Yale Legislators & Others

by Sylviastel | created - 04 Sep 2014 | updated - 04 Sep 2014 | Public

Richard S. Aldrich (BA 1906) US RI congressman

Lawrence Coughlin PA Congressman

Nelson Antonio Denis (JD 1980) NY State assemblyman.

Charles S. Dewey IL Congressman 1941-1942.

Jerome F. Donovan (Law 1894) US NY Congressman (1918-1921).

George Hambrecht (LLB 1904) WI State Assembly 1909-1910, 1915.

Jonathan Kreiss Tomkins (BA 2012) Alaska Representative 2013-present.

Dwight Loomis (BA 1847) US CT Congressman 1859-1863.

Samuel Augustus Maverick (BA 1828) TX state senator; namesake for Maverick.

Edward Ralph May (BA 1838) sole delegate to the IN Constitutional Convention of 1850 to support African American suffrage.

Warren A. Morton (BS 1945) WY speaker of the house (1979-1980).

William S. Reyburn US PA Congressman 1911-1913.

Carlos Romero Barcelo (BA 1953) US PR congressman 1993-2000; PR governor 1977-1985.

Richard Swett (BA 1979) US NH Congressman 1991-1995.

Hugh Q. Parmer (BA) TX state legislature 1963-1965, 1983-1991; Fort Worth Mayor 1977-1979.

Albert Bel Fay (BS 1936) Houston, TX businessman, R party official.

Bradford Bishop

Jabez Brown (BA 1757) Federalist supporter, deputy gov of RI.

Susan Bysiewicz (BA 1983) Secretary of State for CT, 1999-2010.

John T. Downey; judge, former CIA flyer imprisoned in China 1952-1973.

Stephen Clark Foster first American mayor of Los Angeles, CA.

Robert Hathaway; ruler of Sark.

Clarence King (Ph.D. 1862) founder of US geological survey.

Arthur Mag; legal counsel to Truman.

Gifford Pinchot; founder of the US Forest Service.

Sean Trende (BA 1995) Senior Elections Analyst for Real Clear Politics, co-author of the Almanac of American Politics.

Kori Udovicki (Ph.D. in Economics) Governor of the Bank of Serbia 2003-2004; assistant secretary general of United Nations 2007-present.

1. Porter Goss

Self | Fahrenheit 9/11

After attending high school, Goss studied at the prestigious Yale University, where he earned a degree in ancient Greek. He is also fluent in French and Spanish. During his junior year at Yale, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) became aware of the young linguistic talent and recruited him. ...

US FL congressman 1989-2004; director of CIA.

2. Sheila Jackson Lee

Self | Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy

Sheila Jackson Lee is an American politician. She is the U.S. Representative for Texas's 18th congressional district, serving in her 13th term in the House, having served since 1995. The district includes most of central Houston. She is a member of the Democratic Party.

Jackson Lee was born in ...

BA 1972; US TX congresswoman

3. David McIntosh

Self | I Want Your Money

Republican strategist.

BA 1980; US IN Congressman 1994-2001.

4. Eleanor Holmes Norton

Self | Super Chief: The Life and Legacy of Earl Warren

Eleanor Holmes Norton was born on June 13, 1937 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. She was previously married to Edward Norton.

MA 1963l LLB 1964; non-voting congressional delegate for the District of Columbia.

5. Gerry Studds

Self | 60 Minutes

BA 1959; MA 1961; US MA Congressman 1973-1997.

6. Jay Carney

Actor | What's the Worst That Could Happen?

Jay Carney is known for What's the Worst That Could Happen? (2001), Hunting Bin Laden (2021) and Drone (2014). He has been married to Claire Shipman since September 1998. They have two children.

BA 1987; White House Press Secretary in the Obama administration 2011-present.

7. David Frum

Self | American Zeitgeist

David Frum was born in 1960 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He has been married to Danielle Crittenden since June 26, 1988. They have three children.

BA MA 1982; White House speech writer for Bush 200 who coined Axis of Evil.

8. Sayed Rahmatullah Hashemi

Self | Charlie Rose

Taliban minister.

Taliban spokesman

9. Denison Kitchel

Self | Issues and Answers

BA 1930; Phoenix attorney; campaign manager for Barry Goldwater in 1964.

10. Lewis Libby

Self | The Journal Editorial Report

Lewis Libby was born on August 22, 1950 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. He has been married to Harriet Grant since 1991. They have two children.

BA 1972; former aide to VP Dick Cheney; principal figure in the Plame affair.

11. John V. Lindsay

Actor | Rosebud

Former mayor of New York City during the turbulent 1960s. He was a staunch supporter of the Civil Rights Bill even when it was an unpopular stance during his Congressional years in the 1950s and early 1960s. When cities burned following the murder of Martin Luther King, New York City was the ...

BA 1844; LLB 1948; NY City Mayor

12. Robert Marjolin

Self | Longines Chronoscope

Robert Marjolin (27 July 1911 - 15 April 1986) was a French economist and politician involved in the formation of the European Economic Community. Robert Majolin was born in Paris, the son of an upholsterer. He left school at the age of 14 to begin work but took evening and correspondence courses ...

BA economics 1934; French Marshall Plan implementor & European commissioner.