List of Jewish American politicians
Former governors

List of Jewish American politicians

Section Title: Former governors
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Name	Party	State	Term	Other Public Office/Position	Note

Moses Alexander	Democratic	Idaho	1915–1919	Mayor of Boise, Idaho	Idaho's first and so far only Jewish governor

Simon Bamberger	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	Democratic	California	1887	Mayor of San Francisco	California's first and so far only Jewish governor

David Emanuel	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.

Neil Goldschmidt	Democratic	Oregon	1987–1991	United States Secretary of Transportation Mayor of Portland, Oregon

Eric Greitens	Republican	Missouri	2017-2018	No Previous Positions Held	Resigned on June 1, 2018 amid investigation into extramarittal affair scandal.

Ernest Gruening	Democratic	Territory of Alaska	1939–1953	United States Senator

Henry Horner	Democratic	Illinois	1933–1940	Illinois' first Jewish governor

Madeleine Kunin	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	Democratic	New York	1933–1942	United States Senator Lieutenant Governor of New York

Frank Licht	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	Republican	Hawaii	2002–2010	Mayor of Maui	Hawaii's first and, to date, only female and Jewish governor

Marvin Mandel	Democratic	Maryland	1969–1979	Maryland's first and to date only Jewish governor

Jack Markell	Democratic	Delaware	2009–2017	Treasurer of Delaware	Former Chairperson of the National Governors Association Former Chairperson of the Democratic Governors Association

Julius Meier	Independent	Oregon	1931–1935	Oregon's first Jewish governor

Ed Rendell	Democratic	Pennsylvania	2003–2011	Mayor of Philadelphia

Abraham Ribicoff	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 Salomon	Republican	Wisconsin	1862–1864	Civil War Union General	Cousin of Washington Governor Edward S. Solomon

Edward S. Salomon	Republican	Washington Territory.	1870–1872	Civil War Union General who was promoted to later brigadier general on March 13, 1865 for his “distinguished gallantry and meritorious service"	Cousin of Wisconsin Governor Edward Salomon.

Arthur Seligman	Democratic	New Mexico	1931–1933	New Mexico's first native-born, non-Hispanic, governor of Jewish ancestry

Samuel H. Shapiro	Democratic	Illinois	1968–1969	Lieutenant Governor of Illinois

Milton Shapp	Democratic	Pennsylvania	1971–1979	Pennsylvania's first Jewish governor

Peter Shumlin	Democratic	Vermont	2011–2017	Vermont House of Representatives Former President pro tempore of the Vermont State Senate

Eliot Spitzer	Democratic	New York	2007–2008	New York Attorney General

Bruce Sundlun	Democratic	Rhode Island	1991–1995

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Milton Shapp was the governor from the Democratic party for Pennsylvania.

final_sentence: Milton Shapp was the governor from the Democratic party for Pennsylvania.