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Religious affiliations of vice presidents of the United States
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The following is a list of religious affiliations of vice presidents of the United States.
By term
| No. | Name | Term | Religious affiliation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Adams | 1789–1797 | Unitarian, formerly Congregationalist | |
| 2 | Thomas Jefferson | 1797–1801 | Christian Deist/Deist. Although raised as an Anglican, Jefferson later in life rejected the idea of the divinity of Jesus and became a deist. | |
| 3 | Aaron Burr | 1800 - 1804 | 1801–1805 | Presbyterian, later rejected the Resurrection of Jesus |
| 4 | George Clinton | 1805–1812 | Dutch Reformed | |
| 5 | Elbridge Gerry | 1813–1814 | Episcopalian | |
| 6 | Daniel D. Tompkins | 1817–1825 | Presbyterian | |
| 7 | John C. Calhoun | 1825–1832 | Presbyterian; Unitarian | |
| 8 | Martin Van Buren | 1833–1837 | Dutch Reformed | |
| 9 | Richard M. Johnson | 1837–1841 | Baptist | |
| 10 | John Tyler | 1841 | Episcopalian | |
| 11 | George M. Dallas | 1845–1849 | Episcopalian | |
| 12 | Millard Fillmore | 1849–1850 | Unitarian | |
| 13 | William R. King | 1853 | Protestant | |
| 14 | John C. Breckinridge | 1857–1861 | Presbyterian | |
| 15 | Hannibal Hamlin | 1861–1865 | Protestant | |
| 16 | Andrew Johnson | 1865 | No specific denomination, occasionally attended Methodist services with his wife.{{cite web | |
| 17 | Schuyler Colfax | 1869–1873 | Protestant | |
| 18 | Henry Wilson | 1873–1875 | Congregationalist | |
| 19 | William A. Wheeler | 1877–1881 | Presbyterian | |
| 20 | Chester A. Arthur | 1881 | Episcopalian | |
| 21 | Thomas A. Hendricks | 1885 | Presbyterian; Episcopalian | |
| 22 | Levi P. Morton | 1889–1893 | Episcopalian, formerly Congregationalist | |
| 23 | Adlai E. Stevenson | 1893–1897 | Presbyterian | |
| 24 | Garret A. Hobart | 1897–1899 | Presbyterian | |
| 25 | Theodore Roosevelt | 1901 | Dutch Reformed | |
| 26 | Charles W. Fairbanks | 1905–1909 | Protestant | |
| 27 | James S. Sherman | 1909–1912 | Reformed | |
| 28 | Thomas R. Marshall | 1913–1921 | Presbyterian | |
| 29 | Calvin Coolidge | 1921–1923 | Congregationalist | |
| 30 | Charles G. Dawes | 1925–1929 | Presbyterian | |
| 31 | Charles Curtis | 1929–1933 | Protestant | |
| 32 | John Nance Garner | 1933–1941 | Protestant | |
| 33 | Henry A. Wallace | 1941–1945 | Presbyterian; Episcopalian; | |
| 34 | Harry S. Truman | 1945 | Baptist | |
| 35 | Alben W. Barkley | 1949–1953 | Methodist | |
| 36 | Richard Nixon | 1953–1961 | Quaker | |
| 37 | Lyndon B. Johnson | 1961–1963 | Disciples of Christ | |
| 38 | Hubert Humphrey | 1965–1969 | Lutheran; Methodist; Congregationalist | |
| 39 | Spiro Agnew | 1969–1973 | Greek Orthodox; Episcopalian (baptized Episcopalian) | |
| 40 | Gerald Ford | 1973–1974 | Episcopalian | |
| 41 | Nelson Rockefeller | 1974–1977 | Baptist | |
| 42 | Walter Mondale | 1977–1981 | Presbyterian | |
| 43 | George H. W. Bush | 1981–1989 | Episcopalian | |
| 44 | Dan Quayle | 1989-1993 | Presbyterian | |
| 45 | Al Gore | 1993–2001 | Southern Baptist | |
| 46 | Dick Cheney | 2001–2009 | Methodist | |
| 47 | Joe Biden | 2009–2017 | Catholic | |
| 48 | Mike Pence | 2017–2021 | Evangelical, formerly Catholic | |
| 49 | Kamala Harris | 2021–2025 | Baptist. Attended Hindu services with her mother as a child. | |
| 50 | JD Vance | 2025–present | Catholic, formerly Protestant |
Affiliation totals
| Affiliation | |
|---|---|
| Protestant (all denominations) | |
| Presbyterian | |
| Episcopalian | |
| Protestant (unspecified) | |
| Baptist | |
| Dutch Reformed | |
| Congregationalist | |
| Methodist | |
| Unitarian | |
| Catholic | |
| Deist | |
| Lutheran | |
| Disciples of Christ | |
| Evangelical | |
| Greek Orthodox | |
| Quaker |
Footnotes
References
- Retrieved February 1, 2009
Notes
References
- [https://www.monticello.org/site/research-and-collections/jeffersons-religious-beliefs Jefferson's Religious Beliefs {{! Thomas Jefferson's Monticello]
- Levi P. Morton's father, Rev. Daniel Oliver Morton, was a [[Congregationalist]] minister.
- "San Francisco Call 25 June 1896 — California Digital Newspaper Collection".
- (1973-10-11). "A Vice President Who Extolled the Old Virtues (Published 1973)".
- Coffey, Joseph P.. (2015). "Spiro Agnew and the Rise of the Republican Right". ABC-CLIO.
- (2016-07-20). "Mike Pence's Journey: Catholic Democrat to Evangelical Republican". The New York Times.
- (August 16, 2020). "How Kamala Harris's Family in India Helped Shape Her Values". The New York Times.
- (August 25, 2024). "How JD Vance Found His Way to the Catholic Church". New York Times.
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