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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.NameTermReligious affiliation
1John Adams1789–1797Unitarian, formerly Congregationalist
2Thomas Jefferson1797–1801Christian Deist/Deist. Although raised as an Anglican, Jefferson later in life rejected the idea of the divinity of Jesus and became a deist.
3Aaron Burr1800 - 18041801–1805Presbyterian, later rejected the Resurrection of Jesus
4George Clinton1805–1812Dutch Reformed
5Elbridge Gerry1813–1814Episcopalian
6Daniel D. Tompkins1817–1825Presbyterian
7John C. Calhoun1825–1832Presbyterian; Unitarian
8Martin Van Buren1833–1837Dutch Reformed
9Richard M. Johnson1837–1841Baptist
10John Tyler1841Episcopalian
11George M. Dallas1845–1849Episcopalian
12Millard Fillmore1849–1850Unitarian
13William R. King1853Protestant
14John C. Breckinridge1857–1861Presbyterian
15Hannibal Hamlin1861–1865Protestant
16Andrew Johnson1865No specific denomination, occasionally attended Methodist services with his wife.{{cite web
17Schuyler Colfax1869–1873Protestant
18Henry Wilson1873–1875Congregationalist
19William A. Wheeler1877–1881Presbyterian
20Chester A. Arthur1881Episcopalian
21Thomas A. Hendricks1885Presbyterian; Episcopalian
22Levi P. Morton1889–1893Episcopalian, formerly Congregationalist
23Adlai E. Stevenson1893–1897Presbyterian
24Garret A. Hobart1897–1899Presbyterian
25Theodore Roosevelt1901Dutch Reformed
26Charles W. Fairbanks1905–1909Protestant
27James S. Sherman1909–1912Reformed
28Thomas R. Marshall1913–1921Presbyterian
29Calvin Coolidge1921–1923Congregationalist
30Charles G. Dawes1925–1929Presbyterian
31Charles Curtis1929–1933Protestant
32John Nance Garner1933–1941Protestant
33Henry A. Wallace1941–1945Presbyterian; Episcopalian;
34Harry S. Truman1945Baptist
35Alben W. Barkley1949–1953Methodist
36Richard Nixon1953–1961Quaker
37Lyndon B. Johnson1961–1963Disciples of Christ
38Hubert Humphrey1965–1969Lutheran; Methodist; Congregationalist
39Spiro Agnew1969–1973Greek Orthodox; Episcopalian (baptized Episcopalian)
40Gerald Ford1973–1974Episcopalian
41Nelson Rockefeller1974–1977Baptist
42Walter Mondale1977–1981Presbyterian
43George H. W. Bush1981–1989Episcopalian
44Dan Quayle1989-1993Presbyterian
45Al Gore1993–2001Southern Baptist
46Dick Cheney2001–2009Methodist
47Joe Biden2009–2017Catholic
48Mike Pence2017–2021Evangelical, formerly Catholic
49Kamala Harris2021–2025Baptist. Attended Hindu services with her mother as a child.
50JD Vance2025–presentCatholic, 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

  1. [https://www.monticello.org/site/research-and-collections/jeffersons-religious-beliefs Jefferson's Religious Beliefs {{! Thomas Jefferson's Monticello]
  2. Levi P. Morton's father, Rev. Daniel Oliver Morton, was a [[Congregationalist]] minister.
  3. "San Francisco Call 25 June 1896 — California Digital Newspaper Collection".
  4. (1973-10-11). "A Vice President Who Extolled the Old Virtues (Published 1973)".
  5. Coffey, Joseph P.. (2015). "Spiro Agnew and the Rise of the Republican Right". ABC-CLIO.
  6. (2016-07-20). "Mike Pence's Journey: Catholic Democrat to Evangelical Republican". The New York Times.
  7. (August 16, 2020). "How Kamala Harris's Family in India Helped Shape Her Values". The New York Times.
  8. (August 25, 2024). "How JD Vance Found His Way to the Catholic Church". New York Times.
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