What Is The Religious Makeup Of The Us Congress

This article covers the religious affiliation in the U.s.a. Senate.

While the religious preference of elected officials is by no means an indication of their fidelity nor necessarily cogitating of their voting tape, the religious amalgamation of prominent members of all three branches of government is a source of commentary and discussion among the media and public. The topic is also of interest to religious groups and the general public who may appeal to senators of their denomination on religious or moral bug facing the United States Senate.

Amalgamation by denomination

Affiliation by major faith group

Current United States senators [edit]

The following list reports the religious affiliation of the members of the The states Senate in the 117th Congress. In most cases, besides specific sources, the current senators' religious affiliations are those mentioned in regular researches by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life at the Pew Research Heart.^[i]

Christians (86) [edit]

Protestants (58) [edit]

Presbyterians (13) [edit]

Senator	Party	State	Organized religion	Notes
Marsha Blackburn	Republican	Tennessee	Presbyterian[2]
John Barrasso	Republican	Wyoming	Presbyterian[3] [4]	Former Cosmic.
Shelley Moore Capito	Republican	West Virginia	Presbyterian[5]
Tom Carper	Democratic	Delaware	Presbyterian[6] [7]
Chris Coons	Democratic	Delaware	Presbyterian[8] [nine]	Attends a Catholic church.[10]
Steve Daines	Republican	Montana	Presbyterian[11]
Deb Fischer	Republican	Nebraska	Presbyterian[12] [thirteen]
Jim Inhofe	Republican	Oklahoma	Presbyterian[14] [15]
Rand Paul	Republican	Kentucky	Presbyterian[16] [17]	Raised every bit an Episcopalian.[eighteen] [19]
Ben Sasse	Republican	Nebraska	Presbyterian[20]	Raised as Lutheran;[21] [22] former Reformed.[23] [24]
Richard Shelby	Republican	Alabama	Presbyterian[25] [26]
Tina Smith	Autonomous	Minnesota	Presbyterian[i]	Swore by an onetime Heilige Bibel, a family Bible.[27]
Mark Warner	Democratic	Virginia	Presbyterian[28] [29]

Baptists (11) [edit]

Senator	Party	State	Organized religion	Notes
Roy Edgeless	Republican	Missouri	Baptist[30] [31]
Cory Booker	Democratic	New Jersey	Baptist[32]	Raised as a Methodist.[33]
John Boozman	Republican	Arkansas	Baptist[34] [35]
Ted Cruz	Republican	Texas	Baptist[36] [37]
Lindsey Graham	Republican	Due south Carolina	Baptist[38] [39]
Chuck Grassley	Republican	Iowa	Baptist[forty] [41]
Cindy Hyde-Smith	Republican	Mississippi	Baptist[42]
James Lankford	Republican	Oklahoma	Baptist[43] [44]	Sometime student ministries and evangelism specialist for the Baptist Full general Convention of Oklahoma.
Mitch McConnell	Republican	Kentucky	Baptist[45] [46]
Raphael Warnock	Democratic	Georgia	Baptist	Pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church.
Roger Wicker	Republican	Mississippi	Baptist[47] [48]

Methodists (7) [edit]

Senator	Political party	State	Faith	Notes
Richard Burr	Republican	North Carolina	Methodist[49] [l]
Tom Cotton fiber	Republican	Arkansas	Methodist[51]
John Neely Kennedy	Republican	Louisiana	Methodist[52]
Jerry Moran	Republican	Kansas	Methodist[53] [54]
Rob Portman	Republican	Ohio	Methodist[55] [56]	Former Presbyterian.[57] [58]
Debbie Stabenow	Democratic	Michigan	Methodist[59] [60]
Elizabeth Warren	Democratic	Massachusetts	Methodist[61] [62]	Attends various churches.[63]

Lutherans (6) [edit]

Senator	Party	Country	Faith	Notes
Sherrod Brownish	Democratic	Ohio	Lutheran[64] [65] [66]
Joni Ernst	Republican	Iowa	Lutheran[64]
Martin Heinrich	Democratic	New Mexico	Lutheran[64] [67] [68]
Ron Johnson	Republican	Wisconsin	Lutheran[64] [69] [70]
Cynthia Lummis	Republican	Wyoming	Lutheran[64] [71]
Jeff Merkley	Democratic	Oregon	Lutheran[64] [72] [73]

