Religious affiliation in the United States Senate

This article covers the religious affiliation in the United States Senate.

Christians
  Unspecified Protestants: 5 seats
  Baptists: 11 seats
  Methodists: 10 seats
  Episcopalians: 4 seats
  Lutherans: 6 seats
  Presbyterians: 14 seats
  Other Christians: 10 seats
  Roman Catholics: 22 seats
  Latter-Day Saints: 4 seats
Other
  Jews: 8 seats
  Buddhists: 1 seat
  Unaffiliated: 5 seats

While the religious preference of elected officials is by no means an indication of their allegiance nor necessarily reflective of their voting record, the religious affiliation 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 issues facing the United States Senate.

Current United States Senators

The following list reports the religious affiliation of the members of the United States Senate in the 116th 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 Center.[1]

Christians (86)

Protestants (60)
Presbyterians (14)
Senator Party State Religion Notes
Lamar Alexander Republican Tennessee Presbyterian[2][3]
Marsha Blackburn Republican Tennessee Presbyterian[4]
John Barrasso Republican Wyoming Presbyterian[5][6] Former Catholic
Shelley Moore Capito Republican West Virginia Presbyterian[7]
Tom Carper Democrat Delaware Presbyterian[8][9]
Chris Coons Democrat Delaware Presbyterian[10][11] Attends a Catholic church.[12]
Steve Daines Republican Montana Presbyterian[13] Swore by a Lutheran Bible.[14]
Mike Enzi Republican Wyoming Presbyterian[15][16]
Deb Fischer Republican Nebraska Presbyterian[17][18]
Jim Inhofe Republican Oklahoma Presbyterian[19][20]
Rand Paul Republican Kentucky Presbyterian[21][22] Raised as an Episcopalian.[23][24]
Ben Sasse Republican Nebraska Presbyterian[25] Raised as Lutheran;[26][27] former Reformed.[28][29]
Richard Shelby Republican Alabama Presbyterian[30][31]
Mark Warner Democrat Virginia Presbyterian[32][33]
Baptists (11)
Senator Party State Religion Notes
Roy Blunt Republican Missouri Baptist[34][35]
Cory Booker Democrat New Jersey Baptist[36] Raised as a Methodist.[37]
John Boozman Republican Arkansas Baptist[38][39]
Ted Cruz Republican Texas Baptist[40][41]
Lindsey Graham Republican South Carolina Baptist[42][43]
Chuck Grassley Republican Iowa Baptist[44][45]
Kamala Harris Democrat California Baptist[46][47][48] Raised in both Christian (Baptist) and Hindu traditions.[49]
Cindy Hyde-Smith Republican Mississippi Baptist[50]
James Lankford Republican Oklahoma Baptist[51][52]
Mitch McConnell Republican Kentucky Baptist[53][54]
Roger Wicker Republican Mississippi Baptist[55][56]
Methodists (10)
Senator Party State Religion Notes
Richard Burr Republican North Carolina Methodist[57][58]
Tom Cotton Republican Arkansas Methodist[59]
Doug Jones Democrat Alabama Methodist[60]
John Neely Kennedy Republican Louisiana Methodist[61]
Jerry Moran Republican Kansas Methodist[62][63]
David Perdue Republican Georgia Methodist[64]
Rob Portman Republican Ohio Methodist[65][66] Former Presbyterian[67][68]
Pat Roberts Republican Kansas Methodist[69][70]
Debbie Stabenow Democrat Michigan Methodist[71][72]
Elizabeth Warren Democrat Massachusetts Methodist[73][74] Attends various churches.[75]
Lutherans (6)
Senator Party State Religion Notes
Sherrod Brown Democrat Ohio Lutheran[76][77][78]
Joni Ernst Republican Iowa Lutheran[76]
Cory Gardner Republican Colorado Lutheran[76]
Martin Heinrich Democrat New Mexico Lutheran[76][79][80]
Ron Johnson Republican Wisconsin Lutheran[76][81][82]
Jeff Merkley Democrat Oregon Lutheran[76][83][84]
Evangelicals (6)
Senator Party State Religion Notes
Bill Cassidy Republican Louisiana Evangelical[85]
Kevin Cramer Republican North Dakota Evangelical[86] Former Lutheran.[86]
Josh Hawley Republican Missouri Evangelical[87] Raised as a Methodist.[87]
Rick Scott Republican Florida Evangelical[88] Former Presbyterian.[88]
Tim Scott Republican South Carolina Evangelical[89][90]
John Thune Republican South Dakota Evangelical[91][92]
Episcopalians (4)
Senator Party State Religion Notes
Angus King Independent Maine Episcopalian[93][94][95]
Gary Peters Democrat Michigan Episcopalian[93][96][97]
Chris Van Hollen Democrat Maryland Episcopalian[93][98]
Sheldon Whitehouse Democrat Rhode Island Episcopalian[93][99][100]
Congregationalists (2)
Senator Party State Religion Notes
Maggie Hassan Democrat New Hampshire Congregationalist
(United Church of Christ)[101]
Amy Klobuchar Democrat Minnesota Congregationalist
(United Church of Christ)[102][103]
Holiness (1)
Senator Party State Religion Notes
Jon Tester Democrat Montana Holiness
(Church of God)[104][105]
Restorationist (1)
Senator Party State Religion Notes
John Cornyn Republican Texas Restorationist
(Churches of Christ)[106][107]
Unspecified Protestants (5)
Senator Party State Religion Notes
Kelly Loeffler Republican Georgia Protestant
Martha McSally Republican Arizona Protestant[108]
Chris Murphy Democrat Connecticut Protestant[109][110] Raised as a Congregationalist.[111]
Jeanne Shaheen Democrat New Hampshire Protestant[112][113]
Todd Young Republican Indiana Protestant[108]

