| position
|
person
|
number of ancestors
|
| United States Secretary of Agriculture
|
Julius Sterling Morton
|
4002
|
| United States Secretary of Agriculture
|
Arthur M. Hyde
|
1
|
United States Secretary of Agriculture
United States Secretary of Commerce
|
Henry A. Wallace
|
4489
|
| United States Secretary of Agriculture
|
Ed Schafer
|
1
|
| United States Secretary of Agriculture
|
Ezra Taft Benson
|
81
|
United States Secretary of Energy
United States Ambassador to the United Nations
|
Bill Richardson
|
5268
|
| United States Secretary of Energy
|
Steven Chu
|
1
|
| United States Secretary of Energy
|
Rick Perry
|
1
|
Director of National Intelligence
United States Ambassador to the United Nations
|
John Negroponte
|
11
|
| Director of National Intelligence
|
Avril Haines
|
1
|
| United States Secretary of the Army
|
Gordon Gray
|
1
|
| United States Secretary of the Army
|
Robert T. Stevens
|
1
|
| United States Postmaster General
|
Return J. Meigs Jr.
|
28
|
United States Postmaster General
United States Secretary of War
United States Secretary of State
|
Timothy Pickering
|
5482
|
| United States Postmaster General
|
Gideon Granger
|
6747
|
| United States Postmaster General
|
Ebenezer Hazard
|
36
|
| United States Postmaster General
|
Montgomery Blair
|
7406
|
| United States Postmaster General
|
Joseph Habersham
|
1
|
| United States Postmaster General
|
Benjamin Franklin
|
4
|
| United States Ambassador to the United Nations
|
William Scranton
|
1177
|
| United States Ambassador to the United Nations
|
Adlai Stevenson II
|
4911
|
| United States Ambassador to the United Nations
|
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.
|
8580
|
United States Ambassador to the United Nations
United States Secretary of State
|
Madeleine Albright
|
2
|
United States Ambassador to the United Nations
United States Secretary of State
|
Edward Reilly Stettinius, Jr.
|
1
|
| United States Ambassador to the United Nations
|
Warren Austin
|
70
|
| United States Ambassador to the United Nations
|
Susan Rice
|
2
|
| United States Ambassador to the United Nations
|
Nikki Haley
|
2
|
| United States Ambassador to the United Nations
|
George H. W. Bush
|
9505
|
United States Secretary of Commerce
United States Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare
United States Attorney General
United States Secretary of Defense
|
Elliot Richardson
|
9362
|
| United States Secretary of Commerce
|
Harry Hopkins
|
7212
|
| United States Secretary of Commerce
|
Penny Pritzker
|
8
|
| United States Secretary of Commerce
|
W. Averell Harriman
|
70
|
| United States Secretary of Commerce
|
Alexander Trowbridge
|
3897
|
United States Secretary of Commerce
White House Chief of Staff
|
William M. Daley
|
2
|
| United States Secretary of Commerce
|
Bud Brown
|
1
|
| United States Secretary of Commerce
|
Cameron Kerry
|
14702
|
| United States Secretary of Commerce
|
Herbert Hoover
|
6805
|
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
United States Secretary of Health and Human Services
|
Mike Leavitt
|
6803
|
| Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
|
Christine Todd Whitman
|
1
|
| United States Secretary of the Interior
|
Manuel Lujan
|
1
|
| United States Secretary of the Interior
|
Jacob Dolson Cox
|
930
|
| United States Secretary of the Interior
|
Alexander Hugh Holmes Stuart
|
4
|
| United States Secretary of the Interior
|
Ethan A. Hitchcock
|
56
|
| United States Secretary of the Interior
|
James Rudolph Garfield
