List of Jewish American politicians

For other notable Jewish Americans, see List of Jewish Americans.

This is a list of notable Jewish American politicians, arranged chronologically.

Federal government

Senators

Current senators

	State	Class	Senator	Name	Party	Prior public office/position	Education	Assumed office	Date of birth	Term expires
	California	1		Feinstein, DianneDianne Feinstein	Democratic	Mayor of San Francisco, San Francisco Board of Supervisors	Stanford University (B.A.)	November 10, 1992	June 22, 1933	January 3, 2019
	Connecticut	3		Blumenthal, RichardRichard Blumenthal	Democratic	Connecticut Attorney General, Connecticut Senate, Connecticut House of Representatives	Harvard University (B.A.) Trinity College, Cambridge (attended) Yale University (J.D.)	January 5, 2011	February 13, 1946	January 3, 2023
	Hawaii	3		Schatz, BrianBrian Schatz	Democratic	Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii, Hawaii House of Representatives	Pomona College (B.A.)	December 26, 2012	October 20, 1972	January 3, 2023
	Maryland	1		Cardin, BenBen Cardin	Democratic	U.S. House, Maryland House of Delegates	University of Pittsburgh (B.A.) University of Maryland, Baltimore (J.D.)	January 3, 2007	October 5, 1943	January 3, 2019
	Minnesota	3		Franken, AlAl Franken	Democratic		Harvard College (B.A.)	July 7, 2009	May 21, 1951	January 3, 2019
	New York	3	95px	Schumer, ChuckChuck Schumer	Democratic	U.S. House, New York State Assembly	Harvard University (A.B.; J.D.)	January 3, 1999	November 23, 1950	January 3, 2023
	Oregon	3		Wyden, RonRon Wyden	Democratic	U.S. House	University of California, Santa Barbara (attended) Stanford University (B.A.) University of Oregon (J.D.)	February 6, 1996	May 3, 1949	January 3, 2023
	Vermont	1		Sanders, BernieBernie Sanders	Democratic	Mayor of Burlington, U.S. House	Brooklyn College (attended) University of Chicago (B.A.)	January 3, 2007	September 8, 1941	January 3, 2019

Former senators

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• Rudy Boschwitz (R-MN: 1978–1991)
• Barbara Boxer (D-CA: 1993-2017)
• William Cohen (R-ME: 1978-1997)
• Norm Coleman (R-MN: 2003–2009)
• Russell Feingold (D-WI: 1993–2011)
• Ernest Gruening (D-AK: 1959-1969)
• Chic Hecht (R-NV: 1983–1989)
• Jacob K. Javits (R-NY: 1957–1981)
• Herbert Kohl (D-WI: 1988–2013)
• Herbert Lehman (D-NY: 1950-1957)
• Carl Levin (D-MI: 1979-2015)
• Joe Lieberman (D-CT: 1989–2013)
• Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ: 1982–2001; 2003–2013)
• Howard Metzenbaum (D-OH: 1974 1976–1995)
• Richard Neuberger (D-OR: 1955-1960)
• Abraham A. Ribicoff (D-CT: 1962–1980)
• Warren Rudman (R-NH: 1980–1993)
• Arlen Specter (R/D-PA: 1981–2011)
• Richard Stone (D-FL: 1975-1980)
• Paul Wellstone (D-MN: 1991–2002)
• David Levy Yulee (D-FL: 1845–1851; 1855–1861)
• Edward Zorinsky (D-NE: 1976–1987)

