This is a list of notable Jewish American politicians, arranged chronologically. For other Jewish Americans, see Lists of Jewish Americans.
Main article: List of Jewish members of the United States Congress |
State | Portrait | Name | Party | Assumed office | Left office | Notes | |
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Georgia | David Emanuel[29] | Democratic-Republican | March 3, 1801 | November 7, 1801 | Emanuel may not have been an openly practicing Jew. As an adult he became a Presbyterian, but modern historians accept he was Jewish.[30] | ||
Wisconsin | Edward Salomon[31] | Republican | April 19, 1862 | January 4, 1864 | |||
Washington | Edward Salomon[32][33] | Republican | March 4, 1870 | May 26, 1872 | |||
California | Washington Bartlett[34] | Democratic | January 8, 1887 | September 12, 1887 | California's first and only Jewish governor | ||
Idaho | Moses Alexander[29] | Democratic | January 4, 1915 | January 6, 1919 | Idaho's first and only Jewish governor | ||
Utah | Simon Bamberger[29] | Democratic | January 1, 1917 | January 1, 1921 | Utah's first and only Jewish governor | ||
New Mexico | Arthur Seligman[29] | Democratic | January 1, 1931 | September 25, 1933 | New Mexico's first Jewish governor | ||
Oregon | Julius Meier[29] | Independent | January 12, 1931 | January 14, 1935 | Oregon's first Jewish governor | ||
New York | Herbert Lehman[29] | Democratic | January 1, 1933 | December 3, 1942 | New York's first Jewish governor | ||
Illinois | Henry Horner[29] | Democratic | January 9, 1933 | October 6, 1940 | Illinois' first Jewish governor | ||
Alaska | Ernest Gruening[29] | Democratic | December 6, 1939 | April 10, 1953 | Alaska's first and only Jewish governor | ||
Connecticut | Abe Ribicoff[1] | Democratic | January 5, 1955 | January 21, 1961 | Connecticut's first and only Jewish governor | ||
Illinois | Samuel Shapiro[29] | Democratic | May 21, 1968 | January 13, 1969 | |||
Rhode Island | Frank Licht[29] | Democratic | January 7, 1969 | January 2, 1973 | Rhode Island's first Jewish governor | ||
Maryland | Marvin Mandel[29] | Democratic | January 7, 1969 | January 17, 1979 | Maryland's first and only Jewish governor *Blair Lee III served as Acting Governor from June 4, 1977, to January 15, 1979 | ||
Pennsylvania | Milton Shapp[29] | Democratic | January 19, 1971 | January 16, 1979 | Pennsylvania's first Jewish governor | ||
Vermont | Madeleine Kunin[29] | Democratic | January 10, 1985 | January 10, 1991 | |||
Oregon | Neil Goldschmidt[1] | Democratic | January 12, 1987 | January 14, 1991 | |||
Rhode Island | Bruce Sundlun[29] | Democratic | January 1, 1991 | January 3, 1995 | |||
Hawaii | Linda Lingle[35] | Republican | December 2, 2002 | December 6, 2010 | Hawaii's first Jewish governor | ||
Pennsylvania | Ed Rendell[36] | Democratic | January 21, 2003 | January 18, 2011 | |||
New York | Eliot Spitzer[37] | Democratic | January 1, 2007 | March 17, 2008 | |||
Delaware | Jack Markell[38] | Democratic | January 20, 2009 | January 17, 2017 | |||
Vermont | Peter Shumlin[39] | Democratic | January 6, 2011 | January 5, 2017 | |||
Missouri | Eric Greitens[40] | Republican | January 9, 2017 | June 1, 2018 | |||
Colorado | Jared Polis[41] | Democratic | January 8, 2019 | Incumbent | |||
Illinois | J. B. Pritzker[42] | Democratic | January 14, 2019 | Incumbent | |||
Hawaii | Josh Green | Democratic | December 5, 2022 | Incumbent | |||
Pennsylvania | Josh Shapiro | Democratic | January 17, 2023 | Incumbent |
State | Portrait | Name | Party | Assumed office | Left office | |
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Louisiana | Henry Hyams[38] | Democratic | January 23, 1860 | January 25, 1864 | ||
New York | Herbert Lehman[29] | Democratic | January 1, 1929 | December 31, 1932 | ||
Illinois | Samuel Shapiro[29] | Democratic | January 9, 1961 | May 21, 1968 | ||
Vermont | Madeleine Kunin[29] | Democratic | January 10, 1979 | January 10, 1983 | ||
Missouri | Ken Rothman[43] | Democratic | January 12, 1981 | January 15, 1985 | ||
Rhode Island | Richard Licht[44] | Democratic | January 1, 1985 | January 1, 1989 | ||
Missouri | Harriett Woods[38] | Democratic | January 14, 1985 | January 9, 1989 | ||
