List of United States political families (I)

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

The Ickes

*Harold L. Ickes (1874-1952), U.S. Secretary of the Interior 1933-1946. Father of Harold M. Ickes.
**Harold M. Ickes (1939-), Deputy White House Chief of Staff 1994-1997, candidate for Chairman of the Democratic National Committee 2005. Son of Harold L. Ickes.

The Ingersolls

*Ralph Isaacs Ingersoll (1789-1872), Connecticut State Representative 1820-1825, U.S. Representative from Connecticut 1825-1833, State Attorney of New Haven County, Connecticut; U.S. Minister to Russia 1846-1848; Mayor of New Haven, Connecticut 1851. Father of Colin M. Ingersoll. [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=I000020]
**Colin M. Ingersoll (1819-1903), acting U.S. Charge D'Affaires in Russia 1848, U.S. Representative from Connecticut 1851-1855, Adjutant General of Connecticut 1867-1871. Son of Ralph Isaacs Ingersoll. [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=I000016]

The Ingersolls of Pennsylvania

*Jared Ingersoll (1749-1822), Delegate to the Continental Congress from Pennsylvania 1780, Attorney General of Pennsylvania 1791-1800 1811-1816, U.S. Attorney of Pennsylvania 1800-1801. Father of Charles Jared Ingersoll and Joseph Reed Ingersoll. [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=I000018]
**Charles Jared Ingersoll (1782-1862), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 1813-1815 1841-1849, U.S. District Attorney of Pennsylvania 1815-1829, Pennsylvania State Representative 1830, delegate to the Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention 1837. Son of Jared Ingersoll. [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=I000015]
**Joseph Reed Ingersoll (1786-1868), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 1835-1837 1841-1849, U.S. Minister to Britain 1852-1853. Son of Jared Ingersoll. [http://www.infoplease.com/biography/us/congress/ingersoll-joseph-reed.html]

The Ives and Swifts

*Henry Adoniram Swift (1823-1869), candidate for U.S. Representative from Minnesota 1857, Minnesota State Senator 1862-1865, Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota 1863, Governor of Minnesota 1863-1864. Father-in-law of Gideon S. Ives. [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sweetland-swinburne.html#RH71F5T32]
**Gideon S. Ives (1846-1927), Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota 1891-1893. Son-in-law of Henry Adoniram Swift. [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ives.html#RLJ0W35B4]

The Izards and Campbells

*Ralph Izard (1742-1804), Delegate to the Continental Congress from South Carolina 1782-1783, U.S. Senator from South Carolina 1789-1795. Father of George Izard. [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ivey-izlar.html#R9M0J1R6C]
**George Izard (1776-1828), Governor of Arkansas Territory 1825-1828. Son of Ralph Izard. [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ivey-izlar.html#RGF15A6V0]
**William Campbell (1731-1778), Governor of South Carolina Colony 1775. Son-in-law of Ralph Izard.

NOTE: Ralph Izard's daughter was also daughter-in-law of South Carolina Assemblyman Benjamin Smith and sister-in-law of Continental Congressional Delegate Isaac Motte, Izard's nieces were daughters-in-law of Georgia Colony Governor James Wright and U.S. Representative Thomas Pinckney.