PAST AND PRESENT INTERFRATERNAL LEADERS IN GOVERNMENT
Fraternities and sororities teach leadership and service, two tenants key to civic engagement, so it should come as no surprise that many men and women involved in political service at its highest levels are also members of fraternal organizations.
Additionally, there are a significant number of fraternity men who have served as President of the United States of America with approximately 44 percent of U.S. Presidents having held fraternity membership. The tables below identify the men and women currently serving in a political office and their affiliation, as well as former Presidents, Vice Presidents and other notable political figures.
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Political Leaders
HOUSE/SENATE NAME STATE ORGANIZATION
House Alma Adams North Carolina Alpha Kappa Alpha
House Robert Aderholt Alabama Kappa Alpha Order
House Rick Allen Georgia Alpha Tau Omega
House Kelly Armstrong North Dakota Sigma Chi
House Jodey Arrington Texas Phi Delta Theta
House Cindy Axne Iowa Kappa Kappa Gamma
House Jim Banks Indiana Delta Chi
House Andy Barr Kentucky Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Senate John Barrasso Wyoming Phi Kappa Tau
House Karen Bass California Delta Sigma Theta
House Joyce Beatty Ohio Delta Sigma Theta
Senate Michael Bennet Colorado Beta Theta Pi
House Ami Bera California Beta Theta Pi
House Stephanie Bice Oklahoma Alpha Chi Omega
House Dan Bishop North Carolina Sigma Chi
House Sanford D. Bishop Jr. Georgia Kappa Alpha Psi
Senate Marsha Blackburn Tennessee Chi Omega
Senate Roy Blunt Missouri Kappa Alpha Order
Senate John Boozman Arkansas TBD
House Kevin Brady Texas Lambda Chi Alpha
Senate Mike Braun Indiana Phi Delta Theta
House Babin Brian Texas Pi Kappa Alpha
House Mo Brooks Alabama Theta Chi
House Vern Buchanan Florida Local
House Tim Burchett Tennessee Sigma Chi
Senate Richard Burr North Carolina Kappa Sigma
Senate Shelley Capito West Virginia Kappa Kappa Gamma
Senate Benjamin Cardin Maryland Pi Lambda Phi
Senate Thomas Carper Delaware Delta Tau Delta
House John Carter Texas Pi Kappa Alpha
House Sean Casten Illinois Chi Psi
House Kathy Castor Florida Delta Delta Delta
House Yvette Clark New York Delta Sigma Theta
House Katherine Clark Massachusetts Kappa Kappa Gamma
House Emanuel Cleaver Missouri Alpha Phi Alpha
House James Clyburn South Carolina Omega Psi Phi
House Steve Cohen Tennessee Zeta Beta Tau
House Bonnie Coleman New Jersey Alpha Kappa Alpha
Senate Chris Coons Delaware Delta Kappa Epsilon
House Jim Cooper Tennessee Chi Psi
Senate John Cornyn Texas Local
House Jim Costa California Sigma Alpha Epsilon
House Charlie Crist Florida Pi Kappa Alpha
Senate Steve Daines Montana Sigma Nu
House Danny K. Davis Illinois Alpha Phi Alpha
House Rodney Davis Illinois Alpha Tau Omega
House Val Demings Florida Delta Sigma Theta
House Ted Deutch Florida Alpha Epsilon Pi
House Lloyd Doggett Texas Lambda Chi Alpha
House Adriano Espaillat New York Phi Beta Sigma
House Drew Ferguson Georgia Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Senate Deb Fischer Nebraska Gamma Phi Beta
