Religious Affiliation of U.S. Presidents

[Jumper_Dad]

With all of the discussion during the primary season about the religious practices and beliefs of the candidates, I thought this would be interesting. Never knew we had a Quaker as President let alone two. Several Presidents with Eisenhower leading the way seemed to change religious affiliation over their lives.

 

Episcopalian (13)

George Washington

Thomas Jefferson

James Madison

James Monroe

William Henry Harrison

John Tyler

Zachary Taylor

Franklin Pierce

Chester A. Arthur

Theodore Roosevelt *

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Gerald Ford

George H. W. Bush

 

Presbyterian (10)

Andrew Jackson

James Knox Polk *

Ulysses S Grant *

Rutherford B. Hayes *

James Buchanan

Grover Cleveland

Benjamin Harrison

Woodrow Wilson

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Ronald Reagan

 

Methodist (5)

James Knox Polk *

Ulysses S Grant *

Rutherford B. Hayes *

William McKinley

George W. Bush

Baptist (4)

Warren G. Harding

Harry S. Truman

Jimmy Carter

William Jefferson Clinton

Unitarian (4)

John Adams

John Quincy Adams

Millard Fillmore

William Howard Taft

Disciples of Christ (3)

James A. Garfield

Lyndon B. Johnson

Ronald Reagan

no specific denomination (3)

Thomas Jefferson

Abraham Lincoln

Andrew Johnson

Dutch Reformed (2)

Martin Van Buren

Theodore Roosevelt *

Quaker (2)

Herbert Hoover

Richard M. Nixon

Congregationalist (2)

John Adams *

Calvin Coolidge

Catholic (1)

John F. Kennedy

Jehovah's Witnesses (1*)

Dwight D. Eisenhower *

River Brethren (1*)

Dwight D. Eisenhower *

[Hearsay]

No avowed atheists?

[Jim Schue]

What's up with some of them double-dipping? Needed a key state to clinch re-election?

[rockmom]

Does anyone else find it surprising (not as in "I just found out", but in general), that the Catholic Faith is the largest Christian denomination in the world, but only has produced one American President? That's always been a source of intrigue to me.

[02Ram54]

No avowed atheists?

:laugh:

[02Ram54]

I'd just like to point out, we Episcopalians are winning in the Senate, too.

[cch5432]

Does anyone else find it surprising (not as in "I just found out", but in general), that the Catholic Faith is the largest Christian denomination in the world, but only has produced one American President? That's always been a source of intrigue to me.

We bow to a Papal Throne.

:madman::madman:

[Birdsfan]

We bow to a Papal Throne.

That's it in a nutshell. I'm honestly surprised that even Kennedy was able to ovecome that hurdle.

[cch5432]

I'd just like to point out, we Episcopalians are winning in the Senate, too.

 

With the integrity of our politicians, are you really proud of that?

[cch5432]

That's it in a nutshell. I'm honestly surprised that even Kennedy was able to ovecome that hurdle.

 

Agreed, but Kennedy was as Catholic as I am a Highlands fan, I believe.

[Birdsfan]

Agreed, but Kennedy was as Catholic as I am a Highlands fan, I believe.

I don't know, the Kennedy's were pretty much ordained the holy family of America for many years.

[the mathemagician]

No avowed atheists?

 

 

Not avowed.

[the mathemagician]

Would America elect an athiest?

[ladiesbballcoach]

We bow to a Papal Throne.

:madman::madman:

 

:eek:

[ladiesbballcoach]

Would America elect an athiest?

 

I would hope not.