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Religious affiliation in the United States House of Representatives

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This article covers the religious affiliation in the United States House of Representatives.

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 representatives of their denomination on religious or moral issues facing the House of Representatives.[citation needed]

Current United States representatives

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The following list reports the religious affiliation of the members of the United States House of Representatives in the 118th Congress. In most cases, besides specific sources, the current representatives' religious affiliations are those mentioned in regular researches by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life at the Pew Research Center.[1][2]

Christians (382; 167 Democrats, 215 Republicans)

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Protestants (244; 94 Democrats, 150 Republicans)

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Unspecified Protestants (88; 27 Democrats, 61 Republicans)
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Representative Party District Religion Notes
Juan Ciscomani Republican Arizona's 2nd Unspecified Protestant
Eli Crane Republican Arizona's 6th Unspecified Protestant
Doug LaMalfa Republican California's 1st Unspecified Protestant
John Garamendi Democratic California's 8th Unspecified Protestant
Josh Harder Democratic California's 9th Unspecified Protestant
Eric Swalwell Democratic California's 14th Unspecified Protestant
Jay Obernolte Republican California's 23rd Unspecified Protestant
Mike Garcia Republican California's 27th Unspecified Protestant
Tony Cárdenas Democratic California's 29th Unspecified Protestant
Young Kim Republican California's 40th Unspecified Protestant
Maxine Waters Democratic California's 43rd Unspecified Protestant
Michelle Steel Republican California's 45th Unspecified Protestant
Joe Neguse Democratic Colorado's 2nd Unspecified Protestant
Doug Lamborn Republican Colorado's 5th Unspecified Protestant
Lisa Blunt Rochester Democratic Delaware's at-large Unspecified Protestant
Kat Cammack Republican Florida's 3rd Unspecified Protestant
Aaron Bean Republican Florida's 4th Unspecified Protestant
Michael Waltz Republican Florida's 6th Unspecified Protestant
Cory Mills Republican Florida's 7th Unspecified Protestant
Laurel Lee Republican Florida's 15th Unspecified Protestant
Byron Donalds Republican Florida's 19th Unspecified Protestant
Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick Democratic Florida's 20th Unspecified Protestant
Brian Mast Republican Florida's 21st Unspecified Protestant
María Elvira Salazar Republican Florida's 27th Unspecified Protestant Lapsed Catholic[3]
Rich McCormick Republican Georgia's 6th Unspecified Protestant
Lucy McBath Democratic Georgia's 7th Unspecified Protestant
Marjorie Taylor Greene Republican Georgia's 14th Unspecified Protestant Lapsed Catholic[4]
Ed Case Democratic Hawaii's 1st Unspecified Protestant
Jill Tokuda Democratic Hawaii's 2nd Unspecified Protestant
Russ Fulcher Republican Idaho's 1st Unspecified Protestant
Mike Quigley Democratic Illinois's 5th Unspecified Protestant
Lauren Underwood Democratic Illinois's 14th Unspecified Protestant
Mary Miller Republican Illinois's 15th Unspecified Protestant
Eric Sorensen Democratic Illinois's 17th Unspecified Protestant
Jim Banks Republican Indiana's 3rd Unspecified Protestant attends Trinity Evangelical Presbyterian Church
Jim Baird Republican Indiana's 4th Unspecified Protestant
Erin Houchin Republican Indiana's 9th Unspecified Protestant
Randy Feenstra Republican Iowa's 4th Unspecified Protestant
Clay Higgins Republican Louisiana's 3rd Unspecified Protestant
Glenn Ivey Democratic Maryland's 4th Unspecified Protestant
Katherine Clark Democratic Massachusetts's 5th Unspecified Protestant
Seth Moulton Democratic Massachusetts's 6th Unspecified Protestant
John Moolenaar Republican Michigan's 2nd Unspecified Protestant
Tim Walberg Republican Michigan's 5th Unspecified Protestant attends churches affiliated with the Church of the United Brethren in Christ
John James Republican Michigan's 10th Unspecified Protestant
