List of United States political families (P)

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

NOTE: John Page's grandson, Mann Page I, was also son-in-law of Virginia Colony Governor Robert Carter I; Page's great-grandson, John, was also grandson-in-law of Virginia House of Burgesses member William Byrd I. Thomas Nelson Page is also a direct descendant of Continental Congressional Delegate Thomas Nelson, Jr..

NOTE: The Pauls represent the first time in United States history when a father-son team simultaneously served in the House of Representatives and Senate, respectively.

NOTE: James K. Paulding was also brother-in-law of U.S. Representative William Irving.

NOTE: Samuel W. Pennypacker was also great-grandson of U.S. Representative Isaac Anderson and great-great-grandson of Pennsylvania State Representative Patrick Anderson. William B. Umstead was also son of North Carolina legislator John W. Umstead.

NOTE: Sheffield Phelps was also son-in-law of Delaware Governor Preston Lea.

NOTE: William Phillips was also second cousin by marriage of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Timothy Pickering, (1745, Salem Mass. - 1829, Salem Mass.) Harvard Graduate (1763); Admitted to Bar (1768); Salem, Mass. Selectman & Assessor (1772–1777); County Clerk of Essex County, Mass. (1774); Committee on State of Rights of Colonists (1773); Committee of Correspondence and Safety (1774–1775); entered Revolutionary Army as Colonel (1775); Mass. State Legislature (1776); appointed adjutant General of the Continental Army, by Gen. George Washington (1777); United States Board of War (1777); Quartermaster General of United States Army (1780); Luzerne County, Penn. Representative, State Constitutional Convention to Ratify the United States Constitution(1789–1790); appointed Special Government Agent to Indians of Penn., by Pres. George Washington (1790); appointed United States Postmaster General, by Pres. George Washington (1791); appointed Secretary of War, by Pres. George Washington, & retained by Pres. John Adams (1795–1800), concurrently Secretary of State, appointed Pres. John Adams(1800); United States Senator, Mass., Federalist Party (1803–1811); Council of Massachusetts (1812–1813); United States Representative, Mass., Federalist Party (1813–1817); yoamen Farmer (1817–1829).

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