Prominent
representatives
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Francis Salvador, first Jewish member of a colonial
legislature.
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Lewis Charles Levin, first Jewish representative (PA: 1845–51)
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David Spangler Kaufman, first Jewish representative from Texas (TX:
1846–1851)
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Victor L. Berger, socialist (Soc-WI: 1911–13, 1919, 1923–29)
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Florence P. Kahn, first Jewish woman representative (R-CA: 1925–37)
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Tom Lantos, the first and only Holocaust survivor to ever serve
in Congress (D-CA, 1980-2008)
- Allard K. Lowenstein, civil rights activist (D-NY: 1969–1971)
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Bella Abzug, feminist leader and gay rights activist (D-NY: 1971–77)
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Bobbi Fiedler, leader of anti-busing movement in the San Fernando
Valley, defeated long-time incumbent
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Congressman James C. Corman
in the 1980 elections
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Martin Frost, former chairman of the House Democratic Caucus and
the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (D-TX: 1979–2005)
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Sam Gejdenson, (D-CT: 1981–2001)
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Benjamin Gilman, (R-NY: 1973–2003)
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Bernie Sanders, independent (Ind-VT: 1991–2007)
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Peter Deutsch (D-FL: 1993–2005)
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Ben Cardin (D-MD: 1987–2007)[32]
Jewish Members of the House of the 109th Congress
(26)
- Gary Ackerman,
- Shelley Berkley,
- Howard Berman,
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Eric Cantor,
- Ben Cardin,
- Susan Davis,
- Rahm Emanuel,
- Eliot Engel,
- Bob Filner,
- Barney Frank,
- Jane Harman,
- Steve Israel,
- Tom Lantos,
- Sander Levin,
- Nita Lowey,
- Jerrold Nadler,
- Steve Rothman,
- Bernard Sanders,
- Jan Schakowsky,
- Adam Schiff,
- Allyson Schwartz,
- Brad Sherman,
- Henry Waxman,
- Debbie Wasserman
- Schultz, Anthony
- Weiner, Robert Wexler
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