List of Jewish American politicians
This is a list of notable Jewish American politicians, arranged chronologically.
Federal government
Senators
Current senators
Former senators
- Rudy Boschwitz (R-MN: 1978–1991)[3][4]
- Barbara Boxer (D-CA: 1993-2017)
- William Cohen (R-ME: 1978-1997)
- Norm Coleman (R-MN: 2003–2009)[5]
- Russell Feingold (D-WI: 1993–2011)
- Ernest Gruening (D-AK: 1959-1969)
- Chic Hecht (R-NV: 1983–1989)[4]
- Jacob K. Javits (R-NY: 1957–1981)[4]
- Herbert Kohl (D-WI: 1988–2013)
- Herbert Lehman (D-NY: 1950-1957)
- Carl Levin (D-MI: 1979-2015)
- Joe Lieberman (D-CT: 1989–2013)[6]
- Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ: 1982–2001; 2003–2013)[7]
- Howard Metzenbaum (D-OH: 1974 1976–1995)
- Richard Neuberger (D-OR: 1955-1960)
- Abraham A. Ribicoff (D-CT: 1962–1980)[8]
- Warren Rudman (R-NH: 1980–1993)[4]
- Arlen Specter (R/D-PA: 1981–2011)[4]
- Richard Stone (D-FL: 1975-1980)
- Paul Wellstone (D-MN: 1991–2002)[3]
- David Levy Yulee (D-FL: 1845–1851; 1855–1861)
- Edward Zorinsky (D-NE: 1976–1987)
Representatives
Current representatives
Former representatives
- Bella Abzug (D-NY: 1973–1977)
- Anthony C. Beilenson (D-CA: 1977–1997)[24]
- Howard Berman (D-CA: 1983–2013)[25]
- Eric Cantor (R-VA: 2001–2014)[26] Former House Majority Leader
- Sam Coppersmith (D-AZ: 1993–1995)[27]
- Peter Deutsch (D-FL: 1993–2005)[28]
- Mickey Edwards (R-OK:1977–1993)[29][30]
- Rahm Emanuel (D-IL: 2003–2009), also Cabinet-level officer;[31] current Mayor of Chicago
- Eric Fingerhut (D-OH: 1993-95)
- Bob Filner (D-CA: 1993–2012)[32]
- Jon D. Fox (R-PA: 1995–1999)[33]
- Barney Frank, (D-MA: 1981-2013)
- Martin Frost (D-TX: 1979–2005)[34]
- Sam Gejdenson (D-CT: 1981–2001)[35]
- Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ: 2007–2012)[36]
- Bill Graidson (R-OH 1st and 2nd: 1975–1983; 1983–1993)[37]
- Alan Grayson (D-FL: 2013–2017, 2001–2011)
- Jane Harman (D-CA: 1993–1999, 2001–2011)[38]
- Julius Houseman (D-MI 5th: 1883–1885)[39]
- 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)[40]
- Tom Lantos (D-CA: 1981–2008), also Chairman of the House Committee on International Relations
- William Lehman (D-FL:1973–1993)[41]
- 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)[42]
- Allyson Schwartz (D-PA: 2005–2015)
- Gladys Spellman (D-MD: 1975–1981)[43]
- Sam Steiger (R-AZ: 1967–1977)[27]
- Henry Waxman (D-CA: 1975–2015),[44] also Chairman of Energy and Commerce Committee
- Robert Wexler (D-FL: 1997–2010)[45]
- Anthony Weiner (D-NY: 1999–2011)[46][47]
- Ted Weiss (D-NY: 1977–1992)
- Sidney R. Yates (D-IL: 1949–1963; 1965–1999)[48]
- Dick Zimmer (R-NJ: 1991–1997)[49]
Supreme Court justices
Current justices
Name | Born | Appt. by | Age at appt. | First day / Length of service |
Previous positions |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ginsburg, Ruth BaderRuth Bader Ginsburg |
March 15, 1933 (age 84) in Brooklyn, New York |
Clinton, BillBill Clinton | 60 | August 10, 1993 24 years |
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 |
August 15, 1938 (age 79) in San Francisco, California |
Clinton, BillBill Clinton | 55 | August 3, 1994 23 years |
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 |
April 28, 1960 (age 57) in New York, New York |
Obama, BarackBarack Obama | 50 | August 7, 2010 7 years |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
|
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 |
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 | Mnuchin, SteveSteve Mnuchin | February 13, 2017 | December 21, 1962 | none | Yale University (A.B.) | |