Representatives

Current representatives

	District		Name	Party	Religion	Prior experience	Education	Assumed office	Born in	Notes
	California 28		Schiff, AdamAdam Schiff	Democratic	Judaism	California State Senate, Assistant Prosecutor for the United States Attorney for the Southern District of California	Stanford University Harvard University	2001	1960
	California 30		Sherman, BradBrad Sherman	Democratic	Jewish	California Board of Equalization	University of California, Los Angeles Harvard Law School	1997	1954
	California 47		Lowenthal, AlanAlan Lowenthal	Democratic	Jewish	California State Senate, California State Assembly	Ohio State University Hobart College	2013	1941
	California 53	75px	Davis, SusanSusan Davis	Democratic	Jewish	California State Assembly	University of California, Berkeley University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	2001	1944
	Colorado 2		Polis, JaredJared Polis	Democratic	Jewish	Colorado State Board of Education, Internet Executive	Princeton University	2009	1975	First openly gay man elected as a freshman
	Florida 21		Frankel, LoisLois Frankel	Democratic	Jewish	West Palm Beach mayor	Boston University Georgetown University Law Center	2013	1948
	Florida 22		Deutch, TedTed Deutch	Democratic	Jewish	Florida Senate	University of Michigan University of Michigan Law School	2010*	1966
	Florida 23		Wasserman Schultz, DebbieDebbie Wasserman Schultz	Democratic	Jewish	Florida Senate, Florida House of Representatives	University of Florida	2005	1966	Former Chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee
	Illinois 9		Schakowsky, JanJan Schakowsky	Democratic	Jewish	Illinois House of Representatives	University of Illinois	1999	1944	Democratic leadership as a Chief Deputy Whip
	Illinois 10		Schneider, BradBrad Schneider	Democratic	Jewish	Former Member of Congress	Northwestern	2017	1961
	Kentucky 3		Yarmuth, JohnJohn Yarmuth	Democratic	Jewish	Newspaper Publisher, Vice-President for University Relations University of Louisville	Yale University	2007	1947	First Jewish congressman from Kentucky
	Maryland 8		Raskin, JamieJamie Raskin	Democratic	Jewish	Maryland Senate	Harvard University Harvard Law School	2017	1962
	Michigan 9		Levin, SanderSander Levin	Democratic	Jewish	U.S. Government administrator	University of Chicago Columbia University Harvard Law School	1983	1931	Former chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means
	Nevada 3		Rosen, JackyJacky Rosen	Democratic	Jewish		University of Minnesota	2017	1957
	New Jersey 5	75px	Gottheimer, JoshJosh Gottheimer	Democratic	Jewish	Speechwriter for President Bill Clinton	University of Pennsylvania Harvard Law School	2017	1975
	New York 1		Zeldin, LeeLee Zeldin	Republican	Jewish	New York Senate	University at Albany, SUNY Albany Law School	2015	1980
	New York 10	75px	Nadler, JerroldJerrold Nadler	Democratic	Jewish	New York State Assembly	Columbia University Fordham University	1992*	1947
	New York 16		Engel, EliotEliot Engel	Democratic	Jewish	high school teacher, New York State Assembly	Lehman College New York Law School	1989	1947
	New York 17		Lowey, NitaNita Lowey	Democratic	Jewish	New York Assistant Secretary of State	Mount Holyoke College	1989	1937	First female and second chairperson of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
	Tennessee 8		Kustoff, DavidDavid Kustoff	Republican	Jewish	Former U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee	University of Memphis	2017	1966
	Tennessee 9		Cohen, SteveSteve Cohen	Democratic	Jewish	Tennessee Senate, Attorney	Vanderbilt University University of Memphis	2007	1949	First Jewish congressman from Tennessee

