List of Jewish members of the United States Congress

Jewish religion members of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives.[1]

List of Jewish Members of the Senate

Picture Name State From To Party Reason for leaving
David Levy Yulee Florida 1845 & 1855 1851 & 1861 Democrat Joined Confederate States of America during the American Civil War
Judah P. Benjamin Louisiana 1853 1861 Democrat Joined Confederate States of America during the American Civil War
Benjamin F. Jonas Louisiana 1879 1885 Democrat Defeated
Joseph Simon Oregon 1898 1903 Republican Retired
Isidor Rayner Maryland 1905 1912 Democrat Died in office
Simon Guggenheim Colorado 1907 1913 Republican Retired
Herbert H. Lehman New York 1950 1957 Democrat Retired
Richard L. Neuberger Oregon 1955 1960 Democrat Died in office
Jacob K. Javits [2] New York 1957 1981 Republican Lost renomination
Ernest Gruening Alaska 1959 1969 Democratic Lost renomination
Abraham A. Ribicoff Connecticut 1963 1981 Democrat Retired
Howard Metzenbaum Ohio 1974 & 1976 1974 & 1995 Democratic Lost renomination & Retired
Richard Stone Florida 1975 1980 Democrat Lost renomination
Edward Zorinsky Nebraska 1976 1987 Democrat Died in office
Rudy Boschwitz [3][4] Minnesota 1978 1991 Republican Defeated
Carl Levin [5][6] Michigan 1979 2015 Democrat Retired
Warren Rudman New Hampshire 1980 1993 Republican Retired
Arlen Specter Pennsylvania 1981 2011 Republican Lost renomination
Democrat
Frank Lautenberg New Jersey 1982 & 2003 2001 & 2013 Democrat Retired & Died in office
Chic Hecht Nevada 1983 1989 Republican Defeated
Herb Kohl [7][8] Wisconsin 1989 2013 Democrat Retired
Joe Lieberman Connecticut 1989 2013 Democrat Retired
Independent
Paul Wellstone Minnesota 1991 2002 Democrat Died in office
Dianne Feinstein [9] California 1992 Democrat Serving
Barbara Boxer [10] California 1993 Democrat Serving
Russ Feingold Wisconsin 1993 2011 Democrat Defeated
Ron Wyden[11] Oregon 1996 Democrat Serving
Chuck Schumer[12][13] New York 1999 Democrat Serving
Norm Coleman Minnesota 2003 2009 Republican Defeated
Ben Cardin [14] Maryland 2007 Democrat Serving
Bernie Sanders [15] Vermont 2007 Independent Serving
Al Franken [16] Minnesota 2009 Democrat Serving
Richard Blumenthal Connecticut 2011 Democrat Serving

List of Jewish Members of the House of Representatives

Picture Name State From To Party Notes
Lewis Charles Levin Pennsylvania 1845 1851 Know Nothing Defeated
Emanuel B. Hart New York 1851 1853 Democrat Lost renomination
Philip Phillips Alabama 1853 1855 Democrat Retired
Henry Myer Phillips [17] Pennsylvania 1857 1859 Democrat Defeated
Myer Strouse Pennsylvania 1863 1867 Democrat Retired
William M. Levy Louisiana 1875 1877 Democrat Defeated
Leopold Morse Massachusetts 1877 & 1887 1885 & 1889 Democrat Retired & Retired
Edwin Einstein New York 1879 1881 Republican Retired
Julius Houseman Michigan 1883 1885 Democrat Retired
Joseph Pulitzer New York 1885 1886 Democrat Resigned
Isidor Rayner Maryland 1887 & 1891 1889 & 1895 Democrat Defeated & Retired
Nathan Frank Missouri 1889 1891 Republican Retired
Adolph Meyer Louisiana 1891 1908 Democrat Died in office
Julius Goldzier Illinois 1893 1895 Democrat Defeated
Irving Price Wanger Pennsylvania 1893 1911 Republican Defeated
Henry M. Goldfogle New York 1895 1899 Democrat Defeated
Lucius Littauer New York 1897 1907 Republican Retired
Julius Kahn California 1899 & 1905 1903 & 1924 Republican Defeated & Died in office
Jefferson Monroe Levy New York 1899 & 1911 1901 & 1915 Democrat Retired & Retired
Mitchell May [18] New York 1899 1901 Democrat Defeated
Emanuel Celler New York 1901, 1919, & 1923 1915, 1921, & 1973 Democrat Defeated, Defeated, & Lost renomination