Haley Stevens Democratic Michigan's 11th Unspecified Protestant
Shri Thanedar Democratic Michigan's 13th Unspecified Protestant
Mark Alford Republican Missouri's 4th Unspecified Protestant
Trent Kelly Republican Mississippi's 1st Unspecified Protestant
Eric Burlison Republican Missouri's 7th Unspecified Protestant
Don Bacon Republican Nebraska's 2nd Unspecified Protestant
Adrian Smith Republican Nebraska's 3rd Unspecified Protestant
Mark Amodei Republican Nevada's 2nd Unspecified Protestant
Ann McLane Kuster Democratic New Hampshire's 2nd Unspecified Protestant
Grace Meng Democratic New York's 6th Unspecified Protestant
Yvette Clarke Democratic New York's 9th Unspecified Protestant
Ritchie Torres Democratic New York's 15th Unspecified Protestant Lapsed Catholic[5]
Marc Molinaro Republican New York's 19th Unspecified Protestant
Brandon Williams Republican New York's 22nd Unspecified Protestant
Nick Langworthy Republican New York's 23rd Unspecified Protestant
Richard Hudson Republican North Carolina's 9th Unspecified Protestant Identifies as "Christian".[6] Attends Crossroads Church (Concord, North Carolina),[7] which is a United Methodist congregation.[8]
Wiley Nickel Democratic North Carolina's 13th Unspecified Protestant
Jim Jordan Republican Ohio's 4th Unspecified Protestant
Warren Davidson Republican Ohio's 8th Unspecified Protestant
Mike Turner Republican Ohio's 10th Unspecified Protestant
Troy Balderson Republican Ohio's 12th Unspecified Protestant
Kevin Hern Republican Oklahoma's 1st Unspecified Protestant
Josh Brecheen Republican Oklahoma's 2nd Unspecified Protestant
Scott Perry Republican Pennsylvania's 10th Unspecified Protestant
Summer Lee Democratic Pennsylvania's 12th Unspecified Protestant
Guy Reschenthaler Republican Pennsylvania's 14th Unspecified Protestant
Glenn Thompson Republican Pennsylvania's 15th Unspecified Protestant
William Timmons Republican South Carolina's 4th Unspecified Protestant
Dusty Johnson Republican South Dakota's at-large Unspecified Protestant
Andy Ogles Republican Tennessee's 5th Unspecified Protestant
Mark E. Green Republican Tennessee's 7th Unspecified Protestant
Keith Self Republican Texas's 3rd Unspecified Protestant
Jake Ellzey Republican Texas's 6th Unspecified Protestant
Morgan Luttrell Republican Texas's 8th Unspecified Protestant
August Pfluger Republican Texas's 11th Unspecified Protestant
Troy Nehls Republican Texas's 22nd Unspecified Protestant
Roger Williams Republican Texas's 25th Unspecified Protestant
Michael Cloud Republican Texas's 27th Unspecified Protestant
Bob Good Republican Virginia's 5th Unspecified Protestant
Abigail Spanberger Democratic Virginia's 7th Unspecified Protestant
Morgan Griffith Republican Virginia's 9th Unspecified Protestant
Marilyn Strickland Democratic Washington's 10th Unspecified Protestant
Derrick Van Orden Republican Wisconsin's 3rd Unspecified Protestant
Tom Tiffany Republican Wisconsin's 7th Unspecified Protestant[1]
Baptists (59; 23 Democrats, 36 Republicans)
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Representative Party District Religion Notes
Jerry Carl Republican Alabama's 1st Baptist
Barry Moore Republican Alabama's 2nd Baptist
Mike D. Rogers Republican Alabama's 3rd Baptist
Dale Strong Republican Alabama's 5th Baptist
Debbie Lesko Republican Arizona's 8th Baptist
Rick Crawford Republican Arkansas's 1st Baptist
Steve Womack Republican Arkansas's 3rd Baptist
Bruce Westerman Republican Arkansas's 4th Baptist
Tom McClintock Republican California's 5th Baptist
Barbara Lee Democratic California's 12th Baptist Lapsed
Catholic[9]
Maxwell Frost Democratic Florida's 10th Baptist
Daniel Webster Republican Florida's 11th Baptist
Vern Buchanan Republican Florida's 16th Baptist
Sanford Bishop Democratic Georgia's 2nd Baptist
Austin Scott Republican Georgia's 8th Baptist
Andrew Clyde Republican Georgia's 9th Baptist
Barry Loudermilk Republican Georgia's 11th Baptist
David Scott Democratic Georgia's 13th Baptist
Jonathan Jackson Democratic Illinois's 1st Baptist
Danny Davis Democratic Illinois's 7th Baptist
Mike Bost Republican Illinois's 12th Baptist
Rudy Yakym Republican Indiana's 2nd Baptist
James Comer Republican Kentucky's 1st Baptist
Hal Rogers Republican Kentucky's 5th Baptist
Troy Carter Democratic Louisiana's 2nd Baptist
