List of Jewish members of the United States Congress
This is a list of members of the United States Congress who practiced Judaism as a religion.[1] It does not include members who had Jewish ancestry but were not religiously practicing.
Senate
Picture | Senator (lifespan) |
Party | State | Term start | Term end | Notes |
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David Levy Yulee[n 1] (1810–1886) |
Democratic | Florida | July 1, 1845 | March 4, 1851 | Lost renomination | |
March 4, 1855 | January 21, 1861 | Withdrew from the Senate in 1861 following the secession of Florida from the Union | ||||
Judah Benjamin (1811–1884) |
Democratic | Louisiana | March 4, 1853 | February 4, 1861 | Withdrew from the Senate in 1861 following the secession of Louisiana from the Union | |
Benjamin Jonas (1834–1911) |
Democratic | Louisiana | March 4, 1879 | March 4, 1885 | Lost renomination | |
Joseph Simon (1851–1935) |
Republican | Oregon | October 7, 1898 | March 4, 1903 | Retired | |
Isidor Rayner (1850–1912) |
Democratic | Maryland | March 4, 1905 | November 25, 1912 | Died in office | |
Simon Guggenheim (1867–1941) |
Republican | Colorado | March 4, 1907 | March 4, 1913 | Retired | |
Herbert Lehman (1878–1963) |
Democratic | New York | November 9, 1949 | January 3, 1957 | Retired | |
Richard Neuberger (1912–1960) |
Democratic | Oregon | January 3, 1955 | March 9, 1960 | Died in office | |
Jacob Javits (1904–1986) |
Republican | New York | January 9, 1957 | January 3, 1981 | Lost renomination | |
Ernest Gruening (1887–1974) |
Democratic | Alaska | January 3, 1959 | January 3, 1969 | Lost renomination Lost write-in reelection | |
Abraham Ribicoff (1910–1998) |
Democratic | Connecticut | January 3, 1963 | January 3, 1981 | Retired | |
Howard Metzenbaum (1917–2008) |
Democratic | Ohio | January 4, 1974 | January 23, 1974 | Lost nomination to finish term | |
December 29, 1976 | January 3, 1995 | Retired | ||||
Dick Stone (born 1928) |
Democratic | Florida | January 1, 1975 | December 31, 1980 | Lost renomination | |
Edward Zorinsky (1928–1987) |
Democratic | Nebraska | December 28, 1976 | March 6, 1987 | Died in office | |
Rudy Boschwitz (born 1930) |
Republican | Minnesota | December 30, 1978 | January 3, 1991 | Lost reelection | |
Carl Levin (born 1934) |
Democratic | Michigan | January 3, 1979 | January 3, 2015 | Retired | |
Warren Rudman (1930–2012) |
Republican | New Hampshire | December 29, 1980 | January 3, 1993 | Retired | |
Arlen Specter (1930–2012) |
Republican (1981–2009) | Pennsylvania | January 3, 1981 | January 3, 2011 | Switched to the Democratic Party and lost nomination | |
Democratic (2009–2011) | ||||||
Frank Lautenberg (1924–2013) |
Democratic | New Jersey | December 27, 1982 | January 3, 2001 | Retired | |
January 3, 2003 | June 3, 2013 | Died in office | ||||
Chic Hecht (1928–2006) |
Republican | Nevada | January 3, 1983 | January 3, 1989 | Lost reelection | |
Herb Kohl (born 1935) |
Democratic | Wisconsin | January 3, 1989 | January 3, 2013 | Retired | |
Joe Lieberman (born 1942) |
Democratic (1989–2006) | Connecticut | January 3, 1989 | January 3, 2013 | Lost renomination and elected on the Connecticut for Lieberman ticket in 2006 Retired | |
Independent Democrat (2006–2013) | ||||||
Paul Wellstone (1944–2002) |
Democratic | Minnesota | January 3, 1991 | October 25, 2002 | Died in office | |
Dianne Feinstein (born 1933) |
Democratic | California | November 10, 1992 | present | ||
