America’s Lesser-Known Political Dynasties

Posted by JacobSloan on February 17, 2010

To commemorate the retirement of Senator Evan Bayh, son of former Senator Birch Bayh, Talking Points Memo has put together a slideshow of current Congressmen and women whose families are knee deep in the business of politics. The lesser Kennedys, if you will. Below, Sen. Chris Dodd with his brothers and father, Thomas Dodd, who was a Connecticut senator from 1959-71.