Secretary of Veterans Affairs | 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 | Greitens, EricEric Greitens[16] | Republican | January 9, 2017 | January 11, 2021 | No Previous Positions Held |
Former governors
Name | Party | State | Term | Other Public Office/Position | Note | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Moses Alexander[50] | Democratic | Idaho | 1915-1919 | Mayor of Boise, Idaho | Idaho's first and so far only Jewish governor | |
Simon Bamberger[51] | 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[52] | Democratic | California | 1887 | Mayor of San Francisco | California's first and so far only Jewish governor | |
David Emanuel[53] | 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.[53] | ||
Neil Goldschmidt[54] | Democratic | Oregon | 1987-1991 | United States Secretary of Transportation Mayor of Portland, Oregon |
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Ernest Gruening[55] | Democratic | Territory of Alaska | 1939-1953 | United States Senator | ||
Henry Horner[56] | Democratic | Illinois | 1933-1940 | Illinois' first Jewish governor | ||
Madeleine Kunin[57] | 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[58] | Democratic | New York | 1933-1942 | United States Senator Lieutenant Governor of New York |
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Frank Licht[59] | 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[60] | Republican | Hawaii | 2002-2010 | Mayor of Maui | Hawaii's first and, to date, only female and Jewish governor | |
Marvin Mandel[61] | Democratic | Maryland | 1969-1979 | Maryland's first and to date only Jewish governor | ||
Jack Markell[62] | Democratic | Delaware | 2009-2017 | Treasurer of Delaware | Former Chairperson of the National Governors Association Former Chairperson of the Democratic Governors Association | |
Julius Meier[63] | Independent | Oregon | 1931-1935 | Oregon's first Jewish governor | ||
Ed Rendell[64] | Democratic | Pennsylvania | 2003-2011 | Mayor of Philadelphia | ||
Abraham Ribicoff[65] | 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[66][67] | Republican | Washington Territory | 1870-1872 | |||
Arthur Seligman[68] | Democratic | New Mexico | 1931-1933 | New Mexico's first native-born, non-Hispanic, governor of Jewish ancestry | ||
Samuel H. Shapiro[69] | Democratic | Illinois | 1968-1969 | Lieutenant Governor of Illinois | ||
Milton Shapp[70] | Democratic | Pennsylvania | 1971-1979 | Pennsylvania's first Jewish governor | ||
Shumlin, PeterPeter Shumlin[71] | Democratic | Vermont | 2011-2017 | Vermont House of Representatives Former President pro tempore of the Vermont State Senate |
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Eliot Spitzer[72] | Democratic | New York | 2007-2008 | New York Attorney General | ||
Bruce Sundlun[73] | 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[74] | Democrat | January 5, 2011 | 2019 | Comptroller of Connecticut |
Former lieutenant governors
- Jerry Abramson (D-KY: 2011–2014)[75]
- Jay Dardenne (R-LA: 2010–2016)[76]
- Matthew Denn (D-DE: 2009–2015)[77]
- Lee Fisher (D-OH: 2007–2011)[78]
- Ken Rothman (D-MO: 1981–1985)[79]
- Harriett Woods (D-MO: 1985–1989)[79]
Municipal government
Mayors of major cities
Current mayors of major cities
Former mayors of major cities
- Jerry Abramson (D-Louisville, KY: 1986–1999; 2003-2011)[75]
- Moses Alexander (D-Boise, ID: 1897–1899; 1901-1903)[50]
- Abe Aronovitz (R-Miami, FL: 1953-1955)[91]
- Harry Bacharach (R-Atlantic City, NJ: 1912; 1916–1920; 1930-1935)[92]
- Walt Bachrach (R-Cincinnati, OH: 1960-1967[27]
- Abraham Beame (D-New York, NY: 1974-1977)
- Martin Behrman (D-New Orleans, LA: 1904-1920; 1925-1926)[93]
- Bruce Blakeman (First Presiding Officer of Nassau County, N.Y.)
