Government
These goos are from the Government category, people famous for working in federal, state, or local government, or in politics. Browse another way.
Aaron Burr
A mouthful of peanut butter might make it hard to pronounce the name of this early vice president and $10 assassin. Go »
Abraham Lincoln
America counted on its greatest president in its greatest conflict. Honest. Go »
Abraham Lincoln
His chinstrap set a precedent. Go »
Adam Schiff
Longtime Law & Order viewers may wonder why a Manhattan district attorney is investigating President Trump for potential high crimes and misdemeanors. Go »
Adolf Hitler
This German architect of death became one of the most reviled leaders in world history. Go »
Ajit Pai
Judging from his attitude towards net neutrality, his agency's initials must mean For Corporate Connivance. Go »
Al Gore
The contest for President this fall could see... um, blood. Go »
Al Gore
While not spending his time inventing the Internet, this former VP is looking to earn his second Nobel. Go »
Alexander Hamilton
Ten dollars says you can't take this goo to the bank. Go »
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
This controversial New York Congresswoman's Democratic Socialist agenda has just begun with the color green. Go »
Alger Hiss
Beware of snakes in the United Nations. Go »
Ali Hassan al-Majid
chemical brother Go »
Ali Khāmene’i
Whether the election results were fraudulent or not, it doesn't change who truly reigns supreme. Go »
Ali Khamenei
Iranians can elect anyone president, but this cleric holds the real power in the nation, and he has no term limits. Go »
Andrew Cuomo
Like his father before him, this Italian-American son knows politics in New York as well as his wife knows cooking on television. Go »
Andrew Jackson
I'll bet you $20 that this founding Democrat continues to decline in popularity, after his reputation for supporting the common man was overtaken by his reputation for tearfully displacing the native man. Go »
Andrew Yang
With the support of an online gang, he has significantly improved his mathematical odds of being elected president. Go »
Angela Merkel
The most powerful woman in the world might not be able to save one of the world's largest economies. Go »
Angela Merkel
Germany is stolz darauf to have their Mutti once again be their Bundeskanzler. Go »
Angelo Errichetti
Camden was better off without this corrupt politician. Go »
Angus King
Being independent makes this Senator the main man for his home state. Who's the king? Go »
Anthony Scaramucci
This scary mooch, newly employed in the Trump administration, can do the fandango. Go »
Anthony Weiner
A man whose own name is a sexual euphemism had to expect a press firestorm after he sexted another woman on the Twitter account he used to interact with his New York constituents. Go »
Antonio Villaraigosa
The new mayor of Los Angeles hopes to make history for more than his race. Go »
Antony Blinken
As senior government officials go, this diplomat is no Abe Lincoln, but as a Spotify artist, he is. Go »
António Guterres
To solve a global refugee crisis, the United Nations turns to its own refugee expert for guidance. Go »
Anwar Ibrahim
Some politicians have an unnatural obsession with the private affairs of their people. Go »
Ariel Sharon
It's hard to dismiss this old soldier and politician's influence on his Israel, even as he lies dying. Go »
Arnold Schwarzenegger
governator Go »
Arthur Zimmermann
Everyone is talking about Russo-American collusion, but no one remembers Germanic-Mexican collusion! This guy was like Sergey Kislyak back in the day! Go »
Ash Carter
This defensive cabinet member has the firepower to turn America's enemies to ashes. Go »
Augustus
This summery ruler became Rome's first emperor after his defeat of Antony and Cleopatra. Go »
Ayanna Pressley
Her husband might be from Cimmeria, but this woman, the oldest member of a certain squad, was born in Ohio and now represents Massachusetts. Where would she go back to, Boston? Go »
Barack Obama
This 45-year-old junior from the land of Lincoln might someday charm his way to the White House. Go »
Barack Obama
Low approval ratings would make him hide in the corner of his office, if his office had any corners. Go »
Barney Frank
Frankly, it doesn't matter how much he has done for the civil rights of the man living in his house if he drove the neighbors out of theirs. Go »
Bashar al-Assad
How could he have received 89% of the re-election vote this year when his nation is torn in half by civil war? Go »
Bella Abzug
This colorful New York politician is celebrated for her championing of Equal Rights for women. Go »
Ben Carson
This brainy doctor was nominated for HUD secretary soon after his Republican rival became president. Go »
Benazir Bhutto
Returning to the country you ran before they exiled you for corruption doesn't mean much if the new leader is so corrupt you're placed under house arrest. Go »
Benjamin Franklin
Frankly, this founding father-inventor-diplomat-author-businessman-postmaster-scientist-philanthropist-cartoonist couldn't have influenced America more even if he had become a president as well. Go »
Benjamin Netanyahu
This national leader, the first of his nation to be born there, is no reckless yahoo when it comes to diplomacy with the United States. Go »
Bernie Sanders
This senator from Vermont is running to become America's first self-described Socialist president. Go »
Beto O'Rourke
Texans rejected this punk from El Paso in favor of Ted Cruz, but he's hoping for a different outcome nationally in 2020. Go »
Betsy DeVos
Her advocacy for charter schools led her to direct funding for all schools. Go »
Bill Clinton
That commander-in-chief, he's a do-nothing draft dodger. Go »
