- Michael Bloomberg, founder of Bloomberg L.P. and former New York City mayor (Eagle Scout, Class of 1954)
- James Brady, former White House Press Secretary (Eagle Scout, Class of 1955)
- Stephen Breyer, Supreme Court justice (Eagle Scout, Class of 1952)
- George W. Bush, 43rd U.S. president
- Tom C. Clark, former Supreme Court justice (Eagle Scout, Class of 1914)
- Bill Clinton, 42nd U.S. president
- Gerald Ford, 38th U.S. president (Eagle Scout, Class of 1927)
- Robert Gates, former Secretary of Defense (Eagle Scout, Class of 1958)
- Jon Huntsman Jr., U.S. ambassador to Russia (Eagle Scout, Class of 1975)
- John F. Kennedy, 35th U.S. president
- Henry Paulson, former Secretary of the Treasury (Eagle Scout, Class of 1960)
- Ross Perot, founder of Electronic Data Systems and presidential candidate (Eagle Scout, Class of 1943)
- Rick Perry, Secretary of Energy and former governor of Texas (Eagle Scout, Class of 1964)
- Donald Rumsfeld, former Secretary of Defense (Eagle Scout, Class of 1949)
- Jeff Sessions, Attorney General (Eagle Scout, Class of 1963)
- Rex Tillerson, Secretary of State and former CEO of ExxonMobil (Eagle Scout, Class of 1965)
- Togo West, former Secretary of Veterans Affairs (Eagle Scout, Class of 1957)