Thursday, December 6, 2007

Presidents and Religion

Here's an interesting list of the religions of our past Presidents;

George Washington- Episcopal
John Adams- Unitarian
Thomas Jefferson- Deist
James Madison- Deist/Episcopal (disputed)
John Quincy Adams- Unitarian
Andrew Jackson- Presbyterian
Martin Van Buren- Dutch Reformed
William Henry Harrison- Episcopal
John Tyler- Episcopal
James Polk- Methodist
Zachary Taylor- Episcopal
Millard Fillmore- Unitarian
Franklin Pierce- Episcopal
James Buchanan- Presbyterian
Abraham Lincoln- unknown
Andrew Jackson- unknown, probably Baptist
Ulysses S. Grant- Methodist
Rutherford B. Hayes- Methodist
James Garfield- Disciples of Christ
Chester Arthur- Episcopal
Grover Cleveland- Presbyterian
Benjamin Harrison- Presbyterian
William McKinley- Methodist
Theodore Roosevelt- Episcopal
William Taft- Unitarian
Woodrow Wilson- Presbyterian
Warren G. Harding- Baptist
Calvin Coolidge- Congregationalist
Herbert Hoover- Quaker
Franklin D. Roosevelt- Episcopal
Harry Truman- Baptist
Dwight Eisenhower- Jehovah's Witness/Presbyterian
John F. Kennedy- Roman Catholic
Lyndon Johnson- Disciples of Christ
Richard Nixon- Quaker
Gerald Ford- Episcopal
Jimmy Carter- Baptist
Ronald Reagan- Presbyterian
George H. W. Bush- Episcopal
Bill Clinton- Baptist
George W. Bush- Methodist

Presidential Candidates;

DEMOCRATS:
Delaware Sen. Joseph Biden: Roman Catholic
New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton: Methodist
Connecticut Sen. Christopher Dodd: Roman Catholic
Former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards: Methodist
Ohio Rep. Dennis Kucinich: Roman Catholic
Illinois Sen. Barack Obama: Christian (United Church of Christ)
New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson: Roman Catholic

REPUBLICANS:
Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani: Roman Catholic
California Rep. Duncan Hunter: Baptist
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee: Southern Baptist
Arizona Sen. John McCain: Episcopalian
Texas Rep. Ron Paul: Baptist
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney: Mormon
Colorado Rep. Tom Tancredo: Presbyterian
Former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson: Southern Baptist

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