Jerrold Lewis Nadler

Democrat Representative of New York's 12th district

Representative
New York, district 17
November 3, 1992 - January 3, 1993
Representative
New York, district 8
January 5, 1993 - January 3, 1995
Representative
New York, district 8
January 4, 1995 - January 3, 1997
Representative
New York, district 8
January 7, 1997 - January 3, 1999
Representative
New York, district 8
January 6, 1999 - January 3, 2001
Representative
New York, district 8
January 3, 2001 - January 3, 2003
Representative
New York, district 8
January 7, 2003 - January 3, 2005
Representative
New York, district 8
January 4, 2005 - January 3, 2007
Representative
New York, district 8
January 4, 2007 - January 3, 2009
Representative
New York, district 8
January 6, 2009 - January 3, 2011
Representative
New York, district 8
January 5, 2011 - January 3, 2013
Representative
New York, district 10
January 3, 2013 - January 3, 2015
Representative
New York, district 10
January 6, 2015 - January 3, 2017
Representative
New York, district 10
January 3, 2017 - January 3, 2019
Representative
New York, district 10
January 3, 2019 - January 3, 2021
Representative
New York, district 10
January 3, 2021 - January 3, 2023
Representative
New York, district 12
January 3, 2023 - January 3, 2025

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June 13, 1947 (77 years old)

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Has served as a U.S. representative since 1992, representing various districts in New York over the years.
Chaired the House Judiciary Committee from 2019 to 2023.
Is in his 17th term in Congress and is the dean of New York’s U.S. House delegation.
Served eight terms as a New York State Assemblyman before being elected to Congress.
Ran unsuccessfully for Manhattan Borough President and New York City Comptroller in the 1980s.
Founded and chaired the Assembly Subcommittee on Mass Transit and Rail Freight.
Has faced primary challenges and has been reelected multiple times with significant majorities.
Ranking member of the House Committee on the Judiciary and a member of the Transportation and Infrastructure committees.
Has been involved in impeachment proceedings and discussions against Presidents George W. Bush and Donald Trump.
Criticized for falsely claiming Kyle Rittenhouse brought a gun across state lines during the Kenosha unrest shooting.
Has a 100% rating from NARAL Pro-Choice America and sponsored the Freedom of Choice Act.
Supports same-sex marriage, anti-discrimination protections, and introduced the Respect for Marriage Act.
Opposed the passage of the surveillance-reform compromise bill, the FISA Amendments Act of 2008.
Proposed changing income tax brackets to reflect different regions’ costs of living.
Voted to support an agreement to lift economic sanctions against Iran in exchange for Iran’s compliance with a nuclear program agreement.
Praised a judge’s ruling that could lead to the removal of stories from a luxury high-rise in New York City.
Cosponsored H.Res.319, calling for the creation of a Green New Deal.
Introduced the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act to legalize cannabis at the federal level.
Voted against the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023.
Described the impeachment of Bill Clinton as a “partisan railroad job.”
Underwent laparoscopic duodenal switch surgery, losing over 100 pounds.
Married to Josephine Langsdorr “Joyce” Miller since 1976, with whom he has one child.