Madeleine Albright

Former U.S. Secretary of State

Certificate in Russian studies

Samuel Alito

Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court

A.B. in history and political science

Sheila Bair

Former Chair of the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

B.A. in philosophy

Karen Bass

Mayor of Los Angeles and former U.S. Representative 

B.A. in philosophy

Preet Bharara

Professor and former U.S. attorney

B.A. in government

Joe Biden

46th President of the United States

B.A. in history and political science

Stephen Breyer

Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court

B.A. in philosophy

Jerry Brown

Former Governor of California

B.A. in classics

Katherine Clark

U.S. Representative

B.A. in history

Mario Cuomo

Former Governor of New York

B.A. in English

Susan Davis

Former U.S. Representative

B.A. in sociology

Martin Dempsey

Former Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff

M.A. in literature

Dianne Feinstein

Former U.S. Senator 

B.A. in history

Robert (“Bob”) Gates

Former U.S. Secretary of Defense

B.A. and M.A. in history and a Ph.D. in Russian and Soviet history

Kirsten Gillibrand

U.S. Senator

B.A. in Asian studies

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Former Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court

B.A. in government

Neil Gorsuch

Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court

B.A. in political science

Jaime Herrera Beutler

Former U.S. Representative

B.A. in communications

Eleanor Holmes Norton

U.S. Representative

M.A. in American Studies

Pramila Jayapal

U.S. Representative

B.A. in English

Elena Kagan

Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court

B.A. in history and M.Phil in politics

Marcy Kaptur

U.S. Representative

B.A. in history

Anthony Kennedy

Former Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court

B.A. in political science

Carolyn Maloney

Former U.S. Representative

James Mattis

Former U.S. Secretary of Defense and retired United States Marine Corps general

B.A. in history

H. R. McMaster

Former U.S. National Security Advisor and Lieutenant General in the United States Army

Ph.D. in American history

Mike Pence

48th Vice President of the United States

B.A. in history

Kathleen Rice

Former U.S. Representative

B.A. in English

John Roberts

Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court

B.A. in history

Susan Rice

Former U.S. National Security Advisor and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations

B.A. in history

Sonia Sotomayor

Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court

B.A. in history

Linda Sánchez

U.S. Representative

B.A. in Spanish

Jeanne Shaheen

U.S. Senator

B.A. in English

Clarence Thomas

Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court

B.A. in English

Niki Tsongas

Former U.S. Representative

B.A. in religion

Jackie Walorski

Former U.S. Representative

B.A. in communications

Maxine Waters

U.S. Representative

B.A. in sociology