December 11, 2006
New Congress Brings With It Religious Firsts
by Jonathan Tilove
Religion News Service
The new Congress will, for the first time, include a Muslim, two Buddhists, more Jews than Episcopalians, and the highest-ranking Mormon in congressional history.
Roman Catholics remain the largest single faith group in Congress, accounting for 29 percent of all members of the House and Senate, followed by Baptists, Methodists, Presbyterians, Jews and Episcopalians.
While Catholics in Congress are nearly 2-to-1 Democrats, the most lopsidedly Democratic groups are Jews and those not affiliated with any religion. Of the 43 Jewish members of Congress, there is only one Jewish Republican in the House and two in the Senate. The six religiously unaffiliated members of the House are all Democrats.
The most Republican groups are the small band of Christian Scientists in the House (all five are Republican), and members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (12 Republicans and three
Democrats) -- though the top-ranking Mormon in the history of Congress will be Nevada Sen. Harry Reid, the incoming Democratic majority leader.
Baptists divide along partisan lines defined by race. Black Baptists, like all black members of Congress, are Democrats, while most white Baptists are Republicans. Notable exceptions include incoming House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., and Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., who will serve as president pro tem in the new Senate, making him third in succession to the presidency after the vice president and House Speaker-elect Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.
Because 2006 was such a good year for Democrats, they have regained their commanding advantage among Catholics, which had slipped during an era of GOP dominance. In Pennsylvania alone, five new Democrats, all Catholics, were elected to Congress in November, including Bob Casey, who defeated Sen. Rick Santorum, a far more conservative Catholic.
In the new Congress, two-thirds of all Catholic members will be Democrats. By contrast, after big Republican gains in 1994, 44 percent of Catholic members of Congress were Republican, according to Albert Menendez, a writer and researcher who has been counting the religious affiliation of members of Congress since 1972.
"It's a thankless task, but somebody's got to do it," said Menendez, 64, who lives in nearby North Potomac, Md., and has published his counts and analysis first with Americans United for Separation of Church and State and more recently in Voice of Reason, the newsletter of Americans for Religious Liberty. He is also the author of several books, including "Religion at the Polls" (1977), "John F. Kennedy: Catholic and Humanist" (1979) and "Evangelicals at the Ballot Box" (1996).
Menendez bases his count on how members of Congress identify themselves. When he did his first tally after the 1972 election, Congress was still much in the sway of a few mainline Christian faiths.
At the time, just three mainline Protestant denominations -- Methodists, Presbyterians and Episcopalians -- accounted for 43 percent of all members of Congress, including 51 senators. Come January, those three will account for just a fifth of Congress, including 32 senators. Still, all three -- especially Episcopalians and Presbyterians -- continue to be better represented on Capitol Hill than among the general population.
Other historically important Christian denominations have suffered steep declines in Congress. Menendez said the Lyndon Johnson landslide of 1964 brought 14 Unitarians to Washington. In the next Congress there will be two -- Rep. Pete Stark, D-Calif., and Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D.
In the late 1960s there were 29 members of the United Church of Christ in Congress. In the new Congress, there will be only six, including Sen.
Barack Obama, D-Ill., who joined the church as an adult. (Obama's Kenyan father was from a Muslim background and his American mother's parents were non-practicing Baptist and Methodist.)
Through it all, Lutherans have maintained. Menendez said they were underrepresented relative to their population in 1972, with 16 members of Congress, and remain underrepresented today with 17. (While their total numbers have held steady, their political allegiance has flipped from 2-to-1 Republican to 2-to-1 Democrat.)
Evangelical Christians -- a category that cuts across denominational lines -- are even more underrepresented, according to Furman University political scientist James Guth, all the more so after this year's defeat of Republican incumbents like Reps. John Hostettler of Indiana and Jim Ryun of Kansas.
But perhaps the most underrepresented group in Congress is the 14 percent of all American adults who, according to the 2001 American Religious Identification Survey, conducted by scholars at the Graduate Center at the City University of New York, claim no religion at all.
Only six members of Congress, all Democrats, identify themselves as religiously unaffiliated: Reps. John Tierney and John Olver of Massachusetts, Earl Blumenauer of Oregon, Neil Abercrombie of Hawaii, Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin and Mark Udall of Colorado.
Meanwhile, Jews have continued to gain representation in Congress (8 percent in the new Congress) even as their share of the national population has waned (1.3 percent in 2001). But Jewish numbers in Congress also tend to fluctuate with Democratic fortunes. In a year in which Democrats did well in unexpected places, new Jewish members of Congress were elected this fall from Tennessee, Kentucky, Arizona and New Hampshire, as well as more familiar terrain like Florida and Wisconsin.
For Buddhists and Muslims, the 110th Congress represents their first congressional representation.
The two Buddhist Democrats -- Reps. Mazie Hirono of Hawaii and Hank Johnson of Georgia -- both have avoided talking about their religion, saying it is an entirely private matter.
A spokesman for Hirono, who came to Hawaii with her mother from Japan when she was 8, would only confirm that Hirono was raised in the tradition of her mother's Jodo Shu Buddhism.
A spokesman for Johnson would only confirm that he became a Buddhist some 30 years ago and is affiliated with Soka Gakkai International, an American Buddhist association.
Like Johnson, Keith Ellison of Minnesota, the first Muslim elected to Congress, is a convert and African-American. Raised Catholic, he converted to Islam at age 19 while attending Wayne State University.
"The election of this first Muslim is quite important symbolically," said John Green, director of the Bliss Institute of Applied Politics at the University of Akron. "It may very well be the harbinger of greater acceptance of Muslims in the future."