Montague Lessler New York 1902 1903 Republican Defeated
Martin Emerich Illinois 1903 1905 Democrat Retired
Adolph J. Sabath Illinois 1907 1952 Democrat Died in office
Victor L. Berger Wisconsin 1911, 1919 & 1923 1913, 1921 & 1929 Socialist Defeated, Defeated & Defeated
Jacob A. Cantor New York 1913 1915 Democrat Defeated
Isaac Bacharach New York 1915 1937 Republican Defeated
Meyer London New York 1915 & 1921 1919 & 1923 Socialist Defeated & Defeated
Isaac Siegel New York 1915 1923 Republican Retired
Milton Kraus Indiana 1917 1923 Republican Defeated
Nathan D. Perlman New York 1920 1927 Republican Defeated
Martin C. Ansorge New York 1921 1923 Republican Defeated
Benjamin L. Rosenbloom West Virginia 1921 1925 Republican Retired to run unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination for United States Senate elections, 1924 (Defeated in primary)
Albert B. Rossdale New York 1921 1923 Republican Defeated
Lester D. Volk New York 1920 1923 Republican Retired
Sol Bloom New York 1923 1949 Democrat Died in office
Samuel Dickstein New York 1923 1945 Democrat Resigned. Later found to have been a spy for the Soviet Union.
Meyer Jacobstein [19] New York 1923 1929 Democrat Retired
Benjamin M. Golder Pennsylvania 1925 1933 Republican Defeated
Florence Prag Kahn California 1925 1937 Republican Defeated
William W. Cohen New York 1927 1929 Democrat Retired
William I. Sirovich New York 1927 1939 Democrat Died in office
Henry Ellenbogen Pennsylvania 1933 1938 Democrat Resigned
Herman P. Kopplemann Connecticut 1933, 1941 & 1945 1939, 1943 & 1947 Democrat Defeated, Defeated & Defeated
Theodore A. Peyser New York 1933 1937 Democrat Died in office
William M. Citron Connecticut 1935 1939 Democrat Defeated
Leon Sacks Pennsylvania 1937 1943 Democrat Defeated
Morris Michael Edelstein New York 1940 1941 Democrat Died in office
Samuel A. Weiss New York 1941 1946 Democrat Resigned
Arthur George Klein New York 1941 & 1946 1945 & 1956 Democrat Retired & Resigned
Daniel Ellison Maryland 1943 1945 Republican Defeated
Benjamin J. Rabin New York 1945 1947 Democrat Resigned
Leo F. Rayfiel New York 1945 1947 Democrat Resigned
Jacob K. Javits New York 1947 1954 Republican Resigned to become New York Attorney General
Abraham J. Multer New York 1947 1967 Democrat Resigned
Leo Isacson New York 1948 1949 American Labor Party Defeated
Earl Chudoff Pennsylvania 1949 1958 Democrat Resigned
Isidore Dollinger New York 1949 1959 Democrat Resigned
Louis B. Heller New York 1949 1954 Democrat Resigned
Abraham A. Ribicoff Connecticut 1949 1953 Democrat Retired to run unsuccessfully as the Democratic nominee for the United States Senate special election in Connecticut, 1952 (Defeated)
Sidney R. Yates Illinois 1949 & 1965 1963 & 1999 Democrat Retired to run unsuccessfully as the Democratic nominee for the United States Senate election in Illinois, 1962 (Defeated) & Retired
Leonard Irving [20] Missouri 1949 1953 Democrat Lost renomination
Sidney A. Fine New York 1951 1956 Democrat Resigned
Samuel Friedel Maryland 1953 1971 Democrat Lost renomination
Lester Holtzman New York 1953 1961 Democrat Resigned
Irwin D. Davidson New York 1955 1956 Democrat Resigned
Herbert Zelenko New York 1955 1963 Democrat Lost renomination
Leonard Farbstein New York 1957 1971 Democrat Lost renomination
Ludwig Teller New York 1957 1961 Democrat Lost renomination
Seymour Halpern New York 1959 1973 Republican Retired
Herman Toll Pennsylvania 1959 1967 Democrat Died in office
Jacob H. Gilbert New York 1960 1971 Democrat Lost renomination
Charles Samuel Joelson [21] New Jersey 1961 1969 Democrat Resigned
Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal New York 1962 1983 Democrat Died in office
