The Ninety-Third Congress: A Religious Census

In each category, the Senators are listed in bold face, then House members. Asterisks indicate apparent winners.

The census was compiled by researcher Deborah Miller.

METHODIST (84)

Bayh (D-Ind.)

Bible (D-Nev.)

Clark (D-lowa)

Dole (R-Kans.)

Eastland (D-Miss.)

Fannin (R-Ariz.)

Huddleston (D-Ky.)

Hughes (D-Iowa)

Inouye (D-Hawaii)

Long (D-La.)

McClure (R-Idaho)

McGovern (D-S. Dak.)

Metcalf (D-Neb.)

Nelson (D-Wis.)

Nunn (D-Ga.)

Scott (R-Va.)

Sparkman (D-Ala.)

Tower (R-Tex.)

Abdnor (R-S. Dak.)

Albert (D-Okla.)

Arends (R-III.)

Beard (R-Tenn.)

Brademas (D-Ind.)

Brooks (D-Tex.)

Brotzman (R-Colo.)

Brown, Jr. (D-Calif.)

Burgener (R-Calif.)

Burke (D-Calif.)

Chappell, Jr. (D-Fla.)

Chisholm (D-N.Y.)

Collier (R-III.)

Conable, Jr. (R-N.Y.)

Corman (D-Calif.)

Crane (R-III.)

Davis (D-S.C.)

Devine (R-Ohio)

Dickinson (R-Ala.)

Flynt, Jr. (D-Ga.)

Fulton (D-Tenn.)

Goodling (R-Pa.)

Haley (D-Fla.)

Hamilton (D-Ind.)

Hastings (R-N.Y.)

Hawkins (D-Calif.)

Jones (D-Ala.)

Kuykendall (R-Tenn.)

Lent (R-N.Y.)

Mahon (D-Tex.)

Mathias (R-Calif.)

Miller (R-Ohio)

Mills (D-Ark.)

Mills (R-Md.)

Mitchell (R-N.Y.)

Morgan (D-Pa.)

Nichols (D-Ala.)

Pickle (D-Tex.)

Quillen (R-Tenn.)

Randall (D-Mo.)

Rhodes (R-Ariz.)

Riegle, Jr. (R-Mich.)

Roberts (D-Tex.)

Robison (R-N.Y.)

Rogers (D-Fla.)

Roy (D-Kans.)

Sebelius (R-Kans.)

Shriver (R-Kans.)

Sikes (D-Fla.)

Skubitz (R-Kans.)

Smith (D-Iowa)

Staggers (D-W.Va.)

Steed (D-Okla.)

Stokes (D-Ohio)

Stubblefield (D-Ky.)

Symms (R-Idaho)

Talcott (R-Calif.)

Taylor (R-Mo.)

Treen (R-La.)

Waggonner, Jr. (D-La.)

Whitehurst (R-Va.)

Wiggins (R-Calif.)

Williams (R-Pa.)

Wilson (D-Tex.)

Wylie (R-Ohio)

Young (R-Fla.)

CHRISTIAN CHURCH (DISCIPLES) (9)

Fulbright (D-Ark.)

Bennett (D-Fla.)

Camp (R-Okla.)

Casey (D-Tex.)

Green (D-Oreg.)

Holifield (D-Calif.)

Hungate (D-Mo.)

Shoup (R-Mont.)

Winn, Jr. (R-Kans.)

UNITARIAN-UNIVERSALIST (9)

Gravel (D-Alaska)

Hruska (R-Neb.)

Packwood (R-Oreg.)

Stevenson, III (D-III.)

Burton (D-Calif.)

Cohen (R-Maine)

Edwards (D-Calif.)

Poage (D-Tex.)

Stark (D-Calif.)

JEWISH (14)

Javits (R-N.Y.)

Ribicoff (D-Conn.)

Abzug (D-N.Y.)

Eilberg (D-Pa.)

Gilman (R-N.Y.)

Holtzman (D-N.Y.)

Koch (D-N.Y.)

Lehman (D-Fla.)

Mezvinsky (D-Iowa)

Podell (D-N.Y.)

Rosenthal (D-N.Y.)

Steiger (R-Ariz.)

