Liberals in the United States

For the concept, see Liberalism.

Liberals in the United States have many different political ideas about how individuals and government should act. The people listed below are, or were, thought to be as liberals.

Liberal thinkers and leaders

These are some important liberals in America:

Politicians President Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) President Andrew Jackson (1767–1845) President Grover Cleveland (1837-1908) Governor Samuel J. Tilden (1814–1886) State Senator Eugene V. Debs (1955–1926) Mayor Carter Harrison, Jr. (1860–1953) President Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924) Vice President Thomas R. Marshall (1854–1925) President Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945) President Harry S. Truman (1884-1972) Representative Don Edwards (1915-2015) Senator Harry F. Byrd, Jr. (1914-2013) President John F. Kennedy (1917-1963) President Lyndon B. Johnson (1908-1973) President Jimmy Carter (b.1924) Senator George McGovern (1922-2012) Senator Robert F. Kennedy (1925-1968) Governor Reubin Askew (1928-2014) Senator Edward Kennedy (1932-2009) Mayor Richard M. Daley (b.1942) President Bill Clinton (b.1946) Senator Frank Lautenberg (1924-2013) Senator Bernie Sanders (b. 1941) Senator Elizabeth Warren (b. 1949) Senator Kamala Harris (b.1964) Senator Cory Booker (b. 1969) Senator Harry Reid (b.1939) Senator Patrick Leahy (b.1940) Senator Daniel Inouye (1924-2012) Representative Tulsi Gabbard (b.1981) Representative Keith Ellison (b.1963) Representative Maurice Hinchey (1938-2017) Representative Louise Slaughter (1929-2018) State Senator Nina Turner (b.1967) County Commissioner Chuy García (b.1956) Mayor Mario Cuomo (1932-2015) Governor Pat Quinn (b.1948) Mayor Rahm Emanuel (b.1959) Former liberals President Ronald Reagan (1911-2004) Senator Strom Thurmond (1902-2003) Judges Chief Justice Roger Taney (1777–1864) Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson (1890–1953) Associate Justice Lewis F. Powell, Jr. (1907-1998) Judge James B. Bradwell (1828-1907)

Economists James M. Buchanan (1919–2013) Dale T. Mortensen (1939–2014) Lyndon LaRouche (b.1922) Robert Fogel (1926-2013) Writers and intellectuals William Lloyd Garrison (1805–1879) John Dewey (1859–1952) Friedrich Hayek (1899-1992) Media personalities Michael Moore (b.1954)

Gallery

• Eugene V. Debs

• FDR in 1933.jpg

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

• John F Kennedy.jpg

  John F. Kennedy

• George McGovern

• Jimmy Carter

• Harry F. Byrd, Jr.

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  Louise Slaughter

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  Edward "Ted" Kennedy

• President Barack Obama.jpg

  Barack Obama

• Bernie Sanders.jpg

  Bernie Sanders

• Tulsi Gabbard, official portrait, 113th Congress.jpg

  Tulsi Gabbard

• Daniel Inouye, official Senate photo portrait, 2008.jpg

  Daniel Inouye

• AFGE 40th Convention - Women's Breakfast (20552088909).jpg

  Nina Turner

Relevant pages

• Liberalism

Liberals In The United States Media

• Liberal Gallup 8-10.svg

  Percent of self-identified liberals in the United States broken down by state according to Gallup, August 2010; darker colors mean more liberals per state (click image for details)

Other websites

• Lewis H. Lapham, "Tentacles of Rage" in Harper's, September 2004, p. 31-41.
• Ericson, David F., Green, Louisa Bertch. "Introduction". In Ericson, David F., Green, Louisa Bertch (Eds.), The liberal tradition in American politics: reassessing the legacy of American liberalism.Llondon, UK: Routledge, 1999 ISBN 0-415-92256-9