Joseph Y. Resnick New York 1965 1969 Democrat Died in office
James H. Scheuer New York 1965 & 1975 1973 & 1993 Democrat Lost renomination & Retired
Herbert Tenzer New York 1965 1969 Democrat Retired
Lester L. Wolff New York 1965 1981 Democrat Defeated
Joshua Eilberg Pennsylvania 1967 1979 Democrat Defeated
Sam Steiger Arizona 1967 1977 Republican Retired to run unsuccessfully as the Republican nominee for the United States Senate election in Arizona, 1976 (Defeated)
Bertram L. Podell New York 1968 1975 Democrat Lost renomination
Ed Koch New York 1969 1977 Democrat Resigned after being elected Mayor of New York City
Allard K. Lowenstein New York 1969 1971 Democrat Defeated
Abner J. Mikva Illinois 1969 1979 Democrat Resigned
Bella Abzug New York 1971 1977 Democrat Retired to run unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination for the United States Senate election in New York, 1976 (Defeated in primary)
Benjamin A. Gilman New York 1973 2003 Republican Retired
Elizabeth Holtzman New York 1973 1981 Democrat Retired to run unsuccessfully as the Democratic nominee for the United States Senate election in New York, 1980 (Defeated)
William Lehman Florida 1973 1993 Democrat Retired
Edward Mezvinsky Iowa 1973 1977 Democrat Defeated
Bill Gradison Ohio 1975 1993 Republican Resigned
John Hans Krebs California 1975 1979 Democrat Defeated
Elliott H. Levitas Georgia 1975 1985 Democrat Defeated
Fred Richmond New York 1975 1982 Democrat Resigned
Stephen J. Solarz New York 1975 1993 Democrat Lost renomination
Gladys Spellman Maryland 1975 1981 Democrat Seat declared vacant
Henry Waxman [22] California 1975 2015 Democrat Retired
Anthony C. Beilenson California 1977 1997 Democrat Retired
Mickey Edwards [23] Oklahoma 1977 1993 Republican Lost renomination
Dan Glickman Kansas 1977 1995 Democrat Defeated
Marc L. Marks Pennsylvania 1977 1983 Republican Retired
Theodore S. Weiss New York 1977 1992 Democrat Died in office
S. William Green New York 1978 1993 Republican Defeated
Martin Frost [24] Texas 1979 2005 Democrat Defeated
Ken Kramer Colorado 1979 1987 Republican Retired to run unsuccessfully as the Republican nominee for the United States Senate election in Colorado, 1986 (Defeated)
Howard Wolpe Michigan 1979 1993 Democrat Retired
Bobbi Fiedler California 1981 1987 Republican Retired to run unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination for the United States Senate election in California, 1986 (Defeated in primary)
Barney Frank Massachusetts 1981 2013 Democrat Retired
Sam Gejdenson [25] Connecticut 1981 2001 Democrat Defeated
Tom Lantos California 1981 2008 Democrat Died in office
Chuck Schumer New York 1981 1999 Democrat Retired to run successfully as the Democratic nominee for the United States Senate election in New York, 1998 (Elected)
Bob Shamansky Ohio 1981 1983 Democrat Defeated
Ron Wyden Oregon 1981 1996 Democrat Resigned after being elected to the U.S. Senate
Gary Ackerman New York 1983 2013 Democrat Retired
Howard Berman California 1983 2013 Democrat Defeated
Barbara Boxer California 1983 1993 Democrat Retired to run successfully as the Democratic nominee for the United States Senate election in California, 1992 (Elected)
Sala Burton California 1983 1987 Democrat Died in office
Ben Erdreich Alabama 1983 1993 Democrat Defeated
Sander Levin Michigan 1983 Democrat Serving
Mel Levine California 1983 1993 Democrat Retired to run unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination for the United States Senate election in California, 1992 (Defeated in primary)
Norman Sisisky Virginia 1983 2001 Democrat Died in office
Lawrence J. Smith Florida 1983 1993 Democrat Defeated
John Miller Washington 1985 1993 Republican Retired
