List of Jewish members of the United States Congress

Jewish religion members of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives.

List of Jewish Members of the Senate

Picture	Senator	Party	State	Years	Notes
	David Levy Yulee	Democratic	Florida	July 1, 1845 – March 3, 1851	Lost renomination
				March 4, 1855 – January 21, 1861	Withdrew from the Senate in 1861 following the succession of Florida from the Union.
	Judah P. Benjamin	Democratic	Louisiana	March 4, 1853 – February 4, 1861	Withdrew from the Senate in 1861 following the succession of Louisiana from the Union.
	Benjamin F. Jonas	Democratic	Louisiana	March 4, 1879 – March 4, 1885	Lost renomination
	Joseph Simon	Republican	Oregon	October 7, 1898 – March 4, 1903	Retired
	Isidor Rayner	Democratic	Maryland	March 4, 1905 – November 25, 1912	Died in office
	Simon Guggenheim	Republican	Colorado	March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1913	Retired
	Herbert H. Lehman	Democratic	New York	January 3, 1950 – January 3, 1957	Retired
	Richard L. Neuberger	Democratic	Oregon	January 3, 1955 – March 9, 1960	Died in office
	Jacob K. Javits	Republican	New York	January 9, 1957 – January 3, 1981	Lost renomination
	Ernest Gruening	Democratic	Alaska	January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1969	Lost renomination
	Abraham A. Ribicoff	Democratic	Connecticut	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1981	Retired
	Howard Metzenbaum	Democratic	Ohio	January 4, 1974 – December 23, 1974	Appointed to office following the resignation of William B. Saxbe and lost the party nomination.
				December 29, 1976 – January 3, 1995	Retired
90px	Richard Stone	Democratic	Florida	January 1, 1975 – December 31, 1980	Lost renomination
	Edward Zorinsky	Democratic	Nebraska	December 28, 1976 – March 6, 1987	Died in office
	Rudy Boschwitz	Republican	Minnesota	December 30, 1978 – January 3, 1991	Lost reelection
	Carl Levin	Democratic	Michigan	January 3, 1979 – January 3, 2015	Retired
	Warren Rudman	Republican	New Hampshire	December 29, 1980 – January 3, 1993	Retired
	Arlen Specter	Republican	Pennsylvania	January 3, 1981 – January 3, 2011	Elected as a Republican in 1980, 1986, 1992, 1998, and 2004. Switched to the Democratic Party in 2009 and lost the party nomination in 2010.
		Democratic
	Frank Lautenberg	Democratic	New Jersey	December 27, 1982 – January 3, 2001	Retired
				January 3, 2003 – June 3, 2013	Died in office
	Chic Hecht	Republican	Nevada	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1989	Lost reelection
	Herb Kohl	Democratic	Wisconsin	January 3, 1989 – January 3, 2013	Retired
	Joe Lieberman	Democratic	Connecticut	January 3, 1989 – January 3, 2013	Elected as a Democrat in 1988, 1994, and 2000. Lost renomination and elected on the Connecticut for Lieberman ticket in 2006. Retired.
		Independent Democrat
	Paul Wellstone	Democratic	Minnesota	January 3, 1991 – October 25, 2002	Killed in plane crash while in office.
	Dianne Feinstein	Democratic	California	November 10, 1992 – present
	Barbara Boxer	Democratic	California	January 3, 1993 – present
	Russ Feingold	Democratic	Wisconsin	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2011	Lost reelection
	Ron Wyden	Democratic	Oregon	February 6, 1996 – present
	Chuck Schumer	Democratic	New York	January 3, 1999 – present
90px	Norm Coleman	Republican	Minnesota	January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2009	Lost reelection
	Ben Cardin	Democratic	Maryland	January 3, 2007 – present
	Bernie Sanders	Independent	Vermont	January 3, 2007 – present	Elected as an Independent with Democratic backing in 2006 and 2012. Began identifying alternately as a Democrat and Independent while running in the 2016 Democratic presidential primaries.
		Independent Democrat
	Al Franken	Democratic	Minnesota	July 7, 2009 – present
	Richard Blumenthal	Democratic	Connecticut	January 3, 2011 – present
	Brian Schatz	Democratic	Hawaii	December 26, 2012 – present	Appointed to office following the death of Daniel Inouye and subsequently elected.

