Religious affiliations of vice presidents of the United States
The following is a list of religious affiliations of vice presidents of the United States.
By term
No. | Name | Term | Religious affiliation |
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1 | John Adams | 1789–1797 | Unitarian originally Congregationalist |
2 | Thomas Jefferson | 1797–1801 | Christian Deist/Deist. Although raised as an Anglican, Jefferson later in life rejected the idea of the divinity of Jesus and became a deist.[1] |
3 | Aaron Burr | 1801–1805 | Presbyterian, later rejected the Resurrection of Jesus |
4 | George Clinton | 1805–1812 | Dutch Reformed |
5 | Elbridge Gerry | 1813–1814 | Episcopalian |
6 | Daniel D. Tompkins | 1817–1825 | Presbyterian |
7 | John C. Calhoun | 1825–1832 | Presbyterian; Unitarian |
8 | Martin Van Buren | 1833–1837 | Dutch Reformed |
9 | Richard M. Johnson | 1837–1841 | Baptist |
10 | John Tyler | 1841 | Episcopalian |
11 | George M. Dallas | 1845–1849 | Episcopalian |
12 | Millard Fillmore | 1849–1850 | Unitarian |
13 | William R. King | 1853 | Protestant |
14 | John C. Breckinridge | 1857–1861 | Presbyterian |
15 | Hannibal Hamlin | 1861–1865 | Protestant |
16 | Andrew Johnson | 1865 | No specific denomination, occasionally attended Methodist services with his wife.[2] |
17 | Schuyler Colfax | 1869–1873 | Protestant |
18 | Henry Wilson | 1873–1875 | Congregationalist |
19 | William A. Wheeler | 1877–1881 | Presbyterian |
20 | Chester A. Arthur | 1881 | Episcopalian |
21 | Thomas A. Hendricks | 1885 | Presbyterian; Episcopalian |
22 | Levi P. Morton | 1889–1893 | Protestant[3] |
23 | Adlai E. Stevenson | 1893–1897 | Presbyterian |
24 | Garret A. Hobart | 1897–1899 | Presbyterian[4] |
25 | Theodore Roosevelt | 1901 | Dutch Reformed |
26 | Charles W. Fairbanks | 1905–1909 | Protestant |
27 | James S. Sherman | 1909–1912 | Reformed |
28 | Thomas R. Marshall | 1913–1921 | Presbyterian |
29 | Calvin Coolidge | 1921–1923 | Congregationalist |
30 | Charles G. Dawes | 1925–1929 | Presbyterian |
31 | Charles Curtis | 1929–1933 | Protestant |
32 | John Nance Garner | 1933–1941 | Protestant |
33 | Henry A. Wallace | 1941–1945 | Presbyterian; Episcopalian; |
34 | Harry S. Truman | 1945 | Baptist |
35 | Alben W. Barkley | 1949–1953 | Methodist |
36 | Richard Nixon | 1953–1961 | Quaker |
37 | Lyndon B. Johnson | 1961–1963 | Disciples of Christ |
38 | Hubert Humphrey | 1965–1969 | Lutheran; Methodist; Congregationalist |
39 | Spiro Agnew | 1969–1973 | Episcopalian |
40 | Gerald Ford | 1973–1974 | Episcopalian |
41 | Nelson Rockefeller | 1974–1977 | Baptist |
42 | Walter Mondale | 1977–1981 | Presbyterian |
43 | George H. W. Bush | 1981–1989 | Episcopalian |
44 | Dan Quayle | 1989-1993 | Presbyterian |
45 | Al Gore | 1993–2001 | Southern Baptist |
46 | Dick Cheney | 2001–2009 | Methodist |
47 | Joe Biden | 2009–2017 | Catholic |
48 | Mike Pence | 2017–2021 | Evangelical (was raised Catholic)[5] |
49 | Kamala Harris | 2021–present | Baptist. Attended Hindu services with her mother as a child.[6] |
Affiliation totals
Affiliation | |
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Presbyterian | 13 |
Episcopalian | 11 |
unspecified Protestant[7] | 7 |
Baptist | 5 |
Dutch Reformed | 3 |
Congregationalist | 4 |
Methodist | 4 |
Unitarian | 3 |
Catholic | 1 |
Lutheran | 1 |
Disciples of Christ | 1 |
Evangelical | 1 |
Quaker | 1 |
See also
- Religious affiliations of presidents of the United States
- Religious affiliation in the United States House of Representatives
- Religious affiliation in the United States Senate
Footnotes
- ^ Jefferson's Religious Beliefs | Thomas Jefferson's Monticello
- ^ "American President: Andrew Johnson: Family Life". Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia. Archived from the original on 2008-07-19. Retrieved 2008-10-08.
- ^ Levi P. Morton's father, Rev. Daniel Oliver Morton, was a Congregationalist minister.
- ^ "San Francisco Call 25 June 1896 — California Digital Newspaper Collection". cdnc.ucr.edu. Retrieved 2019-04-03.
- ^ Mahler, Jonathan; Johnson, Dirk (2016-07-20). "Mike Pence's Journey: Catholic Democrat to Evangelical Republican". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-05-10.
- ^ Gettleman, Jeffrey; Raj, Suhasini (August 16, 2020). "How Kamala Harris's Family in India Helped Shape Her Values". The New York Times. Retrieved January 25, 2021.
For [Harris's mother], it was important to maintain her Indian heritage. She introduced her daughters to Hindu mythology and South Indian dishes such as dosa and idli, and took them to a nearby Hindu temple where she occasionally sang.
- ^ Includes non-denominational Christianity.
References
- Adherents.com Religious Affiliation of U.S. Vice Presidents Retrieved February 1, 2009
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