|
5616
|
| United States Secretary of the Interior
|
Stewart Udall
|
7017
|
| United States Secretary of the Interior
|
Albert B. Fall
|
4727
|
| United States Secretary of the Interior
|
Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar
|
13
|
| United States Secretary of Health and Human Services
|
Kathleen Sebelius
|
1
|
| United States Secretary of War
|
Benjamin Lincoln
|
10
|
| United States Secretary of War
|
William W. Belknap
|
37
|
| United States Secretary of War
|
Peter Buell Porter
|
53
|
| United States Secretary of War
|
Joel Roberts Poinsett
|
1
|
United States Secretary of War
United States Secretary of State
|
Henry L. Stimson
|
6724
|
United States Secretary of War
United States Secretary of the Treasury
|
Samuel Dexter
|
1
|
United States Secretary of War
United States Attorney General
|
Alphonso Taft
|
6220
|
| United States Secretary of War
|
Robert Todd Lincoln
|
71
|
United States Secretary of War
United States Attorney General
|
Edwin M. Stanton
|
4974
|
United States Secretary of War
United States Secretary of State
|
Lewis Cass
|
9
|
| United States Secretary of War
|
Jefferson Davis
|
2
|
United States Secretary of War
United States Secretary of the Treasury
|
William H. Crawford
|
4
|
| United States Secretary of War
|
William Tecumseh Sherman
|
84
|
United States Secretary of War
United States Secretary of State
|
John C. Calhoun
|
7021
|
United States Secretary of War
United States Secretary of State
|
Elihu Root
|
26
|
| United States Secretary of War
|
James Madison Porter
|
1
|
| United States Secretary of War
|
William Crowninshield Endicott
|
62
|
| United States Secretary of War
|
Jacob M. Dickinson
|
6
|
| United States Secretary of War
|
John W. Weeks
|
5481
|
| United States Secretary of War
|
John Armstrong Jr.
|
4
|
United States Secretary of War
United States Secretary of the Treasury
|
John C. Spencer
|
1168
|
United States Secretary of War
United States Secretary of State
|
James Monroe
|
11
|
| United States Secretary of War
|
William Howard Taft
|
6413
|
| United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
|
Ben Carson
|
2
|
| United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
|
George W. Romney
|
5227
|
| United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
|
Julián Castro
|
1
|
| United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
|
Andrew Cuomo
|
5
|
| United States Secretary of the Air Force
|
Stuart Symington
|
8712
|
| United States Secretary of the Air Force
|
Dudley C. Sharp
|
1
|
| Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers
|
Cecilia Rouse
|
1
|
| United States Secretary of the Treasury
|
Howell Cobb
|
6376
|
| United States Secretary of the Treasury
|
Thomas Corwin
|
2
|
| United States Secretary of the Treasury
|
Robert J. Walker
|
1
|
| United States Secretary of the Treasury
|
Nicholas F. Brady
|
22
|
| United States Secretary of the Treasury
|
William Gibbs McAdoo
|
5405
|
| United States Secretary of the Treasury
|
Benjamin Bristow
|
4039
|
| United States Secretary of the Treasury
|
Lawrence Summers
|
2
|
United States Secretary of the Treasury
United States Secretary of State
|
Louis McLane
|
1
|
United States Secretary of the Treasury
United States Secretary of the Navy
|
Levi Woodbury
|
750
|
United States Secretary of the Treasury
United States Secretary of State
|
John Sherman
|
84
|
| United States Secretary of the Treasury
|
Andrew W. Mellon
|
6
|
| United States Secretary of the Treasury
|
Henry Morgenthau Jr.
