Birth Name: Robert Patrick Casey Jr.
Place of Birth: Scranton, Pennsylvania
Date of Birth: April 13, 1960
Ethnicity: Irish
Bob Casey, Jr. is an American attorney and politician. A Democrat, he has served as a U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania since 2007. He is the son of Ellen Theresa (Harding) and Robert P. Casey (Robert Patrick Casey). His father served as Governor of Pennsylvania from 1987 to 1995.
Bob is of Irish descent on both sides of his family.
Bob’s paternal grandparents were Alphonsus Lignori Casey (the son of Thomas Casey and Sarah Haggerty) and Marie Madalin Cummings (the daughter of John Francis Cummings and Mary McDermott).
Bob’s maternal grandparents were Raymond A. Harding (the son of Thomas J. Harding and Catherine Loretta Curley) and Margaret Butler (the daughter of Henry J. Butler and Ellen T. Merrick).
Source: Genealogy of Bob Casey – http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com