Jewish Members of the U.S. House of Representatives


 

Represenative Party/State Years of Service
Levin, Lewis Charles Amer.-PA 1845-1851
Kaufman, David Spangler D-TX        1846-1851
Hart, Emanuel Bernard D-NY            1851-1853
Phillips, Philip D-AL 1853-1855
Phillips, Henry Myer D-PA   1857-1859
Hahn, Michael Unionist; R-LA          1862-1863; 1885-1886
Strouse, Myer D-PA              1863-1867
Levy, William Mallory D-LA      1875-1877
Morse, Leopold D-MA  1877-1885; 1887-1889
Einstein, Edwin R-NY      1879-1881
Houseman, Julius D-MI 1883-1885
Pulitzer, Joseph D-NY       1885-1886
Rayner, Isidor D-MD.    1887-1889; 1891-1895
Frank, Nathan R-MO  1889-1891
Meyer, Adolph D-LA             1891-1908
Goldzier, Julius D-IL   1893-1895
Wanger, Irving P. * R-PA     1893-1911
Straus, Isidor D-NY         1894-1895
Fischer, Israel Frederick R-NY     1895-1899
Littauer, Lucius Nathan R-NY   1897-1907
May, Mitchell D-NY 1899-1901
Levy, Jefferson D-NY    1899-1901; 1911-1915
Kahn, Julius R-CA  1899-1903; 1905-1924
Goldfogle, Henry Mayer D-NY 1901-1915; 1919-1921
Lessler, Montague R-NY   1902-1903
Emerich, Martin D-IL 1903-1905
Wolf, Harry Benjamin D-MD  1907-1909
Sabath, Adolph Joachim D-IL 1907--1952
Berger, Victor Luitpold Soc.-WI  1911--1913; 1919; 1923-1929
Cantor, Jacob Aaron D-NY              1913-1915
Bacharach, Isaac R-NJ 1915-1937

London, Meyer

Soc.-NY

1915-1919, 1921-1923

Siegel, Isaac

R-NY

1915-1923

Kraus, Milton

R-IN

1917-1923

Volk, Lester David

R-NY

1920-1923

Perlman, Nathan David

R-NY

1920-1927

Ansorge, Martin Charles

R-NY

1921-1923

Rossdale, Albert Berger

R-NY

1921-1923

Rosenbloom, Benjamin

R-WV

1921-1925

Marx, Samuel D-NY Elected 1922; died before assuming office

Jacobstein. Meyer

D-NY

1923-1929

Dickstein, Samuel

D-NY

1923-1945

Bloom, Sol

D-NY

1923-1949

Celler, Emanuel

D-NY

1923-1973

Golder, Benjamin Martin

R-PA

1925-1933

Kahn, Florence Prag

R-CA

1925-1937

Cohen, William Wolfe

D-NY

1927-1929

Sirovich, William Irving

D-NY

1927-1939

Peyser, Theodore Albert

D-NY

1933-1937

Ellenbogen, Henry

D-PA

1933-1938

Kopplemann, Herman Paul

D-CT

1933-1939; 1941-1943:1945-1947

Citron, William Paul

D-CT

1935-1939

Sacks, Leon

D-PA

1937-1943

Edelstein, Morris Michael

D-NY

1940-1941

Klein, Arthur George

D-NY

1941-1945; 1946-1956

Weiss, Samuel Arthur

D-PA

1941-1946

EIlison, Daniel

R-MD

1943-1945

Rabln, Benjamin J.

D-NY

1945-1947

Rayfiel, Leo Frederick

D-NY

1945-1947

Javits, Jacob Koppel

D-NY

1947-1954

Multer, Abraham Jacob

D-NY

1947-1967

Isacson, Leo

Am. Lab.-NY

1948-1949

Irving, Theodore

D-NY

1949-1953

Ribicoff, Abraham A.

D-CT

1949-1953

Heller, Louis Benjamin

D-NY

1949-1954

Chudoff, Earl

D-PA

1949-1958

Dollinger, Isidore

D-NY

1949-1959

Yates, Sidney Richard

D-IL

1949-1963; 1965-1999

Fine, Sidney Asher

D-NY

1951-1956

Holtzman, Lester

D-NY

1953-1961

Friedel, Samuel Nathaniel

D-MD

1953-1971

Davidson, Irwin Delmore

D-NY

1955-1956

Zelenko, Herbert

D-NY

1955-1963

Teller, Ludwig

D-NY

1957-1961

Farbstein, Leonard

D-NY

1957-1971

Toll, Herman

D-PA

1959-1967

Halpern, Seymour

R-NY

1959-1973

Gilbert, Jacob H.

