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List of Jewish political milestones in the United States

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Ribak, Gil (2010-01-01). "A Jew for All Seasons: Henry Kissinger, Jewish Expectations, and the Yom Kippur War".
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became the first Jewish Congressman to be openly gay upon first election: (2009)
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First U.S. Senate election in which both major party candidates were Jewish:
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Francis Salvador was elected prior to the formation of the United States.
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First Jewish female (and the first woman) Secretary of the Treasury:
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First Jewish American to win a presidential primary (New Hampshire):
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on a major party ticket, and first Jewish candidate to receive an
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First Jewish female mayor of a major American city (
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to the Supreme Court in 1853, but Benjamin declined.
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Index

South Carolina
Francis Salvador
American Revolutionary War
United States
Judah Hays
Boston Fire Department
U.S. Congress
U.S. House of Representatives
Lewis Charles Levin
U.S. Senate
David Levy Yulee
Portland, Oregon
Bernard Goldsmith
Philip Wasserman
U.S. state
California
Washington Bartlett
U.S. Cabinet
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Oscar Straus
Judah P. Benjamin
Confederate Cabinet
Secretary of State
Secretary of War
U.S. Supreme Court
Louis Brandeis
Millard Fillmore
Judah P. Benjamin
U.S. Congress
U.S. House of Representatives

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