Northwestern University; Politics Government, & Public Policy.
by Sylviastel | created - 02 Feb 2015 | updated - 02 Feb 2015 | PublicArmida Alisjahbana; MA 1987; State Minister of National Development Planning/Head of National Development Planning Agency, Republic of Indonesia.
Jody Baar Topinka; former State Treasurer of Illinois; Republican Gubernatorial Candidate, 2006.
Michael Bakalis; BA 1959, MA 1962, Ph.D. 1966; former Deputy Secretary of Education in the US Department of Education.
Matthew Bogusz; BA 2008; current Mayor of Des Plaines, Illinois.
William M. Bray; former Wisconsin State Senator.
John A. Cade; MBA 1954l former Maryland State Senator.
Cardiss Collins; former US Representative from Illinois.
Dan Cronin; Current Illinois State Senator.
Emery Crosby; Wisconsin State Assembly.
Dennis Daugaard; JD 1978; Current Governor of South Dakota and former Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota.
Karen DeCrow; BS 1959; former President of the National Organization for Women.
Eric Fingerhut; Ohio State Senator and 2004 Ohio Senate Nominee.
Warren A. Grady; Wisconsin State Assembly.
Corwin C. Guell; Wisconsin State Assembly.
Loy W. Henderson; BA 1915; former US Foreign Services Officer.
Earl Dewitt Hutto; former US Represenative from Florida.
Steve Kagen; US Representative from Wisconsin.
Scott L. Klug; MSJ 1976; former US Representative from Wisconsin.
Dan Lipinski; BS 1988; US Representative from Illinois.
Steve Litzow; BA; Washington State Senator from Mercer Island.
Frank Orren Lowden; former Illinois Governor.
Edwin M. Martin; former US Foreign Services Officer.
Carroll Metzner; Wisconsin State Assembly.
Catherine Waugh McCulloch; suffragist.
John McEwen; Wisconsin State Assembly.
Eduardo Mondlane; Revolutionary leader of Mozambique.
Lorraine H. Morton; former Mayor of Evanston, Illinois (1993-2009).
Dawn Clark Netsch; BA 1948; politician.
John J. Nimrod; Illinois politician.
Phyllis Oakley; BA 1956; former Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research, the State Department.
George M. O'Brien; BA 1939; former US Representative from Illinois.
Terry O'Neill; BA; President of the National Organization for Women (NOW).
John Edward Porter; BS and BA 1957; former US Representative from Illinois.
Gary Rader: Green Beret Army Reservist who burned his draft card in 1967.
J. Leonard Reinsch; former White House Press Secretary.
Ora R. Rice; Speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly.
Alec Ross; BA 1994; Senior Adviser on Innovation to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Amos Sawyer; former Liberia President.
Mike Synar; MA 1974; former US Representative from Oklahoma.
James R. Thompson; former Illinois Governor.
Barbara Ulichny; former Wisconsin State Senator.
Daniel Walker; former Illinois Governor.
Lois Weisberg; BS 1946; Commissioner, Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs.
Richard E. Wiley; BS 1955, JD; former Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission.
2. John Hoeven
Self | MSNBC Live
John Hoeven was born on March 13, 1957 in Bismarck, North Dakota, USA. He has been married to Mical L. Hoeven since 1983. They have two children.
MBA 1981; Current United States Senator from North Dakota and former Governor of North Dakota.
3. George Ball
Self | Pandora's Box
George Ball was born on December 21, 1909 in Des Moines, Iowa, USA. He died on May 26, 1994 in New York City, New York, USA.
former Undersecretary of State.
4. Judy Biggert
Self | To the Contrary
Judy Biggert was born on August 15, 1937 in Winnetka, Illinois, USA.
Republican congresswoman.
5. Rod Blagojevich
Self | Pontiac's Rebellion
Rod Blagojevich is an American politician who served as the 40th Governor of Illinois from 2003 until his impeachment in 2009.
A Democrat, Rod Blagojevich was a state representative before being elected to the United States House of Representatives representing parts of Chicago. He was elected ...
former Illinois Governor.
6. William Jennings Bryan
Self | Prohibition
William Jennings Bryan is an American orator and politician from Nebraska. Beginning in 1896, he emerged as a dominant force in the Democratic Party, running three times as the party's nominee for President of the United States in the 1896, 1900, and 1908 elections. He served in the United States ...
three time Democratic Presidential nominee.
7. Dale Bumpers
Self | The American President
Dale Bumpers is an American politician who served as the 38th Governor of Arkansas (1971-1975) and in the United States Senate (1975-1999). He was a member of the Democratic Party. Prior to his death, he was counsel at the Washington, D.C. office of law firm Arent Fox LLP, where his clients ...