Mike Johnson Republican Louisiana's 4th Baptist
Ayanna Pressley Democratic Massachusetts's 7th Baptist
Steny Hoyer Democratic Maryland's 5th Baptist
Sam Graves Republican Missouri's 6th Baptist
Kweisi Mfume Democratic Maryland's 7th Baptist
Michael Guest Republican Mississippi's 3rd Baptist
Mike Ezell Republican Mississippi's 4th Baptist
Valerie Foushee Democratic North Carolina's 4th Baptist
David Rouzer Republican North Carolina's 7th Baptist
Alma Adams Democratic North Carolina's 12th Baptist
Bonnie Watson Coleman Democratic New Jersey's 12th Baptist
Steven Horsford Democratic Nevada's 4th Baptist
Hakeem Jeffries Democratic New York's 8th Baptist
Joyce Beatty Democratic Ohio's 3rd Baptist
Shontel Brown Democratic Ohio's 11th Baptist
Emilia Sykes Democratic Ohio's 13th Baptist
Frank Lucas Republican Oklahoma's 3rd Baptist
Dwight Evans Democratic Pennsylvania's 3rd Baptist
Jeff Duncan Republican South Carolina's 3rd Baptist
Russell Fry Republican South Carolina's 7th Baptist
Diana Harshbarger Republican Tennessee's 1st Baptist
Nathaniel Moran Republican Texas's 1st Baptist
Al Green Democratic Texas's 9th Baptist
Randy Weber Republican Texas's 14th Baptist
Chip Roy Republican Texas's 21st Baptist
Jasmine Crockett Democratic Texas's 30th Baptist
Marc Veasey Democratic Texas's 33rd Baptist
Brian Babin Republican Texas's 36th Baptist
Wesley Hunt Republican Texas's 38th Baptist
Gwen Moore Democratic Wisconsin's 4th Baptist
Carol Miller Republican West Virginia's 1st Baptist
Methodists (27; 16 Democrats, 11 Republicans)
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Representative Party District Religion Notes
Terri Sewell Democratic Alabama's 7th African Methodist Episcopal[10]
Doris Matsui Democratic California's 7th Methodist
Mark Takano Democratic California's 39th Methodist
Jahana Hayes Democratic Connecticut's 5th Methodist
Bill Posey Republican Florida's 8th Methodist
Greg Steube Republican Florida's 17th Methodist
Buddy Carter Republican Georgia's 1st Methodist
Nikema Williams Democratic Georgia's 5th Methodist
Mike Collins Republican Georgia's 10th Methodist
Rick W. Allen Republican Georgia's 12th Methodist
Delia Ramirez Democratic Illinois's 3rd Methodist
Thomas Massie Republican Kentucky's 4th Methodist
Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic Maryland's 2nd Methodist
Emanuel Cleaver Democratic Missouri's 5th Methodist Ordained minister of the United Methodist Church
Bennie Thompson Democratic Mississippi's 2nd Methodist
Gregory Meeks Democratic New York's 5th Methodist
Dan Bishop Republican North Carolina's 8th Methodist[11]
Tom Cole Republican Oklahoma's 4th Methodist
Jim Clyburn Democratic South Carolina's 6th Methodist
Dan Crenshaw Republican Texas's 2nd Methodist
Lizzie Fletcher Democratic Texas's 7th Methodist
Kay Granger Republican Texas's 12th Methodist
Pete Sessions Republican Texas's 17th Methodist
Colin Allred Democratic Texas's 32nd Methodist
Lloyd Doggett Democratic Texas's 37th Methodist
Rick Larsen Democratic Washington's 2nd Methodist
Derek Kilmer Democratic Washington's 6th Methodist
Presbyterians (17; 8 Democrats, 9 Republicans)
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Representative Party District Religion Notes
Gary Palmer Republican Alabama's 6th Presbyterian
Diana DeGette Democratic Colorado's 1st Presbyterian
Jim Himes Democratic Connecticut's 4th Presbyterian
Kathy Castor Democratic Florida's 14th Presbyterian
Scott Franklin Republican Florida's 18th Presbyterian
Morgan McGarvey Democratic Kentucky's 3rd Presbyterian
Julia Letlow Republican Louisiana's 5th Presbyterian
Andy Kim Democratic New Jersey's 3rd Presbyterian
Claudia Tenney Republican New York's 24th Presbyterian
Don Davis Democratic North Carolina's 1st Presbyterian
Jeff Jackson Democratic North Carolina's 14th Presbyterian
Joe Wilson Republican South Carolina's 2nd Presbyterian
Ralph Norman Republican South Carolina's 5th Presbyterian
Tim Burchett Republican Tennessee's 2nd Presbyterian
Jodey Arrington Republican Texas's 19th Presbyterian
Jennifer McClellan Democratic Virginia's 4th Presbyterian[12]
Dan Newhouse Republican Washington's 4th Presbyterian
Episcopalians (16; 7 Democrats, 9 Republicans)
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Representative Party District Religion Notes
John Duarte Republican California's 13th Episcopalian
