Politicians from Brooklyn

United States Senator from Vermont

Charles Ellis Schumer is an American politician serving since 1999 as a United States senator from New York. A member of the Democratic Party, he has led the Senate Democratic Caucus since 2017 and served as Senate majority leader from 2021 to 2025. He has served two stints as Senate minority leader, from 2017 to 2021 and since 2025. He became New York's senior senator in 2001, upon Daniel Patrick Moynihan's retirement. Elected to a fifth term in 2022, Schumer surpassed Moynihan and Jacob K. Javits as the longest-serving U.S. senator from New York. He is the dean of New York's congressional delegation.

first black woman elected to the United States Congress (1924-2005)

109th Mayor of New York City from 2014 to 2022

American politician and diplomat (born 1943)

American politician, United States Senator from California

Eric Leroy Adams is an American politician and former police officer who served as the 111th mayor of New York City from 2022 to 2025. A member of the Democratic Party, Adams was an officer in the New York City Transit Police and then the New York City Police Department (NYPD) for more than 20 years, retiring at the rank of captain. He served in the New York State Senate from 2006 to 2013, representing the 20th district in Brooklyn. In 2013, Adams became the first black American to be elected Brooklyn Borough President; he was re-elected in 2017.

55th Governor of New York from 2008 to 2010

Hakeem Sekou Jeffries is an American politician and attorney who has served as House minority leader and leader of the House Democratic Caucus since 2023. Currently in his seventh term, Jeffries has been the U.S. representative for New York's 8th congressional district since 2013 and served three terms as a member of the New York State Assembly from 2007 to 2012.

United States Senator from Connecticut since 2011

U.S. Secretary of Defense (1927-2019)

American politician

American actor and politician (1905–1968)

former U.S. Representative from New York

Attorney General of New York since 2019

American politician and lawyer (born 1947)

United States Representative from Florida since 2021

American politician (1944–2025)

American politician (1919–2011)

American pundit (1943-)

American politician (born 1966)

29th Governor of the United States Virgin Islands.

American politician (1870-1950)

American politician and lawyer (1937–2022)

First Lady of Czechoslovakia (1850–1923)

lawyer, politician, and Union General during the American Civil War (1834-1896)

American politician (1869-1945)

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American politician (1942-2017)

U.S. Representative from New York

American politician (1888-1981)

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American politician (1810–1882)

Former mayor of San Antonio, Texas

U.S. Representative from New York

American politician (1872-1952) from New York

American rabbi (1931–2020)

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American politician (1953-2020)

New York politician (1764-1842)

American politician in New York (1927-2018)

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American politician (1876–1955)

American politician (1829-1902)

Republican U.S. Representative from New York (1863-1914)

American politician (1899-1981)

American politician (1806-1881)

American politician (1858–1913)

American politician and lawyer

Irish-born American congressman for New York (1837-1903)

American businessperson and politician (1901–1995)

American politician (1891-1953)

American politician (1895-1949)

United States Navy officer

American politician and businessman (1800-1872)

American politician (1924-1987)

English Green Party politician (born 1935)

American government official (born 1970)