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 [1] | 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. [2] | |
Wisconsin | ![]() | Edward Salomon [3] | Republican | April 19, 1862 | January 4, 1864 | ||
Washington | ![]() | Edward Salomon [4] [5] | Republican | March 4, 1870 | May 26, 1872 | ||
California | ![]() | Washington Bartlett [6] | Democratic | January 8, 1887 | September 12, 1887 | California's first and only Jewish governor | |
Idaho | ![]() | Moses Alexander [1] | Democratic | January 4, 1915 | January 6, 1919 | Idaho's first and only Jewish governor | |
Utah | ![]() | Simon Bamberger [1] | Democratic | January 1, 1917 | January 1, 1921 | Utah's first and only Jewish governor | |
New Mexico | ![]() | Arthur Seligman [1] | Democratic | January 1, 1931 | September 25, 1933 | New Mexico's first Jewish governor | |
Oregon | ![]() | Julius Meier [1] | Independent | January 12, 1931 | January 14, 1935 | Oregon's first Jewish governor | |
New York | ![]() | Herbert Lehman [1] | Democratic | January 1, 1933 | December 3, 1942 | New York's first Jewish governor | |
Florida | ![]() | David Sholtz [7] | Democratic | January 3, 1933 | January 5, 1937 | ||
Illinois | ![]() | Henry Horner [1] | Democratic | January 9, 1933 | October 6, 1940 | Illinois' first Jewish governor | |
Wisconsin | ![]() | Julius Heil [8] | Republican | January 2, 1939 | January 4, 1943 | ||
Alaska | ![]() | Ernest Gruening [1] | Democratic | December 6, 1939 | April 10, 1953 | Alaska's first and only Jewish governor | |
Connecticut | ![]() | Abe Ribicoff [9] | Democratic | January 5, 1955 | January 21, 1961 | Connecticut's first and only Jewish governor | |
Illinois | ![]() | Samuel Shapiro [1] | Democratic | May 21, 1968 | January 13, 1969 | ||
Rhode Island | ![]() | Frank Licht [1] | Democratic | January 7, 1969 | January 2, 1973 | Rhode Island's first Jewish governor | |
Maryland | | Marvin Mandel [1] | 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 [1] | Democratic | January 19, 1971 | January 16, 1979 | Pennsylvania's first Jewish governor | |
Vermont | ![]() | Madeleine Kunin [1] | Democratic | January 10, 1985 | January 10, 1991 | ||
Oregon | ![]() | Neil Goldschmidt [9] | Democratic | January 12, 1987 | January 14, 1991 | ||
Rhode Island | ![]() | Bruce Sundlun [1] | Democratic | January 1, 1991 | January 3, 1995 | ||
Hawaii | ![]() | Linda Lingle [10] | Republican | December 2, 2002 | December 6, 2010 | Hawaii's first Jewish governor | |
Pennsylvania | | Ed Rendell [11] | Democratic | January 21, 2003 | January 18, 2011 | ||
New York | ![]() | Eliot Spitzer [12] | Democratic | January 1, 2007 | March 17, 2008 | ||
Delaware | ![]() | Jack Markell [13] | Democratic | January 20, 2009 | January 17, 2017 | ||
Vermont | ![]() | Peter Shumlin [14] | Democratic | January 6, 2011 | January 5, 2017 | ||
Missouri | ![]() | Eric Greitens [15] | Republican | January 9, 2017 | June 1, 2018 | ||
Colorado | ![]() | Jared Polis [16] | Democratic | January 8, 2019 | Incumbent | Colorado's first Jewish governor | |
Illinois | ![]() | J. B. Pritzker [17] | 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 |
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State | Portrait | Name | Party | Assumed office | Left office | |
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Louisiana | ![]() | Henry Hyams [13] | Democratic | January 23, 1860 | January 25, 1864 | |
New York | ![]() | Herbert Lehman [1] | Democratic | January 1, 1929 | December 31, 1932 | |
Illinois | ![]() | Samuel Shapiro [1] | Democratic | January 9, 1961 | May 21, 1968 | |
Vermont | ![]() | Madeleine Kunin [1] | Democratic | January 10, 1979 | January 10, 1983 | |
Missouri | ![]() | Ken Rothman [18] | Democratic | January 12, 1981 | January 15, 1985 | |
Rhode Island | ![]() | Richard Licht [19] | Democratic | January 1, 1985 | January 1, 1989 | |
Missouri | ![]() | Harriett Woods [13] | Democratic | January 14, 1985 | January 9, 1989 | |
Maryland | ![]() | Melvin Steinberg [13] | Democratic | January 21, 1987 | January 18, 1995 | |
Pennsylvania | ![]() | Robert Jubelirer [20] | Republican | October 5, 2001 | January 21, 2003 | |
Ohio | ![]() | Lee Fisher [21] | Democratic | January 8, 2007 | January 10, 2011 | |
Delaware | | Matthew Denn [22] | Democratic | January 20, 2009 | January 6, 2015 | |
New York | ![]() | Richard Ravitch [23] | Democratic | July 9, 2009 | December 31, 2010 | |