D-NY

1960-1971

Joelson, Charles Samuel

D-NJ

1961-1969

Rosenthal, Benjamin S.

D-NY

1962-1983

Resnick, Joseph Yale

D-NY

1965-1969

Tenzer, Herbert                                           D-NY 1965-1969
Scheuer, James D-NY 1965-1973; 1975-1993
Wolff, Lester Lionel D-NY 1965-1981
Steiger, Sam R-AZ  1967-1977
Eilberg, Joshua D-PA 1967-1979
Podell, Bertram L. D-NY 1968-1975
Lowenstein, Allard K. D-NY 1969-1971
Mikva, Abner Joseph D-IL 1969-1973; 1975-1979
Koch, Edward Irving D-NY 1969-1977
Abzug, Bella Savitsky D-NY 1971-1977
Gilman, Benjamin Arthur R-NY 1973
Mezvinsky, Edward M. D-IA     1973-1977
Holtzman, Elizabeth D-NY 1973-1981
Lehman, William D-FL 1973-1993
Waxman, Henry Arnold D-CA     1975
Krebs, John Hans D-CA 1975-1979
Spellman, Gladys Noon D-MD 1975-1981
Richmond, Frederick W. D-NY 1975-1982
Levitas, Elliott Harris D-GA 1975-1985
Gradison, Willis David R-OH    1975-1993
Solarz, Stephen D-NY 1975-1993
Marks, Marc Lincoln R-PA 1977-1983
Weiss, Theodore S. D-NY 1977-1992
Glickman, Daniel Robert D-KS 1977-1995
Beilenson, Anthony C. D-CA 1977-1997
Green, Sedgwick William R-NY   1978-1993
Frost, (Jonas) Martin D-TX 1979
Kramer, Kenneth Bentley R-CO 1979-1987
Wolpe, Howard Elliot III D-MI.   1979-1993
Frank, Barney D-MA 1981
Lantos, Thomas Peter D-CA 1981
Shamanksy, Robert Norton D-OH   1981-1983
Fiedler, Roberta Francis (Bobbi)  D-CA.  1981-1987
Wyden, Ronald Lee D-OR 1981-1996
Schumer, Charles Ellis D-NY 1981-1999
Gejdenson, Samuel    D-CT  1981-2001
Ackerman, Gary Leonard D-NY 1983
Berman, Howard L. D-CA  1983
Levin, Sander Martin D-MI  1983
Sisisky, Norman D-VA 1983
Burton, Sala Galant  D-CA 1983-1987
Boxer, Barbara D-CA 1983-1992
Erdreich, Benjamin Leader D-AL 1983-1993
Levine, Meldon Edises D-CA 1983-1993
Smith, Lawrence Jack D-FL 1983-1993
Miller, John R-WA 1985-1993
Cardin, Benjamin D-MD  1987-2006
Engel, Eliot Lanze D-NY 1989
Lowey, Nita Melnikoff D-NY 1989
Schiff, Steve R-NM 1989-1997

Sanders, Bernard

Ind.-VT

1991-2006

Zimmer, Richard

R-NJ

1991-1997

Nadler, Jerrold Lewis

D-NY

1992

Deutsch, Peter R.

D-FL

1993

Filner, Robert

D-CA

1993

Coppersmith, Sam

D-AZ

1993-1995

Fingerhut, Eric

D-OH

1993-1995

Hamburg, Daniel

D-CA

1993-1995

Klein, Herbert Charles

D-NJ

1993-1995

Levy, David A.

R-NY

1993-1995

Mezvinsky, Margolis M.

D-PA

1993-1995

Schenk, Lynn

D-CA

1993-1995

Harman, Jane F.

D-CA

1993-1999, 2001-

Fox, Jon

R-PA

1995-1999

Rothman, Steven R.

D-NJ

1997-

Sherman, Brad

D-CA

1997-

Wexler, Robert

D-FL

1997-

Berkely, Shelley

D-NV

1999-

Schakowsky, Jan

D-IL

1999-

Weiner, Anthony

D-NY

1999-

Cantor, Eric

R-VA

2001-

Davis, Susan

D-CA

2001-

Israel, Steve

D-NY

2001-

Schiff, Adam

D-CA

2001-

Emanuel, Rahm D-IL 2003-2009

Giffords, Gabrielle

D-AZ

2007-

Klein, Ronald

D-FL

2007

Yarmuth, John

D-KY

2007

Hodes, Paul

D-NH

2007

Cohen, Stephen

D-TN

2007

Kagen, Steve D-WI 2007

*Several sources suggest Wanger was a Protestant who later joined the Episcopal Church. He is buried in an Episcopalian Lutheran cemetery.


Source: Maisel, L. Sandy and Ira Forman, Eds. Jews in American Politics. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2001.