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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

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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)

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Protestants (244; 94 Democrats, 150 Republicans)

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Unspecified Protestants (88; 27 Democrats, 61 Republicans)
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Representative Party District Religion Notes
  Juan Ciscomani Republican Arizona's 2nd Unspecified Protestant
  Eli Crane Republican Arizona's 6th Unspecified Protestant
  Doug LaMalfa Republican California's 1st Unspecified Protestant
  John Garamendi Democratic California's 8th Unspecified Protestant
  Josh Harder Democratic California's 9th Unspecified Protestant
  Eric Swalwell Democratic California's 14th Unspecified Protestant
  Jay Obernolte Republican California's 23rd Unspecified Protestant
  Mike Garcia Republican California's 27th Unspecified Protestant
  Tony Cárdenas Democratic California's 29th Unspecified Protestant
  Young Kim Republican California's 40th Unspecified Protestant
  Maxine Waters Democratic California's 43rd Unspecified Protestant
  Michelle Steel Republican California's 45th Unspecified Protestant
  Joe Neguse Democratic Colorado's 2nd Unspecified Protestant
  Doug Lamborn Republican Colorado's 5th Unspecified Protestant
  Lisa Blunt Rochester Democratic Delaware's at-large Unspecified Protestant
  Kat Cammack Republican Florida's 3rd Unspecified Protestant
  Aaron Bean Republican Florida's 4th Unspecified Protestant
  Michael Waltz Republican Florida's 6th Unspecified Protestant
  Cory Mills Republican Florida's 7th Unspecified Protestant
  Laurel Lee Republican Florida's 15th Unspecified Protestant
  Byron Donalds Republican Florida's 19th Unspecified Protestant
  Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick Democratic Florida's 20th Unspecified Protestant
  Brian Mast Republican Florida's 21st Unspecified Protestant
  María Elvira Salazar Republican Florida's 27th Unspecified Protestant Lapsed Catholic[3]
  Rich McCormick Republican Georgia's 6th Unspecified Protestant
  Lucy McBath Democratic Georgia's 7th Unspecified Protestant
  Marjorie Taylor Greene Republican Georgia's 14th Unspecified Protestant Lapsed Catholic[4]
  Ed Case Democratic Hawaii's 1st Unspecified Protestant
  Jill Tokuda Democratic Hawaii's 2nd Unspecified Protestant
  Russ Fulcher Republican Idaho's 1st Unspecified Protestant
  Mike Quigley Democratic Illinois's 5th Unspecified Protestant
  Lauren Underwood Democratic Illinois's 14th Unspecified Protestant
  Mary Miller Republican Illinois's 15th Unspecified Protestant
  Eric Sorensen Democratic Illinois's 17th Unspecified Protestant
  Jim Banks Republican Indiana's 3rd Unspecified Protestant attends Trinity Evangelical Presbyterian Church
  Jim Baird Republican Indiana's 4th Unspecified Protestant
  Erin Houchin Republican Indiana's 9th Unspecified Protestant
  Randy Feenstra Republican Iowa's 4th Unspecified Protestant
  Clay Higgins Republican Louisiana's 3rd Unspecified Protestant
  Glenn Ivey Democratic Maryland's 4th Unspecified Protestant
  Katherine Clark Democratic Massachusetts's 5th Unspecified Protestant
  Seth Moulton Democratic Massachusetts's 6th Unspecified Protestant
  John Moolenaar Republican Michigan's 2nd Unspecified Protestant
  Tim Walberg Republican Michigan's 5th Unspecified Protestant attends churches affiliated with the Church of the United Brethren in Christ
  John James Republican Michigan's 10th Unspecified Protestant
  Haley Stevens Democratic Michigan's 11th Unspecified Protestant
  Shri Thanedar Democratic Michigan's 13th Unspecified Protestant
  Mark Alford Republican Missouri's 4th Unspecified Protestant
  Trent Kelly Republican Mississippi's 1st Unspecified Protestant
  Eric Burlison Republican Missouri's 7th Unspecified Protestant
  Don Bacon Republican Nebraska's 2nd Unspecified Protestant
  Adrian Smith Republican Nebraska's 3rd Unspecified Protestant
  Mark Amodei Republican Nevada's 2nd Unspecified Protestant
  Ann McLane Kuster Democratic New Hampshire's 2nd Unspecified Protestant