JD 1951; former US Senator and Governor of Arkansas.
ex General Director of the Iraqi Special Tribunal.
10. Wendy Chamberlin
Producer | This is Civilization
Wendy Chamberlin is known for This is Civilization (2016), S.O.S/State of Security (2010) and Tavis Smiley (2004).
BS 1970; former US Ambassador to Pakistan, former assistant administrator, USAID Bureau for Asia and the Near East.
11. James Connaughton
Self | Planet Earth: The Future
Chairman of the Council for Environmental Quality.
12. Beau Davidson
Actor | Days of Our Lives
Beau Davidson is a two-time regional Emmy-nominated actor, singer-songwriter, and on-air talent/host, best known for "Runaway Romance," (UPtv) "The Ultimate Legacy" (Hallmark), "Gilmore Girls," (CW), "The Bold and the Beautiful" (CBS) and "The Singing Bee" (CMT).
Beau then attended Northwestern ...
B.Mus. 2003; former surrogate for Mitt Romney; 10 Outstanding Young Americans of 2013.
13. Rahm Emanuel
Actor | Madzilla!
Rahm Emanuel is an American politician who served as the 55th mayor of Chicago from 2011 to 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the 23rd White House Chief of Staff from 2009 to 2010, and as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Chicago between 2003 ...
Chicago mayor; former aide to President Bill Clinton; former Democratic congressman of Illinois 5th Congressional District and former White House Chief of Staff for President Barack Obama.
15. Chrissy Gephardt
Self | For the Bible Tells Me So
prominent LGBT rights political advocate, Dick Gephardt's daughter.
16. Richard Gephardt
Producer | Hiraeth
Richard Gephardt was born on January 31, 1941 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for A Broken House (2020), LateLine (1998) and For the Bible Tells Me So (2007). He has been married to Jane Byrnes since August 13, 1966. They have three children.
former House Democratic Leader.
17. Barbara Gittings
Self | Out of the Past
Barbara Gittings was born on July 31, 1932 in Vienna, Austria. She died on February 18, 2007 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
American LGBT activist.
19. Robert Hanssen
Robert Hanssen was born on April 18, 1944 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was married to Bernadette Wauck. He died on June 5, 2023 in Florence, Colorado, USA.
MBA 1971; former FBI agent.
20. Jim Kolbe
Self | Quebrando o Tabu
Jim Kolbe was born on June 28, 1942 in Evanston, Illinois, USA. He was married to Hector Alfonso and Sarah Dinham. He died on December 3, 2022 in the USA.
former US Representative from Arizona, served 11 terms.
22. George McGovern
Actor | The Candidate
George McGovern, one of the leading liberals in U.S. politics, was born in a Republican household in a small South Dakota town. His family had some struggles during the Great Depression, but they were able to make ends meet. The young, idealistic man joined the Air Force during World War II and ...
South Dakota Senator and 1972 Democratic Presidential Candidate.
23. Newton Minow
Self | Infamous Crime Scenes: JFK
Newton Minow was born on January 17, 1926 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. He was married to Josephine Baskin. He died on May 6, 2023 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
former director of the Federal Communications Commission.
24. Pat Quinn
Self | WGN Morning News
Pat Quinn was born on December 16, 1948 in Hinsdale, Illinois, USA.
incumbrent governor of Illinois.
25. Jim Reese
Self | Last Party 2000
MA 1952; mayor of Odessa, TX 1968 to 1974; lost to George W. Bush in 1978 primary election runoff in Texas' 19th congressional district.
26. Mel Sembler
Mel Sembler was born on May 10, 1930 in St. Joseph, Missouri, USA. Mel is known for Volevo solo vivere (2006). Mel was married to Betty Schlesinger. Mel died on October 31, 2023 in St. Petersburg, Florida, USA.
BS 1952; former US Ambassador to Italy.
27. Adlai Stevenson
Self | Startime
Grandson and namesake of Grover Cleveland's second Vice President, Adlai Ewing Stevenson was born in Los Angeles and raised in Bloomington, Illinois. Following a childhood marred by his accidental fatal shooting of an acquaintance in 1912, he attended the Choate School, served briefly as an ...
Illinois governoer and two time Democratic presidential nominee.
28. Harold Washington
Self | A Show of Concern: The Heart of America Responds
Harold Washington was born on April 15, 1922 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was married to Nancy Dorothy Finch. He died on November 25, 1987 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
first African American Chicago Mayor.
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