Bill Clinton
philanderer in chief Go »
Bill Clinton
Is it 1996 or 2016? This do-nothing draft dodger and philander-in-chief is on the brink of returning to his 1990s home and becoming the nation's first First Gentleman. Go »
Bill Richardson
Could a fat New Mexican who used to be Clinton's secretary really have been president? Go »
Bill de Blasio
NYC just elected this D who promises "I♥NY" even if the NYPD doesn't ♥ him. Go »
Bob Dole
This Kansan senator ran for national office but was defeated, first by Walter Mondale and later by Bill Clinton. Go »
Bobby Jindal
The Bayou didn't expect to erupt in this kind of controversy. Go »
Bobby Rush
This unhurried Chicago Congressman and Black Panther is the only person to defeat Barack Obama in an election. Go »
Boris Johnson
At the 2012 Olympics, the mayor of London became known to international audiences as the guy with that crazy blonde hair. Go »
Boris Yeltsin
Is it a sin to keep drinking after you resign, comrade? Go »
Boutros Boutros-Ghali
This Egyptian was better known for his humorously reduplicated name than for his humanitarian efforts as a diplomat and U.N. leader. Go »
Boutros Boutros-Ghali
This Egyptian diplomat's long career defending human rights and uniting nations isn't as well-remembered as his silly name. Go »
Brad Raffensperger
Georgia's secretary of state ordinarily doesn't make the news for overseeing an election or taking a call from a president, but 2021 has not been an ordinary year so far. Go »
Brian Kemp
This governor is no peach to the people who criticize him for electoral interference during his campaign or for his broad restrictions on local safety measures during the coronavirus outbreak. Go »
Butler Derrick
Succeeding a man named after a Representative and Secretary of State, and succeeded by a man whose last name is synonymous with a tasty cracker, this former Representative is now a partner at a DC law firm. Go »
Calvin Coolidge
This New Englander remains the only American president born on America's birthday. Go »
Carol Moseley Braun
As far as corruption goes, Nigeria has nothing on Chicago. Go »
Carrie Lam
She may be a tough fighter, but she eventually caved to protest by nearly two million people. Go »
Champ Clark
This champion speaker was denied his prize after his opponent received the support of a Pope. Go »
Charles Grey
If you prefer your tea somewhere between black and white, this is the British prime minister for you. Go »
Charlie Crist
some politicians just won't ride off into the sunset Go »
Chris Christie
New Jersey's larger-than-life governor had a better shot at being president before he burned bridges with a scandal. Go »
Chris Christie
This gluttonous governor once seemed like a prime contender for 2016, before scandals about bridges and beaches became his legacy. Go »
Chris Stevens
The killing of this diplomat in Benghazi, Libya in 2012 continues to be a factor in the 2016 election. Go »
Christine O'Donnell
how do you spell controversy? Go »
Christine Todd Whitman
Funny how the governor of one of the most polluted states in the country could become Bush's first protector of the environment, but then, she lasted only as long as her loyalty. Go »
Chuck Schumer
This Harvard graduate fights for his New York constituents as the Senate minority leader, but not as hard as he fights to get on TV or smile during inaugurations. Go »
Claire McCaskill
This Midwestern senator overwhelmingly defeated her legitimate opponent in her 2012 bid for re-election. Go »
Colin Powell
State still gets a lot of phone calls. His name is pronounced :. Go »
Condoleezza Rice
It only takes a minute to cook national security. Go »
Cory Booker
Defending yourself from attacks by other mayoral candidates is normal, but defending against barbs from a late-night talk show host is not. Go »
Cory Booker
This Garden State senator and 2020 presidential candidate couldn't feel more at home in D.C., as if he was born there. Go »
Cruz Bustamante
When Californians recalled a Governor and elected a Governator, this man ran against both of them and served under both of them. Go »
Dan Quayle
potatoe head Go »
Dana Perino
She used to be the voice of the Bush administration. Now she's one of five voices talking on Fox News Channel. Go »
Dana Rosemary Scallon
She represented her country in Eurovision and in the European Parliament, albeit at two very different times in her life. Go »
Danica Roem
Virginia's legislature has included men and women, but it's about to be rocked by someone who has lived as both. Go »
Daniel Inouye
More hardcore than Rambo, this legal eagle was 3rd in line. Go »
David Axelrod
As he did in the campaign, this advisor keeps Obama's wheels spinning in the Oval Office. Go »
David Cameron
Britain's current prime minister is technically both right and honourable. Go »
Deb Haaland
It's about time that someone with her heritage was a Secretary of the Interior, and by that I mean someone with "land" in her name. Go »
Dick Cheney
Just because you ran Halliburton and represented Wyoming doesn't mean you have to be a Dick. Go »
Dick Cheney
He's been called a dick and the "president of vice," but he's still the most powerful person ever to hold his particular office. Go »
Dmitry Medvedev
This politician is a placeholder from St. Petersburg. Go »
Dominique Strauss-Kahn
This economist and IMF honcho was on track to become president of France until a New York maid became the first of several women to call him a rapist. Go »
Donald Rumsfeld
Was the invasion of Iraq carefully architected, or as random as a game of rummy? Go »
Donald Rumsfeld
He was both the youngest and oldest person to have been Secretary of Defense, under presidents Gerald Ford and George W. Bush. Go »
