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Religious affiliation in the United States House of Representatives

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

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)

Protestants (244; 94 Democrats, 150 Republicans)

Unspecified Protestants (88; 27 Democrats, 61 Republicans)
Baptists (59; 23 Democrats, 36 Republicans)
Methodists (27; 16 Democrats, 11 Republicans)
Presbyterians (17; 8 Democrats, 9 Republicans)
Episcopalians (16; 7 Democrats, 9 Republicans)
Lutherans (16; 7 Democrats, 9 Republicans)
Non-denominational Protestants (12; 4 Democrats, 8 Republicans)
Restorationist (4; 4 Republicans)
Reformed (2; 1 Democrat, 1 Republican)
Adventists (1; 1 Democrat)
Pentecostals (1; 1 Republican)
Congregationalists (1; 1 Republican)


Catholics (124; 69 Democrats, 55 Republicans)

Eastern Catholics (1; 1 Democrat)
Latin Catholics (123; 68 Democrats, 55 Republicans)

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

Antiochian Orthodox (1; 1 Republican)
Greek Orthodox (5; 2 Republicans; 3 Democrats)
Orthodox Church in America (1; 1 Democrat)
Unspecified Orthodox (1; 1 Republican)

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

Messianic Jewish (1; 1 Republican)

Jewish (24; 22 Democrats, 2 Republicans)

Muslims (3; 3 Democrats)

Sunni Muslims (2; 2 Democrats)

Unspecified Muslims (1; 1 Democrat)

Unitarian Universalists (3; 3 Democrats)

Hindus (2; 2 Democrats)

Buddhist (1; 1 Democrat)

Unknown/refused to state (16; 13 Democrats, 3 Republicans)

Unaffiliated (1; 1 Democrat)

Numbers and percentages

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.

See also

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