List of United States political families (V)

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

NOTE: Martin Van Buren was also brother-in-law of New York State Senator Moses I. Cantine and great-uncle by marriage of Green Bay, Wisconsin Mayor Arthur C. Neville. Van Buren's son, Smith, married Henrietta Irving, niece of U.S. Minister Washington Irving.

The van Rensselaers are a wealthy and politically active family centered around Albany, New York.

NOTE: Stephen van Rensselaer III was also son-in-law of U.S. Senator William Paterson and U.S. Senator Philip Schuyler. He and Philip S. van Renssealer were also half-brothers of U.S. Representative Rensselaer Westerlo and brother-in-law of New York Attorney General John Woodworth.