Dwight Eisenhower
He founded NASA and the interstate system, concluded the Korean War, and ended McCarthyism, but today he might be best remembered for the simple slogan, "I like Ike." Go »
Edward Winslow
He was a governor of the New World's first colony in what is today Plymouth, Massachusetts. He was also an attendee of the very first Thanksgiving in 1621. He was not, however, a teenager on Family Matters. Go »
Elbridge Gerry
This Massachusetts governor redrew electoral districts to give his party an advantage, and ever since then the process was named after him. Go »
Elizabeth Dole
She gets red and cross when you mention her husband's Viagra. Go »
Elizabeth Van Lew
This hall-of-famer ran a ring before being appointed postmaster. Go »
Elizabeth Warren
Before Bay Staters elected this consumer protector, she needed protection from Cherokees who didn't like their heritage invoked. Go »
Emmanuel Macron
La jeunesse n'est pas gaspillée sur ce président. Go »
Eric Cantor
He can't (or won't) allow compromise in his house. Go »
Eric Greitens
The mission continues, despite an extra-marital scandal. Go »
Eva Perón
Don't cry if you can't recognize this popular (and young) South American politician and first lady. Go »
Evo Morales
This socialist candidate came out of (far) left field to become Bolivia's first native leader. Go »
Fidel Castro
The Comandante has been a dictator and a liberator, but he was never a baseball pitcher. Go »
Filippo Grandi
This Italian diplomat is a leading expert on refugees, but it would be a grand mistake to think he's the next leader of the United Nations. Go »
Francis Slay
This longest-serving local leader was preceded by the second, and succeeded by the first. Go »
Franklin D. Roosevelt
He too was not a prisoner of fate, but of his own mind. Go »
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Frankly, this relative of a Clinton advisor should've gotten off his ass more often. Go »
Fred Norris
This former mayor of St. Charles is a center of cultural arts. Go »
Fred Thompson
Electing this lawyer, senator, and actor would finally bring some law & order to the White House. Go »
Gabrielle Giffords
she was shot in the head Go »
Gary Johnson
This former New Mexican governor offers voters an alternative to Clinton and Trump on the ballot today, just like he offered an alternative to Obama and Romney four years ago. Go »
Gavin Newsom
This coastal governor resisted pressure to re-open the coast, even as his blue state turned red with anger at him. Go »
Gaylord Nelson
Hopefully in another 50 years, we'll still have an Earth to recognize the way this Wisconsin senator and governor intended. Go »
George Bush
If this ex-presidential dad helps someone win the round, then you can read his lips: No new goos! Go »
George Clinton
brought parliamentary influence to American government Go »
George LeMieux
This temporary politician got a lot more sunshine representing Florida than he would have in Russia. Go »
George Maxwell Richards
This head sled had better hurry up and have another kid. Go »
George McGovern
Unlike his original running mate, he had never been treated for mental illness. But he had to have been crazy to think he could beat Dick Nixon in 1972. Go »
George Tenet
This secretive student's doctrine for passing tests was to steal answers from the foreign exchange students. Go »
George Tenet
Following the plot twists of a Christopher Nolan movie like TENET should be a piece of cake for a master of espionage. Go »
George W. Bush
It would be kind of cool to have a president called by one letter. Go »
George W. Bush
This president had a one-finger answer for critics of his invasion of Iraq and handling of Hurricane Katrina. Go »
George Washington
He gave us a city, a state, a university, a bridge, a dollar, a quarter, and that big pointy monument in front of his old house. Go »
George Washington
crossed Delaware to reach the British Go »
Gerald Ford
Two abdications allowed this goo to ascend to the highest position. Go »
Golda Meir
golden grandma Go »
Gordon Brown
The scandal over exorbitant expense payouts has the tabloids asking: What can this prime minister do for you? Go »
Greg Abbott
This governor has become well known for transporting the migrants arriving in his border state to northern cities, but that might just be to keep them safe from the winter storms that very much do mess with his state and its independent power grid. Go »
Gustavo Díaz Ordaz
While maintaining the economy and his numerous changes were all good things, he'd still go down in history for what he ordered. Go »
Hồ Chi Minh
This Communist leader remained so popular after his death and after the unification of his country that the defeated southern capital, Saigon, was renamed in his honor. Go »
H.R. Haldeman
"Culpae poenae par esto" must have been the warden's motto. This senior White House employee, who was convicted of perjury and obstruction of justice on behalf of his boss, spent his prison term working in a sewage disposal facility. Go »
Hamid Karzai
Amid turmoil, this Bush-approved politician became the first elected leader in his nation's history. Go »
Harry Reid
59% isn't much of a majority to lead. Go »
Harry Reid
What happens in closed-door meetings with his Senate Democrats, stays in closed-door meetings with his Senate Democrats. Go »
Harry S. Truman
Dewey defeated this atomic goo, and so can you. Go »
Harry S. Truman
Being the president of the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s was a far more important elected office to hold than, say, being sheriff of a very strange valley town in Washington state roiled by a teenager's murder. Go »
Harvey Milk