Former representatives

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• Bella Abzug (D-NY: 1973–1977)
• Anthony C. Beilenson (D-CA: 1977–1997)
• Howard Berman (D-CA: 1983–2013)
• Eric Cantor (R-VA: 2001–2014) Former House Majority Leader
• Sam Coppersmith (D-AZ: 1993–1995)
• Peter Deutsch (D-FL: 1993–2005)
• Mickey Edwards (R-OK:1977–1993)
• Rahm Emanuel (D-IL: 2003–2009), also Cabinet-level officer; current Mayor of Chicago
• Eric Fingerhut (D-OH: 1993-95)
• Bob Filner (D-CA: 1993–2012)
• Jon D. Fox (R-PA: 1995–1999)
• Martin Frost (D-TX: 1979–2005)
• Sam Gejdenson (D-CT: 1981–2001)
• Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ: 2007–2012)
• Bill Graidson (R-OH 1st and 2nd: 1975–1983; 1983–1993)
• Alan Grayson (D-FL: 2013–2017, 2001–2011)
• Jane Harman (D-CA: 1993–1999, 2001–2011)
• Julius Houseman (D-MI 5th: 1883–1885)
• Steve Israel (D-NY:2001-2017)
• Julius Kahn (R-CA:1899–1924)
• Florence Prag Kahn (R-CA:1925–1937), first Jewish woman elected
• Ed Koch (D-NY 17th and 18th: 1969–1973; 1973–1977)
• Tom Lantos (D-CA: 1981–2008), also Chairman of the House Committee on International Relations
• William Lehman (D-FL:1973–1993)
• Mel Levine (D-CA: 1983–1993)
• Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky (D-PA: 1995–1997)
• Edward Mezvinsky (D-IA: 1973–1977)
• Philip Phillips (D-AL:1853–1855)
• Allyson Schwartz (D-PA: 2005–2015)
• Gladys Spellman (D-MD: 1975–1981)
• Sam Steiger (R-AZ: 1967–1977)
• Henry Waxman (D-CA: 1975–2015), also Chairman of Energy and Commerce Committee
• Robert Wexler (D-FL: 1997–2010)
• Anthony Weiner (D-NY: 1999–2011)
• Ted Weiss (D-NY: 1977–1992)
• Sidney R. Yates (D-IL: 1949–1963; 1965–1999)
• Dick Zimmer (R-NJ: 1991–1997)

Supreme Court justices

Current justices

Name	Born	Appt. by	Age at appt.	First day / Length of service	Previous positions
Ginsburg, Ruth BaderRuth Bader Ginsburg	000000001933-03-15-0000March 15, 1933 (age 7001880000000000000♠88) in Brooklyn, New York	Clinton, BillBill Clinton	60	000000001993-08-10-0000August 10, 1993 27 years, 8 months	Circuit Judge, Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit (1980–1993); General Counsel, American Civil Liberties Union (1973–1980); Professor, Columbia Law School (1972–1980); Professor, Rutgers University School of Law (1963–1972)
Breyer, StephenStephen Breyer	000000001938-08-15-0000August 15, 1938 (age 7001820000000000000♠82) in San Francisco, California	Clinton, BillBill Clinton	55	000000001994-08-03-0000August 3, 1994 26 years, 9 months	Chief Judge, Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (1990–1994); Circuit Judge, Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (1980–1990); Professor, Harvard Law School (1967–1980)
Kagan, ElenaElena Kagan	000000001960-04-28-0000April 28, 1960 (age 7001610000000000000♠61) in New York, New York	Obama, BarackBarack Obama	50	000000002010-08-07-0000August 7, 2010 10 years, 9 months	Solicitor General of the United States (2009–2010); Dean of Harvard Law School (2003–2009); Professor, Harvard Law School (2001–2003); Visiting Professor, Harvard Law School (1999–2001); Associate White House Counsel (1995–1999); Deputy Director of the Domestic Policy Council (1995–1999); Professor, University of Chicago Law School (1995); Associate Professor, University of Chicago Law School (1991–1995)

Former justices

Name	Born	Died	Appt. by	Retired under	Age at appt.	First day	Date of retirement
Louis Brandeis	November 13, 1856 in Louisville, Kentucky	October 5, 1941 in Washington, D.C.	Woodrow Wilson	Franklin D. Roosevelt	55	June 1, 1916	February 13, 1939
Benjamin Cardozo	May 24, 1870 in New York, New York	July 9, 1938 in Port Chester, New York	Herbert Hoover	Franklin D. Roosevelt	61	March 2, 1932	July 9, 1938
Felix Frankfurter	November 15, 1882 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary	February 22, 1965 in Washington, D.C.	Franklin D. Roosevelt	John F. Kennedy	56	January 20, 1939	August 28, 1962
Arthur Goldberg	August 8, 1908 in Chicago, Illinois	January 19, 1990 in Washington, D.C.	John F. Kennedy	Lyndon B. Johnson	53	September 28, 1962	July 26, 1965
Abe Fortas	June 19, 1910 in Memphis, Tennessee	April 5, 1982 in Washington, D.C.	Lyndon B. Johnson	Richard Nixon	55	October 4, 1965	May 14, 1969