  Grace Meng Democratic New York's 6th Unspecified Protestant
  Yvette Clarke Democratic New York's 9th Unspecified Protestant
  Ritchie Torres Democratic New York's 15th Unspecified Protestant Lapsed Catholic[5]
  Marc Molinaro Republican New York's 19th Unspecified Protestant
  Brandon Williams Republican New York's 22nd Unspecified Protestant
  Nick Langworthy Republican New York's 23rd Unspecified Protestant
  Richard Hudson Republican North Carolina's 9th Unspecified Protestant Identifies as "Christian".[6] Attends Crossroads Church (Concord, North Carolina),[7] which is a United Methodist congregation.[8]
  Wiley Nickel Democratic North Carolina's 13th Unspecified Protestant
  Jim Jordan Republican Ohio's 4th Unspecified Protestant
  Warren Davidson Republican Ohio's 8th Unspecified Protestant
  Mike Turner Republican Ohio's 10th Unspecified Protestant
  Troy Balderson Republican Ohio's 12th Unspecified Protestant
  Kevin Hern Republican Oklahoma's 1st Unspecified Protestant
  Josh Brecheen Republican Oklahoma's 2nd Unspecified Protestant
  Scott Perry Republican Pennsylvania's 10th Unspecified Protestant
  Summer Lee Democratic Pennsylvania's 12th Unspecified Protestant
  Guy Reschenthaler Republican Pennsylvania's 14th Unspecified Protestant
  Glenn Thompson Republican Pennsylvania's 15th Unspecified Protestant
  William Timmons Republican South Carolina's 4th Unspecified Protestant
  Dusty Johnson Republican South Dakota's at-large Unspecified Protestant
  Andy Ogles Republican Tennessee's 5th Unspecified Protestant
  Mark E. Green Republican Tennessee's 7th Unspecified Protestant
  Keith Self Republican Texas's 3rd Unspecified Protestant
  Jake Ellzey Republican Texas's 6th Unspecified Protestant
  Morgan Luttrell Republican Texas's 8th Unspecified Protestant
  August Pfluger Republican Texas's 11th Unspecified Protestant
  Troy Nehls Republican Texas's 22nd Unspecified Protestant
  Roger Williams Republican Texas's 25th Unspecified Protestant
  Michael Cloud Republican Texas's 27th Unspecified Protestant
  Bob Good Republican Virginia's 5th Unspecified Protestant
  Abigail Spanberger Democratic Virginia's 7th Unspecified Protestant
  Morgan Griffith Republican Virginia's 9th Unspecified Protestant
  Marilyn Strickland Democratic Washington's 10th Unspecified Protestant
  Derrick Van Orden Republican Wisconsin's 3rd Unspecified Protestant
  Tom Tiffany Republican Wisconsin's 7th Unspecified Protestant[1]
Baptists (59; 23 Democrats, 36 Republicans)
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Representative Party District Religion Notes
  Jerry Carl Republican Alabama's 1st Baptist
  Barry Moore Republican Alabama's 2nd Baptist
  Mike D. Rogers Republican Alabama's 3rd Baptist
  Dale Strong Republican Alabama's 5th Baptist
  Debbie Lesko Republican Arizona's 8th Baptist
  Rick Crawford Republican Arkansas's 1st Baptist
  Steve Womack Republican Arkansas's 3rd Baptist
  Bruce Westerman Republican Arkansas's 4th Baptist
  Tom McClintock Republican California's 5th Baptist
  Barbara Lee Democratic California's 12th Baptist Lapsed
Catholic[9]
  Maxwell Frost Democratic Florida's 10th Baptist
  Daniel Webster Republican Florida's 11th Baptist
  Vern Buchanan Republican Florida's 16th Baptist
  Sanford Bishop Democratic Georgia's 2nd Baptist
  Austin Scott Republican Georgia's 8th Baptist
  Andrew Clyde Republican Georgia's 9th Baptist
  Barry Loudermilk Republican Georgia's 11th Baptist
  David Scott Democratic Georgia's 13th Baptist
  Jonathan Jackson Democratic Illinois's 1st Baptist
  Danny Davis Democratic Illinois's 7th Baptist
  Mike Bost Republican Illinois's 12th Baptist
  Rudy Yakym Republican Indiana's 2nd Baptist
  James Comer Republican Kentucky's 1st Baptist
  Hal Rogers Republican Kentucky's 5th Baptist
  Troy Carter Democratic Louisiana's 2nd Baptist
  Mike Johnson Republican Louisiana's 4th Baptist
  Ayanna Pressley Democratic Massachusetts's 7th Baptist
  Steny Hoyer Democratic Maryland's 5th Baptist
  Sam Graves Republican Missouri's 6th Baptist
  Kweisi Mfume Democratic Maryland's 7th Baptist
  Michael Guest Republican Mississippi's 3rd Baptist
  Mike Ezell Republican Mississippi's 4th Baptist