Julia Brownley Democratic California's 26th Episcopalian
Ken Calvert Republican California's 41st Episcopalian
Katie Porter Democratic California's 47th Episcopalian
Frederica Wilson Democratic Florida's 24th Episcopalian
Andy Barr Republican Kentucky's 6th Episcopalian
Thomas Kean Jr. Republican New Jersey's 7th Episcopalian
Scott DesJarlais Republican Tennessee's 4th Episcopalian
Monica De La Cruz Republican Texas's 15th Episcopalian
Beth Van Duyne Republican Texas's 24th Episcopalian
Michael C. Burgess Republican Texas's 26th Episcopalian
Rob Wittman Republican Virginia's 1st Episcopalian
Bobby Scott Democratic Virginia's 3rd Episcopalian
Don Beyer Democratic Virginia's 8th Episcopalian
Suzan DelBene Democratic Washington's 1st Episcopalian
Adam Smith Democratic Washington's 9th Episcopalian
Lutherans (16; 7 Democrats, 9 Republicans)
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Representative Party District Religion Notes
Zoe Lofgren Democratic California's 18th Lutheran
Sydney Kamlager-Dove Democratic California's 37th Lutheran
Scott Peters Democratic California's 50th Lutheran
Larry Bucshon Republican Indiana's 8th Lutheran
Tracey Mann Republican Kansas's 1st Lutheran (Pietist)[1]
Ron Estes Republican Kansas's 4th Lutheran
Chellie Pingree Democratic Maine's 1st Lutheran
David Trone Democratic Maryland's 6th Lutheran
Jack Bergman Republican Michigan's 1st Lutheran
Angie Craig Democratic Minnesota's 2nd Lutheran
Ryan Zinke Republican Montana's 1st Lutheran
Donald Norcross Democratic New Jersey's 1st Lutheran
Kelly Armstrong Republican North Dakota's at-large Lutheran
Lloyd Smucker Republican Pennsylvania's 11th Lutheran
John Carter Republican Texas's 31st Lutheran
Glenn Grothman Republican Wisconsin's 6th Lutheran
Non-denominational Protestants (12; 4 Democrats, 8 Republicans)
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Representative Party District Religion Notes
Kevin Kiley Republican California's 3rd Nondenominational Protestant
Lauren Boebert Republican Colorado's 3rd Nondenominational Protestant
Jason Crow Democratic Colorado's 6th Nondenominational Protestant
Drew Ferguson Republican Georgia's 3rd Nondenominational Protestant
Robin Kelly Democratic Illinois's 2nd Nondenominational Protestant
Ashley Hinson Republican Iowa's 2nd Nondenominational Protestant
Cori Bush Democratic Missouri's 1st Nondenominational Protestant Previously worked as a pastor.[13]
Chuck Edwards Republican North Carolina's 11th Nondenominational Protestant
Nancy Mace Republican South Carolina's 1st Nondenominational Protestant
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez Democratic Washington's 3rd Nondenominational Protestant
Cathy McMorris Rodgers Republican Washington's 5th Nondenominational Protestant
Harriet Hageman Republican Wyoming's at-large Nondenominational Protestant
Restorationist (4; 4 Republicans)
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Representative Party District Religion Notes
Lance Gooden Republican Texas's 5th Restorationist
(Churches of Christ) 		Misidentified as a Congregationalist in the Pew Report.[14]
Brett Guthrie Republican Kentucky's 2nd Restorationist
(Churches of Christ)[14]
John Rose Republican Tennessee's 6th Restorationist
(Churches of Christ) 		Raised Southern Baptist. Classified as an "Unspecified Protestant" in the Pew Report.[14]
Ronny Jackson Republican Texas's 13th Restorationist[1]
Reformed (2; 1 Democrat, 1 Republican)
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Representative Party District Religion Notes
Hillary Scholten Democratic Michigan's 3rd Reformed
Bill Huizenga Republican Michigan's 4th Reformed
(Christian Reformed Church in North America)[15]
Adventists (1; 1 Democrat)
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Representative Party District Religion Notes
Raul Ruiz Democratic California's 25th Seventh-day Adventist[16]
Pentecostals (1; 1 Republican)
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Representative Party District Religion Notes
Jason Smith Republican Missouri's 8th Pentecostal
(Assemblies of God)[17]
Congregationalists (1; 1 Republican)
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Representative Party District Religion Notes
Robert Aderholt Republican Alabama's 4th Congregationalist[18]


