List of United States political families (S)


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

Sabos

See Saltonstall family

Samfords

NOTE: Jared Y. Sanders, Sr. was also cousin of U.S. Senator Murphy J. Foster.

Sanders of New York

NOTE: Nehemiah Curtis Sanford's wife, Nancy Bateman Shelton, was also a descendant of Connecticut Colony Governor Thomas Welles.

Sanfords of Rhode Island

NOTE: Peleg Sanford was also son-in-law of Rhode Island Colony Governor William Coddington.

Sapps

NOTE: William Saulsbury, Sr. was also brother-in-law of Delaware Governor James Ponder.

Saxbes

See the Livingston family for other Schuyler political descendants from Alida Schuyler and her husband Robert Livingston the Elder, including the Bush Family, Hamilton Fish and his descendants, and John Kean and his descendants, among others.

Schwabe

See The Scranton family

Scudders

Seelyes

NOTE: James Shannon was also son-in-law of Kentucky Governor Isaac Shelby.

Shaws

NOTE: Connie Mack III is also step-grandson of U.S. Senator Tom T. Connally, who was the father of federal judge Ben Clarkson Connally. Mary Bono Mack is also widow of U.S. Representative Sonny Bono.

Sheppards and Wallaces

NOTE: J. Donald Cameron was also son of U.S. Secretary of War Simon Cameron. William Tecumseh Sherman was also adoptive son of U.S. Secretary of the Interior Thomas Ewing. Thomas W. Bartley was also son of Ohio Governor Mordecai Bartley.

Shields

NOTE: Herbert B. Shonk was also son-in-law of Buffalo, New York Mayor Erastus C. Knight.

Shotts

Jack Shoup, Mayor of Salina, Kansas

Shrivers

NOTE: William Findlay was also brother of U.S. Representatives John Findlay and James Findlay and grandfather of U.S. Representative John Van Lear Findlay.

Shusters

NOTE: Henry Hastings Sibley was also son-in-law of Pennsylvania state representative James Steele and brother-in-law of U.S. Representative James Leeper Johnson.

Silbermans

NOTE: William C. Emmet was also grandson of New York Attorney General Thomas Addis Emmet and first cousin once removed of U.S. Minister Greenville T. Emmet.

Sloans

NOTE: Margaret Chase Smith was also descended from the Chase family.

Smiths of Michigan

Note: Milan and Gordon Smith are also related to the Udall family.

Smiths of Oregon (II)

NOTE: Joseph Rowlett was also brother of Texas Republic politician Daniel Rowlett.

Snapps

See South-Cockrell-Hargis Family

Southards

NOTE: Ambrose Spencer was also brother-in-law of U.S. Senator De Witt Clinton.

Spooners

Note: Walker Stapleton is related to the Bush–Davis–Walker family political line.

Starkweathers

Stevens

The Stevensons of Illinois have produced a number of important political figures:
NOTE: James Stevenson Ewing was also son of Bloomington, Illinois Mayor John Wallis Ewing and brother of Illinois State Judge William Gillespie Ewing. Sydenham B. Alexander was also cousin of U.S. Senator John Sharp Williams.

Stevensons of California, Idaho, and Nevada

NOTE: Elias Boudinot was also father-in-law of U.S. Attorney General William Bradford.

Stocktons of Delaware and Michigan

NOTE: Alice Lee Roosevelt was also daughter to U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt, sister of Puerto Rico Governor Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., and first cousin of Connecticut state representative Corinne Alsop Cole.

Storkes

NOTE: Nathan Straus, Jr. was also brother-in-law of New York Supreme Court Justice Irving Lehman and U.S. Senator Herbert H. Lehman.

Streets

Sullivans

Sumters

See Symington family