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Religion in the House, By State and Faith c. 2006 Religion News Service
(n: new member)
Alabama (5-2 Republican)
1: Jo Bonner (R) Episcopalian
2: Terry Everett (R) Baptist
3: Mike D. Rogers (R) Baptist
4: Robert Aderholt (R) Congregationalist-Baptist
5: Bud Cramer (D) Methodist
6: Spencer Bachus (R) Baptist
7: Artur Davis (D) Lutheran
Alaska (1 Republican)
At large: Don Young (R) Episcopalian
Arizona (4-4 split)
1: Rick Renzi (R) Roman Catholic
2: Trent Franks (R) Baptist
3: John Shadegg (R) Episcopalian
4: Ed Pastor (D) Roman Catholic
5: Harry Mitchell (D) Roman Catholic (n)
6: Jeff Flake (R) Mormon
7: Raul M. Grijalva (D) Roman Catholic
8: Gabrielle Giffords (D) Jewish (n)
Arkansas (3-1 Democratic)
1: Marion Berry (D) Methodist
2: Vic Snyder (D) Presbyterian
3: John Boozman (R) Baptist
4: Mike Ross (D) Methodist
California (34-19 Democratic)
1: Mike Thompson (D) Roman Catholic
2: Wally Herger (R) Mormon
3: Dan Lungren (R) Roman Catholic
4: John Doolittle (R) Mormon
5: Doris Matsui (D) Methodist
6: Lynn Woolsey (D) Presbyterian
7: George Miller (D) Roman Catholic
8: Nancy Pelosi (D) Roman Catholic
9: Barbara Lee (D) Baptist
10: Ellen Tauscher (D) Roman Catholic
11: Jerry McNerney (D) Roman Catholic (n)
12: Tom Lantos (D) Jewish
13: Pete Stark (D) Unitarian
14: Anna Eshoo (D) Roman Catholic
15: Mike Honda (D) Protestant
16: Zoe Lofgren (D) Christian
17: Sam Farr (D) Episcopalian
18: Dennis Cardoza (D) Roman Catholic
19: George Radanovich (R) Roman Catholic
20: Jim Costa (D) Roman Catholic
21: Devin Nunes (R) Roman Catholic
22: Kevin McCarthy (R) Baptist (n)
23: Lois Capps (D) Lutheran
24: Elton Gallegly (R) Protestant
25: Howard McKeon (R) Mormon
26: David Dreier (R) Christian Scientist
27: Brad Sherman (D) Jewish
28: Howard Berman (D) Jewish
29: Adam Schiff (D) Jewish
30: Henry Waxman (D) Jewish
31: Xavier Becerra (D) Roman Catholic
32: Hilda Solis (D) Roman Catholic
33: Diane Watson (D) Roman Catholic
34: Lucille Roybal-Allard (D) Roman Catholic
35: Maxine Waters (D) Christian
36: Jane Harman (D) Jewish
37: Juanita Millender-McDonald (D) Baptist
38: Grace Napolitano (D) Roman Catholic
39: Linda Sanchez (D) Roman Catholic
40: Edward R. Royce (R) Roman Catholic
41: Jerry Lewis (R) Presbyterian
42: Gary Miller (R) Protestant
43: Joe Baca (D) Roman Catholic
44: Ken Calvert (R) Protestant
45: Mary Bono (R) Protestant
46: Dana Rohrabacher (R) Baptist
47: Loretta Sanchez (D) Roman Catholic
48: John Campbell (R) Presbyterian
49: Darrell Issa (R) Protestant
50: Brian Bilbray (R) Roman Catholic
51: Bob Filner (D) Jewish
52: Duncan Hunter (R) Baptist
53: Susan Davis (D) Jewish
Colorado (4-3 Democratic)
1: Diana DeGette (D) Presbyterian
2: Mark Udall (D) unaffiliated
3: John Salazar (D) Roman Catholic
4: Marilyn Musgrave (R) Assembly of God
5: Doug Lamborn (R) Christian (n)
6: Thomas G. Tancredo (R) Presbyterian
7: Ed Perlmutter (D) Protestant (n)
Connecticut (4-1 Democratic)
1: John Larson (D) Roman Catholic
2: Joe Courtney (D) Roman Catholic (n)
3: Rosa DeLauro (D) Roman Catholic
4: Christopher Shays (R) Christian Scientist
5: Chris Murphy (D) Protestant (n)
Delaware (1 Republican)
At large: Michael N. Castle (R) Roman Catholic
Florida (16-9 Republican)
1: Jeff Miller (R) Methodist
2: Allen Boyd (D) Methodist
3: Corrine Brown (D) Baptist
4: Ander Crenshaw (R) Episcopalian
5: Ginny Brown-Waite (R) Roman Catholic
6: Cliff Stearns (R) Presbyterian
7: John Mica (R) Episcopalian
8: Ric Keller (R) Methodist
9: Gus Bilirakis (R) Eastern Orthodox (n)
10: Bill Young (R) Methodist
11: Kathy Castor (D) Presbyterian(n)
12: Adam Putnam (R) Episcopalian
13: Vern Buchanan (R) Baptist (n)
14: Connie Mack IV (R) Roman Catholic
15: Dave Weldon (R) Christian
16: Tim Mahoney (D) Methodist (n)
17: Kendrick Meek (D) Baptist
18: Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R) Roman Catholic
19: Robert Wexler (D) Jewish
20: Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (D) Jewish
21: Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R) Roman Catholic
22: Ron Klein (D) Jewish (n)
23: Alcee Hastings (D) African Methodist Episcopal
24: Tom Feeney (R) Presbyterian
25: Mario Diaz-Balart (R) Roman Catholic
Georgia (7-6 Republican)
1: Jack Kingston (R) Episcopalian
2: Sanford Bishop (D) Baptist
3: Jim Marshall (D) Roman Catholic
4: Hank Johnson (D) Buddhist (n)
5: John Lewis (D) Baptist
6: Tom Price (R) Presbyterian
7: John Linder (R) Presbyterian
8: Lynn Westmoreland (R) Baptist
9: Charlie Norwood (R) Methodist
10: Nathan Deal (R) Baptist
11: Phil Gingrey (R) Roman Catholic
12: John Barrow (D) Baptist
13: David Scott (D) Baptist