Catholics (124; 69 Democrats, 55 Republicans)

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Eastern Catholics (1; 1 Democrat)
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Representative Party District Religion Notes
Anna Eshoo Democratic California's 16th Eastern Catholic Chaldean Catholic
Latin Catholics (123; 67 Democrats, 55 Republicans)
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Representative Party District Religion Notes
David Schweikert Republican Arizona's 1st Latin Catholic
Ruben Gallego Democratic Arizona's 3rd Latin Catholic
Greg Stanton Democratic Arizona's 4th Latin Catholic
Raúl Grijalva Democratic Arizona's 7th Latin Catholic
Paul Gosar Republican Arizona's 9th Latin Catholic
French Hill Republican Arkansas's 2nd Latin Catholic
Mike Thompson Democratic California's 4th Latin Catholic
Mark DeSaulnier Democratic California's 10th Latin Catholic
Nancy Pelosi Democratic California's 11th Latin Catholic
Kevin Mullin Democratic California's 15th Latin Catholic
Jimmy Panetta Democratic California's 19th Latin Catholic
Jim Costa Democratic California's 21st Latin Catholic
David Valadao Republican California's 22nd Latin Catholic
Salud Carbajal Democratic California's 24th Latin Catholic
Grace Napolitano Democratic California's 31st Latin Catholic
Pete Aguilar Democratic California's 33rd Latin Catholic
Jimmy Gomez Democratic California's 34th Latin Catholic
Norma Torres Democratic California's 35th Latin Catholic
Ted Lieu Democratic California's 36th Latin Catholic
Linda Sánchez Democratic California's 38th Latin Catholic
Robert Garcia Democratic California's 42nd Latin Catholic
Nanette Barragán Democratic California's 44th Latin Catholic
Lou Correa Democratic California's 46th Latin Catholic
Mike Levin Democratic California's 49th Latin Catholic Also raised Jewish.[19]
Juan Vargas Democratic California's 52nd Latin Catholic
Yadira Caraveo Democratic Colorado's 8th Latin Catholic
John B. Larson Democratic Connecticut's 1st Latin Catholic
Joe Courtney Democratic Connecticut's 2nd Latin Catholic
Rosa DeLauro Democratic Connecticut's 3rd Latin Catholic
Neal Dunn Republican Florida's 2nd Latin Catholic
John Rutherford Republican Florida's 5th Latin Catholic
Darren Soto Democratic Florida's 9th Latin Catholic
Mario Díaz-Balart Republican Florida's 26th Latin Catholic
Carlos A. Giménez Republican Florida's 28th Latin Catholic[1]
Jesús "Chuy" García Democratic Illinois's 4th Latin Catholic
Darin LaHood Republican Illinois's 16th Latin Catholic
Frank J. Mrvan Democratic Indiana's 1st Latin Catholic
Greg Pence Republican Indiana's 6th Latin Catholic
Mariannette Miller-Meeks Republican Iowa's 1st Latin Catholic
Zach Nunn Republican Iowa's 3rd Latin Catholic
Jake LaTurner Republican Kansas's 2nd Latin Catholic[1]
Steve Scalise Republican Louisiana's 1st Latin Catholic
Garret Graves Republican Louisiana's 6th Latin Catholic
Andy Harris Republican Maryland's 1st Latin Catholic
Richard Neal Democratic Massachusetts's 1st Latin Catholic
Jim McGovern Democratic Massachusetts's 2nd Latin Catholic
Lori Trahan Democratic Massachusetts's 3rd Latin Catholic
Stephen F. Lynch Democratic Massachusetts's 8th Latin Catholic
Bill Keating Democratic Massachusetts's 9th Latin Catholic
Debbie Dingell Democratic Michigan's 6th Latin Catholic
Dan Kildee Democratic Michigan's 8th Latin Catholic
Lisa McClain Republican Michigan's 9th Latin Catholic
Brad Finstad Republican Minnesota's 1st Latin Catholic
Betty McCollum Democratic Minnesota's 4th Latin Catholic
Tom Emmer Republican Minnesota's 6th Latin Catholic
Michelle Fischbach Republican Minnesota's 7th Latin Catholic
