List of Jewish members of the United States Congress
This is a list of Jewish members of the United States Congress. As of 2023[update], there are nine Jewish senators and 26 Jewish members of the House of Representatives serving in the United States Congress.
Senate
Elected to the Senate, but not seated
List of states represented by Jewish senators
Map of current Jewish senators. Blue means that there currently is one Jewish senator from that state. Gray means that there currently are no Jewish senators from that state.
Twenty-two states have been represented by Jewish senators. As of October 3, 2023, nine states are represented by Jewish senators.
Concurrently serving Jewish senators from the same state
Elections with two Jewish major-party nominees
Incumbent senators are in bold.
Timeline
House of Representatives
Territorial delegates
Elected to the House of Representatives, but not seated
^Born (and raised) Jewish, but converted to Episcopalianism in his mid-to-late 30s while serving as a U.S. Senator.[1]
^Raised Jewish from birth by his Jewish father, but later converted to Mormonism.[195]
^With a Jewish father and Catholic mother, he was baptized as a Catholic but "was raised with both the Catholic faith and also the Jewish faith."[209]
^ a bBorn (and raised) Jewish, but converted to Episcopalianism in his mid-to-late 30s
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