Wolff (D-N.Y.)

Yates (D-III.)

PRESBYTERIAN (78)

Aker (R-Tenn.)

Bellmon (R-Okla.)

Bentson (D-Tex.)

Brock (R-Tenn.)

Case (R-N.J.)

Chiles (D-Fla.)

Church (D-Idaho)

Curtis (R-Neb.)

Ervin (D-N.C.)

Jackson (D-Wash.)

McGee (D-Wyo.)

Mondale (D-Minn.)

Pearson (R-Kans.)

Stennis (D-Miss.)

Williams, Jr. (D-N.J.)

Bell (R-Calif.)

Breckinridge (D-Ky.)

Brown (R-Mich.)

Brown (R-Ohio)

Broomfield (R-Mich.)

Clark (D-Pa.)

Culver (D-Iowa)

Davis (D-Ga.)

Dellenback (R-Oreg.)

Duncan (R-Tenn.)

Echkhardt (D-Tex.)

Edwards (R-Ala.)

Esch (R-Mich.)

Evans (D-Colo.)

Fountain (D-N.C.)

Fuqua (D-Fla.)

Gettys (D-S.C.)

Gibbons (D-Fla.)

Gross (R-Iowa)

Gubser (R-Calif.)

Hammerschmidt (R-Ark.)

Harsha (R-Ohio)

Harvey (R-Mich.)

Hays (D-Ohio)

Henderson (D-N.C.)

Hillis (R-Ind.)

Holt (R-Md.)

Horton (R-N.Y.)

Hudnut (R-Ind.)

Jarman (D-Okla.)

Johnson (D-Calif.)

Johnson (R-Colo.)

Jones (D-Tenn.)

Karth (D-Minn.)

Kemp (R-N.Y.)

Litton (D-Mo.)

Long (D-Md.)

Martin (R-Neb.)

Martin (R-N.C.)

Mayne (R-Iowa)

McCloskey (R-Calif.)

McCollister (R-Neb.)

McEwen (R-N.Y.)

Moorhead (R-Calif.)

Powell (R-Ohio)

Preyer (D-N.C.)

Pritchard (R-Wash.)*

Reid (D-N.Y.)

Rose (D-N.C.)

Ruth (R-N.C.)

Slack, Jr. (D-W.Va.)

Smith, III (R-N.Y.)

Stephens, Jr. (D-Ga.)

Stratton (D-N.Y.)

Thomson (R-Wis.)

Thone (R-Neb.)

Ullman (D-Oreg.)

Vander Jagt (R-Mich.)

Veysey (R-Calif.)

Wampler (R-Va.)

Ware, III (R-Pa.)

Whitten (D-Miss.)

Wright (D-Tex.)

UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST (27) (Includes ‘Congregational’)

Burdick (D-N.Dak.)

Cotton (R-N.H.)

Fong (R-Hawaii)

Griffin (R-Mich.)

Gurney (R-Fla.)

Humphrey (D-Minn.)

Stafford (R-Vt.)

Biester (R-Pa.)

Bingham (D-N.Y.)

Davis (R-Wis.)

Findley (R-III.)

Ford (D-Mich.)

Fraser (D-Minn.)

Mink (D-Hawaii)

Mosher (R-Ohio)

Pike (D-N.Y.)

Railsback (R-III.)

Saylor (R-Pa.)

Schroeder (D-Colo.)

Shuster (R-Pa.)

Steele (R-Conn.)

Thornton (D-Ark.)

Waldie (D-Calif.)

Wilson (D-Calif.)

Wyman (R-N.H.)

Young (D-Ga.)

Zion (R-Ind.)

LUTHERAN (16)

Hartke (D-Ind.)

Hollings (D-S.C.)

Magnuson (D-Wash.)

Armstrong (R-Colo.)

Bergland (D-Minn.)

Broyhill (R-Va.)

Clausen (R-Calif.)

Eshleman (R-Pa.)

Frey, Jr. (R-Fla.)

Froehlich (R-Wis.)

Landgrebe (R-Ind.)

Milford (D-Tex.)

Nelsen (R-Minn.)

Quie (R-Minn.)

Snyder (R-Ky.)