Catholics (22)
Senator Party State Religion Notes
Mike Braun Republican Indiana Catholic[114]
Maria Cantwell Democrat Washington Catholic[115][116]
Bob Casey Democrat Pennsylvania Catholic[117][118]
Susan Collins Republican Maine Catholic[119][120]
Catherine Cortez Masto Democrat Nevada Catholic[121][122][123]
Dick Durbin Democrat Illinois Catholic[124][125]
Kirsten Gillibrand Democrat New York Catholic[126][127]
John Hoeven Republican North Dakota Catholic[128][129]
Tim Kaine Democrat Virginia Catholic[130][131]
Patrick Leahy Democrat Vermont Catholic[132][133]
Joe Manchin Democrat West Virginia Catholic[127][134]
Ed Markey Democrat Massachusetts Catholic[135][136]
Bob Menendez Democrat New Jersey Catholic[137][138]
Lisa Murkowski Republican Alaska Catholic[139][140]
Patty Murray Democrat Washington Catholic[141][142]
Jack Reed Democrat Rhode Island Catholic[143][144]
Jim Risch Republican Idaho Catholic[145][146]
Mike Rounds Republican South Dakota Catholic[147][148]
Marco Rubio Republican Florida Catholic[149][150] Former Latter-day Saint.[151]
Dan Sullivan Republican Alaska Catholic[152]
Thom Tillis Republican North Carolina Catholic
Pat Toomey Republican Pennsylvania Catholic[153][154]

Latter-day Saints (4)
Senator Party State Religion Notes
Mike Crapo Republican Idaho Latter-day Saint[155][156]
Mike Lee Republican Utah Latter-day Saint[157][158]
Mitt Romney Republican Utah Latter-day Saint[159][160]
Tom Udall Democrat New Mexico Latter-day Saint[161][162]

Jews (8)
Senator Party State Religion Notes
Richard Blumenthal Democrat Connecticut Jewish[163][164]
Ben Cardin Democrat Maryland Jewish[165][166]
Dianne Feinstein Democrat California Jewish[167][168][169]
Bernie Sanders Independent Vermont Jewish[170][171]
Jacky Rosen Democrat Nevada Jewish[172][173]
Brian Schatz Democrat Hawaii Jewish[174][175]
Chuck Schumer Democrat New York Jewish[176][177]
Ron Wyden Democrat Oregon Jewish[178][179]

Buddhists (1)
Senator Party State Religion Notes
Mazie Hirono Democrat Hawaii Buddhist
(Jōdo Shinshū)[180][181]

Unaffiliated (5)
Senator Party State Religion Notes
Tammy Baldwin Democrat Wisconsin Unaffiliated[182][183] Baptized as an Episcopalian.[184]
Michael Bennet Democrat Colorado Unafilliated[185][186] Raised in both Jewish and Christian traditions.[187]
Tammy Duckworth Democrat Illinois Unaffiliated Sometimes acknowledged as Deist.[188]
Kyrsten Sinema Democrat Arizona Unaffiliated Raised as a Latter-day Saint.[189]
Tina Smith Democrat Minnesota Unaffiliated Swore by the Bible.[190]

Comparison with general population

In conjunction with figures derived from the Pew Research Center's 2014 Religious Landscape Study,[191] the most basic breakdown of the above data indicates that 86% of the Senate identify as Christian (compared with 70.6% of the population), 8% of the Senate identify as Jewish (compared with 1.9% of the population), 1% of the Senate identifies with other religions (compared with 5.9% of the population), and 5% percent of the Senate remain 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 of America:

ReligionSect# of sens% of sens% of population
ChristianityCatholics
22 / 100
22%20.8%
Presbyterians
14 / 100
14%2.2%
Baptists
11 / 100
11%15.3%
Methodists
10 / 100
10%4.4%
Other Christians
10 / 100
10%14.4%
Lutherans
6 / 100
6%3.6%
Episcopalians
4 / 100
4%1.2%
Unspecified Protestants
5 / 100
5%2.3%
Latter-day Saints (Mormons)
4 / 100
4%1.6%
Judaism
8 / 100
8%1.9%
Buddhists
1 / 100
1%1%
Unaffiliated
5 / 100
5%22.8%

See also

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