List of Jewish Members of the House of Representatives

Picture	Senator	Party	State	Years	Notes
	Lewis Charles Levin	American (Know Nothing)	Pennsylvania	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1851	Lost reelection
	Emanuel B. Hart	Democratic	New York	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853	Lost renomination
	Philip Phillips	Democratic	Alabama	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	Retired
	Henry Myer Phillips	Democratic	Pennsylvania	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859	Lost reelection
	Myer Strouse	Democratic	Pennsylvania	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1867	Retired
	William M. Levy	Democratic	Louisiana	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877	Lost reelection
	Leopold Morse	Democratic	Massachusetts	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1885	Retired
				March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889	Retired
	Edwin Einstein	Republican	New York	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881	Retired
	Julius Houseman	Democratic	Michigan	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885	Retired
	Joseph Pulitzer	Democratic	New York	March 4, 1885 – April 10, 1886	Resigned
	Isidor Rayner	Democratic	Maryland	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889	Lost reelection
				March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1895	Retired
	Nathan Frank	Republican	Missouri	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891	Retired
	Adolph Meyer	Democratic	Louisiana	March 4, 1891 – March 8, 1908	Died in office
	Julius Goldzier	Democratic	Illinois	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895	Lost reelection
	Irving Price Wanger	Republican	Pennsylvania	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1911	Lost reelection
	Israel F. Fischer	Republican	New York	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1899	Lost reelection
	Isidor Straus	Democratic	New York	January 30, 1894 – March 3, 1895	Retired
	Lucius Littauer	Republican	New York	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1907	Retired
	Julius Kahn	Republican	California	March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1903	Lost reelection
				March 4, 1905 – December 18, 1924	Died in office
	Jefferson Monroe Levy	Democratic	New York	March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1901	Retired
				March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1915	Retired
	Mitchell May	Democratic	New York	March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1901	Lost reelection
	Henry M. Goldfogle	Democratic	New York	March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1915	Lost reelection
				March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1921	Lost reelection
	Montague Lessler	Republican	New York	January 7, 1902 – March 3, 1903	Lost reelection
	Martin Emerich	Democratic	Illinois	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905	Retired
	Adolph J. Sabath	Democratic	Illinois	March 4, 1907 – November 6, 1952	Died in office
	Harry Benjamin Wolf	Democratic	Maryland	March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1909	Lost reelection
	Victor L. Berger	Socialist	Wisconsin	March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1913	Lost reelection
				March 4, 1919 – November 10, 1919	House refused to seat due to conviction under the Espionage Act.
				March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1929	Lost reelection
	Jacob A. Cantor	Democratic	New York	November 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915	Lost reelection
	Isaac Bacharach	Republican	New Jersey	March 4, 1915 – January 3, 1937	Lost reelection
	Meyer London	Socialist	New York	March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1919	Lost reelection
				March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1923	Lost reelection
	Isaac Siegel	Republican	New York	March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1923	Retired
	Milton Kraus	Republican	Indiana	March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1923	Lost reelection
	Nathan D. Perlman	Republican	New York	November 2, 1920 – March 3, 1927	Lost reelection
	Lester D. Volk	Republican	New York	November 2, 1920 – March 3, 1923	Retired
	Martin C. Ansorge	Republican	New York	March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1923	Lost reelection
	Benjamin L. Rosenbloom	Republican	West Virginia	March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1925	Retired to run unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination for United States Senate.
	Albert B. Rossdale	Republican	New York	March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1923	Lost reelection
	Sol Bloom	Democratic	New York	March 4, 1923 – March 7, 1949	Died in office
	Emanuel Celler	Democratic	New York	March 4, 1923 – January 3, 1973	Lost renomination
	Samuel Dickstein	Democratic	New York	March 4, 1923 – December 30, 1945	Resigned to take seat on the New York Supreme Court.
	Meyer Jacobstein	Democratic	New York	March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1929	Retired
	Benjamin M. Golder	Republican	Pennsylvania	March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1933	Lost reelection
	Florence Prag Kahn	Republican	California	March 4, 1925 – January 3, 1937	Lost reelection
	William W. Cohen	Democratic	New York	March 4, 1927 – March 3, 1929	Retired
	William I. Sirovich	Democratic	New York	March 4, 1927 – December 17, 1939	Died in office
	Henry Ellenbogen	Democratic	Pennsylvania	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1938	Resigned to take seat on the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas.
