# List of Jewish American politicians

This is a list of notable Jewish American politicians, arranged chronologically. For other Jewish Americans, see Lists of Jewish Americans.

## State government
### Governors

| State | Name | Party | Assumed office | Left office | Notes |
| Georgia | David Emanuel | 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. |
| Wisconsin | Edward Salomon | Republican | April 19, 1862 | January 4, 1864 | |
| Washington | Edward Salomon | Republican | March 4, 1870 | May 26, 1872 | |
| California | Washington Bartlett | Democratic | January 8, 1887 | September 12, 1887 | California's first and only Jewish governor |
| Idaho | Moses Alexander | Democratic | January 4, 1915 | January 6, 1919 | Idaho's first and only Jewish governor |
| Utah | Simon Bamberger | Democratic | January 1, 1917 | January 1, 1921 | Utah's first and only Jewish governor |
| New Mexico | Arthur Seligman | Democratic | January 1, 1931 | September 25, 1933 | New Mexico's first Jewish governor |
| Oregon | Julius Meier | Independent | January 12, 1931 | January 14, 1935 | Oregon's first Jewish governor |
| New York | Herbert Lehman | Democratic | January 1, 1933 | December 3, 1942 | New York's first Jewish governor |
| Florida | David Sholtz | Democratic | January 3, 1933 | January 5, 1937 | |
| Illinois | Henry Horner | Democratic | January 9, 1933 | October 6, 1940 | Illinois' first Jewish governor |
| Wisconsin | Julius Heil | Republican | January 2, 1939 | January 4, 1943 | |
| Alaska | Ernest Gruening | Democratic | December 6, 1939 | April 10, 1953 | Alaska's first and only Jewish governor |
| Connecticut | Abe Ribicoff | Democratic | January 5, 1955 | January 21, 1961 | Connecticut's first and only Jewish governor |
| Illinois | Samuel Shapiro | Democratic | May 21, 1968 | January 13, 1969 | |
| Rhode Island | Frank Licht | Democratic | January 7, 1969 | January 2, 1973 | Rhode Island's first Jewish governor |
| Maryland | Marvin Mandel | 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 | Democratic | January 19, 1971 | January 16, 1979 | Pennsylvania's first Jewish governor |
| Vermont | Madeleine Kunin | Democratic | January 10, 1985 | January 10, 1991 | |
| Oregon | Neil Goldschmidt | Democratic | January 12, 1987 | January 14, 1991 | |
| Rhode Island | Bruce Sundlun | Democratic | January 1, 1991 | January 3, 1995 | |
| Hawaii | Linda Lingle | Republican | December 2, 2002 | December 6, 2010 | Hawaii's first Jewish governor |
| Pennsylvania | Ed Rendell | Democratic | January 21, 2003 | January 18, 2011 | |
| New York | Eliot Spitzer | Democratic | January 1, 2007 | March 17, 2008 | |
| Delaware | Jack Markell | Democratic | January 20, 2009 | January 17, 2017 | |
| Vermont | Peter Shumlin | Democratic | January 6, 2011 | January 5, 2017 | |
| Missouri | Eric Greitens | Republican | January 9, 2017 | June 1, 2018 | |
| Colorado | Jared Polis | Democratic | January 8, 2019 | Incumbent | Colorado's first Jewish governor |
| Illinois | J. B. Pritzker | Democratic | January 14, 2019 | Incumbent | |
| Hawaii | Josh Green | Democratic | December 5, 2022 | Incumbent | |
| Pennsylvania | Josh Shapiro | Democratic | January 17, 2023 | Incumbent | |
| North Carolina | Josh Stein | Democratic | January 1, 2025 | Incumbent | North Carolina's first Jewish Governor |
| Delaware | Matt Meyer | Democratic | January 21, 2025 | Incumbent | |