This politician's assassination meant one fewer gay icon in San Francisco, while his killer enjoyed his just desserts. Go »
Heather Boushey
She's an economist first, a mommy second, and a Clinton supporter third. Go »
Henry Kissinger
Making peace with this goo is possible, as long as you don't go to Cambodia for the answer. Go »
Henry Stern
The first millennial in California's state senate is proud to represent the district where so many famous television shows have been filmed. Go »
Hercules Mulligan
How do I know that this goo will work? I had a spy on the inside, that's right... Go »
Herman Cain
Allegations of sexual harassment and adultery brought down this former pizza magnate's campaign for the GOP nomination. Go »
Hermann Goering
For his war crimes, this Nazi leader of the Gestapo and Luftwaffe was sentenced to death at Nuremberg, but committed suicide before it could be carried out. Go »
Hideki Tojo
Prime Minister, general, and convicted war criminal hanged after the Tokyo Trials. Go »
Hillary Clinton
She was betrothed to and betrayed by Bill, blocked and brought on by Barack, and berated and beaten by Donald. Go »
Hosni Mubarak
once the surveyor of all of Egypt, he can now only see it through the bars of his courtroom cage Go »
Howard Dean
Not only will this goo be guessed in New Hampshire, it will be guessed in South Carolina and Oklahoma and Arizona and North Dakota and New Mexico, and it will be guessed in California and Texas and New York, and it will be guessed in South Dakota and Oregon and Washington and Michigan. And then it will be guessed in Washington, D.C.! Yeeeaah! Go »
Hu Jintao
He governs 1.3 billion people, every one of them his equal. Go »
Hugo Chávez
In Venezuela, the poor help the poor, and power comes to those who fail to take it. Go »
Idi Amin
The problem with a military coup is that the bloodshed doesn't stop at the door of the capitol. Go »
Ilhan Omar
Judging from her first two months in office, Minnesotans elected a lightning rod for controversy to represent them. Go »
Indira Gandhi
Twice elected prime minister in a patriarchal society, she was simultaneously the world's most admired public official and a corrupt authoritarian. Go »
J.B. Pritzker
So many leaders of a particular state have been convicted on corruption charges that a running joke refers to the state prison having a "Governor's Suite." A few years ago, residents of that state elected a global hotel chain magnate to be their new leader, perhaps hoping that he'll avoid staying in such shabby conditions. Go »
J.D. Vance
This self-described hillbilly from Cincinnati is one election and one elegy away from the presidency. Go »
Jacinda Ardern
It'll take a tough mother to lead New Zealand out of one of its darkest days. Go »
Jack Potter
Neither rain, nor sleet, nor even snow will stop him from getting you your mail, unless of course you don't have the $$ for it... Go »
Jacob Zuma
This recently-elected leader is about to show that black presidents can be every bit as corrupt and divisive as white ones. Go »
Jacques Ferron
This political party founder made campaign promises of making bubble gum the national currency, moving half the Rockies one meter to the west as a make-work project and promised to break all their promises and introduce an era of indecision and incompetence. Go »
Jair Bolsonaro
The knife blade of an assassin couldn't stop this political veteran from being elected to the highest office in his heavily rainforested land. Go »
Jalal Talabani
Here's one member of the Talaban that the Bush administration can really get behind. Go »
James Carville
Clinton campaigner and Republican romancer Go »
James Madison
This Founding Father is remembered for drafting the Bill of Rights, overseeing the Louisiana Purchase, serving eight years as president, and declaring war on Britain, but also for owning hundreds of slaves on his Virginia plantation. Go »
James Monroe
The best goo is that which is most likely to prevent the greatest sum of guesses. Go »
James Shields
Being elected Senator from three different states is a unique accomplishment. Dueling with Honest Abe is also. Go »
James Stewart
450 years ago today, he became the first head of state to suffer a particularly modern fate. Go »
James Webb
He oversaw the space program for most of the 1960s, and we saw over 13 billion years into history in photos with his name attached. Go »
Jan Brewer
border-crosser ban certainly brewed controversy Go »
Jan Brewer
This governor has the perfect last name for a Tea Party candidate. Go »
Janet Napolitano
homeland securer Go »
Jason Kander
This intelligent, millennial, former secretary is on a mission to end voter suppression. Go »
Jeannette Rankin
Elected to Congress before being able to vote. Go »
Jeb Bush
It's been a while since we had a famous presidential brother who wasn't a total embarrassment. Go »
Jeb Bush
This Floridian governor doesn't seem to have what it takes to follow his father and brother into the White House. Go »
Jefferson Davis
It must have been tough to lead a fledgling nation that rejected national leadership. Go »
Jefferson Davis
How ironic that the man who failed to lead his confederates in a successful free nation shared his name with the author of the Declaration of Independence. Go »
Jerome Powell
America doesn't have kings who sit on thrones, but this man in one very special chair does command our interest. Go »
Jerry Brown
The man nicknamed Moonbeam has been one of the youngest and oldest governors in California history. Go »
Jesse Ventura
The body is now the head... of state. Go »
Jim DeMint
Eight years in the Senate weren't enough heritage for him, so he left to find more. Go »
Jimmy Carter
It's hard to smile so much for peanuts. Go »