Cabinet officials

Current Cabinet secretaries

Office	Secretary	Name	Assumed office	Date of birth	Prior public office/position	Education
Secretary of the Treasury	95px	Mnuchin, SteveSteve Mnuchin	February 13, 2017	December 21, 1962	none	Yale University (A.B.)
Secretary of Veterans Affairs	95px	Shulkin, DavidDavid Shulkin	February 14, 2017	June 22, 1959	Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Health	Hampshire College (A.B.) Drexel University (M.D.)

Obama Cabinet secretaries

Office	Secretary	Name	Assumed office	Date of birth	Prior public office/position	Education
Secretary of the Treasury		Lew, JackJack Lew	February 28, 2013	August 29, 1955	White House Chief of Staff, Director of the Office of Management and Budget, Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources	Harvard University (A.B.) Georgetown University (J.D.)
Secretary of Commerce		Pritzker, PennyPenny Pritzker	June 26, 2013	May 2, 1959	none	Harvard University (A.B.) Stanford University (J.D., M.B.A.)

State government

Governors

Current governors

	State	Governor	Name	Party	Assumed office	Term expires	Notes
	Missouri	75px	Greitens, EricEric Greitens	Republican	January 9, 2017	January 11, 2021	No Previous Positions Held

Former governors

	Name	Party	State	Term	Other Public Office/Position	Note
	Moses Alexander	Democratic	Idaho	1915-1919	Mayor of Boise, Idaho	Idaho's first and so far only Jewish governor
	Simon Bamberger	Democratic	Utah	1917-1921		First non-Mormon, first Democrat, and first and to date only person of Jewish heritage to be elected governor of the state of Utah
	Washington Bartlett	Democratic	California	1887	Mayor of San Francisco	California's first and so far only Jewish governor
	David Emanuel	Democratic-Republican	Georgia	1801		Emanuel is considered to be the first Jew elected to public office in the South and the first Jewish governor of any U.S. state, although he may not have been an openly practicing Jew. As an adult he became a Presbyterian, confusing later researchers about his identity, but modern historians accept that he was Jewish.
	Neil Goldschmidt	Democratic	Oregon	1987-1991	United States Secretary of Transportation Mayor of Portland, Oregon
	Ernest Gruening	Democratic	Territory of Alaska	1939-1953	United States Senator
	Henry Horner	Democratic	Illinois	1933-1940		Illinois' first Jewish governor
	Madeleine Kunin	Democratic	Vermont	1985-1991	United States Ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein Lieutenant Governor of Vermont	Vermont's first and, to date, only female governor
	Herbert H. Lehman	Democratic	New York	1933-1942	United States Senator Lieutenant Governor of New York
	Frank Licht	Democratic	Rhode Island	1969-1973	Associate Justice of the Rhode Island Superior Court Member of the Rhode Island Senate	Rhode Island's first Jewish governor
	Linda Lingle	Republican	Hawaii	2002-2010	Mayor of Maui	Hawaii's first and, to date, only female and Jewish governor
	Marvin Mandel	Democratic	Maryland	1969-1979		Maryland's first and to date only Jewish governor
	Jack Markell	Democratic	Delaware	2009-2017	Treasurer of Delaware	Former Chairperson of the National Governors Association Former Chairperson of the Democratic Governors Association
	Julius Meier	Independent	Oregon	1931-1935		Oregon's first Jewish governor
	Ed Rendell	Democratic	Pennsylvania	2003-2011	Mayor of Philadelphia
	Abraham Ribicoff	Democratic	Connecticut	1955-1961	United States Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare United States Senator Member of the U.S. House of Representatives	Connecticut's first and to date only Jewish governor
	Edward S. Salomon	Republican	Washington Territory	1870-1872
	Arthur Seligman	Democratic	New Mexico	1931-1933		New Mexico's first native-born, non-Hispanic, governor of Jewish ancestry
	Samuel H. Shapiro	Democratic	Illinois	1968-1969	Lieutenant Governor of Illinois
	Milton Shapp	Democratic	Pennsylvania	1971-1979		Pennsylvania's first Jewish governor
	Shumlin, PeterPeter Shumlin	Democratic	Vermont	2011-2017	Vermont House of Representatives Former President pro tempore of the Vermont State Senate
	Eliot Spitzer	Democratic	New York	2007-2008	New York Attorney General
	Bruce Sundlun	Democratic	Rhode Island	1991-1995