Barbara Boxer (born 1940) |
Democratic | California | January 3, 1993 | January 3, 2017 | Retired | |
Russ Feingold (born 1953) |
Democratic | Wisconsin | January 3, 1993 | January 3, 2011 | Lost reelection | |
Ron Wyden (born 1949) |
Democratic | Oregon | February 6, 1996 | present | ||
Chuck Schumer (born 1950) |
Democratic | New York | January 3, 1999 | present | ||
Norm Coleman (born 1949) |
Republican | Minnesota | January 3, 2003 | January 3, 2009 | Lost reelection | |
Ben Cardin (born 1943) |
Democratic | Maryland | January 3, 2007 | present | ||
Bernie Sanders (born 1941) |
Independent | Vermont | January 3, 2007 | present | Elected as an Independent. Began identifying alternately as an Independent or Democrat while running in the 2016 Democratic presidential primaries, though never officially joining that party. | |
Michael Bennet (born 1964) |
Democratic | Colorado | January 21, 2009 | present | ||
Al Franken (born 1951) |
Democratic | Minnesota | July 7, 2009 | January 2, 2018 | Resigned | |
Richard Blumenthal (born 1946) |
Democratic | Connecticut | January 3, 2011 | present | ||
Brian Schatz (born 1972) |
Democratic | Hawaii | December 26, 2012 | present |
House of Representatives
Picture | Representative (lifespan) |
Party | State | Term start | Term end | Notes |
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Lewis Levin (1808–1860) |
American (Know Nothing) | Pennsylvania | March 4, 1845 | March 4, 1851 | Lost reelection | |
Emanuel Hart (1809–1897) |
Democratic | New York | March 4, 1851 | March 4, 1853 | Lost renomination | |
Philip Phillips (1807–1884) |
Democratic | Alabama | March 4, 1853 | March 4, 1855 | Retired | |
Henry Phillips[2] (1811–1884) |
Democratic | Pennsylvania | March 4, 1857 | March 4, 1859 | Lost reelection | |
Myer Strouse (1825–1878) |
Democratic | Pennsylvania | March 4, 1863 | March 4, 1867 | Retired | |
William Levy (1827–1882) |
Democratic | Louisiana | March 4, 1875 | March 4, 1877 | Lost reelection | |
Leopold Morse (1831–1892) |
Democratic | Massachusetts | March 4, 1877 | March 4, 1885 | Retired | |
March 4, 1887 | March 4, 1889 | Retired | ||||
Edwin Einstein (1842–1905) |
Republican | New York | March 4, 1879 | March 4, 1881 | Retired | |
Julius Houseman (1832–1891) |
Democratic | Michigan | March 4, 1883 | March 4, 1885 | Retired | |
Joseph Pulitzer (1847–1911) |
Democratic | New York | March 4, 1885 | April 10, 1886 | Resigned | |
Isidor Rayner (1850–1912) |
Democratic | Maryland | March 4, 1887 | March 4, 1889 | Lost reelection | |
March 4, 1891 | March 4, 1895 | Retired | ||||
Nathan Frank (1852–1931) |
Republican | Missouri | March 4, 1889 | March 4, 1891 | Retired | |
Adolph Meyer (1842–1908) |
Democratic | Louisiana | March 4, 1891 | March 8, 1908 | Died in office | |
Julius Goldzier (1854–1925) |
Democratic | Illinois | March 4, 1893 | March 4, 1895 | Lost reelection | |
Israel Fischer (1858–1940) |
Republican | New York | March 4, 1895 | March 4, 1899 | Lost reelection | |
Isidor Straus (1845–1912) |
Democratic | New York | January 30, 1894 | March 4, 1895 | Retired | |
Lucius Littauer (1859–1944) |
Republican | New York | March 4, 1897 | March 4, 1907 | Retired | |
Julius Kahn (1861–1924) |
Republican | California | March 4, 1899 | March 4, 1903 | Lost reelection | |
March 4, 1905 | December 18, 1924 | Died in office | ||||
Jefferson Levy (1852–1924) |
Democratic | New York | March 4, 1899 | March 4, 1901 | Retired | |