Joe Biden
He's bidin' his time until he can run for president to succeed his boss. Go »
Joe Biden
Our outgoing second-in-command-in-chief spends these days shooting at the moon for cancer. Go »
Joe Lieberman
Should he take over the country if the first three letters in his name are "lie"? Go »
Joe Wilson
If I say that only ordinary people are part of this series, there may be a lie involved. Go »
Joel Pritchard
Washingtonians called him a representative and a lieutenant governor. To pickleball fans, he's something more important. Go »
John Adams
not Paul Giamatti Go »
John Bercow
This former speaker may, or may not be a traitor. ORDER!!! Go »
John Boehner
He can't (or won't) allow compromise in Eric Cantor's house. Go »
John Bolton
National security rests with this foreign policy hawk, who has previously been an adviser, commentator, and ambassador. Go »
John Edwards
This politician's trial-by-fire was last year's presidential campaign. Go »
John F. Kennedy
I hope his classmates voted him Most Likely to Succeed, since he ascended to the highest office in the land. Go »
John F. Kennedy
The American space program kicked into high gear thanks to this president's belief that "this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth." Go »
John F. Kennedy
His assassination in November 1963 birthed many conspiracy theories about lone gunmen, and one lone gunman was literally birthed on the same day. Go »
John Fetterman
When the steel mills close down and the gangs move in, maybe a big, bald, tattooed mayor (who sleeps in a warehouse) is the answer. Go »
John Hancock
Massachusetts minister and signature synonym Go »
John Kasich
Just because it's mathematically impossible for you to gain enough delegates to win the Republican nomination for president doesn't mean that you have to stop running. Go »
John Kerry
George W. Bush (0141) has been the Goo-in-Chief for four years. Will this goo replace him on November 2nd? Go »
John Major
prime major Go »
John McCain
Does being a maverick mean always having to remind people that you really truly are a Republican, honest? Go »
Joseph McCarthy
You won't have to investigate as long or hard to find the name of this junior senator from Wisconsin as he did to find Communists who had infiltrated the United States. Go »
Joseph Stalin
If you can't recognize the leader who brought Russia into the modern world at the cost of millions of lives, you're just stallin'. Go »
Josh Hawley
Missouri's junior senator, born on the brink of the 80s, was the first to announce his objection to certifying Joe Biden's electoral victory. Go »
Julian Castro
Keynote speaker at the Democratic National Convention seems like quite a prominent role for the mayor of San Antonio. Go »
Julius Caesar
This leader crossed the Rubicon and failed to beware the Ides of March. Go »
Julius Caesar
This Roman ruler was killed by a friend's Brutal betrayal, not by the middle of the month as he had been warned. Go »
Junichiro Koizumi
He might be Japan's most conservative Liberal leader. Go »
Justin Trudeau
His pretense to another great war was a precursor to following in his father's footsteps. Go »
Justin Trudeau
This dynastic Canadian overcame his own racist mistakes to win re-election. Go »
Kamala Harris
Now that she's in the race, California's former top cop might arrest Trump's progress in 2020. Go »
Karl Rove
It's ironic that the man whose silver tongue helped elect a president has now created a scandal for talking too much. Go »
Kash Patel
To uncover corruption in the FBI, he'll have to follow the money. Go »
Keir Starmer
The U.K. hasn't experienced anything like Socialism since a brief period of post-war reconstruction 80 years ago, but in electing its first self-described Socialist to Downing Street last week, it's about to try. Go »
Kellyanne Conway
She's the first female campaign manager to lead a successful campaign for U.S. president. Go »
Kevin McCarthy
It took 164 years for that many ballots to result in this winner, and it sure felt like that long in January. Go »
Kevin Rudd
This national leader is sorry it took so many generations to put an end to racial injustice. Go »
Kim Jong-il
Some Communist dictators are cruel, some are paranoid, and some are just crazy. This one might be all three. Go »
Kim Jong-un
North Koreans hope (or do they?) that like grandfather and father, like grandson and son. Go »
Kirsten Gillibrand
Part of this New Yorker's political brand has been a "zero tolerance" stance against sexual harassment, such as leading the demand for Al Franken's resignation, although her own office continued to employ a sexual harasser until the press found out. Go »
Lauren Boebert
It's not surprising that this controversial Coloradan has focused on gun rights since being elected to the House in 2020, since she owned a restaurant called Shooters in the town of Rifle that took "open carry" as its theme. Go »
Leon Panetta
central manager Go »
Lindsey Graham
This South Carolinian's career in Congress has been defined by his complicated relationships with Donald Trump, John McCain, Bill Clinton, and Strom Thurmond. Go »
Liz Cheney
Wyoming's sole representative feels even lonelier since spurning Donald Trump, but she's trying to make her country and her famous father proud. Go »
Liz Truss
She may not have been the U.K.'s shortest prime minister in height, but she certainly was in tenure. Go »
Lloyd Bentsen
He served with Jack Kennedy. He knew Jack Kennedy. Jack Kennedy was a friend of his. Go »
London Breed
This Pacific city mayor has an Atlantic city name. Go »
Lori Lightfoot
To outmaneuver the Chicago Democratic political machine, she'll have to tread lightly. Go »
Louie Gohmert
scared of babies Go »
