List of United States political families (W)

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

The Wades

The Wadsworths

Further information: William Wadsworth (patriarch)

The Waggonners

The Wagners

The Waihees

The Walbridges

The Walbridges of Michigan, Missouri, and New York

The Waldens

The Walkers

The Walkers of Arkansas and Kentucky

NOTE: James D. Walker was also the nephew of U.S. Senator John McLean[22] and U.S. Representative Finis McLean[23] and cousin of U.S. Senator Wilkinson Call.[24]

The Walkers of New York

The Walkers of Virginia

The Walkers of Wisconsin

The Walls and Vrooms

The Wallaces

NOTE: Lewis Wallace was also nephew of Indiana State Senator Charles H. Test.[36]

The Wallaces and Cantwells

The Wallers

The Walshes

The Waltons

The Wamplers

The Wantons

The Wards

The Wards of New York

The Wards of New York (II)

The Warners

The Warners of Michigan

The Washburns

See Washburn family

The Washingtons

See also Harrison family and Lee family.

NOTE: George Washington was also uncle by marriage of U.S. Representative Burwell Bassett[61] and granduncle by marriage of U.S. Secretary of War Charles Magill Conrad.[62] John Parke Custis was also son-in-law of Maryland Colony Governor Charles Calvert.

The Watermans

See Waterman family

The Wattersons

NOTE: Henry Watterson was also nephew of U.S. Senator Stanley Matthews.[65]

The Waynes

The Weadocks

NOTE: Thomas A.E. Weadock and George W. Weadock were also brothers-in-law of U.S. Representatives John C. Tarsney[72] and Timothy E. Tarsney.[73]

The Weavers

The Websters

The Weeks

The Wells

The Wells of Missouri

The Wentworths

The Wests

NOTE: Nathaniel West's daughter, Unity, was married to William Dandridge, who was uncle of Martha Washington, the wife of U.S. President George Washington. Unity and William were also direct ancestor of Edith Wilson, wife of U.S. President Woodrow Wilson.

The Westcotts

The Wheats

The Whites

The Whites of California

NOTE: William F. White was also cousin by marriage of U.S. Senator Stephen R. Mallory.[94]

The Whites of Idaho

The Whites of Kentucky

The Whites of Louisiana

The Whites of Tennessee

The Whitehills and Wises

NOTE: John C. Kunkel was also grandson of U.S. Representative John Christian Kunkel.[114]

The Whitehouses

NOTE: Sheldon Whitehouse was also grandson-in-law California Assemblyman Charles Crocker and brother-in-law of U.S. Ambassador Winthrop W. Aldrich.[118]

The Whitings

The Whitneys

NOTE: William Collins Whitney was also father-in-law of British politician Almeric Paget, and Whitney's son, Payne Whitney, was son-in-law of U.S. Secretary of State John Hay.[124]

The Whittleseys

The Wickliffes

NOTE: Robert C. Wickliffe was also son-in-law of U.S. Representative John Bennett Dawson[134] and nephew by marriage of Louisiana Governor Isaac Johnson.[135]

The Wiederspahns and Lummises


The Wilbers

The Wilburs

The Wilcoxes

The Wileys

The Wilkins

The Wilkins of New York

The Williams

The Williams of California and Kentucky

The Williams of North Carolina

NOTE: Robert Williams was also son-in-law of U.S. Representative Joseph Winston,[158] brother-in-law of Mississippi Supreme Court Justice Louis L. Winston[159] and Mississippi Lieutenant Governor Fountain Winston.[160] He and Marmaduke Williams were also second cousins by marriage of U.S. Representative Matthew Clay.[161]

The Wilsons

The Wilsons of Indiana

NOTE: Samuel Campbell Dunn, William McKee Dunn, and David Maxwell Dunn were also sons of Indiana State Senator Williamson Dunn[172] and nephews of Indiana State Senator David Hervey Maxwell[173] and Indiana State Representative Edward Russell Maxwell.[174]

The Wilsons of Minnesota and Virginia

The Wilsons of New Hampshire

The Wilsons of New York

The Wilsons of Ohio

The Wilsons and McAdoos

The Winslows

The Winthrops

NOTE: John Winthrop's great-granddaughter, Rebecca, was also daughter-in-law of Connecticut Governor Gurdon Saltonstall.

The Websters

The Weeks

The Wirths

The Wisners

The Wolcotts and Griswolds

The Woodhulls

The Woods

The Woods of Pennsylvania

The Woodburys

The Woodrums

The Woodses

The Woodsons

NOTE: Samuel H. Woodson, Silas Woodson, Daniel Woodson and James Archibald Woodson were also third cousins once removed of Missouri Governor Frederick Bates,[231] U.S. Congressional Delegate James Woodson Bates[232] and U.S. Attorney General Edward Bates.[233]

The Woodwards

The Woodyards

The Woolseys

The Workmans

The Workmans of South Carolina

The Wrights

The Wrights of Maryland

The Wrights of Pennsylvania

The Wrights of Tennessee

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