  Valerie Foushee Democratic North Carolina's 4th Baptist
  David Rouzer Republican North Carolina's 7th Baptist
  Alma Adams Democratic North Carolina's 12th Baptist
  Bonnie Watson Coleman Democratic New Jersey's 12th Baptist
  Steven Horsford Democratic Nevada's 4th Baptist
  Hakeem Jeffries Democratic New York's 8th Baptist
  Joyce Beatty Democratic Ohio's 3rd Baptist
  Shontel Brown Democratic Ohio's 11th Baptist
  Emilia Sykes Democratic Ohio's 13th Baptist
  Frank Lucas Republican Oklahoma's 3rd Baptist
  Dwight Evans Democratic Pennsylvania's 3rd Baptist
  Jeff Duncan Republican South Carolina's 3rd Baptist
  Russell Fry Republican South Carolina's 7th Baptist
  Diana Harshbarger Republican Tennessee's 1st Baptist
  Nathaniel Moran Republican Texas's 1st Baptist
  Al Green Democratic Texas's 9th Baptist
  Randy Weber Republican Texas's 14th Baptist
  Chip Roy Republican Texas's 21st Baptist
  Jasmine Crockett Democratic Texas's 30th Baptist
  Marc Veasey Democratic Texas's 33rd Baptist
  Brian Babin Republican Texas's 36th Baptist
  Wesley Hunt Republican Texas's 38th Baptist
  Gwen Moore Democratic Wisconsin's 4th Baptist
  Carol Miller Republican West Virginia's 1st Baptist
Methodists (27; 16 Democrats, 11 Republicans)
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Representative Party District Religion Notes
  Terri Sewell Democratic Alabama's 7th African Methodist Episcopal[10]
  Doris Matsui Democratic California's 7th Methodist
  Mark Takano Democratic California's 39th Methodist
  Jahana Hayes Democratic Connecticut's 5th Methodist
  Bill Posey Republican Florida's 8th Methodist
  Greg Steube Republican Florida's 17th Methodist
  Buddy Carter Republican Georgia's 1st Methodist
  Nikema Williams Democratic Georgia's 5th Methodist
  Mike Collins Republican Georgia's 10th Methodist
  Rick W. Allen Republican Georgia's 12th Methodist
  Delia Ramirez Democratic Illinois's 3rd Methodist
  Thomas Massie Republican Kentucky's 4th Methodist
  Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic Maryland's 2nd Methodist
  Emanuel Cleaver Democratic Missouri's 5th Methodist Ordained minister of the United Methodist Church
  Bennie Thompson Democratic Mississippi's 2nd Methodist
  Gregory Meeks Democratic New York's 5th Methodist
  Dan Bishop Republican North Carolina's 8th Methodist[11]
  Tom Cole Republican Oklahoma's 4th Methodist
  Jim Clyburn Democratic South Carolina's 6th Methodist
  Dan Crenshaw Republican Texas's 2nd Methodist
  Lizzie Fletcher Democratic Texas's 7th Methodist
  Kay Granger Republican Texas's 12th Methodist
  Pete Sessions Republican Texas's 17th Methodist
  Colin Allred Democratic Texas's 32nd Methodist
  Lloyd Doggett Democratic Texas's 37th Methodist
  Rick Larsen Democratic Washington's 2nd Methodist
  Derek Kilmer Democratic Washington's 6th Methodist
Presbyterians (17; 8 Democrats, 9 Republicans)
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  Gary Palmer Republican Alabama's 6th Presbyterian
  Diana DeGette Democratic Colorado's 1st Presbyterian
  Jim Himes Democratic Connecticut's 4th Presbyterian
  Kathy Castor Democratic Florida's 14th Presbyterian
  Scott Franklin Republican Florida's 18th Presbyterian
  Morgan McGarvey Democratic Kentucky's 3rd Presbyterian
  Julia Letlow Republican Louisiana's 5th Presbyterian
  Andy Kim Democratic New Jersey's 3rd Presbyterian
  Claudia Tenney Republican New York's 24th Presbyterian
  Don Davis Democratic North Carolina's 1st Presbyterian
  Jeff Jackson Democratic North Carolina's 14th Presbyterian
  Joe Wilson Republican South Carolina's 2nd Presbyterian
  Ralph Norman Republican South Carolina's 5th Presbyterian
  Tim Burchett Republican Tennessee's 2nd Presbyterian
  Jodey Arrington Republican Texas's 19th Presbyterian
  Jennifer McClellan Democratic Virginia's 4th Presbyterian[12]
  Dan Newhouse Republican Washington's 4th Presbyterian
Episcopalians (16; 7 Democrats, 9 Republicans)
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  John Duarte Republican California's 13th Episcopalian
  Julia Brownley Democratic California's 26th Episcopalian
  Ken Calvert Republican California's 41st Episcopalian
