America’s Political Dynasties

Some surnames keep turning up on the ballot. PolitiFinder links every relative across every office: president, senator, governor, and representative. That lets us answer a question almost no one else can: across an entire family, how many votes have they drawn? Each page below adds up the combined career popular votes of a dynasty’s members and links to every one of their campaigns. Ranked by that combined total.

The Bush family314.7M combined popular votes4 members · President · Senate · Governor · House · 1950–2004George H. W. Bush · George W. Bush · Jeb · Prescott The Clinton family167.5M combined popular votes2 members · President · Senate · Governor · 1978–2016Bill Clinton · Hillary Clinton The Gore family146.8M combined popular votes2 members · President · Senate · 1952–2000Al Gore · Albert Gore Sr.The Roosevelt family133.9M combined popular votes2 members · President · Governor · 1898–1944Franklin D. Roosevelt · Theodore Roosevelt The Dole family84.6M combined popular votes2 members · President · Senate · House · 1960–2008Bob Dole · Elizabeth Dole The Stevenson family76.3M combined popular votes3 members · President · Senate · Governor · 1892–1986Adlai Stevenson II · Adlai Stevenson III · Adlai Stevenson I The Romney family69.1M combined popular votes3 members · President · Senate · Governor · 1962–2018Mitt Romney · George Romney · Lenore Romney The Kennedy family57.8M combined popular votes7 members · President · Senate · Governor · House · 1946–2018JFK · RFK · Ted Kennedy · Joe II · Joe III The Lodge family40.3M combined popular votes4 members · President · Senate · Governor · 1916–1962Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. · Henry Cabot Lodge · John Davis Lodge The Brown family of California29.3M combined popular votes3 members · Governor · 1958–2014Jerry Brown · Pat Brown · Kathleen Brown The Taft family28.0M combined popular votes5 members · President · Senate · Governor · House · 1908–2002William Howard Taft · Robert A. Taft · Bob Taft The Cuomo family18.6M combined popular votes2 members · Governor · 1982–2018Mario Cuomo · Andrew Cuomo The Rockefeller family16.2M combined popular votes3 members · Senate · Governor · 1958–2008Nelson Rockefeller · Jay Rockefeller · Winthrop Rockefeller The Harrison family12.7M combined popular votes2 members · President · Governor · House · 1816–1892Benjamin Harrison · William Henry Harrison The Bayh family10.1M combined popular votes2 members · Senate · Governor · 1962–2016Evan Bayh · Birch Bayh The La Follette family7.6M combined popular votes4 members · President · Senate · Governor · 1924–1968Robert La Follette Sr. · Philip La Follette · Robert La Follette Jr.The Udall family6.1M combined popular votes4 members · Senate · House · 1954–2014Mo Udall · Mark Udall · Tom Udall · Stewart Udall The Frelinghuysen family5.1M combined popular votes4 members · President · Senate · House · 1844–2016Rodney Frelinghuysen · Peter Frelinghuysen · Theodore Frelinghuysen The Pryor family4.0M combined popular votes2 members · Senate · Governor · House · 1966–2014David Pryor · Mark Pryor The Byrd family of Virginia3.9M combined popular votes2 members · Senate · Governor · 1925–1976Harry F. Byrd Sr. · Harry F. Byrd Jr.The Sununu family3.0M combined popular votes3 members · Senate · Governor · House · 1982–2022Chris Sununu · John E. Sununu · John H. Sununu The Tsongas family2.3M combined popular votes2 members · Senate · House · 1974–2016Paul Tsongas · Niki Tsongas The Murkowski family1.1M combined popular votes2 members · Senate · Governor · 1980–2022Lisa Murkowski · Frank Murkowski The Adams family669,353 combined popular votes2 members · President · House · 1796–1846John Adams · John Quincy Adams

Membership in each family is hand-curated and verified, never matched by surname alone, so unrelated namesakes (West Virginia’s Robert C. Byrd is not a Virginia Byrd; Louisiana’s John Neely Kennedy is not a Massachusetts Kennedy) are never counted. See also our election records & rankings.