Name |
Original chapter |
Initiation year |
Notability |
Ref(s)
|
Ernest F. Acheson |
Pennsylvania Alpha |
1873 |
U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania (1895–1909) |
|
Wilbur L. Adams |
Pennsylvania Zeta |
1902 |
U.S. Representative from Delaware (1933–1935) |
|
Henry T. Bannon |
Ohio Delta |
1885 |
U.S. Representative from Ohio (1905–1909) |
|
Laird Howard Barber |
Pennsylvania Theta |
1869 |
U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania (1899–1901) |
|
Arthur Laban Bates |
Pennsylvania Beta |
1876 |
U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania (1901–1913) |
|
Evan Bayh |
Indiana Beta |
1975 |
U.S. Senator from Indiana (1999–2011); Governor of Indiana (1989–1997); Secretary of State of Indiana (1987–1989) |
|
John Beatty |
Ohio Alpha |
1870 |
U.S. Representative from Ohio (1868–1873) |
|
Joseph M. Belford |
Pennsylvania Zeta |
1868 |
U.S. Representative from New York (1897–1899) |
|
Frank Eckels Beltzhoover |
Pennsylvania Epsilon |
1858 |
U.S. Representative from Ohio (1879–1883, 1891–1895) |
|
Henry H. Bingham |
Pennsylvania Alpha |
1858 |
U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania (1879–1912); Medal of Honor recipient as a Union Army officer at the Battle of the Wilderness; conveyed the personal effects of Confederate General L. Armistead to Union General W. Hancock at the Battle of Gettysburg |
|
Bruce Braley |
Iowa Beta |
1976 |
U.S. Representative from Iowa (2007–2015) |
|
James E. Bromwell |
Iowa Alpha |
1939 |
U.S. Representative from Iowa (1961–1965) |
|
Joseph W. Byrns, Jr. |
Tennessee Delta |
1924 |
U.S. Representative from Tennessee (1939–1941) |
|
William H. Calkins |
Indiana Alpha |
1883 |
U.S. Representative from Indiana (1877–1883) |
|
George Earle Chamberlain |
Virginia Beta |
1872 |
U.S. Senator from Oregon (1909–1921); Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee (1913–1919); Governor of Oregon (1903–1909) |
|
Edwin V. Champion |
Illinois Delta |
1908 |
U.S. Representative from Illinois (1937–1939) |
|
Ralph E. Church |
Illinois Alpha |
1908 |
U.S. Representative from Illinois (1935–1941, 1943–1950) |
|
James Cooney |
Missouri Alpha |
1869 |
U.S. Representative from Missouri (1897–1903) |
|
Paul Coverdell |
Missouri Alpha |
1959 |
U.S. Senator from Georgia (1993–2000); Director of the Peace Corps (1989–1991); Georgia State Senator (1970–1989); sponsored federal legislation creating the Coverdell Education Savings Accounts |
|
William J. Crow |
Pennsylvania Zeta |
1922 |
U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania (1947–1949) |
|
Thomas Henry Dale |
Pennsylvania Theta |
1892 |
U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania (1905–1907) |
|
Robert Daniel |
Virginia Alpha |
1955 |
U.S. Representative from Virginia (1973–1983) |
|
Charlie Dent |
Pennsylvania Lambda |
1982 |
U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania (2005–present); Pennsylvania State Senate#Membership (1999–2004); Pennsylvania State Representative (1991–1998) |
|
Winfield K. Denton |
Indiana Alpha |
1915 |
U.S. Representative from Indiana (1949–1953, 1955–1966) |
|
Clarence Dill |
Ohio Alpha |
1906 |
U.S. Senator from Washington (1923–1935); U.S. Representative from Washington (1915–1919) |
|
P. Henry Dugro |
New York Gamma |
1874 |
U.S. Representative from New York (1881–1883) |
|
Allan C. Durborow, Jr. |
Indiana Beta |
1877 |
U.S. Representative from Indiana (1891–1895) |
|
Hamilton G. Ewart |
South Carolina Alpha |
1870 |
U.S. Representative from South Carolina (1889–1891); mayor of Hendersonville, North Carolina (1878–1879) |
|
George W. Faris |
Indiana Alpha |
1870 |
U.S. Representative from Indiana (1895–1901) |
|
David E. Finley |
South Carolina Alpha |
1886 |
U.S. Representative from South Carolina (1899–1917) |
|