  Katie Porter Democratic California's 47th Episcopalian
  Frederica Wilson Democratic Florida's 24th Episcopalian
  Andy Barr Republican Kentucky's 6th Episcopalian
  Thomas Kean Jr. Republican New Jersey's 7th Episcopalian
  Scott DesJarlais Republican Tennessee's 4th Episcopalian
  Monica De La Cruz Republican Texas's 15th Episcopalian
  Beth Van Duyne Republican Texas's 24th Episcopalian
  Michael C. Burgess Republican Texas's 26th Episcopalian
  Rob Wittman Republican Virginia's 1st Episcopalian
  Bobby Scott Democratic Virginia's 3rd Episcopalian
  Don Beyer Democratic Virginia's 8th Episcopalian
  Suzan DelBene Democratic Washington's 1st Episcopalian
  Adam Smith Democratic Washington's 9th Episcopalian
Lutherans (16; 7 Democrats, 9 Republicans)
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Representative Party District Religion Notes
  Zoe Lofgren Democratic California's 18th Lutheran
  Sydney Kamlager-Dove Democratic California's 37th Lutheran
  Scott Peters Democratic California's 50th Lutheran
  Larry Bucshon Republican Indiana's 8th Lutheran
  Tracey Mann Republican Kansas's 1st Lutheran (Pietist)[1]
  Ron Estes Republican Kansas's 4th Lutheran
  Chellie Pingree Democratic Maine's 1st Lutheran
  David Trone Democratic Maryland's 6th Lutheran
  Jack Bergman Republican Michigan's 1st Lutheran
  Angie Craig Democratic Minnesota's 2nd Lutheran
  Ryan Zinke Republican Montana's 1st Lutheran
  Donald Norcross Democratic New Jersey's 1st Lutheran
  Kelly Armstrong Republican North Dakota's at-large Lutheran
  Lloyd Smucker Republican Pennsylvania's 11th Lutheran
  John Carter Republican Texas's 31st Lutheran
  Glenn Grothman Republican Wisconsin's 6th Lutheran
Non-denominational Protestants (12; 4 Democrats, 8 Republicans)
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Representative Party District Religion Notes
  Kevin Kiley Republican California's 3rd Nondenominational Protestant
  Lauren Boebert Republican Colorado's 3rd Nondenominational Protestant
  Jason Crow Democratic Colorado's 6th Nondenominational Protestant
  Drew Ferguson Republican Georgia's 3rd Nondenominational Protestant
  Robin Kelly Democratic Illinois's 2nd Nondenominational Protestant
  Ashley Hinson Republican Iowa's 2nd Nondenominational Protestant
  Cori Bush Democratic Missouri's 1st Nondenominational Protestant Previously worked as a pastor.[13]
  Chuck Edwards Republican North Carolina's 11th Nondenominational Protestant
  Nancy Mace Republican South Carolina's 1st Nondenominational Protestant
  Marie Gluesenkamp Perez Democratic Washington's 3rd Nondenominational Protestant
  Cathy McMorris Rodgers Republican Washington's 5th Nondenominational Protestant
  Harriet Hageman Republican Wyoming's at-large Nondenominational Protestant
Restorationist (4; 4 Republicans)
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Representative Party District Religion Notes
  Lance Gooden Republican Texas's 5th Restorationist
(Churches of Christ) 		Misidentified as a Congregationalist in the Pew Report.[14]
  Brett Guthrie Republican Kentucky's 2nd Restorationist
(Churches of Christ)[14]
  John Rose Republican Tennessee's 6th Restorationist
(Churches of Christ) 		Raised Southern Baptist. Classified as an "Unspecified Protestant" in the Pew Report.[14]
  Ronny Jackson Republican Texas's 13th Restorationist[1]
Reformed (2; 1 Democrat, 1 Republican)
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Representative Party District Religion Notes
  Hillary Scholten Democratic Michigan's 3rd Reformed
  Bill Huizenga Republican Michigan's 4th Reformed
(Christian Reformed Church in North America)[15]
Adventists (1; 1 Democrat)
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Representative Party District Religion Notes
  Raul Ruiz Democratic California's 25th Seventh-day Adventist[16]
Pentecostals (1; 1 Republican)
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Representative Party District Religion Notes
  Jason Smith Republican Missouri's 8th Pentecostal
(Assemblies of God)[17]
Congregationalists (1; 1 Republican)
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Representative Party District Religion Notes
  Robert Aderholt Republican Alabama's 4th Congregationalist[18]


