Biographies of Members of the Jewish People

 		  
 

Jewish Politicians

 

        

Federal Government

Senators

Current senators

  State Class Senator Name Party Prior Public Office/Position Education Assumed Office Date of Birth Term Expires


 
  California 1 Dianne Feinstein Democratic Mayor of San Francisco, San Francisco Board of Supervisors Stanford University (B.A.) November 10, 1992 June 22, 1933 January 3, 2019
  California 3 Barbara Boxer Democratic U.S. House, Marin County Board of Supervisors Brooklyn College (B.A.) January 3, 1993 November 11, 1940 January 3, 2017
  Colorado 3 Michael Bennet Democratic Denver Public Schools Superintendent Wesleyan University (B.A.)
Yale University (J.D.)		 January 21, 2009 November 28, 1964 January 3, 2017
  Connecticut 3 Richard 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, 2017
  Hawaii 3 Brian Schatz Democratic Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii, Hawaii House of Representatives Pomona College (B.A.) December 26, 2012 October 20, 1972 January 3, 2017
  Maryland 1 Ben 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 2 Al Franken Democratic-Farmer-Labor None (Entertainer) Harvard University (B.A.) July 7, 2009 May 21, 1951 January 3, 2021
  New York 3 Chuck Schumer Democratic U.S. House, New York State Assembly Harvard University (A.B.;J.D.) January 3, 1999 November 23, 1950 January 3, 2017
  Oregon 3 Ron 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, 2017
  Vermont 1 Bernie Sanders Independent 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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Representatives

Current representatives

  District   Name Party Religion Prior Experience Education Assumed Office Born In Notes
  California 28 Adam Schiff[8] Democratic Jewish California State Senate, Assistant Prosecutor for the United States Attorney for the Southern District of California Stanford University
Harvard University		 2001 1960  
  California 30 Brad Sherman[9] Democratic Jewish California Board of Equalization University of California, Los Angeles
Harvard Law School		 1997 1954  
  California 47 Alan Lowenthal[10] Democratic Jewish California State Senate, California State Assembly Ohio State University
Hobart College		 2013 1941  
  California 53 Susan Davis[11] Democratic Jewish California State Assembly University of California, Berkeley
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill		 2001 1944  
  Colorado 2 Jared Polis[12] Democratic Jewish Colorado State Board of Education, Internet Executive Princeton University 2009 1975 First openly gay man elected as a freshman
  Florida 9 Alan Grayson[10] Democratic Jewish U.S. House Harvard University 2013 1958  
  Florida 21 Ted Deutch[13] Democratic Jewish Florida Senate University of Michigan
University of Michigan Law School		 2010* 1966  
  Florida 22 Lois Frankel[10] Democratic Jewish West Palm Beach mayor Boston University
Georgetown University Law Center		 2013 1948  
  Florida 23 Debbie Wasserman Schultz[14] Democratic Jewish Florida Senate, Florida House of Representatives University of Florida 2005 1966 Chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee
  Illinois 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic Jewish Illinois House of Representatives University of Illinois 1999 1944 Democratic leadership as a Chief Deputy Whip
  Kentucky 3 John Yarmuth[15] Democratic Jewish Newspaper Publisher, Vice-President for University Relations University of Louisville Yale University 2007 1947 First Jewish congressman from Kentucky
  Michigan 9 Sander Levin[16] Democratic Jewish U.S. Government administrator University of Chicago
Columbia University
Harvard Law School		 1983 1931 Former chairman of theCommittee on Ways and Means
  New York 1 Lee Zeldin[10] Republican Jewish New York Senate University at Albany, SUNY
Albany Law School		 2015 1980  
  New York 3 Steve Israel[8] Democratic Jewish Huntington Town Board George Washington University 2001 1958 Chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
  New York 10 Jerrold Nadler[17] Democratic Jewish New York State Assembly Columbia University
Fordham University		 1992* 1947  
  New York 16 Eliot Engel, official photo portrait.jpg Eliot Engel[18] Democratic Jewish high school teacher, New York State Assembly Lehman College
New York Law School		 1989 1947  
  New York 17 Nita Lowey[19] Democratic Jewish New York Assistant Secretary of State Mount Holyoke College 1989 1937 First female and second chairperson of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
  Rhode Island 1 David Cicilline[10] Democratic Jewish Mayor of Providence Brown University
Georgetown University Law Center		 2011 1961  
  Tennessee 9 Steve Cohen[20] Democratic Jewish Tennessee Senate, Attorney Vanderbilt University
University of Memphis		 2007 1949 First Jewish congressman from Tennessee

Former representatives

This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.

