Robert R. Livingston was a politician, lawyer and diplomat from New York best known as one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.

• Lawyer, Diplomat
  (1746–1813)

President John F. Kennedy appointed Byron R. White deputy U.S. attorney general in 1961. A year later White was appointed to the Supreme Court where he served until 1993.

• Supreme Court Justice, Football Player, Athlete, Government Official, Lawyer
  (1917–2002)

Robert H. Jackson was a Supreme Court Justice from 1941-54, and was also the chief U.S. prosecutor at the Nuremberg trials.

• Government Official, Lawyer, Supreme Court Justice
  (1892–1954)

Hiram R. Revels is the first African American to serve in the United States Senate.

• Minister, U.S. Representative, Academic
  (1827–1901)

Thomas H. Moorer was a U.S. Navy admiral and naval aviator who later served as chief of naval operations (1967-70), and then as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (1970-4).

• Military Leader
  (1912–2004)

John R. Lynch was a black politician who served in the Mississippi state legislature and U.S. House of Representatives after the American Civil War.

• U.S. Representative
  (1847–1939)

Richard Nixon was the 37th U.S. president and the only commander-in-chief to resign from his position, after the 1970s Watergate scandal.

• U.S. President
  (1913–1994)

Lawyer, and former U.S. attorney general Alberto R. Gonzales made history in 2005 as the first Hispanic appointed U.S. attorney general.

• Government Official, Lawyer
  (1955–)