Lyndon Johnson
Sam the Eagle likes presidents from Texas Go »
Lyndon LaRouche
safe houses couldn't keep this White House wannabe out of the big house Go »
Madeleine Albright
State must get a lot of phone calls. Not too bright, huh? Go »
Madison Cawthorn
This 24-year-old motivational speaker has a lot to motivational speak about: Becoming paraplegic before he could enter the U.S. Naval Academy, being millions of dollars in debt as a teenager, and now, all but certainly becoming a U.S. representative from North Carolina. Go »
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
The Middle East's newest president wants to have his nuke and eat the U.N. too. Go »
Manuel Noriega
Panamanian in Paris Go »
Marco Rubio
This Floridian senator thinks he has what it takes to become the first Cuban-American president. Go »
Margaret Thatcher
This ferric goo was Reagan's very popular counterpart in Britain. Go »
Margaret Thatcher
Meryl Streep demonstrated an iron will as this British prime minister. Go »
Marjorie Taylor Greene
This Georgian representative is too far to the political right to be a member of the Greene party. Go »
Matt Gaetz
This Florida congressman has faced so many controversies and criminal allegations that he probably, like Jim Carrey's character, wants to run away to Fiji. Go »
Matteo Renzi
Going from mayor to leader of the nation before your 40th birthday? Mica male. Go »
Mia Love
I've got to get me a love. Go »
Michael Bloomberg
New Yorkers knew this billionaire as a Republican and independent, but the nation might know him next year as a Democrat. Go »
Michael Steele
It takes a man of mettle to herd these particular elephants. Go »
Michele Bachmann
pundits read a presidential run into her tea leaves Go »
Michelle Bachelet
Freedom and equality have reached the highest office of the Southern coastline. Go »
Mike Gravel
Some politicians take the road less traveled to the White House. Go »
Mike Huckabee
While this Arkansan pastor, governor, and rock star tries to sway more voters, at least he has Chuck Norris. Go »
Mike Johnson
Being a professional Speaker won't be hard for someone who has Told his views in a podcast. Go »
Mike Pence
This Hoosier governor has newfound freedom to learn how contentious religion and public policy can be. Go »
Mike Pompeo
He gave a lot more than an inch, serving throughout the Trump administration in both the CIA and the State Department. Go »
Mikhail Gorbachev
глаÌÑноÑÑ‚ÑŒ и переÑтройка Go »
Mitch McConnell
Jon Stewart's turtle impressions didn't keep Kentucky's most senior senator from becoming Senate Majority Leader this year. Go »
Mitt Romney
His history at "Bane" Capital might prove to be a fatal weakness against his nemesis Barack Obama. Go »
Mohammed bin Salman
Despite his attempts to Westernize his father's kingdom, his initials strike fear into the hearts of his enemies, some as far as away as his country's consulate in Istanbul. Go »
Muammar Gaddafi
after the Battle of Tripoli, Libya became free of its decades-long dictator at last Go »
Muriel Bowser
She sent a message to the President in letters wide as a city street and two blocks long. Go »
Nancy Pelosi
It's about time a woman became head of household in Washington. Go »
Naomi Mata’afa
She was all set to become her Pacific island nation's first female leader, until her predecessor literally locked her out of government. Go »
Narendra Modi
Leading the world's largest democracy can make a man moody. Go »
Nelson Mandela
Most politicians go from office to jail... Could there be a black president? Go »
Nelson Mandela
The nation's first black president once made Matthew Preston victorious. Go »
Neville Chamberlain
He failed to prepare his nation for the gathering storm of Nazi Germany. Go »
Newt Gingrich
like his namesake animal, this former politician has a new career producing dangerous toxic secretions Go »
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
This Nigerian economist organizes world trade. Go »
Nicola Sturgeon
There's something fishy about this politician trying to lead Scotland out of a post-Brexit U.K. three years after another failed independence campaign. Go »
Nicolas Sarkozy
Whatever happened to predictability? The milkman, the paperboy, the president of France from 2007 to 2012? Go »
Nicolás Maduro
Venezuela is increasingly being torn in two by this mad man's cling to power, backed by his military. Go »
Nigel Farage
Nobody should be more excited about the Brexit than the guy who has, off and on over the last decade, led a political party founded on the notion of independence. Go »
Nikita Khrushchev
If the confrontation between this Soviet chairman and his American counterpart that started sixty years ago today had gone differently, none of us might be here to commemorate it. Go »
Nikki Haley
It's no longer her job to worry about Hurricane Florence aftermath. She's busy conducting un-diplomacy. Go »
Pat McCrory
This Southern governor might forever be remembered for declaring where people get to pee. Go »
Paul Ryan
In January, this fiscal conservative and fitness buff could become the first vice president from the state of Wisconsin. Go »
Pete Buttigieg
The main thing that a gay, 37-year-old Midwestern mayor has to prove to get elected president is that he can. Go »
Peter Mutharika
How can you go from being a law professor to a leader of a country in three years? Family connections help. Go »
Peter T. King
he made sure that American Muslims were heard (who's the king?) Go »
Pol Pot
The surviving three out of four Cambodians agreed: Forcing everyone to wear black with a Rouge scarf was merely a crime against fashion and far from the worst misdeed by this communist dictator. Go »
Rahm Emanuel
