Jews Who Have Served in the United States House of Representatives


 

Represenative Party and State Years of Service
Levin, Lewis Charles Amer.-Pa. 1845-1851
Kaufman, David Spangler D-Tex.        1846-1851
Hart, Emanuel Bernard D-N.Y.               1851-1853
Phillips, Philip D-Ala. 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-Mass.  1877-1885; 1887-1889
Einstein, Edwin R-N.Y.          1879-1881
Houseman, Julius D-Mich. 1883-1885
Pulitzer, Joseph D-N.Y,         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-III.   1893-1895
Wanger, Irving P. * R-Pa.             1893-1911
Straus, Isidor D-N.Y.         1894-1895
Fischer, Israel Frederick R-N.Y.      1895-1899
Littauer, Lucius Nathan R-N.Y.    1897-1907
May, Mitchell D-N.Y. 1899-1901
Levy, Jefferson D-N.Y.       1899-1901; 1911-1915
Kahn, Julius R-Calif.  1899-1903; 1905-1924
Goldfogle, Henry Mayer D-N.Y 1901-1915; 1919-1921
Lessler, Montague R-N.Y.      1902-1903
Emerich, Martin D-III. 1903-1905
Wolf, Harry Benjamin D-Md.  1907-1909
Sabath, Adolph Joachim D-III.     1907--1952
Berger, Victor Luitpold Soc.-Wis.      1911--1913; 1919; 1923-1929
Cantor, Jacob Aaron D-N.Y.              1913-1915
Bacharach, Isaac R-N.J.  1915-1937

London, Meyer

Soc.-N.Y.

1915-1919, 1921-1923

Siegel, Isaac

R-N.Y.

1915-1923

Kraus, Milton

R-Ind.

1917-1923

Volk, Lester David

R-N.Y.

1920-1923

Perlman, Nathan David

R-N.Y.

1920-1927

Ansorge, Martin Charles

R-N.Y.

1921-1923

Rossdale, Albert Berger

R-N.Y.

1921-1923

Rosenbloom, Benjamin

R-W.V.

1921-1925

Marx, Samuel D-N.Y. Elected 1922; died before assuming office

Jacobstein. Meyer

D-N.Y.

1923-1929

Dickstein, Samuel

D-N.Y.

1923-1945

Bloom, Sol

D-N.Y.

1923-1949

Celler, Emanuel

D-N.Y.

1923-1973

Golder, Benjamin Martin

R-Pa.

1925-1933

Kahn, Florence Prag

R-Calif.

1925-1937

Cohen, William Wolfe

D-N.Y.

1927-1929

Sirovich, William Irving

D-N.Y.

1927-1939

Peyser, Theodore Albert

D-N.Y.

1933-1937

Ellenbogen, Henry

D-Pa.

1933-1938

Kopplemann, Herman Paul

D-Conn.

1933-1939; 1941-1943:1945-1947

Citron, William Paul

D-Conn.

1935-1939

Sacks, Leon

D-Pa.

1937-1943

Edelstein, Morris Michael

D-N.Y.

1940-1941

Klein, Arthur George

D-N.Y.

1941-1945; 1946-1956

Weiss, Samuel Arthur

D-Pa.

1941-1946

EIlison, Daniel

R-Md.

1943-1945

Rabln, Benjamin J.

D-N.Y.

1945-1947

Rayfiel, Leo Frederick

D-N.Y.

1945-1947

Javits, Jacob Koppel

R-N.Y.

1947-1954

Multer, Abraham Jacob

D-N.Y.

1947-1967

Isacson, Leo

Am. Lab.-N,Y,

1948-1949

Irving, Theodore

D-N.Y.

1949-1953

Ribicoff, Abraham A.

D-Conn.

1949-1953

Heller, Louis Benjamin

D-N.Y.

1949-1954

Chudoff, Earl

D-Pa.

1949-1958

Dollinger, Isidore

D-N.Y.

1949-1959

Yates, Sidney Richard

D-III,

1949-1963; 1965-1999

Fine, Sidney Asher

D-N.Y.

1951-1956

Holtzman, Lester

D-N.Y.

1953-1961

Friedel, Samuel Nathaniel

D-Md.

1953-1971

Davidson, Irwin Delmore

D-N.Y,

1955-1956

Zelenko, Herbert

D-N.Y.

1955-1963

Teller, Ludwig

D-N.Y.

1957-1961

Farbstein, Leonard

D-N.Y.

1957-1971

Toll, Herman

D-Pa.

1959-1967

Halpern, Seymour

R-N. Y.

1959-1973

Gilbert, Jacob H.

D-N.Y.

1960-1971

Joelson, Charles Samuel

D-N. J.

1961-1969

Rosenthal, Benjamin S.

D-N.Y.

1962-1983

Resnick, Joseph Yale

D-N.Y.

1965-1969

Tenzer, Herbert                                           D-N.Y. 1965-1969
Scheuer, James D-N.Y 1965-1973; 1975-1993
Wolff, Lester Lionel D-N.Y.       1965-1981
Steiger, Sam R-Ariz.       1967-1977
Eilberg, Joshua D-Pa. 1967-1979
Podell, Bertram L. D-N.Y.  1968-1975
Lowenstein, Allard K. D-N.Y.  1969-1971
Mikva, Abner Joseph D-III.   1969-1973; 1975-1979
Koch, Edward Irving D-N.Y. 1969-1977
Abzug, Bella Savitsky D-N.Y. 1971-1977
Gilman, Benjamin Arthur R-N.Y.  1973
Mezvinsky, Edward M. D-IA     1973-1977
Holtzman, Elizabeth D-N.Y. 1973-1981
Lehman, William D-Fla.  1973-1993
Waxman, Henry Arnold D-Calif.     1975
Krebs, John Hans D-Calif  1975-1979
Spellman, Gladys Noon D-Md. 1975-1981
Richmond, Frederick W. D-N.Y.      1975-1982
Levitas, Elliott Harris D-Ga.  1975-1985
Gradison, Willis David R-Ohio    1975-1993
Solarz, Stephen D-N.Y. 1975-1993
Marks, Marc Lincoln R-Pa.  1977-1983
Weiss, Theodore S. D-N.Y.           1977-1992
Glickman, Daniel Robert D-Kans. 1977-1995
Beilenson, Anthony C. D-Calif. 1977-1997
Green, Sedgwick William R-N.Y.     1978-1993
Frost, (Jonas) Martin D-Tex. 1979
Kramer, Kenneth Bentley R-Colo. 1979-1987
Wolpe, Howard Elliot III D-Mich.   1979-1993
Frank, Barney D-Mass. 1981
Lantos, Thomas Peter D-Calif. 1981
Shamanksy, Robert Norton D-Ohio   1981-1983
Fiedler, Roberta Francis (Bobbi)  D-Calif.  1981-1987
Wyden, Ronald Lee D-Oreg. 1981-1996
Schumer, Charles Ellis D-N.Y. 1981-1999
Gejdenson, Samuel    D-Conn.  1981-2001
Ackerman, Gary Leonard D-N.Y. 1983
Berman, Howard L. D-Calif.  1983
Levin, Sander Martin D-Mich.  1983
Sisisky, Norman D-Va. 1983
Burton, Sala Galant  D-Calif. 1983-1987
Boxer, Barbara D-Cal if. 1983-1992
Erdreich, Benjamin Leader D-Ala 1983-1993
Levine, Meldon Edises D-Calif. 1983-1993
Smith, Lawrence Jack D-Fla. 1983-1993
Miller, John R-Wash. 1985-1993
Cardin, Benjamin D-Md.  1987-2006
Engel, Eliot Lanze D-N.Y.    1989
Lowey, Nita Melnikoff D-N.Y.   1989
Schiff, Steve R-N.M. 1989-1997

Sanders, Bernard

Ind.-Vt.

1991-2006

Zimmer, Richard

R-N.1.

1991-1997

Nadler, Jerrold Lewis

D-N.Y.

1992

Deutsch, Peter R.

D-Fla.

1993

Filner, Robert

D-Calif.

1993

Coppersmith, Sam

D-Ariz.

1993-1995

Fingerhut, Eric

D-Ohio

1993-1995

Hamburg, Daniel

D-Calif.

1993-1995

Klein, Herbert Charles

D-N.J.

1993-1995

Levy, David A.

R-N.Y.

1993-1995

Mezvinsky, Margolis M.

D-Pa.

1993-1995

Schenk, Lynn

D-Calif.

1993-1995

Harman, Jane F.

D-Calif.

1993-199T2001

Fox, Jon

R-Pa.

1995-1999

Rothman, Steven R.

D-N.J.

1997

Sherman, Brad

D-Calif.

1997

Wexler, Robert

D-Fla.

1997

Berkeley, Shelley

D-Nev.

1999

Schakowsky, Jan

D-III.

1999

Weiner, Anthony

D-N.Y.

1999

Cantor, Eric

R-Va.

2001

Davis, Susan

D-Calif.

2001

Israel, Steve

D-N.Y.

2001

Schiff, Adam

D-Calif.

2001

Rahm Emanuel D-Ill. 2003

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.