Hawaii (2 Democrats)
1: Neil Abercrombie (D) unaffiliated
2: Mazie Hirono (D) Buddhist (n)
Idaho (2 Republicans)
1: Bill Sali (R) Evangelical (n)
2: Mike Simpson (R) Mormon
Illinois (10-9 Democratic)
1: Bobby Rush (D) Protestant
2: Jesse Jackson Jr. (D) Baptist
3: Dan Lipinski (D) Roman Catholic
4: Luis Gutierrez (D) Roman Catholic
5: Rahm Emanuel (D) Jewish
6: Peter Roskam (R) Anglican (n)
7: Danny Davis (D) Baptist
8: Melissa Bean (D) Eastern Orthodox
9: Janice D. Schakowsky (D) Jewish
10: Mark Kirk (R) United Church of Christ
11: Jerry Weller (R) Christian
12: Jerry Costello (D) Roman Catholic
13: Judy Biggert (R) Episcopalian
14: Dennis Hastert (R) Protestant
15: Timothy V. Johnson (R) Assembly of God
16: Donald Manzullo (R) Baptist
17: Philip Hare (D) Roman Catholic (n)
18: Ray LaHood (R) Roman Catholic
19: John Shimkus (R) Lutheran
Indiana (5-4 Democratic)
1: Peter Visclosky (D) Roman Catholic
2: Joe Donnelly (D) Roman Catholic (n)
3: Mark Souder (R) Evangelical
4: Steve Buyer (R) Methodist
5: Dan Burton (R) Christian
6: Mike Pence (R) Christian
7: Julia Carson (D) Baptist
8: Brad Ellsworth (D) Roman Catholic (n)
9: Baron Hill (D) Methodist (n)
Iowa (3-2 Democratic)
1: Bruce Braley (D) Presbyterian (n)
2: David Loebsack (D) Methodist (n)
3: Leonard Boswell (D) Reorganized Latter-day Saints
4: Tom Latham (R) Lutheran
5: Steve King (R) Roman Catholic
Kansas (2-2 split)
1: Jerry Moran (R) Methodist
2: Nancy Boyda (D) Methodist (n)
3: Dennis Moore (D) Protestant
4: Todd Tiahrt (R) Assembly of God
Kentucky (4-2 Republican)
1: Ed Whitfield (R) Methodist
2: Ron Lewis (R) Baptist
3: John Yarmuth (D) Jewish (n)
4: Geoff Davis (R) Baptist
5: Harold Rogers (R) Baptist
6: Ben Chandler (D) Presbyterian
Louisiana (5-2 Republican)
1: Bobby Jindal (R) Roman Catholic
2: William Jefferson (D) Baptist
3: Charlie Melancon (D) Roman Catholic
4: Jim McCrery (R) Methodist
5: Rodney Alexander (R) Baptist
6: Richard H. Baker (R) Methodist
7: Charles Boustany Jr. (R) Episcopalian
Maine (2 Democrats)
1: Tom Allen (D) Protestant
2: Mike Michaud (D) Roman Catholic
Maryland (6-2 Democratic)
1: Wayne Gilchrest (R) Methodist
2: Dutch Ruppersberger (D) Methodist
3: John Sarbanes (D) Eastern Orthodox (n)
4: Albert Wynn (D) Baptist
5: Steny Hoyer (D) Baptist
6: Roscoe Bartlett (R) Seventh-day Adventist
7: Elijah Cummings (D) Baptist
8: Chris Van Hollen (D) Episcopalian
Massachusetts (10 Democrats)
1: John Olver (D) unaffiliated
2: Richard Neal (D) Roman Catholic
3: James McGovern (D) Roman Catholic
4: Barney Frank (D) Jewish
5: Marty Meehan (D) Roman Catholic
6: John Tierney (D) unaffiliated
7: Ed Markey (D) Roman Catholic
8: Michael Capuano (D) Roman Catholic
9: Stephen Lynch (D) Roman Catholic
10: Bill Delahunt (D) Roman Catholic
Michigan (9-6 Republican)
1: Bart Stupak (D) Roman Catholic
2: Peter Hoekstra (R) Christian Reformed
3: Vern Ehlers (R) Christian Reformed
4: Dave Camp (R) Roman Catholic
5: Dale Kildee (D) Roman Catholic
6: Fred Upton (R) Protestant
7: Tim Walberg (R) Protestant (n)
8: Mike Rogers (R) Methodist
9: Joe Knollenberg (R) Roman Catholic
10: Candice Miller (R) Presbyterian
11: Thaddeus McCotter (R) Roman Catholic
12: Sander Levin (D) Jewish
13: Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick (D) Baptist
14: John Conyers (D) Baptist
15: John Dingell (D) Roman Catholic
Minnesota (5-3 Democratic)
1: Tim Walz (D) Lutheran (n)
2: John Kline (R) Methodist
3: Jim Ramstad (R) Protestant
4: Betty McCollum (D) Roman Catholic
5: Keith Ellison (D) Muslim (n)
6: Michele Bachmann (R) Evangelical Lutheran (n)
7: Collin Peterson (D) Lutheran
8: James Oberstar (D) Roman Catholic
Mississippi (2-2 split)
1: Roger Wicker (R) Baptist
2: Bennie Thompson (D) Methodist
3: Chip Pickering (R) Baptist
4: Gene Taylor (D) Roman Catholic
Missouri (5-4 Republican)
1: William Lacy Clay Jr. (D) Roman Catholic
2: Todd Akin (R) Christian
3: Russ Carnahan (D) Methodist
4: Ike Skelton (D) Disciples of Christ
5: Emanuel Cleaver II (D) Methodist
6: Sam Graves (R) Baptist
7: Roy Blunt (R) Baptist
8: Jo Ann Emerson (R) Presbyterian
9: Kenny Hulshof (R) Roman Catholic
Montana (1 Republican)
At large: Denny Rehberg (R) Episcopalian
Nebraska (3 Republicans)
1: Jeff Fortenberry (R) Roman Catholic
2: Lee Terry (R) Methodist
3: Adrian Smith (R) Christian (n)
Nevada (2-1 Republican)
1: Shelley Berkley (D) Jewish
2: Dean Heller (R) Mormon (n)
3: Jon Porter (R) Roman Catholic
New Hampshire (2 Democrats)
1: Carol Shea-Porter (D) Roman Catholic (n)
2: Paul Hodes (D) Jewish (n)
New Jersey (7-6 Democratic)
1: Rob Andrews (D) Episcopalian
2: Frank LoBiondo (R) Roman Catholic