### Lieutenant governors

| State | Name | Party | Assumed office | Left office |
| Louisiana | Henry Hyams | Democratic | January 23, 1860 | January 25, 1864 |
| New York | Herbert Lehman | Democratic | January 1, 1929 | December 31, 1932 |
| Illinois | Samuel Shapiro | Democratic | January 9, 1961 | May 21, 1968 |
| Vermont | Madeleine Kunin | Democratic | January 10, 1979 | January 10, 1983 |
| Missouri | Ken Rothman | Democratic | January 12, 1981 | January 15, 1985 |
| Rhode Island | Richard Licht | Democratic | January 1, 1985 | January 1, 1989 |
| Missouri | Harriett Woods | Democratic | January 14, 1985 | January 9, 1989 |
| Maryland | Melvin Steinberg | Democratic | January 21, 1987 | January 18, 1995 |
| Pennsylvania | Robert Jubelirer | Republican | October 5, 2001 | January 21, 2003 |
| Ohio | Lee Fisher | Democratic | January 8, 2007 | January 10, 2011 |
| Delaware | Matthew Denn | Democratic | January 20, 2009 | January 6, 2015 |
| New York | Richard Ravitch | Democratic | July 9, 2009 | December 31, 2010 |
| Louisiana | Jay Dardenne | Republican | November 22, 2010 | January 11, 2016 |
| Hawaii | Brian Schatz | Democratic | December 6, 2010 | December 26, 2012 |
| Connecticut | Nancy Wyman | Democratic | January 5, 2011 | January 9, 2019 |
| Kentucky | Jerry Abramson | Democratic | December 13, 2011 | November 13, 2014 |
| Florida | Carlos Lopez-Cantera | Republican | February 3, 2014 | January 7, 2019 |
| Vermont | David Zuckerman | Vermont Progressive Party | January 5, 2017 | January 7, 2021 |
| Hawaii | Josh Green | Democratic | December 3, 2018 | December 5, 2022 |
| Vermont | David Zuckerman | Vermont Progressive Party | January 5, 2023 | January 9, 2025 |

### State Attorneys General

| State | Name | Party | Assumed office | Left office |
| New York | Simon Rosendale | Democratic | January 1, 1892 | December 31, 1893 |
| Maryland | Isidor Rayner | Democratic | 1899 | 1903 |
| Maryland | Isaac Straus | Democratic | 1907 | 1911 |
| New York | Carl Sherman | Democratic | January 1, 1923 | December 31, 1924 |
| New York | Albert Ottinger | Republican | January 1, 1925 | December 31, 1928 |
| Ohio | Gilbert Bettman | Republican | January 14, 1929 | January 12, 1933 |
| New Jersey | David Wilentz | Democratic | 1934 | 1944 |
| New York | Nathaniel Goldstein | Republican | January 1, 1943 | December 31, 1954 |
| Delaware | Albert Young | Independent | 1951 | 1955 |
| Massachusetts | George Fingold | Republican | January 8, 1953 | August 31, 1958 |
| New York | Jacob Javits | Republican | January 1, 1955 | January 9, 1957 |
| New York | Louis Lefkowitz | Republican | January 10, 1957 | December 31, 1978 |
| California | Stanley Mosk | Democratic | January 5, 1959 | 1964 |
| New Hampshire | Warren Rudman | Republican | 1970 | 1976 |
| Rhode Island | Richard Israel | Republican | January 5, 1971 | January 7, 1975 |
| Florida | Robert Shevin | Democratic | January 5, 1971 | January 2, 1979 |
| Vermont | Jerome Diamond | Democratic | 1975 | 1981 |
| Rhode Island | Julius Michaelson | Democratic | January 7, 1975 | January 2, 1979 |
| New York | Robert Abrams | Democratic | January 1, 1979 | January 31, 1993 |
| Maryland | Stephen Sachs | Democratic | January 17, 1979 | January 21, 1987 |
| Connecticut | Joe Lieberman | Democratic | January 5, 1983 | January 3, 1989 |
| Connecticut | Richard Blumenthal | Democratic | January 9, 1991 | January 5, 2011 |
| Ohio | Lee Fisher | Democratic | January 14, 1991 | January 9, 1995 |
| New York | G. Oliver Koppell | Democratic | January 1, 1993 | December 31, 1994 |
| Rhode Island | Jeffrey Pine | Republican | January 5, 1993 | January 2, 1999 |
| New Jersey | Deborah Poritz | Republican | 1994 | 1996 |
| New York | Eliot Spitzer | Democratic | January 1, 1999 | December 31, 2006 |
| New Jersey | David Samson | Independent | January 15, 2002 | February 15, 2003 |
| New Jersey | Stuart Rabner | Democratic | September 26, 2006 | June 26, 2007 |
| Maryland | Doug Gansler | Democratic | January 17, 2007 | January 21, 2015 |
| Louisiana | Buddy Caldwell | Democratic | January 14, 2008 | February 2, 2011 |
| Louisiana | Buddy Caldwell | Republican | February 2, 2011 | January 11, 2016 |
| New York | Eric Schneiderman | Democratic | January 1, 2011 | May 8, 2018 |
| Arizona | Tom Horne | Republican | January 3, 2011 | January 5, 2015 |
| Georgia | Sam Olens | Republican | January 10, 2011 | November 1, 2016 |
| Oregon | Ellen Rosenblum | Democratic | June 29, 2012 | December 31, 2024 |
| Delaware | Matthew Denn | Democratic | January 6, 2015 | January 1, 2019 |
| Maryland | Brian Frosh | Democratic | January 21, 2015 | January 3, 2023 |
| North Carolina | Josh Stein | Democratic | January 1, 2017 | January 1, 2025 |
| Pennsylvania | Josh Shapiro | Democratic | January 17, 2017 | January 17, 2023 |
| Michigan | Dana Nessel | Democratic | January 1, 2019 | Incumbent |
| Colorado | Phil Weiser | Democratic | January 8, 2019 | Incumbent |
| Washington D.C. | Brian Schwalb | Democratic | January 2, 2023 | Incumbent |