- Michael Bloomberg (R then I:New York, NY: 2002-2013)[94]
- Richard Berkley (R-Kansas City, MO: 1979-1991)[95]
- David Cicilline (D-Providence, RI: 2003-2011)[11]
- Larry Cohen (D-Saint Paul, MN: 1972-1976)[96]
- Josh Cohen (D-Annapolis, MD: 2009-2013)[97]
- Norm Coleman (R-Saint Paul, MN: 1997-2002)[5]
- Leopold David (Anchorage, AK: 1920-1923), first mayor of Anchorage[98]
- Mutt Evans (D-Durham, NC: 1951-1963)[99]
- Dianne Feinstein (D-San Francisco, CA: 1978-1988)
- Bob Filner (D-San Diego, CA: 2012-2013)[32]
- Samuel Folz (D-Kalamazoo, MI: 1903)[100]
- Lois Frankel (D-West Palm Beach, FL: 2003-2011)[11]
- Sandra Freedman (D-Tampa, FL: 1986-1995)[101]
- Jeffrey Friedman (D-Austin, TX: 1975-1977)[102]
- Eva Galambos (R-Sandy Springs, GA: 2005-2014)[103]
- Bailey Gatzert (I-Seattle, WA: 1875-1876)[104]
- Susan Golding (R-San Diego, CA: 1992-2000)[105]
- Neil Goldschmidt (D-Portland, OR: 1973-1979)[54]
- Stephen Goldsmith (R-Indianapolis, IN: 1992-2000)[106]
- Oscar Goodman (D then I:Las Vegas, NV: 1999-2011)
- Phil Gordon (D-Phoenix, AZ: 2004-2012)[107]
- Bill Graidson (R-Cincinnati, OH: 1971)[37]
- Robert Harris (D-Ann Arbor, MI: 1969-1973)[108]
- Adlene Harrison (D-Dallas, TX: 1976)[109]
- Julius Houseman (D-Grand Rapids, MI: 1872-1873; 1874–1875)[39]
- Vera Katz (D-Portland, OR: 1993-2005)[110]
- Ed Koch (D-New York, NY: 1978-1989)[40]
- Joseph Lazarow (R-Atlantic City, NJ: 1976-1982)[111]
- Henry Loeb (D-Memphis, TN: 1960-1963; 1968-1971),[112] later converted to Episcopalianism
- Zachariah J. Loussac (D-Anchorage, AK: 1948-1951)[113]
- Sophie Masloff (D-Pittsburgh, PA: 1988-1994)[114]
- Sam Massell (D-Atlanta, GA: 1970-1974)[115]
- Laura Miller (D-Dallas, TX: 2002-2007)[116]
- Arthur Naftalin (D-Minneapolis, MN: 1961-1969)[96]
- Meyera Oberndorf (D-Virginia Beach, VA: 1988-2009)[117]
- Ed Rendell (D-Philadelphia, PA: 1992-2000)
- Bernie Sanders (I-Burlington, VT: 1981-1989)
- Murray Seasongood (I-Cincinnati, OH: 1929-1929)[118]
- Kel Seliger (R-Amarillo, TX: 1993-2001)[119]
- Florence Shapiro (R-Plano, TX: 1990-1992)[120]
- Joseph Simon (R-Portland, OR: 1909-1911)[121]
- Jerry Springer (D-Cincinnati, OH: 1977-1978)[122]
- Sam Steiger (R-Prescott, AZ: 1999-2001)
- Annette Strauss (D-Dallas, TX: 1987-1991)[123]
- Adolph Sutro (R-San Francisco, CA: 1895-1897)[124]
- Susan Weiner (R-Savannah, GA: 1992-1996)[125]
- Edward Zorinsky (R-Omaha, NE: 1973–1976)[126]
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.[127]
See also
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