3: Jim Saxton (R) Methodist
4: Chris Smith (R) Roman Catholic
5: Scott Garrett (R) Protestant
6: Frank Pallone (D) Roman Catholic
7: Mike Ferguson (R) Roman Catholic
8: Bill Pascrell Jr. (D) Roman Catholic
9: Steve Rothman (D) Jewish
10: Donald Payne (D) Baptist
11: Rodney Frelinghuysen (R) Episcopalian
12: Rush Holt Jr. (D) Quaker
13: Albio Sires (D) Roman Catholic (n)
New Mexico (2-1 Republican)
1: Heather Wilson (R) Methodist
2: Steve Pearce (R) Baptist
3: Tom Udall (D) Mormon
New York (23-6 Democratic)
1: Tim Bishop (D) Roman Catholic
2: Steve Israel (D) Jewish
3: Peter T. King (R) Roman Catholic
4: Carolyn McCarthy (D) Roman Catholic
5: Gary Ackerman (D) Jewish
6: Gregory Meeks (D) Baptist
7: Joseph Crowley (D) Roman Catholic
8: Jerrold Nadler (D) Jewish
9: Anthony D. Weiner (D) Jewish
10: Edolphus Towns (D) Baptist
11: Yvette D. Clarke (D) Christian (n)
12: Nydia Velazquez (D) Roman Catholic
13: Vito Fossella (R) Roman Catholic
14: Carolyn Maloney (D) Presbyterian
15: Charles Rangel (D) Roman Catholic
16: Jose Serrano (D) Roman Catholic
17: Eliot Engel (D) Jewish
18: Nita Lowey (D) Jewish
19: John Hall (D) Christian (n)
20: Kirsten Gillibrand (D) Roman Catholic (n)
21: Michael McNulty (D Roman Catholic
22: Maurice Hinchey (D) Roman Catholic
23: John M. McHugh (R) Roman Catholic
24: Michael Arcuri (D) Roman Catholic (n)
25: Jim Walsh (R) Roman Catholic
26: Tom Reynolds (R) Presbyterian
27: Brian Higgins (D) Roman Catholic
28: Louise Slaughter (D) Episcopalian
29: Randy Kuhl (R) Episcopalian
North Carolina (7-6 Democratic)
1: G.K. Butterfield (D) Baptist
2: Bob Etheridge (D) Presbyterian
3: Walter Jones (R) Roman Catholic
4: David Price (D) Baptist
5: Virginia Foxx (R) Roman Catholic
6: Howard Coble (R) Presbyterian
7: Mike McIntyre (D) Presbyterian
8: Robin Hayes (R) Presbyterian
9: Sue Myrick (R) Evangelical Methodist
10: Patrick McHenry (R) Roman Catholic
11: Heath Shuler (D) Baptist (n)
12: Mel Watt (D) Presbyterian
13: Brad Miller (D) Episcopalian
North Dakota (1 Democrat)
At large: Earl Pomeroy (D) Presbyterian
Ohio (11-7 Republican)
1: Steve Chabot (R) Roman Catholic
2: Jean Schmidt (R) Roman Catholic
3: Michael Turner (R) Protestant
4: Jim Jordan (R) Christian (n)
5: Paul Gillmor (R) Methodist
6: Charlie Wilson (D) Roman Catholic (n)
7: David Hobson (R) Methodist
8: John Boehner (R) Roman Catholic
9: Marcy Kaptur (D) Roman Catholic
10: Dennis Kucinich (D) Roman Catholic
11: Stephanie Tubbs Jones (D) Baptist
12: Patrick Tiberi (R) Roman Catholic
13: Betty Sutton (D) Methodist (n)
14: Steve LaTourette (R) Methodist
15: Deborah Pryce (R) Presbyterian
16: Ralph Regula (R) Episcopalian
17: Tim Ryan (D) Roman Catholic
18: Zack Space (D) Eastern Orthodox (n)
Oklahoma (4-1 Republican)
1: John Sullivan (R) Roman Catholic
2: Dan Boren (D) Methodist
3: Frank Lucas (R) Baptist
4: Tom Cole (R) Methodist
5: Mary Fallin (R) Christian (n)
Oregon (4-1 Democratic)
1: David Wu (D) Presbyterian
2: Greg Walden (R) Episcopalian
3: Earl Blumenauer (D) unaffiliated
4: Peter DeFazio (D) Roman Catholic
5: Darlene Hooley (D) Lutheran
Pennsylvania (11-8 Democratic)
1: Robert Brady (D) Roman Catholic
2: Chaka Fattah (D) Baptist
3: Phil English (R) Roman Catholic
4: Jason Altmire (D) Roman Catholic (n)
5: John Peterson (R) Methodist
6: Jim Gerlach (R) Protestant
7: Joe Sestak (D) Roman Catholic (n)
8: Patrick Murphy (D) Roman Catholic (n)
9: Bill Shuster (R) Lutheran
10: Chris Carney (D) Roman Catholic (n)
11: Paul Kanjorski (D) Roman Catholic
12: John Murtha (D) Roman Catholic
13: Allyson Schwartz (D) Jewish
14: Michael Doyle (D) Roman Catholic
15: Charles Dent (R) Presbyterian
16: Joseph Pitts (R) Protestant
17: Tim Holden (D) Roman Catholic
18: Tim Murphy (R) Roman Catholic
19: Todd Platts (R) Episcopalian
Rhode Island (2 Democrats)
1: Patrick Kennedy (D) Roman Catholic
2: James Langevin (D) Roman Catholic
South Carolina (4-2 Republican)
1: Henry Brown Jr. (R) Baptist
2: Joe Wilson (R) Presbyterian
3: J. Gresham Barrett (R) Baptist
4: Bob Inglis (R) Presbyterian
5: John Spratt (D) Presbyterian
6: Jim Clyburn (D) African Methodist Episcopal
South Dakota (1 Democrat)
At large: Stephanie Herseth (D) Lutheran
Tennessee (5-4 Democratic)
1: David Davis (R) Baptist (n)
2: John J. Duncan Jr. (R) Presbyterian
3: Zach Wamp (R) Baptist
4: Lincoln Davis (D) Baptist
5: Jim Cooper (D) Episcopalian
6: Bart Gordon (D) Methodist
7: Marsha Blackburn (R) Presbyterian
8: John S. Tanner (D) Disciples of Christ
9: Steve Cohen (D) Jewish (n)
Texas (19-12 Republican, one TBD)
1: Louie Gohmert (R) Baptist
2: Ted Poe (R) Church of Christ
3: Sam Johnson (R) Methodist
4: Ralph Hall (R) Methodist