the new fucking mayor of Chicago Go »
Ralph Nader
Maybe if he came with seat belts and air bags, he'd have more than 5%. Go »
Rand Beers
He's in charge of our national protection and programs, under his boss Janet Napolitano. Go »
Rand Paul
This Libertarian with a first name that appeals to his conservative base might someday have better luck running for president than his father did. Go »
Ray Nagin
So far, he has managed his city's greatest disaster with calm desperation. Go »
Raúl Castro
His re-establishment of diplomatic relations with America might make him more revolutionary than his older brother. Go »
Reince Priebus
This nonsensically-named chairperson hopes he can do for Donald Trump nationally what he did for Scott Walker and Paul Ryan in his home state. Go »
Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres
In a country where the arts are like a national religion, this holy man wants to sanctify authors' rights. Go »
Richard Nixon
This ex-president was not a crook, thanks to his subsequent pardon. Go »
Richard Nixon
He retired and told the press they wouldn't have him to kick around any more, then went on to become the nation's most disgraced president. Go »
Rick Perry
not the only star in the Republican Party Go »
Rishi Sunak
Britain's first prime minister of Indian descent did not buy his way into office, but he could have afforded it. Go »
Rob Porter
This lawyer and secretary was a hit with the Trump administration, until he struck out in the public eye with domestic abuse allegations. Go »
Robert Gates
It's important to have an intelligent secretary when you need a good defense. Go »
Robert Mueller
The only person in the news nearly as much as President Trump is the independent special counsel investigating whether Russia helped him get elected. Go »
Robert Mugabe
Is Zimbabwe stuck with more years of corruption? Go »
Rod Blagojevich
Who says I can't get paid anything for the answer to this f---ing goo? I'm sitting on something golden here and I'm supposed to let people guess for free? F--- them! Go »
Rodrigo Duterte
If you want a president who's tough on crime, how about one who has personally executed suspected criminals? Go »
Ron DeSantis
Under his administration, Floridians have been free to ignore COVID-19 safety restrictions imposed by other states, but not free to discuss homosexuality in a classroom. Go »
Ron Paul
His 2008 revolutionary manifesto is a call to noninterventionist arms. Go »
Ronald Reagan
Eureka! I was going to say something about drafting salt, but I forgot... Go »
Ross Perot
19% popularity isn't normally considered a success, especially when it's costing you millions. Go »
Roy Moore
He lost his job as a judge for enshrining 10 commandments outside of the courthouse. That number is one more than the number of women whose accusations of sexual misconduct recently cost him election to the Senate. Go »
Rudy Giuliani
New York counted on its greatest leader in its greatest conflict. Honest. Go »
Rudy Giuliani
"America's Mayor" helped his city cope with a massive terrorist attack, but he never became "America's President." Go »
Rufus King
He never became president, but this Harvard-educated founding father and New York senator did advance the cause of abolitionism. Who's the king? Go »
Saddam Hussein
The world is safe for goos again with this malevolent despot out of power and into a jail cell. Go »
Saddam Hussein
The former ruler of Iraq now calls a much hotter place home. Go »
Salmon Chase
He founded the national bank, introduced paper currency, and presided over the Supreme Court, but he's most remembered today for his name -- because one of the biggest banks is named after him, and because his name sounds like "fish pursuit." Go »
Sam Houston
This revolutionary was elected president twice, in non-consecutive terms before being elected senator, then governor - an office from which he was ultimately removed. Go »
Samantha Power
One of the most powerful women in the world is still remembered for her monstrous opinion of one of the other most powerful women. Go »
Samuel Adams
On Jeopardy!, this governor would appear in the category called Potent Potables. Go »
Sara Kyle
If you have the authority to regulate Tennessee, be careful how you direct it. Go »
Sarah Huckabee Sanders
After her father Mike Huckabee failed in his bid for the White House, she signed up to be the spokesperson of the man who won. Go »
Sarah Palin
John McCain hopes his opponents pale in comparison to this Alaskan governor. Go »
Sarah Palin
She made "drill, baby, drill!" a popular slogan of the 2008 presidential election. Go »
Scott Morrison
He's like Nero fiddling while Rome burned, if fiddling is vacationing in Hawaii and Rome is Australia. Go »
Scott Pruitt
President Trump's pledge to drain the swamp was undermined by the ethics scandals of this (recently ex-) cabinet member, whose job was in fact to protect swampland. Go »
Scott Walker
After walking away successfully from two bruising confrontations with Wisconsin's organized labor, he might now be on a path to the presidency. Go »
Sean Spicer
To me he is in Trump's back pocket and is his little puppet, but he can really spice things up in press conferences as Trump's White House Press Secretary. Go »
Shinzo Abe
Japan's longest-serving prime minister brought "Abenomics" to the country and strived to improve national security, and died doing what he loved: Politicking. Go »
Silvio Berlusconi
To identify one of Europe's most notorious heads of state, you'll have to be familiar with Google Italia. Go »
Sirhan Sirhan
In the 1960s, he used three bullets to change the American political landscape. Go »
Sonia Gandhi
Would you believe the head of Congress and the most powerful woman in the government is Italian? Go »