Lieutenant governors

Current lieutenant governors

	State	Governor	Name	Party	Assumed office	Term expires	Prior public office/position
	Connecticut		Wyman, NancyNancy Wyman	Democrat	January 5, 2011	2019	Comptroller of Connecticut

Former lieutenant governors

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• Jerry Abramson (D-KY: 2011–2014)
• Jay Dardenne (R-LA: 2010–2016)
• Matthew Denn (D-DE: 2009–2015)
• Lee Fisher (D-OH: 2007–2011)
• Ken Rothman (D-MO: 1981–1985)
• Harriett Woods (D-MO: 1985–1989)

Municipal government

Mayors of major cities

Current mayors of major cities

	City	State	Mayor	Name	Party	Assumed office	Term expires	Prior public office/position
	Anchorage	Alaska		Ethan Berkowitz	Democratic	July 1, 2015	2019	Member of Alaska House of Representatives
	Austin	Texas		Steve Adler	Democratic	January 6, 2015	2019
	Burlington	Vermont		Miro Weinberger	Democratic	April 2, 2012	2016
	Chattanooga	Tennessee		Andy Berke	Democratic	April 15, 2013	2017	Member of the Tennessee Senate
	Chicago	Illinois		Rahm Emanuel	Democratic	May 16, 2011	2019	White House Chief of Staff U.S. House
	Jersey City	New Jersey		Steven Fulop	Democratic	July 1, 2013	2017	Jersey City Councilman
	Las Vegas	Nevada		Carolyn Goodman	Independent	July 6, 2011	2019
	Los Angeles	California		Eric Garcetti	Democratic	July 1, 2013	2017	President of the Los Angeles City Council Los Angeles City Councilman
	Madison	Wisconsin		Paul Soglin	Democratic	April 19, 2011	2019
	Oakland	California		Libby Schaaf	Democratic	January 5, 2015	2019	Member of Oakland City Council
	St. Petersburg	Florida		Rick Kriseman	Democratic	January 2, 2014	2017	Member of the Florida House of Representatives
	Tucson	Arizona	75px	Jonathan Rothschild	Democratic	December 5, 2011	2015