March 4, 1911 | March 4, 1915 | Retired | ||||
Mitchell May[3] (1870–1961) |
Democratic | New York | March 4, 1899 | March 4, 1901 | Lost reelection | |
Henry Goldfogle (1856–1929) |
Democratic | New York | March 4, 1901 | March 4, 1915 | Lost reelection | |
March 4, 1919 | March 4, 1921 | Lost reelection | ||||
Montague Lessler (1869–1938) |
Republican | New York | January 7, 1902 | March 4, 1903 | Lost reelection | |
Martin Emerich (1846–1922) |
Democratic | Illinois | March 4, 1903 | March 4, 1905 | Retired | |
Adolph Sabath (1866–1952) |
Democratic | Illinois | March 4, 1907 | November 6, 1952 | Died in office | |
Harry Wolf (1880–1944) |
Democratic | Maryland | March 4, 1907 | March 4, 1909 | Lost reelection | |
Victor Berger (1860–1929) |
Socialist | Wisconsin | March 4, 1911 | March 4, 1913 | Lost reelection | |
March 4, 1919 | November 10, 1919 | House refused to seat due to conviction under the Espionage Act | ||||
March 4, 1923 | March 4, 1929 | Lost reelection | ||||
Jacob Cantor (1854–1921) |
Democratic | New York | November 4, 1913 | March 4, 1915 | Lost reelection | |
Isaac Bacharach (1870–1956) |
Republican | New Jersey | March 4, 1915 | January 3, 1937 | Lost reelection | |
Meyer London (1871–1926) |
Socialist | New York | March 4, 1915 | March 4, 1919 | Lost reelection | |
March 4, 1921 | March 4, 1923 | Lost reelection | ||||
Isaac Siegel (1880–1947) |
Republican | New York | March 4, 1915 | March 4, 1923 | Retired | |
Milton Kraus (1866–1942) |
Republican | Indiana | March 4, 1917 | March 4, 1923 | Lost reelection | |
Nathan Perlman (1887–1952) |
Republican | New York | November 2, 1920 | March 4, 1927 | Lost reelection | |
Lester Volk (1884–1962) |
Republican | New York | November 2, 1920 | March 4, 1923 | Retired | |
Martin Ansorge (1882–1967) |
Republican | New York | March 4, 1921 | March 4, 1923 | Lost reelection | |
Benjamin Rosenbloom (1880–1965) |
Republican | West Virginia | March 4, 1921 | March 4, 1925 | Retired to run unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination for United States Senate | |
Albert Rossdale (1878–1968) |
Republican | New York | March 4, 1921 | March 4, 1923 | Lost reelection | |
Sol Bloom (1870–1949) |
Democratic | New York | January 30, 1923 | March 7, 1949 | Died in office | |
Emanuel Celler (1888–1981) |
Democratic | New York | March 4, 1923 | January 3, 1973 | Lost renomination | |
Samuel Dickstein (1885–1954) |
Democratic | New York | March 4, 1923 | December 30, 1945 | Resigned to take seat on the New York Supreme Court | |
Meyer Jacobstein[4] (1880–1963) |
Democratic | New York | March 4, 1923 | March 4, 1929 | Retired | |
Benjamin Golder (1891–1946) |
Republican | Pennsylvania | March 4, 1925 | March 4, 1933 | Lost reelection | |
Florence Kahn (1866–1948) |
Republican | California | March 4, 1925 | January 3, 1937 | Lost reelection | |
William Cohen (1874–1940) |
Democratic | New York | March 4, 1927 | March 4, 1929 | Retired | |
William Sirovich (1882–1939) |
Democratic | New York | March 4, 1927 | December 17, 1939 | Died in office | |
Henry Ellenbogen (1900–1985) |
Democratic | Pennsylvania | March 4, 1933 | January 3, 1938 | Resigned to take seat on the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas | |
Herman Kopplemann (1880–1957) |
Democratic | Connecticut | March 4, 1933 | January 3, 1939 | Lost reelection | |
January 3, 1941 | January 3, 1943 | Lost reelection | ||||
January 3, 1945 | January 3, 1947 | Lost reelection | ||||