5: Jeb Hensarling (R) Episcopalian
6: Joe Barton (R) Methodist
7: John Culberson (R) Methodist
8: Kevin Brady (R) Roman Catholic
9: Al Green (D) Christian
10: Michael McCaul (R) Roman Catholic
11: Mike Conaway (R) Baptist
12: Kay Granger (R) Methodist
13: Mac Thornberry (R) Presbyterian
14: Ron Paul (R) Protestant
15: Ruben Hinojosa (D) Roman Catholic
16: Silvestre Reyes (D) Roman Catholic
17: Chet Edwards (D) Methodist
18: Sheila Jackson Lee (D) Seventh-day Adventist
19: Randy Neugebauer (R) Baptist
20: Charlie Gonzalez (D) Roman Catholic
21: Lamar Smith (R) Christian Scientist
22: Nick Lampson (D) Roman Catholic (n)
23: TBD, Dec. 12 runoff between incumbent Republican Henry Bonilla, a Baptist, and Democratic challenger Ciro Rodriguez, a Roman Catholic
24: Kenny Marchant (R) Nazarene
25: Lloyd Doggett (D) Methodist
26: Michael Burgess (R) Episcopalian
27: Solomon Ortiz (D) Methodist
28: Henry Cuellar (D) Roman Catholic
29: Gene Green (D) Methodist
30: Eddie Bernice Johnson (D) Baptist
31: John Carter (R) Lutheran
32: Pete Sessions (R) Methodist
Utah (2-1 Republican)
1: Rob Bishop (R) Mormon
2: Jim Matheson (D) Mormon
3: Chris Cannon (R) Mormon
Vermont (1 Democrat)
At large: Peter Welch (D) Roman Catholic (n)
Virginia (8-3 Republican)
1: Jo Ann Davis (R) Assembly of God
2: Thelma Drake (R) United Church of Christ
3: Robert Scott (D) Episcopalian
4: Randy Forbes (R) Baptist
5: Virgil Goode (R) Baptist
6: Bob Goodlatte (R) Christian Scientist
7: Eric Cantor (R) Jewish
8: Jim Moran (D) Roman Catholic
9: Rick Boucher (D) Methodist
10: Frank Wolf (R) Presbyterian
11: Thomas M. Davis (R) Christian Scientist
Washington (6-3 Democratic)
1: Jay Inslee (D) Protestant
2: Rick Larsen (D) Methodist
3: Brian Baird (D) Protestant
4: Doc Hastings (R) Roman Catholic
5: Cathy McMorris (R) Christian
6: Norm Dicks (D) Lutheran
7: Jim McDermott (D) Episcopalian
8: Dave Reichert (R) Lutheran
9: Adam Smith (D) Christian
West Virginia (2-1 Democratic)
1: Alan Mollohan (D) Baptist
2: Shelley Moore Capito (R) Presbyterian
3: Nick Rahall (D) Presbyterian
Wisconsin (5-3 Democratic)
1: Paul Ryan (R) Roman Catholic
2: Tammy Baldwin (D) unaffiliated
3: Ron Kind (D) Lutheran
4: Gwen Moore (D) Baptist
5: F. James Sensenbrenner Jr. (R) Episcopalian
6: Tom Petri (R) Lutheran
7: Dave Obey (D) Roman Catholic
8: Steve Kagen (D) Jewish (n)
Wyoming (1 Republican)
At large: Barbara Cubin (R) Episcopalian
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AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL -- 2
2D, 0R
Alcee Hastings, D-FL
James Clyburn, D-SC
ANGLICAN -- 1
0D, 1R
Peter Roskam, R-IL
ASSEMBLY OF GOD -- 4
0D, 4R
Marilyn Musgrave, R-CO
Timothy Johnson, R-IL
Todd Tiahrt, R-KS
Jo Ann Davis, R-VA
BAPTIST -- 60
29D, 31R
Barbara Lee, D-CA
Juanita Millender-McDonald, D-CA
Corrine Brown, D-FL
Kendrick Meek, D-FL
Sanford Bishop, D-GA
John Lews, D-GA
John Barrow, D-GA
David Scott, D-GA
Jesse Jackson Jr., D-IL
Danny Davis, D-IL
Julia Carson, D-IN
William Jefferson, D-LA
Albert Wynn, D-MD
Steny Hoyer, D-MD
Elijah Cummings, D-MD
Carolyn Kilpatrick, D-MI
John Conyers, D-MI
Donald Payne, D-NJ
Gregory W. Meeks, D-NY
Edolphus Towns, D-NY
G.K. Butterfield, D-NC
David Price, D-NC
Heath Shuler, D-NC
Stephanie Tubbs Jones, D-OH
Chaka Fattah, D-PA
Lincoln Davis, D-TN
Eddie Bernice Johnson, D-TX
Alan Mollohan, D-WV
Gwen Moore, D-WI
Terry Everett, R-AL
Mike Rogers R-AL
Spencer Bachus R-AL
Trent Franks R-AZ
John Boozman, R-AR
Kevin McCarthy, R-CA
Dana Rohrabacher, R-CA
Duncan Hunter, R-CA
Vern Buchanan, R-FL
Lynn Westmoreland, R-GA
Nathan Deal, R-GA
Donald Manzullo, R-IL
Ron Lewis, R-KY
Geoff Davis, R-KY
Harold Rogers, R-KY
Rodney Alexander, R-LA
Roger Wicker, R-MS
Chip Pickering, R-MS
Sam Graves, R-MO
Roy Blunt, R-MO
Steve Pearce, R-NM
Frank Lucas, R-OK
Henry Brown Jr., R-SC
J. Gresham Barrett, R-SC
David Davis, R-TN
Zach Wamp, R-TN
Louie Gohmert, R-TX
Mike Conaway, R-TX
Randy Neugebauer, R-TX
Randy Forbes, R-VA
Virgil Goode Jr., R-VA
BUDDHIST -- 2
2D, 0R
Hank Johnson, D-GA
Mazie Hirono, D-Hi
CHRISTIAN (no denomination) -- 16
6D, 10R
Zoe Lofgren, D-CA
Maxine Waters, D-CA
Yvette D. Clarke, D-NY
John Hall, D-NY
Al Green, D-TX
Adam Smith, D-WA
Doug Lamborn, R-CO
Dave Weldon, R-FL
Jerry Weller, R-IL
Dan Burton, R-IN
Mike Pence, R-IN
Todd Akin, R-MO
Adrian Smith, R-NE
Jim Jordan, R-OH
Mary Fallin, R-OK
Cathy McMorris, R-WA
CHRISTIAN REFORMED -- 2
0D, 2R
Peter Hoekstra, R-MI
Vernon Ehlers, R-MI
CHRISTIAN SCIENTIST -- 5
0D, 5R
David Dreier, R-CA
Christopher Shays, R-CT
Lamar Smith, R-TX
Robert Goodlatte, R-VA
Thomas Davis, R-VA
CHURCH OF CHRIST -- 1
0D, 1R
Ted Poe, R-TX
CONGREGATIONALIST-BAPTIST -- 1