Spence (R-S.C.)

ROMAN CATHOLIC (115)

Bartlett (R-Okla.)

Biden (D-Del.)

Buckley (C-N.Y.)

Cooke (R-Ky.)

Domenici (R-N.Mex.)

Eagleton (D-Mo.)

Hart (D-Mich.)

Kennedy (D-Mass.)

McIntyre (D-N.H.)

Mansfield (D-Mont.)

Montoya (D-N.Mex.)

Muskie (D-Maine)

Pastore (D-R.I.)

Tunney (D-Calif.)

Addabbo (D-N.Y.)

Annunzio (D-III.)

Archer (R-Tex.)

Barrett (D-Pa.)

Begich (D-Alaska)

Biaggi (D-N.Y.)

Blatnik (D-Minn.)

Boggs (D-La.)

Boland (D-Mass.)

Brasco (D-N.Y.)

Breaux (D-La.)

Burke (R-Fla.)

Burke (D-Mass.)

Carey (D-N.Y.)

Carney (D-Ohio)

Clancy (R-Ohio)

Clay (D-Mo.)

Conte (R-Mass.)

Cotter (D-Conn.)

Cronin (R-Mass.)

Daniels (D-N.J.)

de la Garza (D-Tex.)

Delaney (D-N.Y.)

Denholm (D-S.D.)

Dent (D-Pa.)

Derwinski (R-III.)

Dingell (D-Mich.)

Donohue (D-Mass.)

Drinan (D-Mass.)

Dulski (D-N.Y.)

Erlenborn (R-III.)

Flood (D-Pa.)

Foley (D-Wash.)

Gaydos (D-Pa.)

Giaimo (D-Conn.)

Gonzalez (D-Tex.)

Grasso (D-Conn.)

Green (D-Pa.)

Grover, Jr. (R-N.Y.)

Gude (R-Md.)

Hanley (D-N.Y.)

Hanrahan (R-III.)

Harrington (D-Mass.)

Hebert (D-La.)

Heckler (R-Mass.)

Helstoski (D-N.J.)

Hogan (R-Md.)

Howard (D-N.J.)

Huber (R-Mich.)

Jones (D-Okla.)

Kazen, Jr. (D-Tex.)

Keating (R-Ohio)

King (R-N.Y.)

Kluczynski (D-III.)

Leggett (D-Calif.)

Lujan, Jr. (R-N. Mex.)

Macdonald (D-Mass.)

Madden (D-Ind.)

Madigan (R-III.)

Maraziti (R-N.J.)

Mazzoli (D-Ky.)

McDade (R-Pa.)

Melcher (D-Mont.)

Metcalf (D-III.)

Minish (D-N.J.)

Moakley (I-Mass.)

Murphy (D-III.)

Murphy (D-N.Y.)

Nedzi (D-Mich.)

Obey (D-Wis.)

O’Brien (R-III.)

O’Hara (D-Mich.)

O’Neill, Jr. (D-Mass.)

Patten (D-N.J.)

Price (D-III.)

Rangel (D-N.Y.)

Rinaldo (R-N.J.)

Roe (D-N.J.)

Rodino, Jr. (D-N.J.)

Roncallo (R-N.Y.)

Rooney (D-N.Y.)

Rooney (D-Pa.)

Rostenkowski (D-III.)

Roybal (D-Calif.)

Ruppe (R-Mich.)

Ryan (D-Calif.)

Sandman, Jr. (R-N.J.)

Sarasin (R-Conn.)

Scherle (R-Iowa)

Stanton (D-Ohio)

Stanton (R-Ohio)

St. Germain (D-R.I.)

Sullivan (D-Mo.)

Thompson, Jr. (D-N.J.)

Tiernan (D-R.I.)

Vanik (D-Ohio)

Walsh (R-N.Y.)

Whalen, Jr. (R-Ohio)

Young (D-Tex.)

Zablocki (D-Wis.)

Zwach (R-Minn.)

CHRISTIANSCIENCE (5)

Percy (R-III.)

Hansen (D-Wash.)

Hutchinson (R-Mich.)

McClory (R-III.)

Rousselot (R-Calif.)

EASTERN ORTHODOX (4)

Abourezk (D-S. Dak.)