Theodore Peyser (1873–1937) |
Democratic | New York | March 4, 1933 | August 8, 1937 | Died in office | |
William Citron (1896–1976) |
Democratic | Connecticut | January 3, 1935 | January 3, 1939 | Lost reelection | |
Leon Sacks (1902–1972) |
Democratic | Pennsylvania | January 3, 1937 | January 3, 1943 | Lost reelection | |
Morris Edelstein (1888–1941) |
Democratic | New York | February 6, 1940 | June 4, 1941 | Died in office | |
Samuel Weiss (1902–1977) |
Democratic | Pennsylvania | January 3, 1941 | January 7, 1946 | Resigned to take seat on the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas | |
Arthur Klein (1904–1968) |
Democratic | New York | July 29, 1941 | January 3, 1945 | Retired | |
February 19, 1946 | December 31, 1956 | Resigned to take seat on the New York Supreme Court | ||||
Daniel Ellison (1886–1960) |
Republican | Maryland | January 3, 1943 | January 3, 1945 | Lost reelection | |
Benjamin Rabin (1896–1969) |
Democratic | New York | January 3, 1945 | December 31, 1947 | Resigned to take seat on the New York Supreme Court | |
Leo Rayfiel (1888–1978) |
Democratic | New York | January 3, 1945 | September 13, 1947 | Resigned to take seat on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York | |
Jacob Javits (1904–1986) |
Republican | New York | January 3, 1947 | December 31, 1954 | Resigned to take office as New York Attorney General | |
Abraham Multer (1900–1986) |
Democratic | New York | November 4, 1947 | December 31, 1967 | Resigned to take seat on the New York Supreme Court | |
Leo Isacson (1910–1996) |
American Labor | New York | February 17, 1948 | January 3, 1949 | Lost reelection | |
Earl Chudoff (1907–1993) |
Democratic | Pennsylvania | January 3, 1949 | January 5, 1958 | Resigned to take seat on the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas | |
Isidore Dollinger (1903–2000) |
Democratic | New York | January 3, 1949 | December 31, 1959 | Resigned to take office as Bronx County District Attorney | |
Abraham Ribicoff (1910–1998) |
Democratic | Connecticut | January 3, 1949 | January 3, 1953 | Retired to run unsuccessfully for the United States Senate | |
Sidney Yates (1909–2000) |
Democratic | Illinois | January 3, 1949 | January 3, 1963 | Retired to run unsuccessfully for the United States Senate | |
January 3, 1965 | January 3, 1999 | Retired | ||||
Leonard Irving[5] (1898–1962) |
Democratic | Missouri | January 3, 1949 | January 3, 1953 | Lost renomination | |
Louis Heller (1905–1993) |
Democratic | New York | February 15, 1949 | July 21, 1954 | Resigned to take seat on the New York Court of Special Sessions. | |
Sidney Fine (1903–1982) |
Democratic | New York | January 3, 1951 | January 2, 1956 | Resigned to take seat on the New York Supreme Court | |
Samuel Friedel (1898–1979) |
Democratic | Maryland | January 3, 1953 | January 3, 1971 | Lost renomination | |
Lester Holtzman (1913–2002) |
Democratic | New York | January 3, 1953 | December 31, 1961 | Resigned to take seat on the New York Supreme Court | |
Irwin Davidson (1906–1981) |
Democratic | New York | January 3, 1955 | December 31, 1956 | Resigned to take seat on the New York Court of General Sessions. | |
Herbert Zelenko (1906–1979) |
Democratic | New York | January 3, 1955 | January 3, 1963 | Lost renomination | |
Leonard Farbstein (1902–1993) |
Democratic | New York | January 3, 1957 | January 3, 1971 | Lost renomination | |
Ludwig Teller (1911–1965) |
