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Religion in the United States Government

Signers of the Declaration of Independence - July 4th, 1776

 

Samuel Huntington

   Congregationalist

Connecticut

Roger Sherman

   Congregationalist

Connecticut

William Williams

   Congregationalist

Connecticut

Oliver Wolcott

   Congregationalist

Connecticut

Thomas McKean

   Presbyterian

Delaware

George Read

   Episcopalian

Delaware

Caesar Rodney

   Episcopalian

Delaware

Button Gwinnett

   Episcopalian

Georgia

Lyman Hall

   Congregationalist

Georgia

George Walton

   Anglican

Georgia

Charles Carroll of Carrollton

   Roman Catholic

Maryland

Samuel Chase

   Episcopalian

Maryland

William Paca

   Episcopalian

Maryland

Thomas Stone

   Episcopalian

Maryland

John Adams

   Deist (Unitarian)

Massachusetts

Samuel Adams

   Congregationalist

Massachusetts

Elbridge Gerry

   Episcopalian

Massachusetts

John Hancock

   Congregationalist

Massachusetts

Robert Treat Paine

   Congregationalist

Massachusetts

Josiah Bartlett

   Congregationalist

New Hampshire

Matthew Thornton

   Presbyterian

New Hampshire

William Whipple

   Congregationalist

New Hampshire

Abraham Clark

   Presbyterian

New Jersey

John Hart

   Presbyterian

New Jersey

Francis Hopkinson

   Episcopalian

New Jersey

Richard Stockton

   Presbyterian

New Jersey

John Witherspoon

   Presbyterian

New Jersey

William Floyd

   Presbyterian

New York

Francis Lewis

   Episcopalian

New York

Philip Livingston

   Presbyterian

New York

Lewis Morris

   Episcopalian

New York

Joseph Hewes

   Episcopalian

North Carolina

William Hooper

   Episcopalian

North Carolina

John Penn

   Anglican

North Carolina

George Clymer

   Quaker, Episcopalian

Pennsylvania

Benjamin Franklin

   Deist

Pennsylvania

Robert Morris

   Episcopalian

Pennsylvania

John Morton

   Episcopalian

Pennsylvania

George Ross

   Anglican

Pennsylvania

Benjamin Rush

  Presbyterian, Universalist

Pennsylvania

James Smith

   Presbyterian

Pennsylvania

George Taylor

   Presbyterian

Pennsylvania

James Wilson

   Episcopalian

Pennsylvania

William Ellery

   Congregationalist

Rhode Island

Stephen Hopkins

   Episcopalian

Rhode Island

Thomas Heyward, Jr.

   Anglican

South Carolina

Thomas Lynch, Jr.

   Anglican

South Carolina

Arthur Middleton

   Anglican

South Carolina

Edward Rutledge

   Anglican

South Carolina

Carter Braxton

   Episcopalian

Virginia

Benjamin Harrison

   Episcopalian

Virginia

Thomas Jefferson

   Deist

Virginia

Francis Lightfoot Lee

   Anglican

Virginia

Lee, Richard Henry

   Anglican

Virginia

Thomas Nelson, Jr.

?  Unknown  ?

Virginia

George Wythe

   Episcopalian

Virginia

 

The Magna Carta - 1215

Declaration of the First Continental Congress - 1774

The Declaration of Independence - 1776

The Original Thirteen Colonies

Religion and the Founding of the American Republic

Signers of the Declaration of Independence - July 4th, 1776

Signers of the Constitution of the United States of America - September 17th, 1787

Representatives Elected to the 1st Federal Congress of the United States (1789-1791)

Senators Elected to the 1st Federal Congress of the United States (1789-1791)

Senators elected to the 109th Congress of the United States of America