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
17
Congresses Served
17
House Terms
June 13, 1947 (77 years old)
Birthday
- 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.