Joseph B. Foraker |
Ohio Alpha |
1866 |
U.S. Senator from Ohio (1897–1909); Governor of Ohio (1886–1890); candidate for 1908 Republican presidential nomination; first President of Phi Kappa Psi (1886–1888); founder of Phi Psi's New York Alpha chapter at Cornell University |
|
Ralph W. Gwinn |
Indiana Alpha |
1901 |
U.S. Representative from New York (1945–1959) |
|
T. Millet Hand |
Pennsylvania Zeta |
1919 |
U.S. Representative from New Jersey (1945–1956); Mayor of Cape May (1937–1944) |
|
Thomas W. Harrison |
Virginia Alpha |
1867 |
U.S. Representative from Virginia (1916–1921) |
|
Charles S. Hartman |
Indiana Gamma |
1879 |
U.S. Representative from Indiana (1893–1899) |
|
Daniel Brodhead Heiner |
Pennsylvania Zeta |
1873 |
U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania (1893–1897) |
|
Charles Henderson |
California Beta |
1892 |
U.S. Senator from Nevada (1918–1921) |
|
Thomas J. Henderson |
Pennsylvania Alpha |
1855 |
U.S. Representative from Illinois (1875–1895) |
|
Charles L. Henry |
Indiana Alpha |
1868 |
U.S. Representative from Indiana (1895–1899) |
|
Frederick C. Hicks |
Pennsylvania Kappa |
1890 |
U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania (1915–1923) |
|
J. French Hill |
Tennessee Delta |
1976 |
U.S. Representative from Arkansas (2015–present) |
|
John D. Hoblitzell, Jr. |
West Virginia Alpha |
1931 |
U.S. Senator from West Virginia (1958) |
|
Herschel M. Hogg |
Illinois Gamma |
1873 |
U.S. Representative from Colorado (1903–1907) |
|
Craig Hosmer |
California Gamma |
1934 |
U.S. Representative from California (1953–1974) |
|
Charles J. Hughes, Jr. |
Missouri Alpha |
1872 |
U.S. Senator from Colorado (1909–1911) |
|
John S. Jones |
Ohio Alpha |
1861 |
U.S. Representative from Ohio (1877–1879) |
|
J. Warren Keifer |
Ohio Beta |
1868 |
U.S. Representative from Ohio (1877–1885); Speaker of the House (1881–1883); served as a U.S. Army general in both the Civil War and Spanish–American War |
|
William S. Kenyon |
Iowa Alpha |
1886 |
U.S. Senator from Iowa (1911–1922); justice of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (1922–1933); considered for the 1924 Republican presidential and vice presidential nominations, and for appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1930 and 1932 |
|
Thomas Kuchel |
California Delta |
1929 |
U.S. Senator from California (1953–1969); Senate Minority Whip (1959–1969); co-floor manager for the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 |
|
George Swinton Legaré |
South Carolina Alpha |
1889 |
U.S. Representative from South Carolina (1903–1913) |
|
Edward C. Little |
Kansas Alpha |
1878 |
U.S. Representative from Kansas (1919–1924) |
|
Edward L. Martin |
Virginia Alpha |
1857 |
U.S. Representative from Delaware (1879–1883) |
|
Sam C. Massingale |
Mississippi Alpha |
1889 |
U.S. Representative from Oklahoma (1935–1941) |
|
Addison S. McClure |
Pennsylvania Alpha |
1855 |
U.S. Representative from Ohio (1895–1897) |
|
John Y. McCollister |
Iowa Alpha |
1941 |
U.S. Representative from Nebraska (1971–1977) |
|
Welty McCullogh |
Pennsylvania Alpha |
1868 |
U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania (1887–1889) |
|
James McKinney |
Illinois Gamma |
1874 |
U.S. Representative from Illinois (1905–1913) |
|
Clarence B. Miller |
Minnesota Beta |
1891 |
U.S. Representative from Minnesota (1909–1919) |
|
Hugh Mitchell |
New Hampshire Alpha |
1927 |
U.S. Representative from Washington (1949–1953); U.S. Senator from Washington (1945–1946) |
|
John I. Mitchell |
Pennsylvania Gamma |
1881 |
U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania (1881–1887); U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania (1877–1881) |
|
Hunter Holmes Moss, Jr. |
West Virginia Alpha |
1895 |
U.S. Representative from West Virginia (1913–1916) |
|
