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Religion in the United States Government

Senators Elected to the United States Senate

The 1st Federal Congress of the United States of America (1789-1791)

(* Signers of the Constitution)

Bassett, Richard *

   Methodist

Delaware
Pro Ratification of Constitution

Butler, Pierce *

   Episcopalian

South Carolina
Pro Ratification of Constitution

Carroll, Charles

   Roman Catholic

Maryland
Pro Ratification of Constitution

Dalton, Tristram

   Anglican

Massachusetts
Pro Ratification of Constitution

Dickinson, Philemon  1

   Quaker

New Jersey
Position Unknown

Ellsworth, Oliver

   Congregationalist

Connecticut
Pro Ratification of Constitution

Elmer, Jonathan

   Presbyterian

New Jersey
Position Unknown

Few, William *

  Methodist

Georgia
Pro Ratification of Constitution

Foster, Theodore

   Episcopalian

Rhode Island
Pro Ratification of Constitution

Grayson, William  2

   Anglican

Virginia
Anti Ratification of Constitution

Gunn, James

   Anglican

Georgia
Position Unknown

Hawkins, Benjamin

?  Unknown  ?

North Carolina
Pro Ratification of Constitution

Henry, John

   Anglican

Maryland
Pro Ratification of Constitution

Izard, Ralph

   Anglican

South Carolina
Pro Ratification of Constitution

Johnson, William Samuel *

   Anglican

Connecticut
Pro Ratification of Constitution

Johnston, Samuel

?  Unknown  ?

North Carolina
Pro Ratification of Constitution

King, Rufus *

   Episcopalian

Massachusetts
Pro Ratification of Constitution

Landon, John *

  Congregationalist

New Hampshire
Pro Ratification of Constitution

Lee, Richard Henry

   Anglican

Virginia
Anti Ratification of Constitution

Maclay, William

?  Unknown  ?

Pennsylvania
Pro Ratification of Constitution

Monroe, James  3

   Episcopalian

Virginia
Anti Ratification of Constitution

Morris, Robert *

   Episcopalian

Pennsylvania
Pro Ratification of Constitution

Paterson, William *  4

   Presbyterian

New Jersey
Pro Ratification of Constitution

Read, George *

   Episcopalian

Delaware
Pro Ratification of Constitution

Schuyler, Philip

  Dutch Reform Church

New York
Pro Ratification of Constitution

Stanton, Joseph, Jr.

?  Unknown  ?

Rhode Island
Anti Ratification of Constitution

Strong, Caleb

  Congregationalist

Massachusetts
Pro Ratification of Constitution

Walker, John  5

?  Unknown  ?

Virginia
Position Unknown

Wingate, Paine

  Congregationalist

New Hampshire
Pro Ratification of Constitution

1  Took his seat on December 6, 1790, after being elected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of William Paterson

2  Died March 12, 1790

3  Took his seat on Dec 6, 1790, after being elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of William Grayson

4  Resigned on November 13, 1790, after being elected governor of New Jersey

5  Appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the death of William Grayson; served from March 31 through November 9, 1790

Note:
During the previous decade the Church was banned in France during the French Revolution (Napoleon imprisoned two Popes) and it was fashionable then amongst many Christians to be "religious" only privately and not to claim any particular denomination. Many referred to themselves as Deists. But it is most likely that such Americans were born and buried Protestants of one denomination or another, probably Episcopalian if they have English names; and this intellectual fashion of the times may well have been the force behind the concept of separation of Church and State by some of the more zealous revolutionaries.

 

The Magna Carta - 1215

The Original Thirteen Colonies

Religion and the Founding of the American Republic

Declaration of the First Continental Congress - 1774

The Declaration of Independence

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

The United States Constitution

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

Amendments to the United States Constitution

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