Evangelicals (6) [edit]

Senator	Party	Land	Religion	Notes
Neb Cassidy	Republican	Louisiana	Evangelical[74]
Kevin Cramer	Republican	Due north Dakota	Evangelical[75]	Former Lutheran.[75]
Josh Hawley	Republican	Missouri	Evangelical[76]	Raised equally a Methodist.[76]
Rick Scott	Republican	Florida	Evangelical[77]	Sometime Presbyterian.[77]
Tim Scott	Republican	Due south Carolina	Evangelical[78] [79]
John Thune	Republican	Southward Dakota	Evangelical[80] [81]

Episcopalians (5) [edit]

Senator	Political party	Country	Religion	Notes
Bill Hagerty	Republican	Tennessee	Episcopalian[1]
Angus King	Independent	Maine	Episcopalian[82] [83] [84]
Gary Peters	Democratic	Michigan	Episcopalian[82] [85] [86]
Chris Van Hollen	Democratic	Maryland	Episcopalian[82] [87]
Sheldon Whitehouse	Autonomous	Rhode Island	Episcopalian[82] [88] [89]

Congregationalists (2) [edit]

Senator	Party	State	Organized religion	Notes
Maggie Hassan	Democratic	New Hampshire	Congregationalist (United Church building of Christ)
Amy Klobuchar	Democratic	Minnesota	Congregationalist (United Church of Christ)[xc] [91]

Restorationists (2) [edit]

Senator	Political party	State	Religion	Notes
John Cornyn	Republican	Texas	Restorationist (Churches of Christ)[92] [93]
Tommy Tuberville	Republican	Alabama	Restorationist (Churches of Christ)[94]

Holiness (1) [edit]

Senator	Political party	State	Religion	Notes
Jon Tester	Democratic	Montana	Holiness (Church of God)[95] [96]

Quakers (one) [edit]

Senator	Party	State	Religion	Notes
John Hickenlooper	Democratic	Colorado	Quaker[97]	"Raised on the periphery of the Episcopal Church",[98] but misidentified as an Episcopalian in the Pew Study.[1]

Unspecified Protestants (4) [edit]

Senator	Party	State	Religion	Notes
Chris Murphy	Democratic	Connecticut	Protestant[99] [100]	Raised equally a Congregationalist.[101]
Jeanne Shaheen	Democratic	New Hampshire	Protestant[102] [103]
Todd Young	Republican	Indiana	Protestant[104]
Roger Marshall	Republican	Kansas	Protestant

Catholics (25) [edit]

Senator	Party	State	Organized religion	Notes
Mike Braun	Republican	Indiana	Catholic[105]
Maria Cantwell	Democratic	Washington	Cosmic[106] [107]
Bob Casey	Democratic	Pennsylvania	Catholic[108] [109]
Susan Collins	Republican	Maine	Catholic[110] [111]
Catherine Cortez Masto	Democratic	Nevada	Catholic[112] [113] [114]
Dick Durbin	Democratic	Illinois	Catholic[115] [116]
Kirsten Gillibrand	Democratic	New York	Cosmic[117] [118]
John Hoeven	Republican	North Dakota	Cosmic[119] [120]
Tim Kaine	Democratic	Virginia	Catholic[121] [122]
Marker Kelly	Democratic	Arizona	Catholic[one]	His married woman, former Rep. Gabby Giffords, is Jewish.
Patrick Leahy	Democratic	Vermont	Catholic[123] [124]
Ben Ray Luján	Democratic	New Mexico	Catholic[1]
Joe Manchin	Democratic	West Virginia	Catholic[118] [125]
Ed Markey	Democratic	Massachusetts	Catholic[126] [127]
Bob Menendez	Democratic	New Jersey	Catholic[128] [129]
Lisa Murkowski	Republican	Alaska	Catholic[130] [131]
Patty Murray	Democratic	Washington	Cosmic[132] [133]
Alex Padilla	Democratic	California	Catholic[134]
Jack Reed	Democratic	Rhode Island	Catholic[135] [136]
Jim Risch	Republican	Idaho	Catholic[137] [138]
Mike Rounds	Republican	S Dakota	Catholic[139] [140]
Marco Rubio	Republican	Florida	Catholic[141] [142]	Former Latter-day Saint.[143]
Dan Sullivan	Republican	Alaska	Catholic[144]
Thom Tillis	Republican	North Carolina	Catholic
Pat Toomey	Republican	Pennsylvania	Cosmic[145] [146]