### State Secretaries of State

| State | Name | Party | Assumed office | Left office |
| New York | Samuel Koenig | Republican | January 1, 1909 | December 31, 1910 |
| New York | Mitchell May | Democratic | January 1, 1913 | December 31, 1914 |
| New York | Caroline Simon | Republican | 1959 | 1963 |
| Connecticut | Mildred Allen | Republican | January 3, 1955 | January 3, 1959 |
| Florida | Richard Stone | Democratic | January 5, 1971 | July 8, 1974 |
| Florida | George Firestone | Democratic | 1979 | 1989 |
| Vermont | Deborah Markowitz | Democratic | January 1999 | January 2011 |
| Louisiana | Jay Dardenne | Republican | November 10, 2006 | November 22, 2010 |
| Missouri | Jason Kander | Democratic | January 14, 2013 | January 9, 2017 |
| Colorado | Jena Griswold | Democratic | January 8, 2019 | Incumbent |

### State Treasurers

| State | Name | Party | Assumed office | Left office |
| New Jersey | David Naar | Democratic | 1865 | 1865 |
| New Jersey | Katharine White Acting | Democratic | 1961 | 1961 |
| Maine | Samuel Shapiro | Democratic | 1981 | 1996 |
| Rhode Island | Nancy Mayer | Republican | 1993 | 1997 |
| Delaware | Jack Markell | Democratic | January 16, 1999 | January 20, 2009 |
| Kentucky | Jonathan Miller | Democratic | December 1999 | December 11, 2007 |
| Massachusetts | Steve Grossman | Democratic | January 17, 2011 | January 21, 2015 |
| Ohio | Josh Mandel | Republican | January 10, 2011 | January 14, 2019 |
| Nevada | Dan Schwartz | Republican | January 5, 2015 | January 7, 2019 |
| Rhode Island | Seth Magaziner | Democratic | January 6, 2015 | January 3, 2023 |
| Massachusetts | Deb Goldberg | Democratic | January 21, 2015 | Incumbent |

### Other State Cabinet Positions

| State | Position | Portrait | Name | Party | Assumed office | Left office |
| Florida | Agriculture Commissioner | | Nikki Fried | Democratic | January 8, 2019 | January 3, 2023 |

## Municipal government
### Mayors of major cities
#### Current mayors of major cities

| City | State | Name | Party | Assumed office | Left office |
| Austin | Texas | Steve Adler | Democratic | January 6, 2015 | Incumbent |
| Burlington | Vermont | Miro Weinberger | Democratic | April 2, 2012 | Incumbent |
| Chattanooga | Tennessee | Andy Berke | Democratic | April 15, 2013 | Incumbent |
| Jersey City | New Jersey | Steven Fulop | Democratic | July 1, 2013 | Incumbent |
| Las Vegas | Nevada | Carolyn Goodman | Independent | July 6, 2011 | Incumbent |
| Sacramento | California | Darrell Steinberg | Democratic | December 13, 2016 | Incumbent |
| San Antonio | Texas | Ron Nirenberg | Independent | June 21, 2017 | Incumbent |
| St. Petersburg | Florida | Rick Kriseman | Democratic | January 2, 2014 | Incumbent |
| San Francisco | California | Daniel Lurie | Democratic | January 8, 2025 | Assuming office January 8, 2025 |
| Minneapolis | Minnesota | Jacob Frey | Democratic | January 2, 2018 | Incumbent |