House Marcia L. Fudge Ohio Delta Sigma Theta
House Ruben Gallego Arizona Sigma Chi
House John Garamendi California Sigma Chi
Senate Kirsten Gillibrand New York Kappa Kappa Gamma
House Josh Gottheimer New Jersey Alpha Epsilon Pi
Senate Lindsey Graham South Carolina Pi Kappa Phi
Senate Chuck Grassley Iowa Alpha Gamma Rho
House Sam Graves Missouri Alpha Gamma Sigma
House Garret Graves Louisiana Sigma Chi
House Al Green Texas Alpha Phi Alpha
House Morgan Griffith Virginia Pi Kappa Phi
House Michael Guest Mississippi Kappa Sigma
Senate Bill Hagerty Tennessee Sigma Alpha Epsilon
House Alcee L. Hastings Florida Kappa Alpha Psi
House French Hill Arkansas Phi Kappa Psi
House Ashley Hinson Iowa Pi Beta Phi
Senate John Hoeven North Dakota Local
House Steven Horsford Nevada Alpha Phi Alpha
House Steny H. Hoyer Maryland Sigma Chi
House Richard Hudson North Carolina Kappa Alpha Order
House Jared Huffman California Phi Delta Theta
House Sheila Jackson Lee Texas Alpha Kappa Alpha
House Hakeem Jeffries New York Kappa Alpha Psi
House Eddie Bernice Johnson Texas Alpha Kappa Alpha
House Henry C. "Hank" Jr. Johnson Georgia Omega Psi Phi
House Mike Johnson Louisiana Kappa Sigma
House Dusty Johnson South Dakota Phi Delta Theta
House Robin Kelly Illinois Sigma Gamma Rho
Senate John Kennedy Louisiana Sigma Nu
Senate Angus King Maine Delta Upsilon
House Adam Kinzinger Illinois Sigma Alpha Epsilon
House David Kustoff Tennessee Alpha Tau Omega
House Brenda Lawrence Michigan Delta Sigma Theta
House Susie Lee Nevada Delta Gamma
House Ted Lieu California Sigma Alpha Mu
House Billy Long Missouri Delta Upsilon
House Tracey Mann Kansas Delta Chi
Senate Roger Marshall Kansas Beta Theta Pi
House Lucy McBath Georgia Delta Sigma Theta
Senate Mitch McConnell Kentucky Phi Kappa Tau
House Dr. Greg Murphy North Carolina Kappa Alpha Order
House Don McEachin Virginia Kappa Alpha Psi
House David McKinley West Virginia Beta Theta Pi
House Gregory Meeks New York Alpha Phi Alpha
Senate Robert Menendez New Jersey Lambda Theta Phi
House Mary Miller Illinos Alpha Gamma Delta
House Blake Moore Utah Sigma Chi
Senate Jerry Moran Kansas Alpha Tau Omega
Senate Lisa Murkowski Alaska Pi Beta Phi
House Stephanie Murphy Florida Chi Omega
House Jerry Nadler New York Alpha Epsilon Pi
House Richard Neal Massachusetts Tau Kappa Epsilon
House Dan Newhouse Washington Alpha Gamma Rho
House Ralph Norman South Carolina Pi Kappa Alpha
House Devin Nunes California Alpha Gamma Rho
Senate Alex Padilla California Zeta Psi
House Steven Palazzo Misissippi Sigma Chi
House Dean Phillips Minnesota Sigma Chi
House Tom Reed New York Delta Sigma Phi
House Tom Rice South Carolina Alpha Tau Omega
House Cedric Richmond Louisiana Omega Psi Phi
Senate James Risch Idaho Phi Delta Theta
House David Rouzer North Carolina Phi Delta Theta
House Bobby Rush Illinois Iota Phi Theta
House Tim Ryan Ohio Delta Tau Delta
House Steve Scalise Louisiana Acacia
House Jan Schakowsky Illinois Delta Phi Epsilon
House Brad Schneider Illinois Sigma Nu
House Kurt Schrader Oregon Phi Gamma Delta
House David Scott Georgia Alpha Phi Alpha
House Robert C. Scott Virginia Alpha Phi Alpha
House Austin Scott Georgia Sigma Alpha Epsilon