Latter-24-hour interval Saints (iii) [edit]

Senator	Party	State	Faith	Notes
Mike Crapo	Republican	Idaho	Latter-day Saint[147] [148]
Mike Lee	Republican	Utah	Latter-day Saint[149] [150]
Paw Romney	Republican	Utah	Latter-day Saint[151] [152]

Jews (nine) [edit]

Senator	Party	Land	Religion	Notes
Richard Blumenthal	Autonomous	Connecticut	Jewish[153] [154]
Jon Ossoff	Democratic	Georgia	Jewish[155]
Ben Cardin	Autonomous	Maryland	Jewish[156] [157]
Dianne Feinstein	Autonomous	California	Jewish[158] [159] [160]
Bernie Sanders	Contained	Vermont	Jewish[161] [162]	Non-practicing.
Jacky Rosen	Democratic	Nevada	Jewish[163] [164]
Brian Schatz	Autonomous	Hawaii	Jewish[165] [166]
Chuck Schumer	Autonomous	New York	Jewish[167] [168]
Ron Wyden	Democratic	Oregon	Jewish[169] [170]

Buddhists (1) [edit]

Senator	Party	Land	Religion	Notes
Mazie Hirono	Democratic	Hawaii	Buddhist (Jōdo Shinshū)[171] [172]	Non-practicing.

Unknown/refused to specify (3) [edit]

Senator	Political party	State	Religion	Notes
Tammy Baldwin	Democratic	Wisconsin	Unknown/Refused to specify[ane] [173] [174]	Baptized as an Episcopalian.[175]
Michael Bennet	Autonomous	Colorado	Unknown/Refused to specify[ane] [176] [177]	Raised in both Jewish and Christian traditions.[178]
Tammy Duckworth	Democratic	Illinois	Unknown/Refused to specify[1]	Sometimes acknowledged as Deist.[179]

Unaffiliated (1) [edit]

Senator	Party	State	Organized religion	Notes
Kyrsten Sinema	Democratic	Arizona	Unaffiliated	Raised as a Latter-day Saint.[180] Wore crucifix necklace on senate floor in 2022.

Comparison with full general population [edit]

In conjunction with figures derived from the Pew Research Center'southward 2014 Religious Landscape Study,^[181] the near bones breakdown of the to a higher place data indicates that 86% of the Senate place as Christian (compared with 70.6% of the population), 9% of the Senate place as Jewish (compared with 1.9% of the population), ane% of the Senate identifies with other religions (compared with 5.9% of the population), 3% of the Senate have unknown religions or refused to specify them (compared with 0.6% of the population), and 1% of the Senate remains unaffiliated (compared with 22.8% of the population).

The following table compares reported religious affiliations of U.S. senators to religious statistics of the demographics of the United States:

Faith	Grouping	# of sens	% of sens	% of population
Christians	Catholics	25 / 100	25%	20.8%
	Presbyterians	13 / 100	13%	2.2%
	Baptists	11 / 100	11%	15.3%
	Methodists	vii / 100	7%	4.4%
	Lutherans	6 / 100	6%	iii.6%
	Episcopalians	5 / 100	v%	i.2%
	Various other Protestants	16 / 100	16%	fifteen.7%
	Latter-day Saints (Mormons)	3 / 100	iii%	1.half dozen%
Jews	9 / 100	9%	one.9%
Buddhists	i / 100	i%	ane%
Unknown/Refused to land	iii / 100	3%	0.six%
Unaffiliated	1 / 100	1%	22.8%

Run into besides [edit]

• Religion in the The states
• Chaplain of the United States Senate
• Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives
• Religious amalgamation in the U.s. House of Representatives
• Religious affiliations of presidents of the United States
• Religious affiliations of vice presidents of the United States

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Notes [edit]

• Demographics of the U.s.a.

External links [edit]

• Catholics in the Public Square
• Jewish Members of Congress National Jewish Autonomous Committee (List of Jewish Americans who are Democrats of Independents)
• Episcopalians in the Senate and the Federal Marriage Subpoena

What Is The Religious Makeup Of The Us Congress,

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_affiliation_in_the_United_States_Senate

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