	Herman P. Kopplemann	Democratic	Connecticut	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939	Lost reelection
				January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1943	Lost reelection
				January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947	Lost reelection
	Theodore A. Peyser	Democratic	New York	March 4, 1933 – August 8, 1937	Died in office
	William M. Citron	Democratic	Connecticut	January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1939	Lost reelection
	Leon Sacks	Democratic	Pennsylvania	January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1943	Lost reelection
	Morris Michael Edelstein	Democratic	New York	February 6, 1940 – June 4, 1941	Died in office
90px	Samuel A. Weiss	Democratic	Pennsylvania	January 3, 1941 – January 7, 1946	Resigned to take seat on the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas.
	Arthur George Klein	Democratic	New York	July 29, 1941 – January 3, 1945	Retired
				February 19, 1946 – December 31, 1956	Resigned to take seat on the New York Supreme Court.
	Daniel Ellison	Republican	Maryland	January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945	Lost reelection
	Benjamin J. Rabin	Democratic	New York	January 3, 1945 – December 31, 1947	Resigned to take seat on the New York Supreme Court.
	Leo F. Rayfiel	Democratic	New York	January 3, 1945 – September 13, 1947	Resigned to take seat on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
	Jacob K. Javits	Republican	New York	January 3, 1947 – December 31, 1954	Resigned to take office as New York Attorney General.
	Abraham J. Multer	Democratic	New York	November 4, 1947 – December 31, 1967	Resigned to take seat on the New York Supreme Court.
	Leo Isacson	American Labor	New York	February 17, 1948 – January 3, 1949	Lost reelection
	Earl Chudoff	Democratic	Pennsylvania	January 3, 1949 – January 5, 1958	Resigned to take seat on the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas.
	Isidore Dollinger	Democratic	New York	January 3, 1949 – December 31, 1959	Resigned to take office as Bronx County District Attorney.
	Louis B. Heller	Democratic	New York	February 15, 1949 – July 21, 1954	Resigned to take seat on the New York Court of Special Sessions.
	Abraham A. Ribicoff	Democratic	Connecticut	January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1953	Retired to run unsuccessfully for the United States Senate.
	Sidney R. Yates	Democratic	Illinois	January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1963	Retired to run unsuccessfully for the United States Senate.
				January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1999	Retired
	Leonard Irving	Democratic	Missouri	January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1953	Lost renomination
	Sidney A. Fine	Democratic	New York	January 3, 1951 – January 2, 1956	Resigned to take seat on the New York Supreme Court.
	Samuel Friedel	Democratic	Maryland	January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1971	Lost renomination
	Lester Holtzman	Democratic	New York	January 3, 1953 – December 31, 1961	Resigned to take seat on the New York Supreme Court.
	Irwin D. Davidson	Democratic	New York	January 3, 1955 – December 31, 1956	Resigned to take seat on the New York Court of General Sessions.
	Herbert Zelenko	Democratic	New York	January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1963	Lost renomination
	Leonard Farbstein	Democratic	New York	January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1971	Lost renomination
	Ludwig Teller	Democratic	New York	January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1961	Lost renomination
	Seymour Halpern	Republican	New York	January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1973	Retired
	Herman Toll	Democratic	Pennsylvania	January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1967	Retired
	Jacob H. Gilbert	Democratic	New York	March 8, 1960 – January 3, 1971	Lost renomination
	Charles Samuel Joelson	Democratic	New Jersey	January 3, 1961 – September 4, 1969	Resigned to take seat on the New Jersey Superior Court.
	Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal	Democratic	New York	February 20, 1962 – January 4, 1983	Died in office
	Richard Ottinger	Democratic	New York	January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1971	Retired to run unsuccessfully for the United States Senate.
				January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1985	Retired
	Joseph Y. Resnick	Democratic	New York	January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1969	Retired to run unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination for United States Senate.