#### Former mayors of major cities

* Jerry Abramson (D-Louisville, KY: 1986–1999; 2003–2011)
* Moses Alexander (D-Boise, ID: 1897–1899; 1901–1903)
* Abe Aronovitz (R-Miami, FL: 1953–1955)
* Harry Bacharach (R-Atlantic City, NJ: 1912; 1916–1920; 1930–1935)
* Walt Bachrach (R-Cincinnati, OH: 1960–1967
* Abraham Beame (D-New York, NY: 1974–1977)
* Martin Behrman (D-New Orleans, LA: 1904–1920; 1925–1926)
* Richard Berkley (R-Kansas City, MO: 1979–1991)
* Ethan Berkowitz (D-Anchorage, AK: 2015–2020)
* Bruce Blakeman (R-First Presiding Officer of Nassau County, NY)
* Michael Bloomberg (D-New York, NY: 2002–2013)
* David Cicilline (D-Providence, RI: 2003–2011)
* Josh Cohen (D-Annapolis, MD: 2009–2013)
* Larry Cohen (D-Saint Paul, MN: 1972–1976)
* Norm Coleman (R-Saint Paul, MN: 1997–2002)
* Leopold David (Anchorage, AK: 1920–1923), first mayor of Anchorage
* Rahm Emanuel (D-Chicago, IL: 2011–2019)
* Mutt Evans (D-Durham, NC: 1951–1963)
* Dianne Feinstein (D-San Francisco, CA: 1978–1988)
* Bob Filner (D-San Diego, CA: 2012–2013)
* Samuel Folz (D-Kalamazoo, MI: 1903)
* Lois Frankel (D-West Palm Beach, FL: 2003–2011)
* Sandra Freedman (D-Tampa, FL: 1986–1995)
* Jeffrey Friedman (D-Austin, TX: 1975–1977)
* Eva Galambos (R-Sandy Springs, GA: 2005–2014)
* Eric Garcetti (D-Los Angeles, CA; 2013–2022)
* Bailey Gatzert (I-Seattle, WA: 1875–1876)
* Susan Golding (R-San Diego, CA: 1992–2000)
* Neil Goldschmidt (D-Portland, OR: 1973–1979)
* Stephen Goldsmith (R-Indianapolis, IN: 1992–2000)
* Phil Gordon (D-Phoenix, AZ: 2004–2012)
* Bill Gradison (R-Cincinnati, OH: 1971)
* Robert Harris (D-Ann Arbor, MI: 1969–1973)
* Adlene Harrison (D-Dallas, TX: 1976)
* Max Heller (D-Greenville, SC: 1971–1979)
* Julius Houseman (D-Grand Rapids, MI: 1872–1873; 1874–1875)
* Vera Katz (D-Portland, OR: 1993–2005)
* Ed Koch (D-New York, NY: 1978–1989)
* Joseph Lazarow (R-Atlantic City, NJ: 1976–1982)
* Oscar Leeser (D-El Paso, TX: 2013-2017, 2021-Present)
* Henry Loeb (D-Memphis, TN: 1960–1963; 1968–1971), later converted to Episcopalianism
* Zachariah J. Loussac (D-Anchorage, AK: 1948–1951)
* Sophie Masloff (D-Pittsburgh, PA: 1988–1994)
* Sam Massell (D-Atlanta, GA: 1970–1974)
* Laura Miller (D-Dallas, TX: 2002–2007)
* Arthur Naftalin (D-Minneapolis, MN: 1961–1969)
* Meyera Oberndorf (D-Virginia Beach, VA: 1988–2009)
* Ed Rendell (D-Philadelphia, PA: 1992 – 2000)
* Jonathan Rothschild (D-Tucson, AZ: 2011–2019)
* Libby Schaaf (D-Oakland, CA: 2015-2023)
* Kel Seliger (R-Amarillo, TX: 1993–2001)
* Florence Shapiro (R-Plano, TX: 1990–1992)
* Joseph Simon (R-Portland, OR: 1909–1911)
* Paul Soglin (D-Madison, WI: 1973–1979; 1989–1997; 2011–2019)
* Jerry Springer (D-Cincinnati, OH: 1977–1978)
* Annette Strauss (D-Dallas, TX: 1987–1991)
* Adolph Sutro (R-San Francisco, CA: 1895–1897)
* Susan Weiner (R-Savannah, GA: 1992–1996)
* Edward Zorinsky (R-Omaha, NE: 1973–1976)

#### Other

* Daniel Ankeles, Member of the Maine House of Representatives
* Simcha Felder, Member of the New York State Senate
* Lazarus Joseph (1891–1966), NY State Senator and New York City Comptroller
* Loretta Weinberg, former Majority Leader of the New Jersey Senate

## Presidential and vice presidential candidates

* Tonie Nathan was the vice presidential nominee of the Libertarian Party in 1972. She received one electoral vote for vice president (from a faithless elector that had pledged his vote for Republicans Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnew), thus becoming the first Jew to receive an electoral vote for either president or vice president.
* Arlen Specter ran for the Republican nomination in 1996, but dropped out before the Iowa caucuses. He later became a Democrat.
* Joe Lieberman was the Democratic nominee for vice president in 2000, receiving 266 electoral votes for vice president. Four years later, he ran for the Democratic presidential nomination for the 2004 election. He became an Independent in 2006.
* Jill Stein was the Green Party nominee 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 ran 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. He ran again in 2020. Sanders received one vote in the electoral college in 2016 from David Mulinix of Hawaii, thus making him the first Jew to receive a vote for president in the college. In addition to this, he received two invalidated votes from other voters in the electoral college.
* Michael Bennet ran in the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries.
* Michael Bloomberg ran in the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries.
* Marianne Williamson, raised in a Jewish family, ran in the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries.