Jewish Members of the U.S. Senate

 

Senator Party/State Years of Service
David Levy Yulee D-FL 1845-1851, 1855-1861
Judah Benjamin Whig-LA 1853-1861
Benjamin Jonas D-LA 1879-1885
Joseph Simon R-OR 1898-1903
Isidor Rayner D-MD 1905-1912
Simon Guggenheim R-CO 1907-1913
Herbert Lehman D-NY 1949-1957
Richard Neuberger D-OR 1955-1960
Jacob Javits R-NY 1957-1981
Ernest Gruening D-AK 1959-1969
Abraham Ribicoff D-CT 1963-1981
Howard Metzenbaum D-OH 1974, 1976-1995
Richard Stone D-FL 1975-1980
Edward Zorinsky D-NE 1976-1987
Rudolph Boschwitz R-MN 1978-1991
Carl Levin D-MI 1979-
Warren Rudman R-NH 1980-1993
Arlen Specter R/D-PA* 1981
Frank Lautenberg D-NJ 1982-2001, 2003-
Jacob (Chic) Hecht R-NV 1983-1989
Herb Kohl D-WI 1989-
Joseph Lieberman D/I-CT** 1989-
Paul Wellstone D-MN 1991-2002
Dianne Feinstein D-CA 1992-
Barbara Boxer D-CA 1992-
Russ Feingold D-WI 1993-
Ron Wyden D-OR 1996-
Charles Schumer D-NY 1999-
Norm Coleman R-MN 2003-
Benjamin Cardin D-MD 2007-
Bernard Sanders I-VT 2007-
Michael Bennet D-CO 2009-
Al Franken D-MN 2009-

Listed by year of first election

*Changed party affiliation in 2009 from Republican to Democrat

**Elected as an Independent in 2006

Sources: L. Sandy Maisel and Ira Forman, Eds, Jews in American Politics, (Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2001), United States House of Representatives, United States Senate, and various news sources.