Cornell University

The #15 National university according to U.S. News & World Report's Best Colleges 2016

Roughly 32 U.S. Congressmembers have been affiliated with the school, such as attending classes, earning a degree, or being employed by the school.

Names in bold indicate Congressmembers who are currently in office as of May 2016.

Mark Kirk	Senator Republican	IL	B.A., Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., 1981
Kurt Schrader	Representative Democrat	OR	B.A., Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., 1973
Christopher Gibson	Representative Republican	NY	M.P.A., Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., 1995 Ph.D., Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., 1998
Jim Bridenstine	Representative Republican	OK	M.B.A., Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., 2009
Katherine Clark	Representative Democrat	MA	J.D., Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., 1989
John Pillion	Representative Republican	NY	graduated from Cornell University, LL.B., 1927
Henry Reuss	Representative Democrat	WI	A.B., Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., 1933
Howard Robison	Representative Republican	NY	graduated from Cornell University in 1937 and from the law school of the same university in 1939
Clement Miller	Representative Democrat	CA	graduated from Lawrenceville (N.J.) School, from Williams College, Williamstown, Mass., in 1940, and from Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations in 1946
Edmund Muskie	Senator Democrat	ME	graduated from Bates College, Lewiston, Maine, in 1936, and Cornell University Law School, Ithaca, N.Y., in 1939
Alexander Pirnie	Representative Republican	NY	graduated from Pulaski Academy in 1920, Cornell University in 1924, and from Cornell Law School in 1926
Charles Joelson	Representative Democrat	NJ	Cornell University, B.A., 1937 law school of Cornell University, LL.B., 1939
Frank Horton	Representative Republican	NY	LL.B., Cornell University Law School, Ithaca, N.Y., 1947
Barber Conable	Representative Republican	NY	graduated from Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., 1942
Richard McCarthy	Representative Democrat	NY	took graduate work at the University of Buffalo, Cornell University, and Harvard University
Richard Ottinger	Representative Democrat	NY	B.A., Cornell University, 1950
Henry Smith	Representative Republican	NY	graduated from Cornell University Law School, Ithaca, N.Y., 1936
Paul Todd	Representative Democrat	MI	B.S., Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., 1942
Gilbert Gude	Representative Republican	MD	B.S., Cornell University, 1948
Sam Steiger	Representative Republican	AZ	attended Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., and Colorado A.&M., Fort Collins, Colo.
John Wold	Representative Republican	WY	M.S., Cornell University, 1939
Norman Lent	Representative Republican-Conservative	NY	LL.B., Cornell University Law School, Ithaca, N.Y., 1957
Thomas Downey	Representative Democrat	NY	B.S., Cornell University, 1970
Edward Pattison	Representative Democrat	NY	A.B., Cornell University, Ithaca, 1953
Gary Lee	Representative Republican	NY	Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., 1963
Robert Mrazek	Representative Democrat	NY	A.B., Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., 1967
James Olin	Representative Democrat	VA	received B.E.E. degree, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., 1943
Charles Robb	Senator Democrat	VA	attended Cornell University, graduated from the University of Wisconsin, Madison 1961
Bob Filner	Representative Democrat	CA	B.A., Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., 1963 Ph.D., Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., 1973
Gabrielle Giffords	Representative Democrat	AZ	M.R.P., Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., 1996
Hansen Clarke	Representative Democrat	MI	B.F.A., Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., 1984
Nan Hayworth	Representative Republican	NY	M.D., Cornell University Medical College, Ithaca, N.Y., 1985