Former mayors of major cities

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• Jerry Abramson (D-Louisville, KY: 1986–1999; 2003-2011)
• Moses Alexander (D-Boise, ID: 1897–1899; 1901-1903)
• Abe Aronovitz (R-Miami, FL: 1953-1955)
• Harry Bacharach (R-Atlantic City, NJ: 1912; 1916–1920; 1930-1935)
• Walt Bachrach (R-Cincinnati, OH: 1960-1967
• Abraham Beame (D-New York, NY: 1974-1977)
• Martin Behrman (D-New Orleans, LA: 1904-1920; 1925-1926)
• Bruce Blakeman (First Presiding Officer of Nassau County, N.Y.)
• Michael Bloomberg (R then I:New York, NY: 2002-2013)
• Richard Berkley (R-Kansas City, MO: 1979-1991)
• David Cicilline (D-Providence, RI: 2003-2011)
• Larry Cohen (D-Saint Paul, MN: 1972-1976)
• Josh Cohen (D-Annapolis, MD: 2009-2013)
• Norm Coleman (R-Saint Paul, MN: 1997-2002)
• Leopold David (Anchorage, AK: 1920-1923), first mayor of Anchorage
• Mutt Evans (D-Durham, NC: 1951-1963)
• Dianne Feinstein (D-San Francisco, CA: 1978-1988)
• Bob Filner (D-San Diego, CA: 2012-2013)
• Samuel Folz (D-Kalamazoo, MI: 1903)
• Lois Frankel (D-West Palm Beach, FL: 2003-2011)
• Sandra Freedman (D-Tampa, FL: 1986-1995)
• Jeffrey Friedman (D-Austin, TX: 1975-1977)
• Eva Galambos (R-Sandy Springs, GA: 2005-2014)
• Bailey Gatzert (I-Seattle, WA: 1875-1876)
• Susan Golding (R-San Diego, CA: 1992-2000)
• Neil Goldschmidt (D-Portland, OR: 1973-1979)
• Stephen Goldsmith (R-Indianapolis, IN: 1992-2000)
• Oscar Goodman (D then I:Las Vegas, NV: 1999-2011)
• Phil Gordon (D-Phoenix, AZ: 2004-2012)
• Bill Graidson (R-Cincinnati, OH: 1971)
• Robert Harris (D-Ann Arbor, MI: 1969-1973)
• Adlene Harrison (D-Dallas, TX: 1976)
• Julius Houseman (D-Grand Rapids, MI: 1872-1873; 1874–1875)
• Vera Katz (D-Portland, OR: 1993-2005)
• Ed Koch (D-New York, NY: 1978-1989)
• Joseph Lazarow (R-Atlantic City, NJ: 1976-1982)
• Henry Loeb (D-Memphis, TN: 1960-1963; 1968-1971), later converted to Episcopalianism
• Zachariah J. Loussac (D-Anchorage, AK: 1948-1951)
• Sophie Masloff (D-Pittsburgh, PA: 1988-1994)
• Sam Massell (D-Atlanta, GA: 1970-1974)
• Laura Miller (D-Dallas, TX: 2002-2007)
• Arthur Naftalin (D-Minneapolis, MN: 1961-1969)
• Meyera Oberndorf (D-Virginia Beach, VA: 1988-2009)
• Ed Rendell (D-Philadelphia, PA: 1992-2000)
• Bernie Sanders (I-Burlington, VT: 1981-1989)
• Murray Seasongood (I-Cincinnati, OH: 1929-1929)
• Kel Seliger (R-Amarillo, TX: 1993-2001)
• Florence Shapiro (R-Plano, TX: 1990-1992)
• Joseph Simon (R-Portland, OR: 1909-1911)
• Jerry Springer (D-Cincinnati, OH: 1977-1978)
• Sam Steiger (R-Prescott, AZ: 1999-2001)
• Annette Strauss (D-Dallas, TX: 1987-1991)
• Adolph Sutro (R-San Francisco, CA: 1895-1897)
• Susan Weiner (R-Savannah, GA: 1992-1996)
• Edward Zorinsky (R-Omaha, NE: 1973–1976)

Presidential candidates

• Milton Shapp ran for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States in 1976 but ended the campaign after 89 days and not even winning Pennsylvania where he was governor.
• Arlen Specter ran for the Republican Nomination for President in 1996, but dropped out before the Iowa Caucuses. He later became a Democrat.
• Joe Lieberman ran for the Democratic nomination for president of the United States in 2004. In the previous presidential election, he was the Democratic candidate for vice president.
• Jill Stein was the Green Party nominee for president in 2012. She lost with 0.36% of the vote, or 470,000 votes. She ran in the 2016 Presidential Election, but lost with just over one percent.
• Bernie Sanders was running for president in 2016 as a Democrat. He became the first Jewish candidate to win a Democratic party primary with a victory in New Hampshire. He lost the nomination to Hillary Clinton.

See also

• List of Jewish members of the United States Congress