Pete Stauber Republican Minnesota's 8th Latin Catholic
Ann Wagner Republican Missouri's 2nd Latin Catholic
Blaine Luetkemeyer Republican Missouri's 3rd Latin Catholic
Matt Rosendale Republican Montana's 2nd Latin Catholic[1]
Mike Flood Republican Nebraska's 1st Latin Catholic
Susie Lee Democratic Nevada's 3rd Latin Catholic
Jeff Van Drew Republican New Jersey's 2nd Latin Catholic
Chris Smith Republican New Jersey's 4th Latin Catholic
Frank Pallone Democratic New Jersey's 6th Latin Catholic
Rob Menendez Democratic New Jersey's 8th Latin Catholic
Mikie Sherrill Democratic New Jersey's 11th Latin Catholic
Gabe Vasquez Democratic New Mexico's 2nd Latin Catholic
Teresa Leger Fernandez Democratic New Mexico's 3rd Latin Catholic[1]
Nick LaLota Republican New York's 1st Latin Catholic
Andrew Garbarino Republican New York's 2nd Latin Catholic
Tom Suozzi Democratic New York's 3rd Latin Catholic
Anthony D'Esposito Republican New York's 4th Latin Catholic
Nydia Velázquez Democratic New York's 7th Latin Catholic
Adriano Espaillat Democratic New York's 13th Latin Catholic
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Democratic New York's 14th Latin Catholic
Mike Lawler Republican New York's 17th Latin Catholic
Pat Ryan Democratic New York's 18th Latin Catholic
Paul Tonko Democratic New York's 20th Latin Catholic
Elise Stefanik Republican New York's 21st Latin Catholic
Joseph Morelle Democratic New York's 25th Latin Catholic
Tim Kennedy Democratic New York's 26th Latin Catholic
Greg Murphy Republican North Carolina's 3rd Latin Catholic[1]
Virginia Foxx Republican North Carolina's 5th Latin Catholic
Patrick McHenry Republican North Carolina's 10th Latin Catholic
Brad Wenstrup Republican Ohio's 2nd Latin Catholic
Bob Latta Republican Ohio's 5th Latin Catholic
Marcy Kaptur Democratic Ohio's 9th Latin Catholic
David Joyce Republican Ohio's 14th Latin Catholic
Mike Carey Republican Ohio's 15th Latin Catholic
Stephanie Bice Republican Oklahoma's 5th Latin Catholic Convert[20]
Cliff Bentz Republican Oregon's 2nd Latin Catholic
Val Hoyle Democratic Oregon's 4th Latin Catholic
Lori Chavez-DeRemer Republican Oregon's 5th Latin Catholic
Andrea Salinas Democratic Oregon's 6th Latin Catholic
Brian Fitzpatrick Republican Pennsylvania's 1st Latin Catholic
Brendan Boyle Democratic Pennsylvania's 2nd Latin Catholic
Madeleine Dean Democratic Pennsylvania's 4th Latin Catholic
Mary Gay Scanlon Democratic Pennsylvania's 5th Latin Catholic
Matt Cartwright Democratic Pennsylvania's 8th Latin Catholic
Dan Meuser Republican Pennsylvania's 9th Latin Catholic
John Joyce Republican Pennsylvania's 13th Latin Catholic
Mike Kelly Republican Pennsylvania's 16th Latin Catholic
Chris Deluzio Democratic Pennsylvania's 17th Latin Catholic
Gabe Amo Democratic Rhode Island's 1st Latin Catholic[21]
Chuck Fleischmann Republican Tennessee's 3rd Latin Catholic
Pat Fallon Republican Texas's 4th Latin Catholic
Michael McCaul Republican Texas's 10th Latin Catholic
Veronica Escobar Democratic Texas's 16th Latin Catholic
Joaquin Castro Democratic Texas's 20th Latin Catholic
Tony Gonzales Republican Texas's 23rd Latin Catholic
Henry Cuellar Democratic Texas's 28th Latin Catholic
Sylvia Garcia Democratic Texas's 29th Latin Catholic
Vicente Gonzalez Democratic Texas's 34th Latin Catholic
Greg Casar Democratic Texas's 35th Latin Catholic
Jen Kiggans Republican Virginia's 2nd Latin Catholic
Ben Cline Republican Virginia's 6th Latin Catholic
Gerry Connolly Democratic Virginia's 11th Latin Catholic
Alex Mooney Republican West Virginia's 2nd Latin Catholic
Bryan Steil Republican Wisconsin's 1st Latin Catholic
Scott L. Fitzgerald Republican Wisconsin's 5th Latin Catholic

