This is a list of notable Jewish American politicians, arranged chronologically. For other Jewish Americans, see Lists of Jewish Americans.
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 | ||
Florida | David Sholtz [35] | Democratic | January 3, 1933 | January 5, 1937 | |||
Illinois | Henry Horner [29] | Democratic | January 9, 1933 | October 6, 1940 | Illinois' first Jewish governor | ||
Wisconsin | Julius Heil [36] | Republican | January 2, 1939 | January 4, 1943 | |||
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 [37] | Republican | December 2, 2002 | December 6, 2010 | Hawaii's first Jewish governor | ||
Pennsylvania | Ed Rendell [38] | Democratic | January 21, 2003 | January 18, 2011 | |||
New York | Eliot Spitzer [39] | Democratic | January 1, 2007 | March 17, 2008 | |||
Delaware | Jack Markell [40] | Democratic | January 20, 2009 | January 17, 2017 | |||
Vermont | Peter Shumlin [41] | Democratic | January 6, 2011 | January 5, 2017 | |||
Missouri | Eric Greitens [42] | Republican | January 9, 2017 | June 1, 2018 | |||
Colorado | Jared Polis [43] | Democratic | January 8, 2019 | Incumbent | |||
Illinois | J. B. Pritzker [44] | 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 [40] | 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 [45] | Democratic | January 12, 1981 | January 15, 1985 | ||
Rhode Island | Richard Licht [46] | Democratic | January 1, 1985 | January 1, 1989 | ||
Missouri | Harriett Woods [40] | Democratic | January 14, 1985 | January 9, 1989 | ||
Maryland | Melvin Steinberg [40] | Democratic | January 21, 1987 | January 18, 1995 | ||
Pennsylvania | Robert Jubelirer [47] | Republican | October 5, 2001 | January 21, 2003 | ||
Ohio | Lee Fisher [48] | Democratic | January 8, 2007 | January 10, 2011 | ||
Delaware | Matthew Denn [49] | Democratic | January 20, 2009 | January 6, 2015 | ||
New York | Richard Ravitch [50] | Democratic | July 9, 2009 | December 31, 2010 | ||
Louisiana | Jay Dardenne [51] | Republican | November 22, 2010 | January 11, 2016 | ||
Hawaii | Brian Schatz [52] | Democratic | December 6, 2010 | December 26, 2012 | ||
Connecticut | Nancy Wyman [53] | Democratic | January 5, 2011 | January 9, 2019 | ||
Kentucky | Jerry Abramson [54] | Democratic | December 13, 2011 | November 13, 2014 | ||
Florida | Carlos Lopez-Cantera [55] | Republican | February 3, 2014 | January 7, 2019 | ||
Vermont | David Zuckerman [56] | Vermont Progressive Party | January 5, 2017 | January 7, 2021 | ||
Hawaii | Josh Green [57] | 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 [40] | Republican | January 1, 1909 | December 31, 1910 | ||
New York | Mitchell May [40] | Democratic | January 1, 1913 | December 31, 1914 | ||
New York | Caroline Simon [80] | Republican | 1959 | 1963 | ||
Connecticut | Mildred Allen | Republican | January 3, 1955 | January 3, 1959 | ||
Florida | Richard Stone [40] | Democratic | January 5, 1971 | July 8, 1974 | ||
Florida | George Firestone [40] | Democratic | 1979 | 1989 | ||
Vermont | Deborah Markowitz [40] | Democratic | January 1999 | January 2011 | ||
Louisiana | Jay Dardenne [51] | Republican | November 10, 2006 | November 22, 2010 | ||
Missouri | Jason Kander [81] | Democratic | January 14, 2013 | January 9, 2017 | ||
Colorado | Jena Griswold [82] | 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 [40] Acting | Democratic | 1961 | 1961 | ||
Maine | Samuel Shapiro [40] | Democratic | 1981 | 1996 | ||
Rhode Island | Nancy Mayer [40] | Republican | 1993 | 1997 | ||
Delaware | Jack Markell [40] | Democratic | January 16, 1999 | January 20, 2009 | ||
Kentucky | Jonathan Miller [40] | Democratic | December 1999 | December 11, 2007 | ||
Massachusetts | Steve Grossman [83] | Democratic | January 17, 2011 | January 21, 2015 | ||
Ohio | Josh Mandel [84] | Republican | January 10, 2011 | January 14, 2019 | ||
Nevada | Dan Schwartz [85] | Republican | January 5, 2015 | January 7, 2019 | ||
Rhode Island | Seth Magaziner [86] | Democratic | January 6, 2015 | January 3, 2023 | ||
Massachusetts | Deb Goldberg [87] | Democratic | January 21, 2015 | Incumbent |
State | Portrait | Name | Party | Assumed office | Left office | |
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Florida | Nikki Fried [88] | Democratic | January 8, 2019 | January 3, 2023 |
City | State | Portrait | Name | Party | Assumed office | Left office | |
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Austin | Texas | Steve Adler [89] | Democratic | January 6, 2015 | Incumbent | ||
Burlington | Vermont | Miro Weinberger [90] | Democratic | April 2, 2012 | Incumbent | ||
Chattanooga | Tennessee | Andy Berke [91] | Democratic | April 15, 2013 | Incumbent | ||
Jersey City | New Jersey | Steven Fulop [92] | Democratic | July 1, 2013 | Incumbent | ||
Las Vegas | Nevada | Carolyn Goodman [93] | Independent | July 6, 2011 | Incumbent | ||
Oakland | California | Libby Schaaf | Democratic | January 5, 2015 | Incumbent | ||
Sacramento | California | Darrell Steinberg [94] | Democratic | December 13, 2016 | Incumbent | ||
San Antonio | Texas | Ron Nirenberg [95] | Independent | June 21, 2017 | Incumbent | ||
St. Petersburg | Florida | Rick Kriseman [95] | Democratic | January 2, 2014 | Incumbent | ||
Minneapolis | Minnesota | Jacob Frey [96] | Democratic | January 2, 2018 | Incumbent |
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