State Government

Governors

Current governors

  State Governor Name Party Assumed Office Term expires Notes
  Delaware Jack Markell[44] Democratic January 20, 2009 January 17, 2017 Former Chairperson of the National Governors Association
Former Chairperson of the Democratic Governors Association
  Vermont Peter Shumlin[45] Democratic January 6, 2011 January 6, 2017 Vermont House of Representatives
Former President pro tempore of the Vermont State Senate

Former governors

  Name Party State Term Other Public Office/Position Note
  Moses Alexander[46] Democratic Idaho 1915-1919 Mayor of Boise, Idaho Idaho's first and so far only Jewish Governor
  Simon Bamberger[47] 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[48] Democratic California 1887 Mayor of San Francisco California's first and so far only Jewish Governor
  David Emanuel[49] 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.[49]
  Neil Goldschmidt[50] Democratic Oregon 1987-1991 United States Secretary of Transportation
Mayor of Portland, Oregon		  
  Ernest Gruening[51] Democratic Territory of Alaska 1939-1953 United States Senator  
  Henry Horner[52] Democratic Illinois 1933-1940   Illinois' first Jewish Governor
  Madeleine Kunin[53] Democratic Vermont 1985-1991 United States Ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein
Lieutenant Governor of Vermont		 Vermont's first and, to date, only female and Jewish governor
  Herbert H. Lehman[54] Democratic New York 1933-1942 United States Senator
Lieutenant Governor of New York		  
  Frank Licht[55] 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[56] Republican Hawaii 2002-2010 Mayor of Maui Hawaii's first and, to date, only female and Jewish governor
  Marvin Mandel[57] Democratic Maryland 1969-1979   Maryland's first and to date only Jewish governor
  Julius Meier[58] Independent Oregon 1931-1935   Oregon's first Jewish Governor
  Ed Rendell[59] Democratic Pennsylvania 2003-2011 Mayor of Philadelphia  
  Abraham Ribicoff[60] 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[61][62] Republican Washington Territory 1870-1872    
  Arthur Seligman[63] Democratic New Mexico 1937-1933   New Mexico's first native-born, non-Hispanic, governor of Jewish ancestry
  Samuel H. Shapiro[64] Democratic Illinois 1968-1969 Lieutenant Governor of Illinois  
  Milton Shapp[65] Democratic Pennsylvania 1971-1979   Oregon's first Jewish Governor
  Eliot Spitzer[66] Democratic New York 2007-2008 New York Attorney General  
  Bruce Sundlun[67] Democratic Rhode Island 1991-1995    

Lieutenant governors

Current lieutenant governors

  State Governor Name Party Assumed Office Term expires Prior Public Office/Position
  Connecticut Nancy Wyman[68] Democrat January 5, 2011 2019 Comptroller of Connecticut
  Louisiana Jay Dardenne[69] Republican November 22, 2010 2016 Secretary of State of Louisiana
Member of the Louisiana Senate

Former lieutenant governors

This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.

Municipal Government

Mayors of major cities

Current mayors of major cities

  City State Mayor Name Party Assumed Office Term expires Prior Public Office/Position
  Los Angeles California Eric Garcetti[73] Democratic July 1, 2013 2017 President of the Los Angeles City Council
Los Angeles City Councilman
  Chicago Illinois Rahm Emanuel[27] Democratic May 16, 2011 2019 White House Chief of Staff
U.S. House
  Austin Texas Steve Adler[74] Democratic January 6, 2015 2019  
  Las Vegas Nevada   Carolyn Goodman[75] Independent July 6, 2011 2019  
  Tucson Arizona Jonathan Rothschild[76] Democratic December 5, 2011 2015  
  Anchorage Alaska Ethan Berkowitz[77] Democratic July 1, 2015 2019 Member of Alaska House of Representatives
  Jersey City New Jersey Steven Fulop[78] Democratic July 1, 2013 2017 Jersey City Councilman
  Madison Wisconsin Paul Soglin[79] Democratic April 19, 2011 2019  
  Chattanooga Tennessee   Andy Berke[80] Democratic April 15, 2013 2017 Member of the Tennessee Senate
  Burlington Vermont   Miro Weinberger[81] Democratic April 2, 2012 2016  

Former mayors of major cities

This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.

Other

Presidential candidates

Notes

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