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 […]

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 (R) 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

RB/PH END

Editors: See mainbar, RNS-CONGRESS-FAITH, transmitted Dec. 11, 2006.

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