Kyros (D-Maine)

Sarbanes (D-Md.)

Yatron (D-Pa.)

EPISCOPAL (66)

Beall, Jr. (R-Md.)

Brooke (R-Mass.)

Byrd, Jr. (I-Va.)

Dominick (R-Colo.)

Goldwater (R-Ariz.)

Hansen (R-Wyo.)

Haskell (D-Colo.)

Hathaway (D-Maine)

Mathias (R-Md.)

Pell (D-R.I.)

Proxmire (D-Wis.)

Roth (R-Del.)

Saxbe (R-Ohio)

Scott (R-Pa.)

Stevens (R-Alaska)

Symington (D-Mo.)

Taft, Jr. (R-Ohio)

Weicker, Jr. (R-Conn.)

Adams (D-Wash.)

Alexander (D-Ark.)

Anderson (D-Calif.)

Andrews (R-N.Dak.)

Ashley (D-Ohio)

Aspin (D-Wis.)

Blackburn (R-Ga.)

Bolling (D-Mo.)

Butler (R-Va.)

Byron (D-Md.)

Coughlin (R-Pa.)

Daniel, Jr. (R-Va.)

Downing (D-Va.)

DuPont, IV (R-Del.)

Fish, Jr. (R-N.Y.)

Flowers (D-Ala.)

Ford (R-Mich.)

Frelinghuysen (R-N.J.)

Goldwater, Jr. (R-Calif.)

Hechler (D-W.Va.)

Heinz, III (R-Pa.)

Hosmer (R-Calif.)

Ketchum (R-Calif.)

Mailliard (R-Calif.)

Matsunaga (D-Hawaii)

McFall (D-Calif.)

McKinney (R-Conn.)

Meed (D-Wash.)

Mitchell (D-Md.)

Montgomery (D-Miss.)

Moorhead (D-Pa.)

Myers (R-Ind.)

Parris (R-Va.)

Peyser (R-N.Y.)

Rees (D-Calif.)

Regula (R-Ohio)

Reuss (D-Wis.)

Satterfield, III (D-Va.)

Schneebeli (R-Pa.)

Steiger (R-Wis.)

Stuckey, Jr. (D-Ga.)

Symington (D-Mo.)

Towell (R-Nev.)

Van Deerlin (D-Calif.)

White (D-Tex.)

Widnall (R-N.J.)

Wyatt (R-Oreg.)

Wydler (R-N.Y.)

BAPTIST (55)

Byrd (D-W.Va)

Hatfield (R-Oreg.)

Helms (R-N.C.)

Johnston (D-La.)

McClellan (D-Ark.)

Randolph (D-W.Va.)

Talmadge (D-Ga.)

Thurmond (R-S.C.)

Andrews (D-N.C.)

Ashbrook (R-Ohio)

Bafalis (R-Fla.)

Bevill (D-Ala.)

Bowen (D-Miss.)

Brinkley (D-Ga.)

Broyhill (R-N.C.)

Buchanan (R-Ala.)

Burlison (D-Mo.)

Carter (R-Ky.)

Cochran (R-Miss.)

Collins (D-III.)

Collins (R-Tex.)

Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.)

Daniel (D-Va.)

Diggs (D-Mich.)

Dorn (D-S.C.)

Fauntroy (D-D.C.)

Ginn (D-Ga.)

Gray (D-III.)

Gunter (D-Fla.)

Hunt (R-N.J.)

Ichord (D-Mo.)

Jones (D-N.C.)

Jordan (D-Tex.)

Landrum (D-Ga.)

Long (D-La.)

Lott (R-Miss.)

Mann (D-S.C.)

Mathis (D-Ga.)

McSpadden (D-Okla.)

Mollohan (D-W.Va.)

Natcher (D-Ky.)

Nix (D-Pa.)

Passman (D-La.)

Patman (D-Tex.)

Pepper (D-Fla.)

Perkins (D-Ky.)

Price (R-Tex.)

Rarick (D-La.)

Runnels (D-N.Mex.)

Shipley (D-III.)

Steelman (R-Tex.)

Taylor (D-N.C.)

Teague (D-Tex.)