|
1
|
| United States Secretary of the Treasury
|
Oliver Wolcott
|
64
|
| United States Secretary of the Treasury
|
C. Douglas Dillon
|
1
|
| United States Secretary of the Treasury
|
Philip Francis Thomas
|
1
|
| United States Secretary of the Treasury
|
Alexander Hamilton
|
8083
|
United States Secretary of the Treasury
White House Chief of Staff
United States Secretary of State
|
James Baker
|
4
|
| United States Secretary of the Treasury
|
Timothy Geithner
|
30
|
| United States Secretary of the Treasury
|
Salmon P. Chase
|
12
|
United States Secretary of the Treasury
United States Attorney General
|
Roger B. Taney
|
6267
|
| United States Secretary of the Treasury
|
William P. Fessenden
|
2
|
| United States Secretary of the Treasury
|
Charles J. Folger
|
6
|
United States Secretary of the Treasury
United States Attorney General
United States Secretary of State
|
Richard Rush
|
4
|
| United States Secretary of the Treasury
|
Alexander J. Dallas
|
6
|
| United States Secretary of the Treasury
|
Lyman J. Gage
|
4753
|
| United States Secretary of the Treasury
|
Ogden L. Mills
|
6009
|
| United States Secretary of the Treasury
|
William M. Meredith
|
31
|
| United States Secretary of the Treasury
|
Samuel D. Ingham
|
13
|
| United States Secretary of the Treasury
|
William J. Duane
|
1
|
| United States Secretary of the Treasury
|
Steven Mnuchin
|
1
|
| United States Attorney General
|
John J. Crittenden
|
101
|
| United States Attorney General
|
Francis Biddle
|
11054
|
| United States Attorney General
|
Ramsey Clark
|
3
|
United States Attorney General
United States Secretary of State
|
William M. Evarts
|
5970
|
| United States Attorney General
|
William Bradford
|
5
|
United States Attorney General
United States Secretary of State
|
Levi Lincoln Sr.
