Name | Original chapter | Initiation year | Notability | Ref(s) |
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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) | |