	James H. Scheuer	Democratic	New York	January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1973	Lost renomination
				January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1993	Retired
	Herbert Tenzer	Democratic	New York	January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1969	Retired
	Lester L. Wolff	Democratic	New York	January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1981	Lost reelection
	Joshua Eilberg	Democratic	Pennsylvania	January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1979	Lost reelection
	Sam Steiger	Republican	Arizona	January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1977	Retired to run unsuccessfully for the United States Senate.
	Bertram L. Podell	Democratic	New York	February 20, 1968 – January 3, 1975	Lost renomination
	Ed Koch	Democratic	New York	January 3, 1969 – December 31, 1977	Resigned to take office as Mayor of New York City.
	Allard K. Lowenstein	Democratic	New York	January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1971	Lost reelection
	Abner J. Mikva	Democratic	Illinois	January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1973	Lost reelection
				January 3, 1975 – September 26, 1979	Resigned to take seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
	Bella Abzug	Democratic	New York	January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1977	Retired to run unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination for the United States Senate.
	Benjamin A. Gilman	Republican	New York	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 2003	Retired
	Elizabeth Holtzman	Democratic	New York	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1981	Retired to run unsuccessfully for the United States Senate.
	William Lehman	Democratic	Florida	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1993	Retired
	Edward Mezvinsky	Democratic	Iowa	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1977	Lost reelection
	Bill Gradison	Republican	Ohio	January 3, 1975 – January 31, 1993	Resigned
	John Hans Krebs	Democratic	California	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1979	Lost reelection
	Elliott H. Levitas	Democratic	Georgia	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1985	Lost reelection
	Fred Richmond	Democratic	New York	January 3, 1975 – August 25, 1982	Resigned
	Stephen J. Solarz	Democratic	New York	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1993	Lost renomination
	Gladys Spellman	Democratic	Maryland	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1981	Seat declared vacant after suffering a debilitating heart attack and becoming comatose.
	Henry Waxman	Democratic	California	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 2015	Retired
	Anthony C. Beilenson	Democratic	California	January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1997	Retired
	Mickey Edwards	Republican	Oklahoma	January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1993	Lost renomination
	Dan Glickman	Democratic	Kansas	January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1995	Lost reelection
	Marc L. Marks	Republican	Pennsylvania	January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1983	Retired
	Theodore S. Weiss	Democratic	New York	January 3, 1977 – September 14, 1992	Died in office
	S. William Green	Republican	New York	February 14, 1978 – January 3, 1993	Lost reelection
90px	Martin Frost	Democratic	Texas	January 3, 1979 – January 3, 2005	Lost reelection
	Ken Kramer	Republican	Colorado	January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1987	Retired to run unsuccessfully for the United States Senate.
	Howard Wolpe	Democratic	Michigan	January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1993	Retired
	Bobbi Fiedler	Republican	California	January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1987	Retired to run unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination for the United States Senate.
	Barney Frank	Democratic	Massachusetts	January 3, 1981 – January 3, 2013	Retired
90px	Sam Gejdenson	Democratic	Connecticut	January 3, 1981 – January 3, 2001	Lost reelection
	Tom Lantos	Democratic	California	January 3, 1981 – February 11, 2008	Died in office
	Chuck Schumer	Democratic	New York	January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1999	Retired to run successfully for the United States Senate.
	Bob Shamansky	Democratic	Ohio	January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1983	Lost reelection
	Ron Wyden	Democratic	Oregon	January 3, 1981 – February 5, 1996	Resigned after being elected to the United States Senate.
	Gary Ackerman	Democratic	New York	March 1, 1983 – January 3, 2013	Retired
	Howard Berman	Democratic	California	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 2013	Lost reelection
	Barbara Boxer	Democratic	California	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993	Retired to run successfully for the United States Senate.
	Sala Burton	Democratic	California	June 21, 1983 – February 1, 1987	Died in office
	Ben Erdreich	Democratic	Alabama	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993	Lost reelection
	Sander Levin	Democratic	Michigan	January 3, 1983 – present
	Mel Levine	Democratic	California	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993	Retired to run unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination for the United States Senate.
	Norman Sisisky	Democratic	Virginia	January 3, 1983 – March 29, 2001	Died in office
	Lawrence J. Smith	Democratic	Florida	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993	Retired
	John Miller	Republican	Washington	January 3, 1985 – January 3, 1993	Retired
	Ben Cardin	Democratic	Maryland	January 3, 1987 – January 3, 2007	Retired to run successfully for the United States Senate.