|
26
|
| United States Attorney General
|
William Barr
|
1
|
United States Attorney General
United States Secretary of State
|
Charles Lee
|
6948
|
| United States Attorney General
|
Ebenezer R. Hoar
|
5451
|
United States Attorney General
United States Secretary of State
|
Jeremiah S. Black
|
1
|
| United States Attorney General
|
Benjamin Franklin Butler
|
4447
|
United States Attorney General
United States Secretary of State
|
Edmund Randolph
|
7956
|
| United States Attorney General
|
Judson Harmon
|
15
|
United States Attorney General
United States Secretary of the Navy
United States Secretary of State
|
Robert Smith
|
1
|
| United States Attorney General
|
Caleb Cushing
|
16
|
| United States Attorney General
|
William D. Mitchell
|
1
|
| United States Attorney General
|
Charles Devens
|
31
|
| United States Attorney General
|
Benjamin H. Brewster
|
4331
|
| United States Attorney General
|
Caesar Augustus Rodney
|
6291
|
| United States Attorney General
|
James Speed
|
4891
|
United States Attorney General
United States Secretary of the Navy
|
Charles Joseph Bonaparte
|
1081
|
| United States Attorney General
|
Harlan F. Stone
|
29
|
| United States Attorney General
|
John Breckinridge
|
7393
|
| United States Attorney General
|
Nicholas Katzenbach
|
2
|
| United States Attorney General
|
John M. Berrien
|
14
|
United States Attorney General
United States Secretary of State
|
John Nelson
|
1
|
| United States Attorney General
|
Robert F. Kennedy
|
34
|
United States Secretary of Defense
United States Secretary of State
|
George Marshall
|
5383
|
United States Secretary of Defense
White House Chief of Staff
|
Donald Rumsfeld
|
1
|
| United States Secretary of Defense
|
Robert Abercrombie Lovett
|
64
|
United States Secretary of Defense
White House Chief of Staff
|
Dick Cheney
|
4788
|
White House Chief of Staff
United States Secretary of Transportation
|
Andrew Card
|
2
|
| White House Chief of Staff
|
Rahm Emanuel
|
1
|
| White House Chief of Staff
|
Kenneth O'Donnell
|
1
|
| White House Chief of Staff
|
Hamilton Jordan
|
5423
|
| White House Chief of Staff
|
Howard Baker
|
1
|
| United States Secretary of the Navy
|
Benjamin Williams Crowninshield
|
5
|
| United States Secretary of the Navy
|
Charles Edison
|
50
|
| United States Secretary of the Navy
|
George Bancroft
|
4983
|
| United States Secretary of the Navy
|
John Davis Long
|
19
|
United States Secretary of the Navy
United States Secretary of State
|
Abel P. Upshur
|
57
|
| United States Secretary of the Navy
|
Jim Webb
|
1
|
| United States Secretary of the Navy
|
Adolph E. Borie
|
26
|
| United States Secretary of the Navy
|
David Henshaw
|
5662
|
| United States Secretary of the Navy
|
Paul Morton
|
4004
|
| United States Secretary of the Navy
|
William Ballard Preston
|
7396
|
| United States Secretary of the Navy
|
Charles Francis Adams III
|
12476
|
| United States Secretary of the Navy
|
Truman Handy Newberry
|
4325
|
| United States Secretary of the Navy
|
Edwin Denby
|
3
|
| United States Secretary of the Navy
|
W. Graham Claytor, Jr.
|
2
|
| United States Secretary of the Navy
|
George Edmund Badger
|
23
|
| United States Secretary of the Navy
|
Henry Skillman Breckinridge
|
8302
|
| United States Secretary of the Navy
|
William Collins Whitney
|
24
|
| United States Secretary of the Navy
|
Gideon Welles
|
95
|
| United States Secretary of the Navy
|
Robert B. Pirie, Jr.
|
1
|
United States Secretary of Transportation
United States Secretary of Labor
|
Elaine Chao
|
4
|
| United States Secretary of Transportation
|
Pete Buttigieg
|
1850
|
| United States Secretary of Labor
|
Frances Perkins
|
30
|
| United States Secretary of Labor
|
Eugene Scalia
|
1
|
| United States Secretary of Education
|
Betsy DeVos
|
1
|
| United States Secretary of State
|
John Watson Foster
|
2
|
| United States Secretary of State
|
William R. Day
|
5160
|
| United States Secretary of State
|
Thomas F. Bayard
|
1243
|
| United States Secretary of State
|
Frederick T. Frelinghuysen
|
12
|
| United States Secretary of State
|
Elihu B. Washburne
|
43
|
| United States Secretary of State
|
Charles E. Bohlen
|
2
|
| United States Secretary of State
|
Charles Evans Hughes
|
35
|
| United States Secretary of State
|
Henry Clay
|
7
|
| United States Secretary of State
|
Hamilton Fish
|
3330
|
| United States Secretary of State
|
Robert Bacon
|
1230
|
| United States Secretary of State
|
James G. Blaine
|
3
|
| United States Secretary of State
|
Edward Livingston
|
3252
|
| United States Secretary of State
|
Henry Kissinger
|
2
|
| United States Secretary of State
|
Daniel Webster
|
2
|
| United States Secretary of State
|
John Hay
|
13
|
| United States Secretary of State
|
Frank B. Kellogg
|
62
|
| United States Secretary of State
|
William Jennings Bryan
|
37
|
| United States Secretary of State
|
Dean Acheson
|
4
|
| United States Secretary of State
|
John Foster Dulles
|
6695
|
| United States Secretary of State
|
Christian Herter
|
3768
|
| United States Secretary of State
|
William H. Seward
|
1
|
| United States Secretary of State
|
John Marshall
|
5377
|
| United States Secretary of State
|
John Jay
|
25
|
| United States Secretary of State
|
Edward Everett
|
15
|
| United States Secretary of State
|
Robert Lansing
|
3122
|
| United States Secretary of State
|
Frank G. Wisner
|
2
|
| United States Secretary of State
|
James Alexander Hamilton
|
8208
|
| United States Secretary of State
|
Frank Polk
|
6400
|
| United States Secretary of State
|
Joseph Grew
|
92
|
| United States Secretary of State
|
William F. Wharton
|
2
|
| United States Secretary of State
|
Antony Blinken
|
3
|
| United States Secretary of State
|
Hillary Clinton
|
152
|
| United States Secretary of State
|
Thomas Jefferson
|
5463
|
| United States Secretary of State
|
James Madison
|
5092
|
| United States Secretary of State
|
John Quincy Adams
|
7702
|
| United States Secretary of State
|
Martin Van Buren
|
26
|
| United States Secretary of State
|
James Buchanan
|
7
|
| United States Secretary of State
|
John Kerry
|
14702
|