Louisiana | ![]() | Jay Dardenne [24] | Republican | November 22, 2010 | January 11, 2016 | |
Hawaii | ![]() | Brian Schatz [25] | Democratic | December 6, 2010 | December 26, 2012 | |
Connecticut | ![]() | Nancy Wyman [26] | Democratic | January 5, 2011 | January 9, 2019 | |
Kentucky | ![]() | Jerry Abramson [27] | Democratic | December 13, 2011 | November 13, 2014 | |
Florida | ![]() | Carlos Lopez-Cantera [28] | Republican | February 3, 2014 | January 7, 2019 | |
Vermont | ![]() | David Zuckerman [29] | Vermont Progressive Party | January 5, 2017 | January 7, 2021 | |
Hawaii | ![]() | Josh Green [30] | Democratic | December 3, 2018 | December 5, 2022 | |
Vermont | ![]() | David Zuckerman | Vermont Progressive Party | January 5, 2023 | Incumbent |
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State | Portrait | Name | Party | Assumed office | Left office | |
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New York | ![]() | Samuel Koenig [13] | Republican | January 1, 1909 | December 31, 1910 | |
New York | ![]() | Mitchell May [13] | Democratic | January 1, 1913 | December 31, 1914 | |
New York | ![]() | Caroline Simon [53] | Republican | 1959 | 1963 | |
Connecticut | ![]() | Mildred Allen | Republican | January 3, 1955 | January 3, 1959 | |
Florida | ![]() | Richard Stone [13] | Democratic | January 5, 1971 | July 8, 1974 | |
Florida | ![]() | George Firestone [13] | Democratic | 1979 | 1989 | |
Vermont | ![]() | Deborah Markowitz [13] | Democratic | January 1999 | January 2011 | |
Louisiana | ![]() | Jay Dardenne [24] | Republican | November 10, 2006 | November 22, 2010 | |
Missouri | ![]() | Jason Kander [54] | Democratic | January 14, 2013 | January 9, 2017 | |
Colorado | | Jena Griswold [55] | Democratic | January 8, 2019 | Incumbent |
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State | Portrait | Name | Party | Assumed office | Left office | |
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New Jersey | ![]() | David Naar | Democratic | 1865 | 1865 | |
New Jersey | ![]() | Katharine White [13] Acting | Democratic | 1961 | 1961 | |
Maine | ![]() | Samuel Shapiro [13] | Democratic | 1981 | 1996 | |
Rhode Island | ![]() | Nancy Mayer [13] | Republican | 1993 | 1997 | |
Delaware | ![]() | Jack Markell [13] | Democratic | January 16, 1999 | January 20, 2009 | |
Kentucky | Jonathan Miller [13] | Democratic | December 1999 | December 11, 2007 | ||
Massachusetts | ![]() | Steve Grossman [56] | Democratic | January 17, 2011 | January 21, 2015 | |
Ohio | ![]() | Josh Mandel [57] | Republican | January 10, 2011 | January 14, 2019 | |
Nevada | ![]() | Dan Schwartz [58] | Republican | January 5, 2015 | January 7, 2019 | |
Rhode Island | ![]() | Seth Magaziner [59] | Democratic | January 6, 2015 | January 3, 2023 | |
Massachusetts | ![]() | Deb Goldberg [60] | Democratic | January 21, 2015 | Incumbent |
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State | Position | Portrait | Name | Party | Assumed office | Left office | |
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Florida | Agriculture Commissioner | ![]() | Nikki Fried [61] | Democratic | January 8, 2019 | January 3, 2023 |
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City | State | Portrait | Name | Party | Assumed office | Left office | |
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Austin | Texas | ![]() | Steve Adler [62] | Democratic | January 6, 2015 | Incumbent | |
Burlington | Vermont | ![]() | Miro Weinberger [63] | Democratic | April 2, 2012 | Incumbent | |
Chattanooga | Tennessee | ![]() | Andy Berke [64] | Democratic | April 15, 2013 | Incumbent | |
Jersey City | New Jersey | ![]() | Steven Fulop [65] | Democratic | July 1, 2013 | Incumbent | |
Las Vegas | Nevada | ![]() | Carolyn Goodman [66] | Independent | July 6, 2011 | Incumbent | |
Sacramento | California | ![]() | Darrell Steinberg [67] | Democratic | December 13, 2016 | Incumbent | |
San Antonio | Texas | ![]() | Ron Nirenberg [68] | Independent | June 21, 2017 | Incumbent | |
St. Petersburg | Florida | ![]() | Rick Kriseman [68] | Democratic | January 2, 2014 | Incumbent | |
San Francisco | California | ![]() | Daniel Lurie [69] | Democratic | January 8, 2025 | Assuming office January 8, 2025 | |
Minneapolis | Minnesota | ![]() | Jacob Frey [70] | Democratic | January 2, 2018 | Incumbent |
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