Cool Colleges for Congressmembers

Yale University

The #3 National university according to U.S. News & World Report's Best Colleges 2016
Roughly 110 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.

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Bill Nelson
Senator
Democrat
FL
B.A., Yale University 1965
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David Price
Representative
Democrat
NC
B.D., Yale University, New Haven, Conn., 1964
Ph.D., Yale University, New Haven, Conn., 1969
faculty, Yale University, New Haven, Conn., 1967-1973
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Lamar Smith
Representative
Republican
TX
B.A., Yale University, New Haven, Conn., 1969
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Eleanor Norton
Representative
Democrat
DC
M.A., Yale University, New Haven, Conn., 1963
LL.B., Yale University Law School, New Haven, Conn., 1964
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Sherrod Brown
Senator
Democrat
OH
B.A., Yale University, New Haven, Conn., 1974
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Sheila Jackson Lee
Representative
Democrat
TX
B.A., Yale University, New Haven, Conn., 1972
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Lois Capps
Representative
Democrat
CA
M.A., Yale University, New Haven, Conn., 1964
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Tom Cole
Representative
Republican
OK
M.A., Yale University, New Haven, Conn., 1974
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Amy Klobuchar
Senator
Democrat
MN
graduated magna cum laude Yale University 1982
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Senator
Democrat
RI
graduated Yale University 1978
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John Yarmuth
Representative
Democrat
KY
B.A., Yale University, New Haven, Conn., 1969
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John Barrasso
Senator
Republican
WY
residency at Yale Medical School, New Haven, Conn.
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Brett Guthrie
Representative
Republican
KY
M.P.P.M., Yale University, New Haven, Conn., 1997
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Michael Bennet
Senator
Democrat
CO
J.D., Yale Law School, 1993, editor-in-chief of the Yale Law Journal
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Chris Coons
Senator
Democrat
DE
J.D., Yale University Law School, 1992
M.A.R., Yale Divinity School, 1992
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Richard Blumenthal
Senator
Democrat
CT
graduated Yale University, J.D., 1973
editor-in-chief of the Yale Law Journal
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Ron DeSantis
Representative
Republican
FL
B.A., Yale University, New Haven, Conn., 2001
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Elizabeth Esty
Representative
Democrat
CT
J.D., Yale University, New Haven, Conn., 1985
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Cory Booker
Senator
Democrat
NJ
J.D., Yale Law School, 1997
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Benjamin Sasse
Senator
Republican
NE
Ph.D., Yale University, 2004
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Bruce Westerman
Representative
Republican
AR
M.F., Yale Forestry School, New Haven, Conn., 2001
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Jackson Betts
Representative
Republican
OH
graduated from Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio, in 1926, and from Yale Law School, New Haven, Conn., in 1929
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Harmar Denny
Representative
Republican
PA
was graduated from Yale University in 1908, and from the law school of the University of Pittsburgh in 1911
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John Jarman
Representative
Republican
OK
graduated from Yale University in 1937 and from Harvard Law School in 1941
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Prescott Bush
Senator
Republican
CT
graduated from Yale University in 1917
trustee, Yale University
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Albert Cretella
Representative
Republican
CT
graduated from Yale University in 1917
entered Yale University Law School but interrupted studies and enlisted in the United States Navy June 18, 1918, and was in officers training school when the armistice was signed
reentered Yale Law School and graduated in 1921
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Thomas Dodd
Senator
Democrat
CT
graduated from St. Anselm’s Preparatory School in 1926, Providence College in 1930, and Yale University Law School in 1933
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Peter Frelinghuysen
Representative
Republican
NJ
graduated from Yale Law School in 1941
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William Mailliard
Representative
Republican
CA
was graduated from Yale University in 1939
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William Symington
Senator
Democrat
MO
graduated from Yale University in 1923
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Stuyvesant Wainwright
Representative
Republican
NY
interrupted legal studies at Yale University when twenty years of age to enlist as a private in the United States Army on January 30, 1942
resumed legal studies and graduated from Yale University Law School in 1947
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Thomas Ashley
Representative
Democrat
OH
graduated from Yale University, New Haven, Conn., 1948
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William Proxmire
Senator
Democrat
WI
graduated, Yale University 1938, Harvard Business School 1940, and Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences 1948
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Chester Bowles
Representative