Spiro Agnew
A member of a rampantly corrupt Cabinet, he was, ironically, not involved in the scandal that ended the tenure of his former boss. Go »
Stacey Abrams
She was disappointed after losing the 2018 gubernatorial race in Georgia, and soon turned the whole state blue with her. Go »
Stephanie Cutter
One of Obama's campaign managers gets criticized for her slicing remarks. Go »
Steve King
Iowans say the darnedest things (who's the king?) Go »
Steven Mnuchin
How many other cabinet members have produced DC and Lego movies? Go »
Strom Thurmond
This Southern segregationist made Senate history with an epic 24-hour filibuster and an epic 49-year term that saw him still serving South Carolina at 100 years of age. Go »
Stubbs
There's something Egyptian about this Alaskan mayor's office. Go »
Ségolène Royal
Sovereignty ascends with a rose in hand. Go »
Tammy Duckworth
She lost two legs in Iraq, but she gained the strength to run for Congress as a representative and later senator from Illinois. Go »
Tarja Halonen
This Scandinavian was the first after only 10 others and had an approval rating just shy of 90%. It makes one wonder why the US hasn't followed suit, yet. Go »
Ted Cruz
Cruising into the White House won't be easy for this Texas politician born north of the border. Go »
Ted Cruz
He serves Texas in Washington despite roots in Cuba and Canada. Go »
Ted Stevens
If you want to bribe me for the answer, you'll have to send payment through a series of tubes. Go »
Theodore Roosevelt
Teddy bears and Mount Rushmore are lasting signs of this safari-loving Rough Rider's popular presidency. Go »
Theresa May
She may not last until December if she can't fix the mess created by "Leavers." Go »
Thomas Eagleton
It's crazy enough running for president without discovering that your running mate is a coo-coo bird, hospitalized multiple times for mental illness. Go »
Thomas Jefferson
after two other presidents, he declared that it was time to move on up to the White House himself Go »
Thomas Jefferson
Americans both black and white can claim this independence-declaring founding father to be their ancestor, but they can't claim him to be James Madison. Go »
Tim Pawlenty
In the volatile race for the current GOP presidential nomination, this Minnesota governor turned out to be all bark, no bite. Go »
Tim Scott
This southern senator won't be the Republican nominee for president in 2024. Go »
Tom DeLay
This Congressman can't wait to get back out on the floor and dazzle his colleagues. Go »
Tom Ridge
Homeland security literally starts with this Pennsylvanian. Go »
Tom Vilsack
Obama's longest-serving secretary knows plenty about Iowan agriculture. Go »
Tulsi Gabbard
Democrats can't decide what bothers them more, her saying aloha to Bashar al-Assad, or her appearing on Fox News and at CPAC. Go »
Vicente Fox
For being in the order of angels, this wily former president is not too keen on his country picking up the tab for major construction projects. Go »
Vladimir Lenin
He started the revolution-of-the-month club. Go »
Vladimir Putin
Put in for the job, he's rushin' to do well. Go »
Vladimir Putin
His assassination of rivals and his seizure of neighboring land makes him one of the most dangerous world leaders, despite his frequent shirtlessness. Go »
Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Nobody's laughing at this former comedian any longer. Go »
Vyacheslav Molotov
This early Soviet bureaucrat and associate of Stalin spent decades in office, but is better known today as the namesake of an incendiary "drink." Go »
Wanda Vázquez Garced
Considering that her predecessor's tenure was shorter than the amount of time you have to solve this goo, and that she has publicly stated that she does not want the job, she might not still be governor by the time this goo expires, continuing the chaos endured by her citizens. Go »
Wayne LaPierre
One of the most effective lobbyists in Washington D.C. doesn't even have to use a rifle to intimidate lawmakers, although he'd fight to keep that legal too. Go »
Wen Jiabao
He governs about 50 people who are more equal than others. Go »
Wendy Davis
Whoever took over this long-winded, pro-choice Texan's state senate seat has some big (pink) shoes to fill. Go »
William Henry Harrison
He began with the longest and ended with the shortest, but know that his image will always be the first. Go »
William McKinley
The USSS was ordered to protect his successors. Go »
William Seward
This politician negotiated the acquisition of the northernmost, westernmost and easternmost lands in the United States. Go »
Winnie Mandela
Controversy has followed this courageous leader... Could there be a black first lady? Go »
Winona LaDuke
She ultimately failed to make Cheney and Lieberman green with envy. Go »
Winston Churchill
He outlasted Chamberlain and outwitted Hitler to become Britain's greatest Prime Minister. Go »
Xi Jinping
The world's most powerful Communist has a dream for his nation. Go »
Yael Dayan
This former Lieutenant and newspaper columnist has become something of a political renegade fighting for women's rights and gay rights. Go »
Yoshirō Mori
History repeats itself: Twenty years before he quit as head of the organizing committee for the Olympics because of sexist comments, he was forced to resign as prime minister of Japan after a series of tone-deaf and offensive comments. Go »
Yulia Tymoshenko
Her party's victory helped coat the halls of government in orange, and that's not just hot air. Go »
Zachary Taylor
If George W. Bush was known as "W," and Barack Obama's campaign logos were based on the letter O, this was the only president who could have gone by Z. Go »