Catholics (124; 69 Democrats, 55 Republicans)

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Eastern Catholics (1; 1 Democrat)
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Representative Party District Religion Notes
  Anna Eshoo Democratic California's 16th Eastern Catholic Chaldean Catholic
Latin Catholics (123; 67 Democrats, 55 Republicans)
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Representative Party District Religion Notes
  David Schweikert Republican Arizona's 1st Latin Catholic
  Ruben Gallego Democratic Arizona's 3rd Latin Catholic
  Greg Stanton Democratic Arizona's 4th Latin Catholic
  Raúl Grijalva Democratic Arizona's 7th Latin Catholic
  Paul Gosar Republican Arizona's 9th Latin Catholic
  French Hill Republican Arkansas's 2nd Latin Catholic
  Mike Thompson Democratic California's 4th Latin Catholic
  Mark DeSaulnier Democratic California's 10th Latin Catholic
  Nancy Pelosi Democratic California's 11th Latin Catholic
  Kevin Mullin Democratic California's 15th Latin Catholic
  Jimmy Panetta Democratic California's 19th Latin Catholic
  Jim Costa Democratic California's 21st Latin Catholic
  David Valadao Republican California's 22nd Latin Catholic
  Salud Carbajal Democratic California's 24th Latin Catholic
  Grace Napolitano Democratic California's 31st Latin Catholic
  Pete Aguilar Democratic California's 33rd Latin Catholic
  Jimmy Gomez Democratic California's 34th Latin Catholic
  Norma Torres Democratic California's 35th Latin Catholic
  Ted Lieu Democratic California's 36th Latin Catholic
  Linda Sánchez Democratic California's 38th Latin Catholic
  Robert Garcia Democratic California's 42nd Latin Catholic
  Nanette Barragán Democratic California's 44th Latin Catholic
  Lou Correa Democratic California's 46th Latin Catholic
  Mike Levin Democratic California's 49th Latin Catholic Also raised Jewish.[19]
  Juan Vargas Democratic California's 52nd Latin Catholic
  Yadira Caraveo Democratic Colorado's 8th Latin Catholic
  John B. Larson Democratic Connecticut's 1st Latin Catholic
  Joe Courtney Democratic Connecticut's 2nd Latin Catholic
  Rosa DeLauro Democratic Connecticut's 3rd Latin Catholic
  Neal Dunn Republican Florida's 2nd Latin Catholic
  John Rutherford Republican Florida's 5th Latin Catholic
  Darren Soto Democratic Florida's 9th Latin Catholic
  Mario Díaz-Balart Republican Florida's 26th Latin Catholic
  Carlos A. Giménez Republican Florida's 28th Latin Catholic[1]
  Jesús "Chuy" García Democratic Illinois's 4th Latin Catholic
  Darin LaHood Republican Illinois's 16th Latin Catholic
  Frank J. Mrvan Democratic Indiana's 1st Latin Catholic
  Greg Pence Republican Indiana's 6th Latin Catholic
  Mariannette Miller-Meeks Republican Iowa's 1st Latin Catholic
  Zach Nunn Republican Iowa's 3rd Latin Catholic
  Jake LaTurner Republican Kansas's 2nd Latin Catholic[1]
  Steve Scalise Republican Louisiana's 1st Latin Catholic
  Garret Graves Republican Louisiana's 6th Latin Catholic
  Andy Harris Republican Maryland's 1st Latin Catholic
  Richard Neal Democratic Massachusetts's 1st Latin Catholic
  Jim McGovern Democratic Massachusetts's 2nd Latin Catholic
  Lori Trahan Democratic Massachusetts's 3rd Latin Catholic
  Stephen F. Lynch Democratic Massachusetts's 8th Latin Catholic
  Bill Keating Democratic Massachusetts's 9th Latin Catholic
  Debbie Dingell Democratic Michigan's 6th Latin Catholic
  Dan Kildee Democratic Michigan's 8th Latin Catholic
  Lisa McClain Republican Michigan's 9th Latin Catholic
  Brad Finstad Republican Minnesota's 1st Latin Catholic
  Betty McCollum Democratic Minnesota's 4th Latin Catholic
  Tom Emmer Republican Minnesota's 6th Latin Catholic
  Michelle Fischbach Republican Minnesota's 7th Latin Catholic
  Pete Stauber Republican Minnesota's 8th Latin Catholic
