List of Jewish political milestones in the United States
- List of Jewish political milestones in the United States
The following is a list of Jewish political milestones in the United States.
*First Jewish member of the U.S. Congress/U.S. House of Representatives: Lewis Charles Levin (1845)
*First Jewish member of the United States Senate: David Levy Yulee (1845)
*First Jewish governor of a U.S. state: David Emanuel (1801)
*First elected Jewish governor of a U.S. state: Moses Alexander (1915)
*First Jewish member of the Supreme Court of the United States: Louis Brandeis (1916)
**President Millard Fillmore offered to appoint Judah P. Benjamin to the Supreme Court in 1853, but Benjamin declined
*First Jewish woman member of the U.S. Congress/U.S. House of Representatives: Florence Prag Kahn (1925)
*First Jewish openly gay member of the U.S. Congress/U.S. House of Representatives: Barney Frank (took office 1981, came out 1989)
*First Jewish female governor: Madeleine M. Kunin (1985)
*First Jewish member of a colonial legislature (South Carolina): Francis Salvador (1775)
*First Jewish soldier killed in the American Revolutionary War: Francis Salvador (1776)
*First independent Jewish member of the U.S. Congress/U.S. House of Representatives: Bernie Sanders (1991)
*First Jewish Cabinet member/Secretary of Commerce and Labor: Oscar Straus (1906)
**Not including Judah P. Benjamin, who served in the Confederate cabinet as Secretary of State and War
*First person of Jewish ancestry to run for President of the United States on a major party ticket, Barry Goldwater (1964) (John Kerry, 2004, was the second)
*First Jewish Secretary of State: Henry Kissinger (1973)
*First Jewish nominee for Vice President of the United States on a major party ticket: Joe Lieberman (2000)
*Number of Jewish senators rises from 11 to 13 (13% of all US Senators vs. 1.8% of general population) (2007) [ [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1167467657033&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull Most Jews ever set to enter Congress | Jerusalem Post ] ]
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