Democrat
CT
graduated from Choate School, Wallingford, Conn., in 1919 and from Yale University in 1924
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Charles Goodell
Senator
Republican
NY
graduated from Yale University School of Law in 1951
received a graduate degree from Yale University Graduate School of Government in 1952
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Donald Irwin
Representative
Democrat
CT
came to the United States in 1945 to attend Yale University
reentered Yale University and graduated in 1951 and also from Yale Law School in 1954
taught Spanish at Yale University while a student there
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John Lindsay
Representative
Republican
NY
Yale University, B.A., in 1944, and from the law school of the same university, LL.B., 1948
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William Moorhead
Representative
Democrat
PA
graduated from Phillips Andover Academy in 1941 and from Yale University in 1944
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Peter Dominick
Senator
Republican
CO
graduated from St. Mark’s School, Southborough, Mass., in 1933, Yale University in 1937, and Yale Law School in 1940
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Charles Mathias
Senator
Republican
MD
attended Yale University
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William Scranton
Representative
Republican
PA
B.A., Yale University, New Haven, Conn., 1939
LL.B., Yale Law School, New Haven, Conn., 1946
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James Cleveland
Representative
Republican
NH
graduated from Colgate University, Hamilton, N.Y., in 1941, and from Yale Law School in 1948
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Rogers Morton
Representative
Republican
MD
Yale University, A.B., 1937
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Ogden Reid
Representative
Democrat
NY
Yale University, A.B., 1949
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Robert Taft
Senator
Republican
OH
graduated from Yale University in 1939 and from Harvard University Law School in 1942
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Jonathan Bingham
Representative
Democrat
NY
graduated from Yale University, New Haven, Conn., 1936
graduated fromYale Law School, New Haven, Conn., 1939
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George Murphy
Senator
Republican
CA
attended Yale University
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John Tunney
Senator
Democrat
CA
graduated from Yale University 1956
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Guy Vander Jagt
Representative
Republican
MI
B.D., Yale University, New Haven, Conn., 1955
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George Bush
Representative
Republican
TX
graduated Yale University 1948
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John Dellenback
Representative
Republican
OR
B.S., Yale University, New Haven, Conn., 1940
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Philip Ruppe
Representative
Republican
MI
graduated from Yale University in 1948
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John Beall
Senator
Republican
MD
graduated Yale University 1950
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Robert Coughlin
Representative
Republican
PA
A.B., Yale University, New Haven, Conn., 1950
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Allard Lowenstein
Representative
Democrat
NY
LL.B., Yale University, 1954
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Lowell Weicker
Senator
Republican
CT
graduated, Yale University 1953
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Leslie Aspin
Representative
Democrat
WI
B.A., Yale University, 1960
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James Buckley
Senator
Conservative
NY
graduated Yale University 1943 and received his law degree from the same university in 1949
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Walter Fauntroy
Representative
Democrat
DC
B.D., Yale University Divinity School, 1958
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Henry Heinz
Senator
Republican
PA
graduated, Yale University 1960
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Stewart McKinney
Representative
Republican
CT
B.A., Yale University, 1958
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Robert Huber
Representative
Republican
MI
B.S., Sheffield Scientific School, Yale University, New Haven, Conn., 1943
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George O'Brien
Representative
Republican
IL
J.D., Yale Law School, 1947
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Gerry Studds
Representative
Democrat
MA
B.A., Yale University, 1959
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Raymond Thornton
Representative
Democrat
AR
B.A., Yale University, 1950
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Willis Gradison
Representative
Republican
OH
B.A., Yale University, New Haven, Conn., 1949
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Mark Hannaford
Representative
Democrat
CA
attended Yale University under John Hay Fellowship, 1961-1962
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Gary Hart
Senator
Democrat
CO
graduated Bethany (Okla.) Navarene College 1958, Yale Divinity School 1961, Yale University Law School 1964, and earned a Ph.D. at Oxford University in 2001
lecturer, Oxford University, Yale University, and University of California
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James Jeffords
Senator
Independent
VT
B.S., Yale University 1956
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Paul Tsongas
Senator
Democrat
MA
graduated from Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 1962, and from Yale University School of Law 1967
