List of United States political families (M)


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

The Mabeys

NOTE: Douglas MacArthur was also brother-in-law of U.S. Minister James H.R. Cromwell.

The Macks, Shepards and Connallys

NOTE: Mary Bono is also widow of U.S. Representative Sonny Bono.

The Macks and Wadsworths

NOTE: J. Donald Cameron was also nephew by marriage of U.S. Secretary of War William Tecumseh Sherman.

The Madigans

NOTE: Not related to Edward R. and Robert Madigan.

The Madisons

NOTE: Thomas Madison was also brother-in-law of Virginia Governor Patrick Henry. James Madison was also second cousin of U.S. President Zachary Taylor, second cousin thrice removed of Missouri Governor Elliot Woolfolk Major and Missouri legislator Edgar Bailey Woolfolk, and brother-in-law of U.S. Representative John G. Jackson and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thomas Todd.

The Magees

NOTE: James Shannon was also brother of Kentucky State Representative George Shannon and U.S. Representatives Thomas Shannon and Wilson Shannon and granduncle of U.S. Representative Isaac C. Parker. Charles Stewart Todd was also son of Supreme Court Justice Thomas Todd.

The Majors

NOTE: Robert Morris was also father of U.S. Representative Thomas Morris. John Marshall was also third cousin once removed of U.S. President Thomas Jefferson, brother-in-law of U.S. Court of Appeals Judges William McClung, George Keith Taylor, and U.S. Attorney Joseph Hamilton Daveiss; and cousin of U.S. Senator John Randolph. Thomas Marshall was also second cousin of Virginia State Senator William Marshall Ambler. Edward Colston was also son-in-law of Virginia House Delegate William Brockenbrough and brother-in-law of U.S. Senator Benjamin Watkins Leigh. Humphrey Marshall was also nephew of Kentucky and Alabama Legislator James G. Birney.

The Marshalls of Maryland and Virginia

NOTE: James B. Owens was also brother-in-law of U.S. Representative Ethelbert Barksdale.

The Martins and Tillmans

NOTE: Armistead T. Mason and John T. Mason were also brothers-in-law of U.S. Representative Benjamin Howard and U.S. Postmaster General William T. Barry.

The Mathesons

The Matsuis

NOTE: Thomas Stanley Matthews was also father-in-law of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Horace Gray. Henry Watterson was also son of U.S. Representative Harvey Magee Watterson.

The Matthews and Whitchombs

The Maxeys

Claire Milton McCaskill, b. 1889, served as Mayor of Houston, Missouri. Father of William Y. McCaskill.
William Jackson McCaskill, b. 1864, d. 1934, served as Sheriff of Texas County Missouri in 1916. Father of Claire Milton McCaskill

The McClellans

NOTE: William McClung was also brother-in-law of U.S. Secretary of State John Marshall.

The McCooks

NOTE: Edward M. McCook was also brother-in-law of U.S. Minister Charles Adams.

The McCormacks

See McCormick family

The McCrees

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

The McEnerys

NOTE: William McKinley was also cousin of U.S. Ambassador Henry P. Fletcher.

The McKinneys

NOTE: James D. Walker was also grandson of U.S. Representative David Walker, grandnephew of U.S. Senator George Walker, and cousin of U.S. Senator Wilkinson Call. John McLean's son-in-law Joseph Pannell Taylor was the brother of President Zachary Taylor.

The McMahons and Vallandighams

See Mellon family.
NOTE: David K.E. Bruce was also son of U.S. Senator William Cabell Bruce and brother of U.S. Ambassador James Bruce.

The Mercers and Garnetts

NOTE: David Meriwether was also cousin by marriage of U.S. President Franklin Pierce.

The Merricks

NOTE: Helen Stevenson Meyner was also distant cousin of Illinois Governor Adlai Stevenson II.

The Micas

See Middleton-Rutledge-Pinckney Family

The Millards

NOTE: Seth Low was also son-in-law of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Benjamin R. Curtis. Jay Pierrepont Moffat was also son-in-law of U.S. Ambassador Joseph Grew. Moffat and Abbot Low Moffat were also brother-in-law of U.S. Ambassador John Campbell White.

The Molinaris

NOTE: Theodore D. Robinson and Corinne R. Alsop were also niece and nephew of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt, first cousins of Puerto Rico Governor Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., and first cousins by marriage of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nicholas Longworth. Joseph Wright Alsop was also son of Connecticut State Senator Joseph W. Alsop.

The Montgomerys

NOTE: Robert M. Morgenthau is also grandnephew of U.S. Senator Herbert H. Lehman and cousin of U.S. Ambassador John Langeloth Loeb.

The Moreheads

NOTE: Gouverneur Morris was also a relative of U.S. Ambassador Wymberley DeRenne Coerr. John Rutherfurd was also of some relation to Northwest Territory Governor Arthur St. Clair.

The Morrises of Illinois and Ohio

NOTE: Dwight Morrow's daughter, Anne, was also daughter-in-law of U.S. Representative Charles August Lindbergh.

The Mortons

NOTE: The Mortons were not related to Vice President Levi P. Morton.

The Mortons of Florida and Virginia

NOTE: Oliver P. Morton was also brother-in-law of Dakota Territory Governor John A. Burbank.

The Mortons of New York and Ohio

NOTE: Henry Augustus Muhlenberg was also grandson of U.S. Representative Joseph Hiester.

The Mullins