	Eliot Engel	Democratic	New York	January 3, 1989 – present
	Nita Lowey	Democratic	New York	January 3, 1989 – present
	Steven Schiff	Republican	New Mexico	January 3, 1989 – March 25, 1998	Died in office
	Bernie Sanders	Independent	Vermont	January 3, 1991 – January 3, 2007	Retired to run successfully for the United States Senate.
	Dick Zimmer	Republican	New Jersey	January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1997	Retired to run unsuccessfully for the United States Senate.
	Jerrold Nadler	Democratic	New York	November 3, 1992 – present
	Sam Coppersmith	Democratic	Arizona	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995	Retired to run unsuccessfully for the United States Senate.
	Peter Deutsch	Democratic	Florida	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2005	Retired to run unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination for the United States Senate.
	Bob Filner	Democratic	California	January 3, 1993 – December 3, 2012	Resigned to take office as Mayor of San Diego.
	Eric Fingerhut	Democratic	Ohio	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995	Lost reelection
	Daniel Hamburg	Democratic	California	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995	Lost reelection
	Jane Harman	Democratic	California	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1999	Retired to run unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination for Governor of California.
				January 3, 2001 – February 28, 2011	Resigned
	Herb Klein	Democratic	New Jersey	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995	Lost reelection
	David A. Levy	Republican	New York	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995	Lost renomination
	Marjorie Margolies	Democratic	Pennsylvania	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995	Lost reelection
	Lynn Schenk	Democratic	California	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995	Lost reelection
	Jon D. Fox	Republican	Pennsylvania	January 3, 1995 – January 3, 1999	Lost reelection
	Steve Rothman	Democratic	New Jersey	January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2013	Lost renomination
	Brad Sherman	Democratic	California	January 3, 1997 – present
90px	Robert Wexler	Democratic	Florida	January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2010	Resigned
	Shelley Berkley	Democratic	Nevada	January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2013	Retired to run unsuccessfully for the United States Senate.
	Jan Schakowsky	Democratic	Illinois	January 3, 1999 – present
	Anthony Weiner	Democratic	New York	January 3, 1999 – June 21, 2011	Resigned
90px	Eric Cantor	Republican	Virginia	January 3, 2001 – August 18, 2014	First Jewish House Majority Leader. Lost renomination and resigned
90px	Susan Davis	Democratic	California	January 3, 2001 – present
	Steve Israel	Democratic	New York	January 3, 2001 – present
	Adam Schiff	Democratic	California	January 3, 2001 – present
	Rahm Emanuel	Democratic	Illinois	January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2009	Resigned to become White House Chief of Staff.
	Debbie Wasserman Schultz	Democratic	Florida	January 3, 2005 – present
	Allyson Schwartz	Democratic	Pennsylvania	January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2015	Retired to run unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination for Governor of Pennsylvania.
	Steve Cohen	Democratic	Tennessee	January 3, 2007 – present
	Gabrielle Giffords	Democratic	Arizona	January 3, 2007 – January 25, 2012	Resigned
	Paul Hodes	Democratic	New Hampshire	January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2011	Retired to run unsuccessfully for the United States Senate.
	Steve Kagen	Democratic	Wisconsin	January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2011	Lost reelection
	Ron Klein	Democratic	Florida	January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2011	Lost reelection
	John Yarmuth	Democratic	Kentucky	January 3, 2007 – present
	John Adler	Democratic	New Jersey	January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2011	Lost reelection
	Alan Grayson	Democratic	Florida	January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2011	Lost reelection
				January 3, 2013 – present	Retiring to run for the United States Senate.
	Jared Polis	Democratic	Colorado	January 3, 2009 – present
	Ted Deutsch	Democratic	Florida	April 13, 2010 – present
	David Cicilline	Democratic	Rhode Island	January 3, 2011 – present
	Nan Hayworth	Republican	New York	January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2013	Lost reelection
	Lois Frankel	Democratic	Florida	January 3, 2013 – present
	Alan Lowenthal	Democratic	California	January 3, 2013 – present
	Brad Schneider	Democratic	Illinois	January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2015	Lost reelection
	Lee Zeldin	Republican	New York	January 3, 2015 – present