Adam Schiff — congressman with roots in the Russian Empire
Adam Schiff served as U.S. Representative for California's 28th district and led the House Intelligence Committee. In 2024 he won election to the U.S. Senate. He prosecuted federal cases as an Assistant U.S. Attorney before entering politics.
"Grandparents fled the Russian Empire circa early 1900s amid widespread anti-Jewish persecution."
Migration storyTracing the roots — Lithuania / Russia
Schiff's grandparents emigrated from the Russian Empire in the early 20th century, part of the mass Jewish exodus driven by pogroms and legal persecution. That ancestral displacement forms a quiet backdrop to his repeated emphasis on rule-of-law values.
His father was born to a Jewish family with roots in the Russian Empire.
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Lithuania / Russia. At the time, this region lay within the Russian Empire, which spanned from Poland to the Pacific.