Henry Morgenthau Sr., ambassador to Ottoman Empire (1913–16)

Abram I. Elkus, was ambassador to Ottoman Empire (1916–17)

Martin Indyk, was ambassador to Israel (1995–97, 2000–01)

Henry Grunwald, ambassador to Austria (1988–1990)

Dennis Ross, was Middle East envoy (1993 - 2000)

Jack A. Markell, is governor of Delaware (D-DE: 2009–present)

Carl Levin is a current senator (D-MI, 1979-present)

Madeleine M. Kunin, was governor of Vermont (D-VT: 1985–91)

Neil Goldschmidt, was governor of Oregon (D-OR: 1987–91)

Bruce Sundlun, governor of Rhode Island (D-RI: 1991–95)

George Allen, was governor of Virginia (R-VA 1994–98) (Allen's mother is Jewish, he was raised as a Presbyterian)

Linda Lingle, is governor of Hawaii (R-HI: 2002–present)

Ed Rendell, is governor of Pennsylvania (D-PA: 2003–present)

Eliot Spitzer, was governor of New York (D-NY: 2007–2008)

Milton Shapp, was governor of Pennsylvania (D-PA: 1971–79)

Marvin Mandel, was governor of Maryland (D-MD: 1969–77)

Frank Licht, was governor of Rhode Island (D-RI: 1969–73)

Samuel H. Shapiro, was governor of Illinois (D-IL: 1968–69)

Abraham Ribicoff, was governor of Connecticut (D-CT: 1955–61)

Ernest Gruening, was territorial governor of Alaska (D-AK: 1939–53)