Democratic | New York | January 3, 1957 | January 3, 1961 | Lost renomination | |
Seymour Halpern (1913–1997) |
Republican | New York | January 3, 1959 | January 3, 1973 | Retired | |
Herman Toll (1907–1967) |
Democratic | Pennsylvania | January 3, 1959 | January 3, 1967 | Retired | |
Jacob Gilbert (1920–1981) |
Democratic | New York | March 8, 1960 | January 3, 1971 | Lost renomination | |
Charles Joelson[6] (1916–1999) |
Democratic | New Jersey | January 3, 1961 | September 4, 1969 | Resigned to take seat on the New Jersey Superior Court | |
Benjamin Rosenthal (1923–1983) |
Democratic | New York | February 20, 1962 | January 4, 1983 | Died in office | |
Richard Ottinger[7] (born 1929) |
Democratic | New York | January 3, 1965 | January 3, 1971 | Retired to run unsuccessfully for the United States Senate | |
January 3, 1975 | January 3, 1985 | Retired | ||||
Joseph Resnick (1924–1969) |
Democratic | New York | January 3, 1965 | January 3, 1969 | Retired to run unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination for United States Senate | |
Jim Scheuer (1920–2005) |
Democratic | New York | January 3, 1965 | January 3, 1973 | Lost renomination | |
January 3, 1975 | January 3, 1993 | Retired | ||||
Herbert Tenzer (1905–1993) |
Democratic | New York | January 3, 1965 | January 3, 1969 | Retired | |
Lester Wolff (born 1919) |
Democratic | New York | January 3, 1965 | January 3, 1981 | Lost reelection | |
Joshua Eilberg (1921–2004) |
Democratic | Pennsylvania | January 3, 1967 | January 3, 1979 | Lost reelection | |
Sam Steiger (1929–2012) |
Republican | Arizona | January 3, 1967 | January 3, 1977 | Retired to run unsuccessfully for the United States Senate | |
Bert Podell (1925–2005) |
Democratic | New York | February 20, 1968 | January 3, 1975 | Lost renomination | |
Ed Koch (1924–2013) |
Democratic | New York | January 3, 1969 | December 31, 1977 | Resigned to take office as Mayor of New York City | |
Allard Lowenstein (1929–1980) |
Democratic | New York | January 3, 1969 | January 3, 1971 | Lost reelection | |
Abner Mikva (1926–2016) |
Democratic | Illinois | January 3, 1969 | January 3, 1973 | Lost reelection | |
January 3, 1975 | September 26, 1979 | Resigned to take seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit | ||||
Bella Abzug (1920–1998) |
Democratic | New York | January 3, 1971 | January 3, 1977 | Retired to run unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination for the United States Senate | |
Ben Gilman (1922–2016) |
Republican | New York | January 3, 1973 | January 3, 2003 | Retired | |
Elizabeth Holtzman (born 1941) |
Democratic | New York | January 3, 1973 | January 3, 1981 | Retired to run unsuccessfully for the United States Senate | |
William Lehman (1913–2005) |
Democratic | Florida | January 3, 1973 | January 3, 1993 | Retired | |
Ed Mezvinsky (born 1937) |
Democratic | Iowa | January 3, 1973 | January 3, 1977 | Lost reelection | |
Bill Gradison (born 1928) |
Republican | Ohio | January 3, 1975 | January 31, 1993 | Resigned | |
John Krebs (1926–2014) |
Democratic | California | January 3, 1975 | January 3, 1979 | Lost reelection | |
Elliott Levitas (born 1930) |
Democratic | Georgia | January 3, 1975 | January 3, 1985 | Lost reelection | |
Fred Richmond (born 1923) |
Democratic | New York | January 3, 1975 | August 25, 1982 | Resigned | |
Stephen Solarz (1940–2010) |
Democratic | New York | January 3, 1975 | January 3, 1993 | Lost renomination | |
Gladys Spellman (1918–1988) |