0D, 1R
Robert Aderholt, R-AL
DISCIPLES OF CHRIST -- 2
2D, 0R
Ike Skelton, D-MO
John Tanner, D-TN
EASTERN ORTHODOX -- 4
3D, 1R
Melissa Bean, D-IL
John Sarbanes, D-MD
Zack Space, D-OH
Gus Bilirakis, R-FL
EPISCOPALIAN -- 27
8D, 19R
Sam Farr, D-CA
Chris Van Hollen, D-MD
Rob Andrews, D-NJ
Louise Slaughter, D-NY
Brad Miller, D-NC
Jim Cooper, D-TN
Robert Scott, D-VA
Jim McDermott, D-WA
Jo Bonner, R-AL
Don Young, R-AK
John Shadegg, R-AZ
Ander Crenshaw, R-FL
John Mica, R-FL
Adam Putnam, R-FL
Jack Kingston, R-GA
Judy Biggert, R-IL
Charles Boustany Jr., R-LA
Denny Rehberg, R-MT
Rodney Frelinghuysen, R-NJ
Randy Kuhl, R-NY
Ralph Regula, R-OH
Greg Walden, R-OR
Todd Platts, R-PA
Jeb Hensarling, R-TX
Michael Burgess, R-TX
F. James Sensenbrenner Jr., R-WI
Barbara Cubin, R-WY
EVANGELICAL -- 2
0D, 2R
Bill Salli, R-ID
Mark Souder, R-IN
EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN -- 1
0D, 1R
Michele Bachmann, R-MN
EVANGELICAL METHODIST -- 1
0D, 1R
Sue Myrick, R-NC
JEWISH -- 30
29D, 1R
Gabrielle Giffords, D-AZ
Tom Lantos, D-CA
Brad Sherman, D-CA
Howard Berman, D-CA
Adam Schiff, D-CA
Henry Waxman, D-CA
Jane Harman, D-CA
Bob Filner, D-CA
Susan Davis, D-CA
Robert Wexler, D-FL
Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-FL
Ron Klein, D-FL
Rahm Emanuel, D-IL
Janice D. Schakowsky, D-IL
John Yarmuth, D-KY
Barney Frank, D-MA
Sander Levin, D-MI
Shelley Berkley, D-NV
Paul Hodes, D-NH
Steven Rothman, D-NJ
Steve Israel, D-NY
Gary Ackerman, D-NY
Jerrold Nadler, D-NY
Anthony D. Weiner, D-NY
Eliot Engel, D-NY
Nita Lowey, D-NY
Allyson Schwartz, D-PA
Steve Cohen, D-TN
Steve Kagen, D-WI
Eric Cantor, R-VA
MORMON -- 10
2D, 8R
Tom Udall, D-NM
Jim Matheson, D-UT
Jeff Flake, R-AZ
Wally Herger R-CA
John Doolittle, R-CA
Howard McKeon, R-CA
Mike Simpson, R-ID
Dean Heller, R-NV
Rob Bishop, R-UT
Christopher Cannon, R-UT
REORGANIZED LATTER-DAY SAINTS -- 1
1D, 0R
Leonard Boswell, D-IA
LUTHERAN -- 14
8D, 6R
Artur Davis, D-AL
Lois Capps, D-CA
Tim Walz, D-MN
Collin Peterson, D-MN
Darlene Hooley, D-OR
Stephanie Herseth, D-SD
Norm Dicks, D-WA
Ron Kind, D-WI
John Shimkus, R-IL
Tom Latham, R-IA
Bill Shuster, R-PA
John Carter, R-TX
Dave Reichert, R-WA
Tom Petri, R-WI
METHODIST -- 48
22D, 26R
Bud Cramer, D-AL
Marion Berry, D-AR
Mike Ross, D-AR
Doris Matsui, D-CA
Allen Boyd, D-CA
Tim Mahoney, D-FL
Baron Hill, D-IN
David Loebsack, D-IA
Nancy Boyda, D-KS
Dutch Ruppersberger, D-MD
Bennie Thompson, D-MS
Russ Carnahan, D-MO
Emanuel Cleaver II, D-MO
Betty Sutton, D-OH
Dan Boren, D-OK
Bart Gordon, D-TN
Chet Edwards, D-TX
Lloyd Doggett, D-TX
Solomon Ortiz, D-TX
Gene Green, D-TX
Rick Boucher, D-VA
Rick Larsen, D-WA
Jeff Miller, R-FL
Ric Keller, R-FL
Bill Young, R-FL
Charles Norwood, R-GA
Steve Buyer, R-IN
Jerry Moran, R-KS
Ed Whitfield, R-KY
Jim McCrery, R-LA
Richard Baker, R-LA
Wayne Gilchrest, R-MD
Mike Rogers, R-MI
John Kline, R-MN
Lee Terry, R-NE
Jim Saxton, R-NJ
Heather Wilson, R-NM
Paul Gillmor, R-OH
David Hobson, R-OH
Steve LaTourette, R-OH
Tom Cole, R-OK
John Peterson, R-PA
Sam Johnson, R-TX
Ralph Hall, R-TX
Joe Barton, R-TX
John Culberson, R-TX
Kay Granger, R-TX
Pete Sessions, R-TX
MUSLIM -- 1
1D, 0R
Keith Ellison, D-MN
NAZARENE -- 1
0D, 1R
Kenny Marchant, R-TX
PRESBYTERIAN -- 35
14D, 21R
Vic Snyder, D-AR
Lynn Woolsey, D-CA
Diana DeGette. D-CO
Kathy Castor, D-FL
Bruce Braley, D-IA
Ben Chandler, D-KY
Carolyn Maloney, D-NY
Bob Etheridge, D-NC
Mike McIntyre, D-NC
Mel Watt, D-NC
Earl Pomeroy, D-ND
David Wu, D-OH
John Spratt, D-SC
Nick Rahall, D-WV
Jerry Lewis, R-CA
John Campbell, R-CA
Thomas G. Tancredo, R-CO
Cliff Stearns, R-FL
Tom Feeney, R-FL
Tom Price, R-GA
John Linder, R-GA
Candice Miller, R-MI
Jo Ann Emerson, R-MO
Tom Reynolds, R-NY
Howard Coble, R-NC
Robin Hayes, R-NC
Deborah Pryce, R-OH
Charlie Dent, R-PA
Joe Wilson, R-SC
Bob Inglis, R-SC
Jimmy Duncan, R-TN
Marsha Blackburn, R-TN
Mac Thornberry, R-TX
Frank Wolf, R-VA
Shelley Moore Capito, R-WV
PROTESTANT (no denomination) -- 22
8D, 14R
Mike Honda, D-CA
Ed Perlmutter, D-CO
Chris Murphy, D-CT
Bobby Rush, D-IL
Dennis Moore, D-KS
Tom Allen, D-ME
Jay Inslee, D-WA
Brian Baird, D-WA
Elton Gallegly, R-CA
Gary Miller, R-CA
Ken Calvert, R-CA
Mary Bono, R-CA
Darrell Issa, R-CA
Dennis Hastert, R-IL
Fred Upton, R-MI
Tim Walberg, R-MI
Jim Ramstad, R-MN
Scott Garrett, R-NJ
Michael Turner, R-OH
Jim Gerlach, R-PA
Joseph Pitts, R-PA
Ron Paul, R-TX
QUAKER -- 1
1D, 0R
Rush Holt, D-NJ
ROMAN CATHOLIC -- 129
86D, 43R
Raul Grijalva D-AZ
Harry E. Mitchell, D-AZ
Ed Pastor, D-AZ
Mike Thompson, D-CA
George Miller, D-CA
Nancy Pelosi, D-CA
Ellen Tauscher, D-CA
Jerry McNerney, D-CA
Anna Eshoo, D-CA
Dennis Cardoza, D-CA
Jim Costa, D-CA
Xavier Becerra, D-CA