Eastern Orthodox Christians (8; 4 Democrats, 4 Republicans)

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Antiochian Orthodox (1; 1 Republican)
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Representative Party District Religion Notes
Darrell Issa Republican California's 48th Antiochian Orthodox[22]
Greek Orthodox (5; 2 Republicans; 3 Democrats)
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Representative Party District Religion Notes
Gus Bilirakis Republican Florida's 12th Greek Orthodox[23]
John Sarbanes Democratic Maryland's 3rd Greek Orthodox[24]
Chris Pappas Democratic New Hampshire's 1st Greek Orthodox[25]
Nicole Malliotakis Republican New York's 11th Greek Orthodox[26]
Dina Titus Democratic Nevada's 1st Greek Orthodox[27]
Orthodox Church in America (1; 1 Democrat)
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Representative Party District Religion Notes
Mary Peltola Democratic Alaska's at-large Russian Orthodox[28]
Unspecified Orthodox (1; 1 Republican)
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Representative Party District Religion Notes
Victoria Spartz Republican Indiana's 5th Unspecified Eastern Orthodox[29]

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (6; 6 Republicans)

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Representative Party District Religion Notes
Andy Biggs Republican Arizona's 5th The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Mike Simpson Republican Idaho's 2nd The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Blake Moore Republican Utah's 1st The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Celeste Maloy Republican Utah's 2nd The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
John Curtis Republican Utah's 3rd The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Burgess Owens Republican Utah's 4th The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Messianic Jewish (1; 1 Republican)

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Representative Party District Religion Notes
Anna Paulina Luna Republican Florida's 13th Messianic Jewish Self-describes as a Christian[2]

Jewish (24; 22 Democrats, 2 Republicans)

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Representative Party District Religion Notes
Adam Schiff Democratic California's 30th Jewish
Brad Sherman Democratic California's 32nd Jewish
Sara Jacobs Democratic California's 51st Jewish
Lois Frankel Democratic Florida's 22nd Jewish
Jared Moskowitz Democratic Florida's 23rd Jewish
Debbie Wasserman Schultz Democratic Florida's 25th Jewish
Jan Schakowsky Democratic Illinois's 9th Jewish
Brad Schneider Democratic Illinois's 10th Jewish
Jamie Raskin Democratic Maryland's 8th Jewish
Jake Auchincloss Democratic Massachusetts's 4th Jewish
Elissa Slotkin Democratic Michigan's 7th Jewish
Dean Phillips Democratic Minnesota's 3rd Jewish
Josh Gottheimer Democratic New Jersey's 5th Jewish
Dan Goldman Democratic New York's 10th Jewish
Jerry Nadler Democratic New York's 12th Jewish
Kathy Manning Democratic North Carolina's 6th Jewish
Greg Landsman Democratic Ohio's 1st Jewish
Max Miller Republican Ohio's 7th Jewish
Suzanne Bonamici Democratic Oregon's 1st Jewish[30][31][32] She was raised Episcopalian and Unitarian.[31]
Susan Wild Democratic Pennsylvania's 7th Jewish
David Kustoff Republican Tennessee's 8th Jewish
Steve Cohen Democratic Tennessee's 9th Jewish
Becca Balint Democratic Vermont's at-large Jewish
Kim Schrier Democratic Washington's 8th Jewish

Muslims (3; 3 Democrats)

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Sunni Muslims (2; 2 Democrats)

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Representative Party District Religion Notes
André Carson Democratic Indiana's 7th Sunni Islam[33] Raised Baptist and attended a Catholic school.
Rashida Tlaib Democratic Michigan's 12th Sunni Islam[34][35]

Unspecified Muslims (1; 1 Democrat)

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Representative Party District Religion Notes
Ilhan Omar Democratic Minnesota's 5th Islam[36]

Unitarian Universalists (3; 3 Democrats)

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Representative Party District Religion Notes
Ami Bera Democratic California's 6th Unitarian Universalism[37] Raised Hindu. Reportedly "samples different churches every Sunday."[38]
Judy Chu Democratic California's 28th Unitarian Universalism In a previous survey, Chu did not answer the religion question.[39]
Deborah K. Ross Democratic North Carolina's 2nd Unitarian Universalism

Hindus (2; 2 Democrats)

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Representative Party District Religion Notes
Ro Khanna Democratic California's 17th Hinduism[40]
Raja Krishnamoorthi Democratic Illinois's 8th Hinduism[40][41]

Buddhist (1; 1 Democrat)