Wilson (R-Calif.)

Young (R-S.C.)

‘PROTESTANT’ (19)

Aiken (R-Vt.)

Cranston (D-Calif.)

Badillo (D-N.Y.)

Chamberlain (R-Mich.)

Cleveland (R-N.H.)

Danielson (D-Calif.)

Dellums (D-Calif.)

Fascell (D-Fla.)

Griffiths (D-Mich.)

Hicks (D-Wash.)

Hinshaw (R-Calif.)

Mallary (R-Vt.)

Minshall (R-Ohio)

Moss (D-Calif.)

Roncalio (D-Wyo.)

Seiberling, Jr. (D-Ohio)

Studds (D-Mass.)

Teague (R-Calif.)

Young (R-III.)

OTHERS (14)

Schwenkfelder

Schweiker (R-Pa.)

Bible Church

Conlan (R-Ariz.)

Seventh-day Adventist

Pettis (R-Calif.)

Evangelical Free (2)

Anderson (R-III.)

Cederberg (R-Mich.)

Apostolic Christian

Michel (R-III.)

United Brethren in Christ

Roush (D-Ind.)

Christian and Missionary Alliance

Mizell (R-N.C.)

Churches of God in North America

Guyer (R-Ohio)

Evangelical Covenant

Johnson (R-Pa.)

‘None’

Frenzel (R-Minn.)

Kastenmeier

(D-Wis.)

McCormack

(D-Wash.)

Vigorito (D-Pa.)

LATTER-DAY SAINTS (10)

Bennett (R-Utah)

Cannon (D-Nev.)

Moss (D-Utah)

Young (R-N.Dak.)

Clawson (R-Calif.)

Hanna (D-Calif.)

Hansen (R-ldaho)

McKay (D-Utah)

Owens (D-Utah)

Udall (D-Ariz.)

CHURCHES OF CHRIST (7)

Allen (D-Ala.)

Baker (R-Tenn.)

Burleson (D-Tex.)

Evins (D-Tenn.)

Fisher (D-Tex.)

Latta (R-Ohio)

Sisk (D-Calif.)

SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (4)

Bray (R-Ind.)

Dennis (R-Ind.)

Forsythe (R-N.J.)

Robinson (R-Va.)

GOVERNORS

Roman Catholic (12)

Burns (D-Hawaii)

Cahill (R-N.J.)

Eagan (D-Alaska)

Edwards (D-La.)

Gilligan (D-Ohio)

Judge (D-Mont.)

Kneip (D-S.D.)

Lucey (D-Wis.)

Meskill (R-Conn.)

Noel (D-R.I.)

O’Callaghan (D-Nev.)

Salmon (D-Vt.)

Episcopal (5)

Briscoe (D-Tex.)

Exon (D-Nebr.)

Hathaway (R-Wyo.)

McCall (R-Oreg.)

Williams (R-Ariz.)

Jewish (2)

Mandel (D-Md.)

Shapp (D-Pa.)

Lutheran (3)

Andrus (D-ldaho)

Bowen (R-Ind.)

Link (D-N.D.)

United Church of Christ (3)

Evans (R-Wash.)

Love (R-Colo.)

Milliken (R-Mich.)

Latter-Day Saints (1)

Rampton (D-Utah)

Methodist (6)

Bumpers (D-Ark.)

Dunn (R-Tenn.)

Moore, Jr. (R-W.Va.)

Tribbitt (D-Del.)

Walker (D-III.)

Wallace (D-Ala.)

Presbyterian (7)

Askew (D-Fla.)

Bond (R-Mo.)

Docking (D-Kans.)

Hall (D-Okla.)

Holshouser (R-N.C.)

Holton (R-Va.)

West (D-S.C.)

Baptist (5)

Carter (D-Ga.)

Ford (D-Ky.)

Rockefeller (R-N.Y.)

Thomson (R-N.H.)

Waller (D-Miss.)

‘Protestant’ (3)

Anderson (D-Minn.)

Curtis (D-Me.)

King (D-N.Mex.)

Christian Church (Disciples) (2)

Ray (R-lowa)

Reagan (R-Calif.)

Unitarian-Universalist (1)

Sargent (R-Mass.)