Politicians from Chicago

Barack Hussein Obama II is an American politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the first African American president. Obama previously served as a U.S. senator representing Illinois from 2005 to 2008 and as an Illinois state senator from 1997 to 2004.

American politician and diplomat (1932–2021)

vice president of the United States from 1925 to 1929

Jesse Louis Jackson Sr. was an American civil rights activist, LGBTQ rights activist, politician, and ordained Baptist minister. A protégé of Martin Luther King Jr. and James Bevel during the civil rights movement, he became one of the most prominent civil rights leaders of the late 20th and early 21st centuries, and an ardent advocate and early supporter of LGBTQ rights in the United States. From 1991 to 1997, he served as a shadow United States senator for the District of Columbia.

6th President of Lithuania (born 1926)

American politician and physician (born 1950)

79th United States Attorney General

president of Guyana, prime minister of Guyana, nurse (1920-2009)

American politician and lawyer (1813–1861)

Governor of Massachusetts from 2007 to 2015

40th governor of Illinois from 2003 to 2009

American politician and lawyer

American diplomat, ran Lend Lease (1900-1949)

American politician (born 1957)

American educator

Governor of Illinois from 2015 to 2019

Governor of Illinois from 2009 to 2015

U.S. Representative from Massachusetts

American billionaire businesswoman (born 1959)

American politician and diplomat (1816–1887)

American businesswoman and a former government official

American politician and attorney

American politician (born 1979)

John David Podesta Jr. is an American political consultant who served as Senior Advisor to the President for International Climate Policy from 2024 to 2025, having previously served as Senior Advisor to the President for Clean Energy Innovation and Implementation from 2022 to 2025. Podesta previously served as White House chief of staff to President Bill Clinton from 1998 to 2001 and counselor to President Barack Obama from 2014 to 2015. Before that, he served in the Clinton administration as White House staff secretary from 1993 to 1995 and White House deputy chief of staff for operations from 1997 to 1998.

American lawyer, politician and civil servant (1908-1990)

minister of finance of Ukraine

American lawyer and former banker

American politician (1874–1952)

American politician (1928-2020)

United States Secretary of Energy and previously Deputy Secretary of the Treasury

American politician

American socialist and anarchist newspaper editor (1848–1887)

American politician (1847-1902)

United States Congressman from Illinois

American politician (born 1941)

American businessman and U.S. senator (1919–2011)

American attorney, businessman, broadcaster, and political activist

American politician and school administrator

American politician

American politician (1926–2012)

Mayor of Boston since 2021 (born 1985)

American politician in Illinois (1936-2020)

American politician

American politician (1939–2012)

Japanese politician

33rd Governor of Illinois (1908-1976)

American actor and politician (1903-1962)

American member of the United States House of Representatives (1924–2007)

United States Senator from California (born 1937)

German anarchist and labor union (1858–1887)

American politician

American politician (born 1958)

American politician (1928–2010)

Lieutenant Governor of Illinois since 2019

12th Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme

U.S. Representative from Arizona

U.S. congressman

36th Governor of Florida (1926–2011)

American politician

American politician (1867–1950)