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Representative Party District Religion Notes
Hank Johnson Democratic Georgia's 4th Buddhist
(Soka Gakkai International)[42]

Unknown/refused to state (19; 15 Democrats, 4 Republicans)

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Representative Party District Religion Notes
Vince Fong Republican California's 20th Unknown/refused to state
Greg Lopez Republican Colorado's 4th Unknown/refused to state
Brittany Pettersen Democratic Colorado's 7th Unknown/refused to state
Sean Casten Democratic Illinois's 6th Unknown/refused to state
Bill Foster Democratic Illinois's 11th Unknown/refused to state
Nikki Budzinski Democratic Illinois's 13th Unknown/refused to state
Sharice Davids Democratic Kansas's 3rd Unknown/refused to state
Jared Golden Democratic Maine's 2nd Unknown/refused to state Unspecified Christian[43]
LaMonica McIver Democratic New Jersey's 10th Unknown/refused to state
Melanie Stansbury Democratic New Mexico's 1st Unknown/refused to state
Jamaal Bowman Democratic New York's 16th Unknown/refused to state
Michael Rulli Republican Ohio's 6th Unknown/refused to state
Earl Blumenauer Democratic Oregon's 3rd Unknown/refused to state
Chrissy Houlahan Democratic Pennsylvania's 6th Unknown/refused to state Although she is of Jewish origin on her father's side, she does not identify herself as such.[44]
Seth Magaziner Democratic Rhode Island's 2nd Unknown/refused to state His father is Jewish, his mother Catholic.[45]
Erica Lee Carter Democratic Texas's 18th Unknown/refused to state
Jennifer Wexton Democratic Virginia's 10th Unknown/refused to state She grew up as a Catholic; she married her husband, of Jewish faith, in a mixed ceremony officiated by a rabbi and a Catholic priest.[46]
Pramila Jayapal Democratic Washington's 7th Unknown/refused to state
Mark Pocan Democratic Wisconsin's 2nd Unknown/refused to state
Tony Wied Republican Wisconsin's 4th Unknown/refused to state

Unaffiliated (1; 1 Democrat)

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Representative Party District Identity Notes
Jared Huffman Democratic California's 2nd Secular humanist/agnostic[47] Raised in the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (RLDS), he lost faith at age 19.[48] Does not describe himself as an atheist, instead saying he is "a humanist, [perhaps an] agnostic."

Numbers and percentages

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The most basic breakdown of the above data in this page indicates that 89% of the House identify as Christian, 6% of the House identify as Jewish, 2% of the House identify with other religions, <1% of the House is unaffiliated, and 3% of the House have unknown affiliation.

Religion Group No. of reps % of reps
Christians Roman or Eastern Catholics
124 / 435
 28.5%
Unspecified Protestants
88 / 435
 20.2%
Baptists
59 / 435
 13.6%
Methodists
27 / 435
 6.2%
Presbyterians
17 / 435
 3.9%
Episcopalians
16 / 435
 3.7%
Lutherans
16 / 435
 3.7%
Non-denominational Protestants
12 / 435
 2.8%
Other Christians
11 / 435
 2.5%
Orthodox Christians
8 / 435
 1.8%
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons)
5 / 435
 1.1%
Jews
24 / 435
 5.5%
Muslims
3 / 435
 0.7%
Unitarian Universalists
3 / 435
 0.7%
Hindus
2 / 435
 0.5%
Buddhists
1 / 435
 0.2%
Unknown/refused to state
19 / 435
 4.4%
Unaffiliated
1 / 435
 0.2%

See also

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References

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  2. ^ a b Diamant, Jeff (January 3, 2023). "Faith on the Hill: The religious composition of the 118th Congress" (PDF). Pew Research Center.
  3. ^ Kassel, Matthew (December 8, 2020). "Second time's the charm for South Florida's Maria Elvira Salazar". JewishInsider.com. Retrieved December 8, 2020.
  4. ^ McCormick, Bill (April 29, 2022). "Marjorie Taylor Greene showed that the most brutal anti-Catholicism can come from Catholics". America.
  5. ^ Torres, Ritchie (September 15, 2022). "Interview with Congressman Ritchie Torres". Max Raskin (Interview). Interviewed by Max Raskin.
  6. ^ "Rep. Richard Hudson, R-N.C.—Member Profile". Roll Call. Retrieved December 4, 2020.
  7. ^ "Meet Richard Hudson". Richard Hudson for Congress. Retrieved December 4, 2020.
  8. ^ "Crossroads Concord — Who We Are". mycrossroads.co. Retrieved December 4, 2020.
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