  Ann Wagner Republican Missouri's 2nd Latin Catholic
  Blaine Luetkemeyer Republican Missouri's 3rd Latin Catholic
  Matt Rosendale Republican Montana's 2nd Latin Catholic[1]
  Mike Flood Republican Nebraska's 1st Latin Catholic
  Susie Lee Democratic Nevada's 3rd Latin Catholic
  Jeff Van Drew Republican New Jersey's 2nd Latin Catholic
  Chris Smith Republican New Jersey's 4th Latin Catholic
  Frank Pallone Democratic New Jersey's 6th Latin Catholic
  Rob Menendez Democratic New Jersey's 8th Latin Catholic
  Mikie Sherrill Democratic New Jersey's 11th Latin Catholic
  Gabe Vasquez Democratic New Mexico's 2nd Latin Catholic
  Teresa Leger Fernandez Democratic New Mexico's 3rd Latin Catholic[1]
  Nick LaLota Republican New York's 1st Latin Catholic
  Andrew Garbarino Republican New York's 2nd Latin Catholic
  Tom Suozzi Democratic New York's 3rd Latin Catholic
  Anthony D'Esposito Republican New York's 4th Latin Catholic
  Nydia Velázquez Democratic New York's 7th Latin Catholic
  Adriano Espaillat Democratic New York's 13th Latin Catholic
  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Democratic New York's 14th Latin Catholic
  Mike Lawler Republican New York's 17th Latin Catholic
  Pat Ryan Democratic New York's 18th Latin Catholic
  Paul Tonko Democratic New York's 20th Latin Catholic
  Elise Stefanik Republican New York's 21st Latin Catholic
  Joseph Morelle Democratic New York's 25th Latin Catholic
  Tim Kennedy Democratic New York's 26th Latin Catholic
  Greg Murphy Republican North Carolina's 3rd Latin Catholic[1]
  Virginia Foxx Republican North Carolina's 5th Latin Catholic
  Patrick McHenry Republican North Carolina's 10th Latin Catholic
  Brad Wenstrup Republican Ohio's 2nd Latin Catholic
  Bob Latta Republican Ohio's 5th Latin Catholic
  Marcy Kaptur Democratic Ohio's 9th Latin Catholic
  David Joyce Republican Ohio's 14th Latin Catholic
  Mike Carey Republican Ohio's 15th Latin Catholic
  Stephanie Bice Republican Oklahoma's 5th Latin Catholic Convert[20]
  Cliff Bentz Republican Oregon's 2nd Latin Catholic
  Val Hoyle Democratic Oregon's 4th Latin Catholic
  Lori Chavez-DeRemer Republican Oregon's 5th Latin Catholic
  Andrea Salinas Democratic Oregon's 6th Latin Catholic
  Brian Fitzpatrick Republican Pennsylvania's 1st Latin Catholic
  Brendan Boyle Democratic Pennsylvania's 2nd Latin Catholic
  Madeleine Dean Democratic Pennsylvania's 4th Latin Catholic
  Mary Gay Scanlon Democratic Pennsylvania's 5th Latin Catholic
  Matt Cartwright Democratic Pennsylvania's 8th Latin Catholic
  Dan Meuser Republican Pennsylvania's 9th Latin Catholic
  John Joyce Republican Pennsylvania's 13th Latin Catholic
  Mike Kelly Republican Pennsylvania's 16th Latin Catholic
  Chris Deluzio Democratic Pennsylvania's 17th Latin Catholic
  Gabe Amo Democratic Rhode Island's 1st Latin Catholic[21]
  Chuck Fleischmann Republican Tennessee's 3rd Latin Catholic
  Pat Fallon Republican Texas's 4th Latin Catholic
  Michael McCaul Republican Texas's 10th Latin Catholic
  Veronica Escobar Democratic Texas's 16th Latin Catholic
  Joaquin Castro Democratic Texas's 20th Latin Catholic
  Tony Gonzales Republican Texas's 23rd Latin Catholic
  Henry Cuellar Democratic Texas's 28th Latin Catholic
  Sylvia Garcia Democratic Texas's 29th Latin Catholic
  Vicente Gonzalez Democratic Texas's 34th Latin Catholic
  Greg Casar Democratic Texas's 35th Latin Catholic
  Jen Kiggans Republican Virginia's 2nd Latin Catholic
  Ben Cline Republican Virginia's 6th Latin Catholic
  Gerry Connolly Democratic Virginia's 11th Latin Catholic
  Alex Mooney Republican West Virginia's 2nd Latin Catholic
  Bryan Steil Republican Wisconsin's 1st Latin Catholic
  Scott L. Fitzgerald Republican Wisconsin's 5th Latin Catholic