Hilda Solis, D-CA
Diane Watson, D-CA
Lucille Roybal-Allard, D-CA
Grace Napolitano, D-CA
Linda Sanchez, D-CA
Joe Baca, D-CA
Loretta Sanchez, D-CA
John Salazar, D-CO
John Larson, D-CT
Joe Courtney, D-CT
Rose DeLauro, D-CT
Jim Marshall, D-GA
Dan Lipinski, D-IL
Luis Gutierrez, D-IL
Jerry Costello, D-IL
Philip Hare, D-IL
Peter Visclosky, D-IN
Joe Donnelly, D-IN
Brad Ellsworth, D-IN
Charlie Melancon, D-LA
Mike Michaud, D-ME
Richard Neal, D-MA
James McGovern, D-MA
Martin Meehan, D-MA
Edward Markey, D-MA
Michael Capuano, D-MA
Stephen Lynch, D-MA
Bill Delahunt, D-MA
Bart Stupak, D-MI
Dale Kildee, D-MI
John Dingell, D-MI
Betty McCollum, D-MN
James Oberstar, D-MN
Gene Taylor, D-MS
William Lacy Clay Jr., D-MO
Carol Shea-Porter, D-NH
Frank Pallone, D-NJ
Bill Pascrell, D-NJ
Albio Sires, D-NJ
Tim Bishop, D-NY
Carolyn McCarthy, D-NY
Joseph Crowley, D-NY
Nydia Velazquez, D-NY
Charles Rangel, D-NY
Jose Serrano, D-NY
Kirsten Gillibrand, D-NY
Michael R. McNulty, D-NY
Maurice Hinchey, D-NY
Michael Arcuri, D-NY
Brian Higgins, D-NY
Charlie Wilson, D-OH
Marcy Kaptur, D-OH
Dennis Kucinich, D-OH
Timothy Ryan, D-OH
Peter DeFazio, D-OR
Robert Brady, D-PA
Patrick Murphy, D-PA
Chris Carney, D-PA
Paul Kanjorski, D-PA
John Murtha, D-PA
Michael Doyle, D-PA
Tim Holden, D-PA
Jason Altmire, D-PA
Joe Sestak, D-PA
Patrick Kennedy, D-RI
Jim Langevin, D-RI
Ruben Hinojosa, D-TX
Silvestre Reyes, D-TX
Charlie Gonzalez, D-TX
Nick Lampson, D-TX
Henry Cuellar, D-TX
Peter Welch, D-VT
James Moran, D-VA
David Obey, D-WI
Rick Renzi, R-AZ
Dan Lungren, R-CA
George Radanovich, R-CA
Devin Nunes, R-CA
Edward Royce, R-CA
Brian Bilbray, R-CA
Michael Castle, R-DE
Ginny Brown-Waite, R-FL
Connie Mack IV, R-FL
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-FL
Lincoln Diaz-Balart, R-FL
Mario Diaz-Balart, R-FL
Phil Gingrey, R-GA
Ray LaHood, R-IL
Steve King, R-IA
Bobby Jindal, R-LA
Dave Camp, R-MI
Joe Knollenberg, R-MI
Thaddeus McCotter, R-MI
Kenny Hulshof, R-MO
Jeff Fortenberry, R-NE
Jon Porter, R-NV
Frank LoBiondo, R-NJ
Chris Smith, R-NJ
Michael Ferguson, R-NJ
Peter King, R-NY
Vito Fossella, R-NY
John McHugh, R-NY
Jim Walsh, R-NY
Walter Jones, R-NC
Virginia Foxx, R-NC
Patrick McHenry, R-NC
Steve Chabot, R-OH
Jean Schmidt, R-OH
John Boehner, R-OH
Patrick Tiberi, R-OH
John Sullivan, R-OK
Phil English, R-PA
Tim Murphy, R-PA
Kevin Brady, R-TX
Michael McCaul, R-TX
Doc Hastings, R-WA
Paul Ryan, R-WI
SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST -- 2
1D, 1R
Roscoe Bartlett, R-MD
Sheila Jackson Lee, D-TX
UNITARIAN -- 1
1D, 0R
Pete Stark, D-CA
UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST -- 2
0D, 2R
Mark Kirk, R-IL
Thelma Drake, R-VA
UNAFFILIATED -- 6
6D, 0R
Mark Udall, D-CO
Neil Abercrombie, D-HI
John Olver, D-MA
John Tierney, D-MA
Earl Blumenauer, D-OR
Tammy Baldwin, D-WI
X X X
Sources: Albert Menendez "109th Congress: Religious Affiliations" and Congressional Quarterly profiles of new members of the 110th Congress.
Does not include result of Dec. 12 runoff election in Texas' 23rd Congressional District.
X X X
Religion in the Senate, By State and By Faith c. 2006 Religion News Service
(n: new member)
ALABAMA
Richard Shelby (R) Presbyterian
Jeff Sessions (R) Methodist
ALASKA
Ted Stevens (R) Episcopalian
Lisa Murkowski (R) Roman Catholic
ARIZONA
John McCain (R) Episcopalian
Jon Kyl (R) Presbyterian
ARKANSAS
Mark Pryor (D) Christian
Blanche Lincoln (D) Episcopalian
CALIFORNIA
Dianne Feinstein (D) Jewish
Barbara Boxer (D) Jewish
COLORADO
Wayne Allard (R) Protestant
Ken Salazar (D) Roman Catholic
CONNECTICUT
Christopher Dodd (D) Roman Catholic
Joseph Lieberman (D) Jewish
DELAWARE
Joseph Biden (D) Roman Catholic
Thomas Carper (D) Presbyterian
FLORIDA
Bill Nelson (D) Episcopalian
Mel Martinez (R) Roman Catholic
GEORGIA
Saxby Chambliss (R) Episcopalian
Johnny Isakson (R) Methodist
HAWAII
Daniel Inouye (D) Methodist
Daniel Akaka (D) United Church of Christ
IDAHO
Larry Craig (R) Methodist
Michael Crapo (R) Mormon
ILLINOIS
Richard Durbin (D) Roman Catholic
Barack Obama (D) United Church of Christ
INDIANA
Richard Lugar (R) Methodist
Evan Bayh (D) Episcopalian
IOWA
Charles Grassley (R) Baptist
Tom Harkin (D) Roman Catholic
KANSAS
Sam Brownback (R) Roman Catholic
Pat Roberts (R) Methodist
KENTUCKY
Mitch McConnell (R) Baptist
Jim Bunning (R) Roman Catholic
LOUISIANA
Mary Landrieu (D) Roman Catholic
David Vitter (R) Roman Catholic
MAINE
Olympia Snowe (R) Eastern Orthodox
Susan Collins (R) Roman Catholic
MARYLAND
Barbara Mikulski (D) Roman Catholic
Benjamin Cardin (D) Jewish (n)
MASSACHUSETTS
Edward Kennedy (D) Roman Catholic
John Kerry (D) Roman Catholic
MICHIGAN
Carl Levin (D) Jewish
Debbie Stabenow (D) Methodist
