June 4, 200818 yr 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 *
June 4, 200818 yr What's up with some of them double-dipping? Needed a key state to clinch re-election?
June 4, 200818 yr 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.
June 4, 200818 yr 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:
June 4, 200818 yr 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.
June 4, 200818 yr 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?
June 4, 200818 yr 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.
June 4, 200818 yr 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.
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