• Henry Morgenthau Sr., ambassador to Ottoman Empire (1913–16)
• Henry Grunwald^{[disambiguation needed]}, ambassador to Austria (1988–1990)
• Martin Indyk, ambassador to Israel (1995–97, 2000–01)
• Dennis Ross, Middle East envoy
• Randal Jilek, ambassador to Ethiopia (1988–1991)
• Matthew Takash, ambassador to Pakistan (1987–1990)
• Robert Schwarz Strauss, ambassador to the Soviet Union and Russia (1991-1993)
• Don Bandler, ambassador to Cyprus (1999-2002)
• Martin J. Silverstein, ambassador to Uruguay (2001–2005)
• Sam Fox, ambassador to Belgium (2007-)
• Daniel C. Kurtzer, ambassador to Israel and formerly ambassador to Egypt
• Ronald S.Lauder, ambassador to Austria (1986–87)
• Leonard S. Unger, ambassador to Laos (1962–1964); ambassador to Thailand (1967); ambassador to Taiwan (1974–1979)
• David Hermelin, ambassador to Norway (1998–2000)
• Nancy (Komen) Brinker, ambassador to Hungary (2001–2004)
• Ronald Weiser, United States Ambassador to Slovakia (2001–2004).
• Larry Lawrence, ambassador to Switzerland (1994–1996)
• Alan Solomont, ambassador to Spain (2010-Current)
• David Adelman, ambassador to Singapore (2010-Current)

• David Emanuel, governor of Georgia (D/R-GA: 1801-1801)
• Edward Salomon, governor of Wisconsin (R-WI: 1862–64)
• Edward S. Salomon, governor of the Washington Territory (R-WA: 1870–72)
• Franklin Israel Moses, Jr., governor of South Carolina (R-SC: 1872–74) (Jewish father; raised Episcopalian)
• Washington Bartlett, governor of California (D-CA: 1887–1887)
• Moses Alexander, governor of Idaho (D-ID: 1915-1919), first elected practicing Jew to serve as a state governor
• Simon Bamberger, governor of Utah (D-UT: 1917–21)
• Arthur Seligman, governor of New Mexico (D-NM: 1931–33)
• Julius L. Meier, governor of Oregon (Ind-OR: 1931–35)
• Henry Horner, governor of Illinois (D-IL: 1933–40)
• Herbert H. Lehman, governor of New York (D-NY: 1933–42)
• Ernest Gruening, territorial governor of Alaska (D-AK: 1939–53)
• Abraham Ribicoff, governor of Connecticut (D-CT: 1955–61)
• Samuel H. Shapiro, governor of Illinois (D-IL: 1968–69)
• Frank Licht, governor of Rhode Island (D-RI: 1969–73)
• Marvin Mandel, governor of Maryland (D-MD: 1969–77)
• Milton Shapp, governor of Pennsylvania (D-PA: 1971–79)
• Madeleine M. Kunin, governor of Vermont (D-VT: 1985–91)
• Neil Goldschmidt, governor of Oregon (D-OR: 1987–91)
• Bruce Sundlun, governor of Rhode Island (D-RI: 1991–95)
• George Allen, governor of Virginia (R-VA 1994–98) (Allen"s mother is Jewish, he was raised as a Presbyterian)
• Linda Lingle, governor of Hawaii (R-HI: 2002–2010)
• Ed Rendell, governor of Pennsylvania (D-PA: 2003–2011)
• Eliot Spitzer, governor of New York (D-NY: 2007–2008)
• Jack A. Markell, governor of Delaware (D-DE: 2009–present)