Maryland | Melvin Steinberg[38] | Democratic | January 21, 1987 | January 18, 1995 | ||
Pennsylvania | Robert Jubelirer[45] | Republican | October 5, 2001 | January 21, 2003 | ||
Ohio | Lee Fisher[46] | Democratic | January 8, 2007 | January 10, 2011 | ||
Delaware | Matthew Denn[47] | Democratic | January 20, 2009 | January 6, 2015 | ||
New York | Richard Ravitch[48] | Democratic | July 9, 2009 | December 31, 2010 | ||
Louisiana | Jay Dardenne[49] | Republican | November 22, 2010 | January 11, 2016 | ||
Hawaii | Brian Schatz[50] | Democratic | December 6, 2010 | December 26, 2012 | ||
Connecticut | Nancy Wyman[51] | Democratic | January 5, 2011 | January 9, 2019 | ||
Kentucky | Jerry Abramson[52] | Democratic | December 13, 2011 | November 13, 2014 | ||
Florida | Carlos Lopez-Cantera[53] | Republican | February 3, 2014 | January 7, 2019 | ||
Vermont | David Zuckerman[54] | Vermont Progressive Party | January 5, 2017 | January 7, 2021 | ||
Hawaii | Josh Green[55] | Democratic | December 3, 2018 | December 5, 2022 | ||
Vermont | David Zuckerman | Vermont Progressive Party | January 5, 2023 | Incumbent |
State | Portrait | Name | Party | Assumed office | Left office | |
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New York | Samuel Koenig[38] | Republican | January 1, 1909 | December 31, 1910 | ||
New York | Mitchell May[38] | Democratic | January 1, 1913 | December 31, 1914 | ||
New York | Caroline Simon[78] | Republican | 1959 | 1963 | ||
Connecticut | Mildred Allen | Republican | January 3, 1955 | January 3, 1959 | ||
Florida | Richard Stone[38] | Democratic | January 5, 1971 | July 8, 1974 | ||
Florida | George Firestone[38] | Democratic | 1979 | 1989 | ||
Vermont | Deborah Markowitz[38] | Democratic | January 1999 | January 2011 | ||
Louisiana | Jay Dardenne[49] | Republican | November 10, 2006 | November 22, 2010 | ||
Missouri | Jason Kander[79] | Democratic | January 14, 2013 | January 9, 2017 | ||
Colorado | Jena Griswold[80] | Democratic | January 8, 2019 | Incumbent |
State | Portrait | Name | Party | Assumed office | Left office | |
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New Jersey | David Naar | Democratic | 1865 | 1865 | ||
New Jersey | Katharine White[38] Acting |
Democratic | 1961 | 1961 | ||
Maine | Samuel Shapiro[38] | Democratic | 1981 | 1996 | ||
Rhode Island | Nancy Mayer[38] | Republican | 1993 | 1997 | ||
Delaware | Jack Markell[38] | Democratic | January 16, 1999 | January 20, 2009 | ||
Kentucky | Jonathan Miller[38] | Democratic | December 1999 | December 11, 2007 | ||
Massachusetts | Steve Grossman[81] | Democratic | January 17, 2011 | January 21, 2015 | ||
Ohio | Josh Mandel[82] | Republican | January 10, 2011 | January 14, 2019 | ||
Nevada | Dan Schwartz[83] | Republican | January 5, 2015 | January 7, 2019 | ||
Rhode Island | Seth Magaziner[84] | Democratic | January 6, 2015 | January 3, 2023 | ||
Massachusetts | Deb Goldberg[85] | Democratic | January 21, 2015 | Incumbent |
State | Portrait | Name | Party | Assumed office | Left office | |
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Florida | Nikki Fried[86] | Democratic | January 8, 2019 | January 3, 2023 |
City | State | Portrait | Name | Party | Assumed office | Left office | |
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Austin | Texas | Steve Adler[87] | Democratic | January 6, 2015 | Incumbent | ||
Burlington | Vermont | Miro Weinberger[88] | Democratic | April 2, 2012 | Incumbent | ||
Chattanooga | Tennessee | Andy Berke[89] | Democratic | April 15, 2013 | Incumbent | ||
Jersey City | New Jersey | Steven Fulop[90] | Democratic | July 1, 2013 | Incumbent | ||
Las Vegas | Nevada | Carolyn Goodman[91] | Independent | July 6, 2011 | Incumbent | ||
Oakland | California | Libby Schaaf | Democratic | January 5, 2015 | Incumbent | ||
Sacramento | California | Darrell Steinberg[92] | Democratic | December 13, 2016 | Incumbent | ||
San Antonio | Texas | Ron Nirenberg[93] | Independent | June 21, 2017 | Incumbent | ||
St. Petersburg | Florida | Rick Kriseman[93] | Democratic | January 2, 2014 | Incumbent | ||
Minneapolis | Minnesota | Jacob Frey[94] | Democratic | January 2, 2018 | Incumbent |