- Governor of New York (1955-1959).
- U.S. Ambassador to Soviet Union (1943-1946).
- U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain (1946)
- U.S. Secretary of Commerce (1946-1948).
- Adoptave father of Peter Duchin. Peter's father, Eddy Duchin, was a friend of Harriman's.
- Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume Two, 1986-1990, pages 376-380. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1999.
- Inducted into the Polo Hall of Fame in 2008.
- Anne Harriman-Vanderbilt was the daughter of Harriman's great-uncle, Oliver.
- Father, with first wife Kitty, of Mary Williamson Harriman and Kathleen Harriman Mortimer.
- His second wife, Marie, was the first wife of C.V. Whitney.
- Inducted into the United States Croquet Hall of Fame in 1979.
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