House Terri A. Sewell Alabama Alpha Kappa Alpha
Senate Richard Shelby Alabama Delta Chi
House Steve Stivers Ohio Delta Upsilon
House Greg Stuebe Florida Alpha Gamma Rho
House Eric Swalwell California Alpha Sigma Phi
House Bennie G. Thompson Mississippi Kappa Alpha Psi
House Michael Turner Ohio Delta Sigma Phi
House Lauren Underwood Illinois Alpha Kappa Alpha
House Beth Van Duyne Texas Kappa Alpha Theta
House Michael Waltz Florida Kappa Alpha Order
Senate Ralph Warnock Georgia Alpha Phi Alpha
Senate Elizabeth Warren Massachusetts Kappa Alpha Theta
House Daniel Webster Florida Tau Kappa Epsilon
House Brad Wenstrup Ohio Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Senate Roger Wicker Mississippi Sigma Nu
House Nikema Williams Georgia Alpha Kappa Alpha
House Roger Williams Texas Sigma Chi
House Frederica Wilson Florida Alpha Kappa Alpha
House Joe Wilson South Carolina Sigma Nu
House Robert J. Wittman Virginia Delta Tau Delta
House Steve Womack Arkansas Kappa Alpha Order
NAME ORGANIZATION
Rutherford B. Hayes Delta Kappa Epsilon**
James Garfield Delta Upsilon
Chester A. Arthur Psi Upsilon
Grover Cleveland Sigma Chi*
Benjamin Harrison Phi Delta Theta & Delta Chi
William McKinley Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Theodore Roosevelt Delta Kappa Epsilon & Alpha Delta Phi
William Howard Taft Psi Upsilon
Woodrow Wilson Phi Kappa Psi
Calvin Coolidge Phi Gamma Delta
Franklin D. Roosevelt Alpha Delta Phi**
Harry S. Truman Lambda Chi Alpha & Alpha Delta Gamma**
Dwight D. Eisenhower Tau Epsilon Phi
John F. Kennedy Phi Kappa Theta
Gerald Ford Delta Kappa Epsilon
Ronald Reagan Tau Kappa Epsilon
George H. W. Bush Delta Kappa Epsilon
Bill Clinton Phi Beta Sigma**
George W. Bush Delta Kappa Epsilon
NAME ORGANIZATION
Lucy B. Hayes Kappa Kappa Gamma**
Grace Goodhue Coolidge Pi Beta Phi
Lou Henry Hoover Kappa Kappa Gamma
Barbara Pierce Bush Pi Beta Phi*
Laura Welch Bush Kappa Alpha Theta
Eleanor Roosevelt Alpha Kappa Alpha**
NAME ORGANIZATION
Adlai Stevenson I Phi Delta Theta
Alben W. Barkley Delta Tau Delta
Calvin Coolidge Phi Gamma Delta
Charles G. Dawes Delta Upsilon
Charles W. Fairbanks Phi Gamma Delta
Chester A. Arthur Psi Upsilon
Dan Quayle Delta Kappa Epsilon
Garret Hobart Delta Phi
George H. W. Bush Delta Kappa Epsilon
Gerald Ford Delta Kappa Epsilon
Harry S. Truman Lambda Chi Alpha & Alpha Delta Gamma**
Henry Agard Wallace Delta Tau Delta
Hubert Humphrey Phi Delta Chi & Alpha Phi Alpha**
James Schoolcraft Sherman Sigma Phi
John Nance Garner Pi Kappa Alpha
Mike Pence Phi Gamma Delta
Nelson Rockefeller Psi Upsilon
Schuyler Colfax Beta Theta Pi**
Theodore Roosevelt Delta Kappa Epsilon & Alpha Delta Phi
Thomas Riley Marshall Phi Gamma Delta
NAME STATE ORGANIZATION
Kathleen Blanco Louisiana Kappa Delta
Martha Layne Collins Kentucky Chi Omega
Doug Ducey Arizona Pi Kappa Alpha
Mary Fallin Oklahoma Kappa Alpha Theta
Christine Gregoire Washington Kappa Delta
Michelle Lujan Grisham New Mexico Delta Delta Delta
Kay Ivey Alabama Alpha Gamma Delta
Jane Swift Massachusetts Kappa Kappa Gamma
Bev Perdue North Carolina Kappa Kappa Gamma
Gretchen Whitmer Michigan Kappa Alpha Theta