards and Hawes

See Heard-Hawes Family

The Hearsts

NOTE: Robert Witherspoon Hemphill was also great-great-grandson of U.S. Representative Robert Witherspoon.

The Hendersons

NOTE: Matthew Clay was also brother of Kentucky State Senator Green Clay, second cousin of U.S. Representatives Robert Williams and Marmaduke Williams, first cousin by marriage of U.S. Senator John Williams and U.S. Representative Lewis Williams, first cousin once removed of Speaker of the U.S House of Representatives Henry Clay and Kentucky Auditor of Public Accounts Porter Clay, second cousin once removed of U.S. Senator Clement Comer Clay, first cousin twice removed of U.S. Minister Thomas H. Clay and U.S. Representative James Brown Clay, uncle of U.S. Representative Brutus J. Clay and Kentucky State Representative Cassius Marcellus Clay, second cousin twice removed of U.S. Senator Clement Claiborne Clay, Jr., granduncle of U.S. Senator Thomas Clay McCreery and U.S. Minister Brutus J. Clay. Adlai E. Stevenson I was also cousin of U.S. Minister James S. Ewing.

The Hendrickses

NOTE: Patrick Henry was also cousin of U.S. Representative Isaac Coles, uncle by marriage of U.S. Representative Francis Preston, grandfather of U.S. Senator William Henry Roane, and granduncle of U.S. Senator William Campbell Preston.

The Henrys and Lloyds

NOTE: Henry Lloyd was also grandson of U.S. Senator Edward Lloyd, great-grandson of Continental Congressional Delegate Edward Lloyd, and great-great-grandson of Maryland Colony Governor Edward Lloyd.

The Hepburns, Chittendens, Galushas, and Lyons

NOTE: Henry Augustus Philip Muhlenberg was also nephew of U.S. Senator John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg and Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg.

The Hills

NOTE: James Hillhouse was also nephew of Connecticut Governor Matthew Griswold.

The Hillyers

NOTE: Josiah Ogden Hoffman was also brother-in-law of U.S. Representative Gulian C. Verplanck and New York County District Attorney John Rodman. Ogden Hoffman was also son-in-law of U.S. Senator, Secretary of the Navy, and Governor of New Jersey Samuel L. Southard.

The Hofheinzes

NOTE: Isaac Thomas Lenoir was also the grandson of both North Carolina Senate Speaker William Lenoir and North Carolina Attorney General Waightstill Avery.

The Holcombs

NOTE: William P. Homans, Jr. was also nephew of Massachusetts State Senator Henry Parkman, Jr.

The Honeys and Quincys

NOTE: Josiah Quincy was also great-grandson of U.S. Representative Josiah Quincy III and grandson of Boston, Massachusetts Mayor Josiah Quincy, Jr..

The Hoopers

NOTE: Francis Hopkinson was also brother-in-law of Continental Congressional Delegate Thomas McKean. Joseph Hopkinson was also son-in-law of Pennsylvania governor Thomas Mifflin.

The Horners and Watsons

The Houghtons are heirs to the Corning glass fortune.
NOTE: Samuel Houston was also great-great-grandfather-in-law of U.S. Senator Price Daniel.

The Houxs and Prices

See Howe family

The Howells

NOTE: Henry M. Hoyt was also son-in-law of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Mayor Morton McMichael.

The Hubbards

See Huntington family