James C. Needham |
California Alpha |
1884 |
U.S. Representative from California (1899–1913) |
|
James Ellsworth Noland |
Indiana Beta |
1939 |
U.S. Representative from Indiana (1949–1951) |
|
Henry Page |
Virginia Alpha |
1859 |
U.S. Representative from Maryland (1891–1892) |
|
William H. Perry |
South Carolina Alpha |
1857 |
U.S. Representative from South Carolina (1885–1891); served as a Confederate Army officer |
|
Samuel R. Peters |
Ohio Alpha |
1861 |
U.S. Representative from Kansas (1883–1891); served as a Union Army officer |
|
Peter A. Peyser |
New York Epsilon |
1942 |
U.S. Representative from New York (1971–1977, 1979–1983) |
|
John Pickler |
Iowa Alpha |
1867 |
U.S. Representative from South Dakota (1889–1897) |
|
Hugh H. Price |
Wisconsin Alpha |
1878 |
U.S. Representative from Wisconsin (1887) |
|
William J. Randall |
Missouri Alpha |
1932 |
U.S. Representative from Missouri (1959–1977) |
|
Robert F. Rich |
Pennsylvania Zeta |
1903 |
U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania (1930–1943, 1945–1951) |
|
William Nathaniel Rogers |
New Hampshire Alpha |
1912 |
U.S. Representative from New Hampshire (1923–1925) |
|
William S. Shallenberger |
Pennsylvania Gamma |
1859 |
U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania (1877–1883) |
|
Don L. Short |
Minnesota Beta |
1924 |
U.S. Representative from North Dakota (1959–1965) |
|
Ellison D. Smith |
South Carolina Alpha |
1885 |
U.S. Senator from South Carolina (1909–1944); South Carolina State Representative (1896–1900); known as "Cotton Ed," Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry |
|
Martin L. Smyser |
Ohio Beta |
1867 |
U.S. Representative from Ohio (1889–1891, 1905–1907) |
|
Hubert D. Stephens |
Mississippi Alpha |
1894 |
U.S. Senator from Mississippi (1923–1935); U.S. Representative from Mississippi (1911–1921) |
|
Charles Sumner |
Indiana Alpha |
1867 |
U.S. Senator from Massachusetts (1851–1874) |
|
Frank Sundstrom |
New York Alpha |
1920 |
U.S. Representative from New Jersey (1943–1949); inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1978 |
|
Dean P. Taylor |
New York Epsilon |
1922 |
U.S. Representative from New York (1943–1961) |
|
David Gardiner Tyler |
Virginia Beta |
1867 |
U.S. Representative from Virginia (1893–1897); Virginia State Senator (1891–1892, 1900–1904); Confederate Army veteran; son of U.S. President John Tyler |
|
James A. Walker |
Virginia Alpha |
1854 |
U.S. Representative from Virginia (1895–1899); Lieutenant Governor of Virginia (1878–1882); Brigadier General, Confederate States Army; Commander of the Stonewall Brigade (May 14, 1863 – May 12, 1864) and Early's Division (1865) |
|
James Eli Watson |
Indiana Alpha |
1881 |
U.S. Senator from Indiana (1916–1933); Majority Leader (1929–1933); U.S. Representative from Indiana (1895–1897, 1899–1909); Republican Party Whip (1905–1909); credited with originating the saying "If you can't lick 'em, jine 'em" |
|
Earle D. Willey |
Pennsylvania Zeta |
1907 |
U.S. Representative from Delaware (1943–1945) |
|
George S. Williams |
Pennsylvania Zeta |
1897 |
U.S. Representative from Delaware (1939–1941) |
|
James R. Williams |
Indiana Beta |
1874 |
U.S. Representative from Illinois (1889–1895, 1899–1905) |
|
Boyd Winchester |
Virginia Alpha |
1855 |
U.S. Representative from Kentucky (1869–1873) |
|
Larry Winn |
Kansas Alpha |
1938 |
U.S. Representative from Kansas (1967–1985) |
|
Simon Peter Wolverton |
Pennsylvania Gamma |
1857 |
U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania (1891–1895) |
|
Dudley G. Wooten |
Virginia Alpha |
1877 |
U.S. Representative from Texas (1901–1903) |
|
Seth H. Yocum |
Pennsylvania Zeta |
1859 |
U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania (1879–1881) |
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