Democratic | Maryland | January 3, 1975 | January 3, 1981 | Seat declared vacant after suffering a debilitating heart attack and becoming comatose | |
Henry Waxman[8] (born 1939) |
Democratic | California | January 3, 1975 | January 3, 2015 | Retired | |
Tony Beilenson (1932–2017) |
Democratic | California | January 3, 1977 | January 3, 1997 | Retired | |
Mickey Edwards[9] (born 1937) |
Republican | Oklahoma | January 3, 1977 | January 3, 1993 | Lost renomination | |
Dan Glickman (born 1944) |
Democratic | Kansas | January 3, 1977 | January 3, 1995 | Lost reelection | |
Marc Marks (1927–2018) |
Republican | Pennsylvania | January 3, 1977 | January 3, 1983 | Retired | |
Ted Weiss (1927–1992) |
Democratic | New York | January 3, 1977 | September 14, 1992 | Died in office | |
Bill Green (1929–2002) |
Republican | New York | February 14, 1978 | January 3, 1993 | Lost reelection | |
Martin Frost[10] (born 1942) |
Democratic | Texas | January 3, 1979 | January 3, 2005 | Lost reelection | |
Ken Kramer (born 1942) |
Republican | Colorado | January 3, 1979 | January 3, 1987 | Retired to run unsuccessfully for the United States Senate | |
Howard Wolpe (1939–2011) |
Democratic | Michigan | January 3, 1979 | January 3, 1993 | Retired | |
Bobbi Fiedler (born 1937) |
Republican | California | January 3, 1981 | January 3, 1987 | Retired to run unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination for the United States Senate | |
Barney Frank (born 1940) |
Democratic | Massachusetts | January 3, 1981 | January 3, 2013 | Retired | |
Sam Gejdenson[11] (born 1948) |
Democratic | Connecticut | January 3, 1981 | January 3, 2001 | Lost reelection | |
Tom Lantos (1928–2008) |
Democratic | California | January 3, 1981 | February 11, 2008 | Died in office | |
Chuck Schumer (born 1950) |
Democratic | New York | January 3, 1981 | January 3, 1999 | Retired to run successfully for the United States Senate | |
Bob Shamansky (1927–2011) |
Democratic | Ohio | January 3, 1981 | January 3, 1983 | Lost reelection | |
Ron Wyden (born 1949) |
Democratic | Oregon | January 3, 1981 | February 5, 1996 | Resigned after being elected to the United States Senate | |
Howard Berman (born 1941) |
Democratic | California | January 3, 1983 | January 3, 2013 | Lost reelection | |
Barbara Boxer (born 1940) |
Democratic | California | January 3, 1983 | January 3, 1993 | Retired to run successfully for the United States Senate | |
Ben Erdreich (born 1938) |
Democratic | Alabama | January 3, 1983 | January 3, 1993 | Lost reelection | |
Sander Levin (born 1931) |
Democratic | Michigan | January 3, 1983 | present | ||
Mel Levine (born 1943) |
Democratic | California | January 3, 1983 | January 3, 1993 | Retired to run unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination for the United States Senate | |
Norman Sisisky (1927–2001) |
Democratic | Virginia | January 3, 1983 | March 29, 2001 | Died in office | |
Lawrence Smith (born 1941) |
Democratic | Florida | January 3, 1983 | January 3, 1993 | Retired | |
Gary Ackerman (born 1942) |
Democratic | New York | March 1, 1983 | January 3, 2013 | Retired | |
Sala Burton (1925–1987) |
Democratic | California | June 21, 1983 | February 1, 1987 | Died in office | |
John Miller (1938–2017) |
Republican | Washington | January 3, 1985 | January 3, 1993 | Retired | |
Ben Cardin (born 1943) |
Democratic | Maryland | January 3, 1987 | January 3, 2007 | Retired to run successfully for the United States Senate | |