MINNESOTA
Norm Coleman, (R) Jewish
Amy Klobuchar (D) Congregationalist (n)
MISSISSIPPI
Thad Cochran (R) Baptist
Trent Lott (R) Baptist
MISSOURI
Christopher Bond (R) Presbyterian
Claire McCaskill (D) Roman Catholic (n)
MONTANA
Max Baucus (D) United Church of Christ
Jon Tester (D) Church of God (n)
NEBRASKA
Chuck Hagel (R) Episcopalian
Ben Nelson (D) Methodist
NEVADA
Harry Reid (D) Mormon
John Ensign (R) Christian
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Judd Gregg (R) United Church of Christ
John Sununu (R) Roman Catholic
NEW JERSEY
Frank Lautenberg (D) Jewish
Robert Menendez (D) Roman Catholic
NEW MEXICO
Pete Domenici (R) Roman Catholic
Jeff Bingaman (R) Methodist
NEW YORK
Charles Schumer (D) Jewish
Hillary Clinton (D) Methodist
NORTH CAROLINA
Elizabeth Dole (R) Methodist
Richard Burr (R) Methodist
NORTH DAKOTA
Kent Conrad (D) Unitarian
Byron Dorgan (D) Lutheran
OHIO
George Voinovich (R) Roman Catholic
Sherrod Brown (D) Lutheran (n)
OKLAHOMA
James Inhofe (R) Presbyterian
Tom Coburn (R) Baptist
OREGON
Ron Wyden (D) Jewish
Gordon Smith (R) Mormon
PENNSYLVANIA
Arlen Specter (R) Jewish
Bob Casey (D) Roman Catholic
RHODE ISLAND
Jack Reed (D) Roman Catholic
Sheldon Whitehouse (D) Episcopalian (n)
SOUTH CAROLINA
Lindsey Graham (R) Baptist
Jim DeMint (R) Presbyterian
SOUTH DAKOTA
Tim Johnson (D) Lutheran
John Thune (R) Protestant
TENNESSEE
Lamar Alexander (R) Presbyterian
Bob Corker (R) Protestant (n)
TEXAS
Kay Bailey Hutchison (R) Episcopalian
John Cornyn (R) Church of Christ
UTAH
Orrin Hatch (R) Mormon
Robert Bennett (R) Mormon
VERMONT
Patrick Leahy (D) Roman Catholic
Bernard Sanders (I) Jewish (n)
VIRGINIA
John Warner (R) Episcopalian
Jim Webb (D) Protestant (n)
WASHINGTON
Patty Murray (D) Roman Catholic
Maria Cantwell (D) Roman Catholic
WEST VIRGINIA
Robert Byrd (D) Baptist
Jay Rockefeller (D) Presbyterian
WISCONSIN
Herbert Kohl (D) Jewish
Russ Feingold (D) Jewish
WYOMING
Craig Thomas (R) Methodist
Michael Enzi (R) Presbyterian
X X X
BAPTIST (1 D, 6 R)
Robert Byrd, D-WV
Charles Grassley, R-IA
Mitch McConnell, R-KY
Thad Cochran, R-MS
Trent Lott, R-MS
Tom Coburn, R-OK
Lindsey Graham, R-SC
CHRISTIAN (no denom.) (1 D, 1 R)
Mark Pryor, D-AR
John Ensign, R-NV
CHURCH OF CHRIST (1 R)
John Cornyn, R-TX
CHURCH OF GOD (1 D)
Jon Tester, D-MT
CONGREGATIONALIST (1 D)
Amy Klobuchar, D-MN
EASTERN ORTHODOX (1 R)
Olympia Snowe, R-ME
EPISCOPALIAN (4 D, 6 R)
Blanche Lincoln, D-AR
Bill Nelson, D-FL
Evan Bayh, D-IN
Sheldon Whitehouse, D-RI
Ted Stevens, R-AK
John McCain, R-AZ
Saxby Chambliss, R-GA
Chuck Hagel, R-NE
Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-TX
John Warner, R-VA
JEWISH (10 D, 1 I, 2 R)
Dianne Feinstein, D-CA
Barbara Boxer, D-CA
Joseph Lieberman, D-CT
Benjamin Cardin, D-MD
Carl Levin, D-MI
Frank Lautenberg, D-NJ
Charles Schumer, D-NY
Ron Wyden, D-OR
Herbert Kohl, D-WI
Russ Feingold, D-WI
Bernard Sanders, I-VT
Norm Coleman, R-MN
Arlen Specter, R-PA
MORMON (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) (1 D, 4 R)
Harry Reid, D-NV
Michael Crapo, R-ID
Gordon Smith, R-OR
Orrin Hatch, R-UT
Robert Bennett, R-UT
LUTHERAN (3 D)
Byron Dorgan, D-ND
Sherrod Brown, D-OH
Tim Johnson, D-SD
METHODIST (5 D, 8 R)
Daniel Inouye D-HI
Debbie Stabenow, D-MI
Ben Nelson, D-NE
Jeff Bingaman, D-NM
Hillary Clinton, D-NY
Jeff Sessions, R-AL
Johnny Isakson, R-GA
Larry Craig, R-ID
Richard Lugar, R-IN
Pat Roberts, R-KS
Elizabeth Dole, R-NC
Richard Burr, R-NC
Craig Thomas, R-WY
PRESBYTERIAN (2 D, 7 R)
Thomas Carper, D-DE
Jay Rockefeller, D-WV
Richard Shelby, R-AL
Jon Kyl, R-AZ
Christopher Bond, R-MO
James Inhofe, R-OK
Jim DeMint, R-SC
Lamar Alexander, R-TN
Michael Enzi, R-WY
PROTESTANT (no denom.) (1 D, 3 R)
Jim Webb, D-VA
Wayne Allard, R-CO
John Thune, R-SD
Bob Corker, R-TN
ROMAN CATHOLIC (16 D, 9 R)
Ken Salazar, D-CO
Christopher Dodd, D-CT
Joseph Biden, D-DE
Richard Durbin, D-IL
Mary Landrieu, D-LA
Barbara Mikulski, D-MD
Edward Kennedy, D-MA
John Kerry, D-MA
Claire McCaskill, D-MO
Robert Menendez, D-NJ
Bob Casey, D-PA
Jack Reed, D-RI
Patrick Leahy, D-VT
Patty Murray, D-WA
Maria Cantwell, D-WA
Tom Harkin, D-IA
Lisa Murkowski, R-AK
Mel Martinez, R-FL
Sam Brownback, R-KS
Jim Bunning, R-KY
David Vitter, R-LA
Susan Collins, R-ME
John Sununu, R-NH
Pete Domenici, R-NM
George Voinovich, R-OH
UNITARIAN (1 D)
Kent Conrad, D-ND
UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST (3 D, 1 R)
Daniel Akaka, D-HI
Barack Obama, D-IL
Max Baucus, D-MT
Judd Gregg, R-NH
Sources: Albert Menendez "109th Congress: Religious Affiliations" and Congressional Quarterly profiles of new members of the 110th Congress
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