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The Cabinet of the United States, which is the principal advisory body to the President of the United States, has had 47 Jewish American members altogether. Of that number, 27 different Jewish American individuals held a total of 27 permanent cabinet posts, having served as the heads of the federal executive departments; 20 different Jewish Americans have held 21 cabinet-level positions, which ...
California's first and only Jewish governor Idaho: Moses Alexander [1] Democratic: January 4, 1915: January 6, 1919: Idaho's first and only Jewish governor Utah: Simon Bamberger [1] Democratic: January 1, 1917: January 1, 1921: Utah's first and only Jewish governor New Mexico: Arthur Seligman [1] Democratic: January 1, 1931: September 25, 1933
Pages in category "Jewish American members of the Cabinet of the United States" The following 48 pages are in this category, out of 48 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Jewish American members of the Cabinet of the United States (48 P) Pages in category "Jewish American government officials" The following 77 pages are in this category, out of 77 total.
List of female United States Cabinet members; List of foreign-born United States Cabinet members; List of Hispanic and Latino American United States Cabinet members; List of people who have held multiple United States Cabinet-level positions; List of United States Cabinet members who have served more than eight years
Judah Philip Benjamin QC (August 6, 1811 – May 6, 1884) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States senator from Louisiana, a Cabinet officer of the Confederate States and, after his escape to Britain at the end of the American Civil War, an English barrister. Benjamin was the first Jew to hold a Cabinet position in ...
First Jewish member of the U.S. Congress (U.S. House of Representatives): Lewis Charles Levin (1845) [4] First Jewish member of the U.S. Senate: David Levy Yulee (1845) [5] First Jewish mayor of a major American city (Portland, Oregon): Bernard Goldsmith (1869) Two years later, Philip Wasserman succeeded him as mayor.
List of Jewish American philosophers; List of Jewish American photographers; List of Jewish American physicists; List of Jewish American playwrights; List of Jewish American poets; List of Jewish American politicians