• Atlanta, Georgia: Sam Massell (1969–1973)
• Beverly Hills, California: Jimmy Delshad (2007–2008, 2010-present)
• Beverly Hills, California: Nancy Krasne (2009–2010)
• Boca Raton, Florida Steven Abrams (2001-2008)
• Cincinnati: Bill Gradison (1971), Jerry Springer^[35] (1977–78)
• Chicago: Rahm Emanuel (Mayor-elect as of February 22, 2011)
• Dallas, Texas: Laura Miller (2002–07), Annette Strauss (1987–1991)
• Gary, Indiana: A. Martin Katz (1964–67)
• Indianapolis: Stephen Goldsmith (1992–99)
• Hoboken, New Jersey: Dawn Zimmer (2009–present)
• Iowa City: Moses Bloom (1873, First Jewish Mayor of a "Major city")
• Kansas City, Missouri: Richard L. Berkley (1979–91))
• Las Vegas: Oscar Goodman (1999–present)
• Louisville: Jerry Abramson (1985–98, 2002–2011)
• Madison, Wisconsin: Paul Soglin, Sue Bauman
• Miami, Florida: Abe Aronovitz (1953–55)
• Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Frank Zeidler
• Minneapolis, Minnesota: Arthur Naftalin (1961–1969)
• New Orleans, Louisiana: Martin Behrman (1904–1920), (1925–1926) ^[36]
• New York: Fiorello LaGuardia (1934–45; Episcopalian; Jewish mother)
• New York: Abe Beame (1974–77)
• New York: Ed Koch (1978–89)
• New York: Michael Bloomberg (2002–present)
• Phoenix: Phil Gordon (politician) (2004–present) ^[37]
• Philadelphia: Edward Rendell (1992–2000)
• Pittsburgh: Sophie Masloff (1988–1993)
• Portland, Maine: James Cohen (2005–06)
• Portland, Oregon: Vera Katz (1992–2004)
• Providence: David Cicilline (2003–2011)
• Saint Paul, Minnesota: Lawrence D. Cohen (politician) (1972–1976)
• Saint Paul, Minnesota: Norm Coleman (1994–2002)
• San Diego: Susan Golding (1992–2000)
• San Francisco: Washington Bartlett (1883–1887)
• San Francisco: Adolph Sutro (1894–1896)
• San Francisco: Dianne Feinstein (1978–88)^[38]
• Seattle: Bailey Gatzert (1875–76)
• Worcester, Massachusetts: Israel Katz (1974–75)
• Worcester, Massachusetts: Jordan Levy (1980–81, 1988–93)

See also List of Jewish American economists

• Bernard Baruch, economic adviser to many U.S. presidents, statesman, stock market speculator
• Ben Bernanke, chairman of the Federal Reserve (2006–present)
• Milton Friedman, Nobel Prize-winning economist
• Alan Greenspan, chairman of the Federal Reserve (1987–2006)
• Eugene Meyer, chairman of the Federal Reserve (1930–1933), president of the World Bank (1946)
• Haym Solomon, financier during the American Revolution
• Joseph E. Stiglitz, 2001 Nobel Prize winner and Chief Economist of the World Bank (1997–2000)
• James Wolfensohn, president of the World Bank (1995–2005)
• Paul Wolfowitz, president of the World Bank (2005–2007)
• Paul Krugman, Nobel Prize-winning economist

• John Henry Eaves, Chairman of the Fulton County Georgia Board of Commissioners since 2007
• Jay Dardenne, Louisiana secretary of state since 2006
• Eric Garcetti, Los Angeles City Council President
• Franklin J. Moses, Sr., politician, judge, and attorney important in the history of 19th Century South Carolina
• Bernard Stone, alderman of the 50th Ward in Chicago, Illinois
• Kinky Friedman, 2006 Texas Independent gubernatorial candidate
• Jason Bedrick, first Orthodox elected official in New Hampshire
• Harvey Milk, first openly gay man to be elected to public office in California, as a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.
• Steve Poizner, California State Insurance Commissioner and 2010 California Republican gubernatorial candidate
• Rosalind Wyman, first Jewish woman elected to Los Angeles City Council.
• Jan Perry, Los Angeles City Councilwoman (D-9th District)
• Harold Dobbs,San Francisco Board of Supervisors
• Roger Boas, San Francisco Board of Supervisors
• Robert Mendelsohn^{[disambiguation needed]}, San Francisco Board of Supervisors
• Milton Marks, Assemblyman and State Senator From San Francisco
• Dov Hikind, New York State Assemblyman
• Noach Dear, Brooklyn Civil Court judge and former NYC councilman
• Simcha Felder, NYC deputy comptroller for budget and accounting and former NYC councilman
• Rebecca Kaplan, City Councilmember At-Large, Oakland, California^[39]

• American Israel Public Affairs Committee

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    • Delbert Hosemann, Mississippi Secretary of State
    • Alan Nunnelee, Mississippi State Senator
    • Mark B. Cohen, most senior member, Pennsylvania General Assembly
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