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

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Antiochian Orthodox (1; 1 Republican)
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Representative Party District Religion Notes
  Darrell Issa Republican California's 48th Antiochian Orthodox[22]
Greek Orthodox (5; 2 Republicans; 3 Democrats)
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  Gus Bilirakis Republican Florida's 12th Greek Orthodox[23]
  John Sarbanes Democratic Maryland's 3rd Greek Orthodox[24]
  Chris Pappas Democratic New Hampshire's 1st Greek Orthodox[25]
  Nicole Malliotakis Republican New York's 11th Greek Orthodox[26]
  Dina Titus Democratic Nevada's 1st Greek Orthodox[27]
Orthodox Church in America (1; 1 Democrat)
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Representative Party District Religion Notes
  Mary Peltola Democratic Alaska's at-large Russian Orthodox[28]
Unspecified Orthodox (1; 1 Republican)
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Representative Party District Religion Notes
  Victoria Spartz Republican Indiana's 5th Unspecified Eastern Orthodox[29]

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

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Representative Party District Religion Notes
  Andy Biggs Republican Arizona's 5th The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
  Mike Simpson Republican Idaho's 2nd The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
  Blake Moore Republican Utah's 1st The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
  Celeste Maloy Republican Utah's 2nd The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
  John Curtis Republican Utah's 3rd The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
  Burgess Owens Republican Utah's 4th The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Messianic Jewish (1; 1 Republican)

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  Anna Paulina Luna Republican Florida's 13th Messianic Jewish Self-describes as a Christian[2]

Jewish (24; 22 Democrats, 2 Republicans)

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  Adam Schiff Democratic California's 30th Jewish
  Brad Sherman Democratic California's 32nd Jewish
  Sara Jacobs Democratic California's 51st Jewish
  Lois Frankel Democratic Florida's 22nd Jewish
  Jared Moskowitz Democratic Florida's 23rd Jewish
  Debbie Wasserman Schultz Democratic Florida's 25th Jewish
  Jan Schakowsky Democratic Illinois's 9th Jewish
  Brad Schneider Democratic Illinois's 10th Jewish
  Jamie Raskin Democratic Maryland's 8th Jewish
  Jake Auchincloss Democratic Massachusetts's 4th Jewish
  Elissa Slotkin Democratic Michigan's 7th Jewish
  Dean Phillips Democratic Minnesota's 3rd Jewish
  Josh Gottheimer Democratic New Jersey's 5th Jewish
  Dan Goldman Democratic New York's 10th Jewish
  Jerry Nadler Democratic New York's 12th Jewish
  Kathy Manning Democratic North Carolina's 6th Jewish
  Greg Landsman Democratic Ohio's 1st Jewish
  Max Miller Republican Ohio's 7th Jewish
  Suzanne Bonamici Democratic Oregon's 1st Jewish[30][31][32] She was raised Episcopalian and Unitarian.[31]
  Susan Wild Democratic Pennsylvania's 7th Jewish
  David Kustoff Republican Tennessee's 8th Jewish
  Steve Cohen Democratic Tennessee's 9th Jewish
  Becca Balint Democratic Vermont's at-large Jewish
  Kim Schrier Democratic Washington's 8th Jewish

Muslims (3; 3 Democrats)

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Sunni Muslims (2; 2 Democrats)

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  André Carson Democratic Indiana's 7th Sunni Islam[33] Raised Baptist and attended a Catholic school.
  Rashida Tlaib Democratic Michigan's 12th Sunni Islam[34][35]