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John Chafee
Senator
Republican
RI
graduated, Yale University 1947 and Harvard Law School 1950
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John Danforth
Senator
Republican
MO
graduated from Princeton University 1958, Yale University Law School and Yale Divinity School 1963
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Allen Ertel
Representative
Democrat
PA
LL.B., Yale University, New Haven, Conn., 1965
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Andrew Ireland
Representative
Republican
FL
B.S., Yale University, 1952
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Newton Steers
Representative
Republican
MD
B.A., Yale University, 1939
J.D., Yale Law School, 1948
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Malcolm Wallop
Senator
Republican
WY
graduated, Yale University 1954
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David Boren
Senator
Democrat
OK
graduated, Yale University 1963
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Richard Cheney
Representative
Republican
WY
attended Yale University 1959-1960
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James Coyne
Representative
Republican
PA
B.S., Yale University, New Haven, Conn., 1968
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Arlen Specter
Senator
Democrat
PA
graduated, Yale University Law School 1956
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Nicholas Brady
Senator
Republican
NJ
graduated, St. Mark’s School, Southboro, Mass., 1948, Yale University in 1952, and Harvard Business School in 1954
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Ben Erdreich
Representative
Democrat
AL
B.A., Yale University, New Haven, Conn., 1960
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Bruce Morrison
Representative
Democrat
CT
J.D., Yale Law School, 1973
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John Spratt
Representative
Democrat
SC
LL.B., Yale Law School, New Haven, Conn., 1969
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Pete Wilson
Senator
Republican
CA
graduated, Yale University 1956
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John Kerry
Senator
Democrat
MA
graduated, Yale University 1966
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John Miller
Representative
Republican
WA
M.A., Yale University, 1964
LL.B., Yale University Law School, 1964
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John Rhodes
Representative
Republican
AZ
B.A., Yale University, New Haven, Conn., 1965
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David Skaggs
Representative
Democrat
CO
LL.B., Yale University Law School, New Haven, Conn., 1967
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Porter Goss
Representative
Republican
FL
B.A., Yale University, New Haven, Conn., 1960
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Peter Hoagland
Representative
Democrat
NE
J.D., Yale University Law School, 1968
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Joseph Lieberman
Senator
Independent
CT
graduated from Yale University 1964
received law degree from Yale Law School 1967
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James Bacchus
Representative
Democrat
FL
M.A., Yale University, New Haven, Conn., 1973
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Gary Franks
Representative
Republican
CT
B.A., Yale University, New Haven, Conn., 1975
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Richard Swett
Representative
Democrat
NH
B.A., Yale University, New Haven, Conn., 1979
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Richard Zimmer
Representative
Republican
NJ
B.A., Yale University, 1966
L.L.B., Yale Law School, 1969
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Charles Canady
Representative
Republican
FL
J.D., Yale University School of Law, 1979
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Samuel Coppersmith
Representative
Democrat
AZ
J.D., Yale University, 1982
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Peter Deutsch
Representative
Democrat
FL
J.D., Yale University School of Law, New Haven, Conn., 1982
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Carlos Romero-Barceló
Representative
Democrat
PR
B.A., Yale University, 1953
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Frank Tejeda
Representative
Democrat
TX
LL.M., Yale University School of Law, 1989
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Melvin Watt
Representative
Democrat
NC
J.D., Yale University School of Law, New Haven, Conn., 1970
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John Ashcroft
Senator
Republican
MO
graduated from Yale University 1964
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David McIntosh
Representative
Republican
IN
B.A., Yale University, 1980
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Walter Capps
Representative
Democrat
CA
S.T.M., Yale University Divinity School, New Haven, Conn., 1961
M.A., Yale University, New Haven, Conn., 1963
Ph.D, Yale University, New Haven, Conn.,1965
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David Wu
Representative
Democrat
OR
J.D., Yale University, New Haven, Conn., 1982
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Hillary Clinton
Senator
Democrat
NY
graduated Yale Law School, JD 1973
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Mark Dayton
Senator
Democrat
MN
graduated cum laude Yale University 1969
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Denise Majette
Representative
Democrat
GA
B.A., Yale University, New Haven, Conn., 1976
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Thomas Perriello
Representative
Democrat
VA
B. A. Yale University, 1996
J. D., Yale University, New Haven, Conn., 2001