Eliot Engel[12] (born 1947) |
Democratic | New York | January 3, 1989 | present | ||
Nita Lowey (born 1937) |
Democratic | New York | January 3, 1989 | present | ||
Steven Schiff (1947–1998) |
Republican | New Mexico | January 3, 1989 | March 25, 1998 | Died in office | |
Bernie Sanders (born 1941) |
Independent | Vermont | January 3, 1991 | January 3, 2007 | Retired to run successfully for the United States Senate | |
Dick Zimmer (born 1944) |
Republican | New Jersey | January 3, 1991 | January 3, 1997 | Retired to run unsuccessfully for the United States Senate | |
Jerry Nadler (born 1947) |
Democratic | New York | November 3, 1992 | present | ||
Sam Coppersmith (born 1955) |
Democratic | Arizona | January 3, 1993 | January 3, 1995 | Retired to run unsuccessfully for the United States Senate | |
Peter Deutsch[13] (born 1957) |
Democratic | Florida | January 3, 1993 | January 3, 2005 | Retired to run unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination for the United States Senate | |
Bob Filner[14] (born 1942) |
Democratic | California | January 3, 1993 | December 3, 2012 | Resigned to take office as Mayor of San Diego | |
Eric Fingerhut (born 1959) |
Democratic | Ohio | January 3, 1993 | January 3, 1995 | Lost reelection | |
Dan Hamburg (born 1948) |
Democratic | California | January 3, 1993 | January 3, 1995 | Lost reelection | |
Jane Harman (born 1945) |
Democratic | California | January 3, 1993 | January 3, 1999 | Retired to run unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination for Governor of California | |
January 3, 2001 | February 28, 2011 | Resigned to head the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars | ||||
Herb Klein (born 1930) |
Democratic | New Jersey | January 3, 1993 | January 3, 1995 | Lost reelection | |
David Levy[15] (born 1953) |
Republican | New York | January 3, 1993 | January 3, 1995 | Lost renomination | |
Marjorie Margolies (born 1942) |
Democratic | Pennsylvania | January 3, 1993 | January 3, 1995 | Lost reelection | |
Lynn Schenk (born 1945) |
Democratic | California | January 3, 1993 | January 3, 1995 | Lost reelection | |
Jon Fox[16] (1947–2018) |
Republican | Pennsylvania | January 3, 1995 | January 3, 1999 | Lost reelection | |
Steve Rothman (born 1952) |
Democratic | New Jersey | January 3, 1997 | January 3, 2013 | Lost renomination | |
Brad Sherman (born 1954) |
Democratic | California | January 3, 1997 | present | ||
Robert Wexler (born 1961) |
Democratic | Florida | January 3, 1997 | January 3, 2010 | Resigned | |
Shelley Berkley (born 1951) |
Democratic | Nevada | January 3, 1999 | January 3, 2013 | Retired to run unsuccessfully for the United States Senate | |
Jan Schakowsky[17] (born 1944) |
Democratic | Illinois | January 3, 1999 | present | ||
Anthony Weiner (born 1964) |
Democratic | New York | January 3, 1999 | June 21, 2011 | Resigned | |
Eric Cantor[18] (born 1963) |
Republican | Virginia | January 3, 2001 | August 18, 2014 | Lost renomination and resigned First Jewish House Majority Leader | |
Susan Davis[19] (born 1944) |
Democratic | California | January 3, 2001 | present | ||
Steve Israel (born 1958) |
Democratic | New York | January 3, 2001 | January 3, 2017 | Retired | |
Adam Schiff (born 1960) |
Democratic | California | January 3, 2001 | present | ||
Rahm Emanuel[20] (born 1959) |
Democratic | Illinois | January 3, 2003 | January 2, 2009 | Resigned to become White House Chief of Staff | |