Ben Cardin Maryland 1987 2007 Democrat Retired to run successfully as the Democratic nominee for the United States Senate election in Maryland, 2006 (Elected)
Eliot Engel [26] New York 1989 Democrat Serving
Nita Lowey New York 1989 Democrat Serving
Steven Schiff New Mexico 1989 1998 Republican Died in office
Bernie Sanders Vermont 1991 2007 Independent Retired to run successfully as an Independent candidate for the United States Senate election in Vermont, 2006 (Elected)
Dick Zimmer New Jersey 1991 1997 Republican Retired to run unsuccessfully as the Republican nominee for the United States Senate election in New Jersey, 1996 (Defeated)
Jerrold Nadler New York 1992 Democrat Serving
Sam Coppersmith Arizona 1993 1995 Democrat Retired to run unsuccessfully as the Democratic nominee for the United States Senate election in Arizona, 1994 (Defeated)
Peter Deutsch [27] Florida 1993 2005 Democrat Retired to run unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination for the United States Senate election in Florida, 2004 (Defeated in primary)
Bob Filner [28] California 1993 2012 Democrat Retired to run successfully as the Democratic nominee for the San Diego mayoral election, 2012 (Elected)
Eric Fingerhut Ohio 1993 1995 Democrat Defeated
Jane Harman California 1993 & 2001 1999 & 2011 Democrat Retired to run unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination for the California gubernatorial election, 1998 (Defeated in primary) & Resigned
Herb Klein New Jersey 1993 1995 Democrat Defeated
David A. Levy [29] New York 1993 1995 Republican Lost renomination
Marjorie Margolies Pennsylvania 1993 1995 Democrat Defeated
Lynn Schenk California 1993 1995 Democrat Defeated
Jon D. Fox [30] Pennsylvania 1995 1999 Republican Defeated
Steve Rothman New Jersey 1997 2013 Democrat Lost renomination
Brad Sherman California 1997 Democrat Serving
Robert Wexler Florida 1997 2010 Democrat Resigned
Shelley Berkley Nevada 1999 2013 Democrat Retired to run unsuccessfully as the Democratic nominee for the United States Senate election in Nevada, 2012 (Defeated)
Jan Schakowsky[31] Illinois 1999 Democrat Serving
Anthony Weiner New York 1999 2011 Democrat Resigned
Eric Cantor [32] Virginia 2001 2014 Republican Lost renomination
Susan Davis [33] California 2001 Democrat Serving
Steve Israel New York 2001 Democrat Serving
Adam Schiff California 2001 Democrat Serving
Rahm Emanuel [34] Illinois 2003 2009 Democrat Retired
Debbie Wasserman Schultz Florida 2005 Democrat Serving
Allyson Schwartz Pennsylvania 2005 2015 Democrat Retired to run unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination for the Pennsylvania gubernatorial election, 2014 (Defeated in primary)
Steve Cohen [35] Tennessee 2007 Democrat Serving
Gabrielle Giffords [36] Arizona 2007 2012 Democrat Resigned
Paul Hodes New Hampshire 2007 2011 Democrat Retired to run unsuccessfully as the Democratic nominee for the United States Senate election in New Hampshire, 2010 (Defeated)
Steve Kagen Wisconsin 2007 2011 Democrat Defeated
Ron Klein Florida 2007 2011 Democrat Defeated
John Yarmuth Kentucky 2007 Democrat Serving
John Adler[37] New Jersey 2009 2011 Democrat Defeated
Alan Grayson[38] Florida 2009 & 2013 2011 Democrat Defeated & Serving
Jared Polis Colorado 2009 Democrat Serving
Ted Deutsch[39] Florida 2010 Democrat Serving
David Cicilline[40] Rhode Island 2011 Democrat Serving
Nan Hayworth[40] New York 2011 2013 Republican Defeated
Lois Frankel Florida 2013 Democrat Serving
Alan Lowenthal California 2013 Democrat Serving
Brad Schneider Illinois 2013 2015 Democrat Defeated
Lee Zeldin New York 2015 Republican Serving

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