Unspecified Muslims (1; 1 Democrat)

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  Ilhan Omar Democratic Minnesota's 5th Islam[36]

Unitarian Universalists (3; 3 Democrats)

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Representative Party District Religion Notes
  Ami Bera Democratic California's 6th Unitarian Universalism[37] Raised Hindu. Reportedly "samples different churches every Sunday."[38]
  Judy Chu Democratic California's 28th Unitarian Universalism In a previous survey, Chu did not answer the religion question.[39]
  Deborah K. Ross Democratic North Carolina's 2nd Unitarian Universalism

Hindus (2; 2 Democrats)

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Representative Party District Religion Notes
  Ro Khanna Democratic California's 17th Hinduism[40]
  Raja Krishnamoorthi Democratic Illinois's 8th Hinduism[40][41]

Buddhist (1; 1 Democrat)

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Representative Party District Religion Notes
  Hank Johnson Democratic Georgia's 4th Buddhist
(Soka Gakkai International)[42]

Unknown/refused to state (19; 15 Democrats, 4 Republicans)

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  Vince Fong Republican California's 20th Unknown/refused to state
  Greg Lopez Republican Colorado's 4th Unknown/refused to state
  Brittany Pettersen Democratic Colorado's 7th Unknown/refused to state
  Sean Casten Democratic Illinois's 6th Unknown/refused to state
  Bill Foster Democratic Illinois's 11th Unknown/refused to state
  Nikki Budzinski Democratic Illinois's 13th Unknown/refused to state
  Sharice Davids Democratic Kansas's 3rd Unknown/refused to state
  Jared Golden Democratic Maine's 2nd Unknown/refused to state Unspecified Christian[43]
  LaMonica McIver Democratic New Jersey's 10th Unknown/refused to state
  Melanie Stansbury Democratic New Mexico's 1st Unknown/refused to state
  Jamaal Bowman Democratic New York's 16th Unknown/refused to state
  Michael Rulli Republican Ohio's 6th Unknown/refused to state
  Earl Blumenauer Democratic Oregon's 3rd Unknown/refused to state
  Chrissy Houlahan Democratic Pennsylvania's 6th Unknown/refused to state Although she is of Jewish origin on her father's side, she does not identify herself as such.[44]
  Seth Magaziner Democratic Rhode Island's 2nd Unknown/refused to state His father is Jewish, his mother Catholic.[45]
  Erica Lee Carter Democratic Texas's 18th Unknown/refused to state
  Jennifer Wexton Democratic Virginia's 10th Unknown/refused to state She grew up as a Catholic; she married her husband, of Jewish faith, in a mixed ceremony officiated by a rabbi and a Catholic priest.[46]
  Pramila Jayapal Democratic Washington's 7th Unknown/refused to state
  Mark Pocan Democratic Wisconsin's 2nd Unknown/refused to state
  Tony Wied Republican Wisconsin's 4th Unknown/refused to state

Unaffiliated (1; 1 Democrat)

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  Jared Huffman Democratic California's 2nd Secular humanist/agnostic[47] Raised in the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (RLDS), he lost faith at age 19.[48] Does not describe himself as an atheist, instead saying he is "a humanist, [perhaps an] agnostic."

Numbers and percentages

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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.

Religion Group No. of reps % of reps
Christians Roman or Eastern Catholics
124 / 435
 28.5%
Unspecified Protestants
88 / 435
 20.2%
Baptists
59 / 435
 13.6%
Methodists
27 / 435
 6.2%
Presbyterians
17 / 435
 3.9%
Episcopalians
16 / 435
 3.7%
Lutherans
16 / 435
 3.7%
Non-denominational Protestants
12 / 435
 2.8%
Other Christians
11 / 435
 2.5%
Orthodox Christians
8 / 435
 1.8%
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons)
5 / 435
 1.1%
Jews
24 / 435
 5.5%
Muslims
3 / 435
 0.7%
Unitarian Universalists
3 / 435
 0.7%
Hindus
2 / 435
 0.5%
Buddhists
1 / 435
 0.2%
Unknown/refused to state
19 / 435
 4.4%
Unaffiliated
1 / 435
 0.2%

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Religious affiliation of members of 118th Congress" (PDF). Pew Research Center. January 3, 2023.
  2. ^ a b Diamant, Jeff (January 3, 2023). "Faith on the Hill: The religious composition of the 118th Congress" (PDF). Pew Research Center.
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