Debbie Wasserman Schultz (born 1966) |
Democratic | Florida | January 3, 2005 | present | ||
Allyson Schwartz (born 1948) |
Democratic | Pennsylvania | January 3, 2005 | January 3, 2015 | Retired to run unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination for Governor of Pennsylvania | |
Steve Cohen[21] (born 1949) |
Democratic | Tennessee | January 3, 2007 | present | ||
Gabby Giffords[22] (born 1970) |
Democratic | Arizona | January 3, 2007 | January 25, 2012 | Resigned to recover from the assassination attempt on her life in 2011. | |
Paul Hodes (born 1951) |
Democratic | New Hampshire | January 3, 2007 | January 3, 2011 | Retired to run unsuccessfully for the United States Senate | |
Steve Kagen (born 1949) |
Democratic | Wisconsin | January 3, 2007 | January 3, 2011 | Lost reelection | |
Ron Klein (born 1957) |
Democratic | Florida | January 3, 2007 | January 3, 2011 | Lost reelection | |
John Yarmuth (born 1947) |
Democratic | Kentucky | January 3, 2007 | present | ||
John Adler[23] (1959–2011) |
Democratic | New Jersey | January 3, 2009 | January 3, 2011 | Lost reelection | |
Jason Chaffetz[n 2] (born 1967) |
Republican | Utah | January 3, 2009 | June 30, 2017 | Resigned | |
Alan Grayson[24] (born 1958) |
Democratic | Florida | January 3, 2009 | January 3, 2011 | Lost reelection | |
January 3, 2013 | January 3, 2017 | Retired to run unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination to the United States Senate | ||||
Jared Polis (born 1975) |
Democratic | Colorado | January 3, 2009 | present | ||
Ted Deutch[25] (born 1966) |
Democratic | Florida | April 13, 2010 | present | ||
David Cicilline[26] (born 1961) |
Democratic | Rhode Island | January 3, 2011 | present | ||
Lois Frankel (born 1948) |
Democratic | Florida | January 3, 2013 | present | ||
Alan Lowenthal (born 1941) |
Democratic | California | January 3, 2013 | present | ||
Brad Schneider (born 1961) |
Democratic | Illinois | January 3, 2013 | January 3, 2015 | Lost reelection | |
January 3, 2017 | present | |||||
Lee Zeldin (born 1980) |
Republican | New York | January 3, 2015 | present | ||
Josh Gottheimer (born 1975) |
Democratic | New Jersey | January 3, 2017 | present | ||
David Kustoff (born 1966) |
Republican | Tennessee | January 3, 2017 | present | ||
Jamie Raskin (born 1962) |
Democratic | Maryland | January 3, 2017 | present | ||
Jacky Rosen (born 1957) |
Democratic | Nevada | January 3, 2017 | present |
Non-voting members
Picture | Delegate (lifespan) |
Party | Territory | Term start | Term end | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
David Levy Yulee[n 3] (1810–1886) |
Democratic | Florida | March 4, 1841 | March 3, 1845 | Office eliminated when Territory of Florida was admitted to the Union as the State of Florida |
Notes
- ↑ Born Jewish, but converted to Episcopalianism in his mid-to-late 30s while serving as a U.S. Senator (see Allman, T.D. (2013). Finding Florida. The True History of the Sunshine State. Atlantic Monthly Press. ISBN 9780802120762.)
- ↑ Born Jewish but converted to Mormonism (see Solomon, Daniel J. (January 13, 2017). "Meet Jason Chaffetz, the Mormon Congressman Who Converted From Judaism". The Forward. )
- ↑ Born Jewish but converted to Episcopalianism in his mid-to-late 30s while serving as a U.S. Senator (see Allman, T.D. (2013). Finding Florida. The True History of the Sunshine State. Atlantic Monthly Press. ISBN 9780802120762.)
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