List of Quaker members of the United States Congress

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As of 2023, twenty-four Quakers have ever been elected to the United States Congress, the first being John Chew Thomas in 1799. One Quaker currently serves in the Congress.

Senate[edit]

Further information: Religious affiliation in the United States Senate
Senator Party State Term Notes
Start End Length of
service (days)
William Windom Republican Minnesota July 15, 1870 January 22, 1871 191
(191 days) 		Successor qualified[1]
March 4, 1871 March 7, 1881 3,656
(10 years, 3 days) 		Resigned to become United States Secretary of the Treasury[1]
March 7, 1889 January 29, 1891 693
(1 year, 328 days) 		Lost re-election[1]
Arthur Capper Republican Kansas March 4, 1919 January 3, 1949 10,898
(29 years, 305 days) 		Retired[1]
Joseph R. Grundy Republican Pennsylvania December 11, 1929 December 1, 1930 355
(355 days) 		Lost re-election[1]
Paul Douglas Democratic Illinois January 3, 1949 January 3, 1967 6,574
(18 years, 0 days) 		Lost re-election[2]
Richard Nixon Republican California December 1, 1950 January 1, 1953 762
(2 years, 31 days) 		Resigned, having run successfully
for vice president of the United States[3]
John Hickenlooper Democratic Colorado January 3, 2021 Incumbent 1,209
(3 years, 114 days) 		[4]

House of Representatives[edit]

Further information: Religious affiliation in the United States House of Representatives
Senator Party District Term Notes
Start End Length of
service (days)
John Chew Thomas Federalist MD-02 March 4, 1799 March 1, 1801 727
(1 year, 362 days) 		Retired[1]
John Conard Democratic-
Republican 		PA-01 March 8, 1813 March 8, 1815 730
(2 years, 0 days) 		Retired[1]
William Darlington Democratic-
Republican 		PA-02 March 4, 1815 March 3, 1817 730
(1 year, 364 days) 		[1]
March 4, 1819 March 3, 1823 1,460
(3 years, 364 days) 		[1]
Edward Bates National Republican Party MO-AL March 4, 1827 March 3, 1829 730
(1 year, 364 days) 		[1]
John Wethered Whig MD-03 April 8, 1843 March 8, 1845 700
(1 year, 334 days) 		[1]
Joseph Grinnell Whig MA-10 December 7, 1843 March 8, 1851 2,648
(7 years, 91 days) 		Retired[1]
Samuel G. Wright Whig NJ-02 March 4, 1845 July 30, 1845 148
(148 days) 		Died in office[1]
David P. Holloway Opposition IN-05 January 4, 1855 January 3, 1857 730
(1 year, 365 days) 		[1]
William Windom Republican MN-01 January 4, 1863 January 4, 1869 2,192
(6 years, 0 days) 		Retired[1]
Isaac Ambrose Barber Republican MD-01 January 4, 1897 January 3, 1899 729
(1 year, 364 days) 		[1]
Thomas S. Butler Republican PA-06 March 8, 1897 March 8, 1903 11,401
(31 years, 79 days) 		Died in office[5]
PA-07 March 8, 1903 March 8, 1923
PA-08 March 8, 1923 May 26, 1928
William W. Cocks Republican NY-01 March 4, 1905 March 3, 1911 2,190
(5 years, 364 days) 		[1]
A. Mitchell Palmer Democratic PA-26 March 4, 1909 March 3, 1915 2,190
(5 years, 364 days) 		Retired to unsuccessfully run for the Senate[1]
Frederick C. Hicks Republican NY-01 January 4, 1916 March 3, 1923 2,615
(6 years, 364 days) 		[1]
Andrew Biemiller Democratic WI-05 January 3, 1945 January 3, 1947 730
(2 years, 0 days) 		Lost re-election[1]
January 3, 1949 January 3, 1951 730
(2 years, 0 days) 		Lost re-election[1]
Richard Nixon Republican CA-12 January 3, 1947 November 30, 1950 1,427
(3 years, 331 days) 		Resigned on appointment to the Senate[3]
Edward Tylor Miller Republican MD-01 January 3, 1947 January 3, 1959 4,383
(12 years, 0 days) 		Lost re-election[1]
William G. Bray Republican IN-07 January 3, 1951 January 3, 1967 5,844
(16 years, 0 days) 		Lost re-election[1]
IN-06 January 3, 1967 January 3, 1975
Edwin B. Forsythe Republican NJ-06 November 3, 1970 January 3, 1983 4,895
(13 years, 147 days) 		Died in office[1]
NJ-13 January 3, 1983 March 29, 1984
Rush Holt Jr. Democratic NJ-12 January 3, 1999 January 3, 2015 5,844
(16 years, 0 days) 		Retired[6]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x Political Graveyard
  2. ^ Bowdoin.edu[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ a b Ingle, H. Larry (2015). Nixon's First Cover-up: The Religious Life of a Quaker President. Columbia, Missouri: University of Missouri Press. ISBN 978-0-8262-2042-4.
  4. ^ Colorado state portal: Retrieved 10 October 2011. Archived October 13, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Retrieved 4 October 2011.
  6. ^ Thomas D. Hamm, The Quakers in America, Columbia University Press, 2003, p. 160.
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