List of Quaker members of the United States Congress explained

, 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

SenatorPartyStateTermNotes
StartEndLength of
service (days)
William WindomRepublicanMinnesota
Successor qualified[1]

Resigned to become United States Secretary of the Treasury

Lost re-election
Arthur CapperRepublicanKansas
Retired
Joseph R. GrundyRepublicanPennsylvania
Lost re-election
Paul DouglasDemocraticIllinois
Lost re-election[2]
Richard NixonRepublicanCalifornia
Resigned, having run successfully
for vice president of the United States[3]
John HickenlooperDemocraticColoradoIncumbent
[4]

House of Representatives

SenatorPartyDistrictTermNotes
StartEndLength of
service (days)
John Chew ThomasFederalistMD-02
Retired
John ConardDemocratic-
Republican
PA-01
Retired
William DarlingtonDemocratic-
Republican
PA-02

Edward BatesNational Republican PartyMO-AL
John WetheredWhigMD-03
Joseph GrinnellWhigMA-10
Retired
Samuel G. WrightWhigNJ-02
Died in office
David P. HollowayOppositionIN-05
William WindomRepublicanMN-01
Retired
Isaac Ambrose BarberRepublicanMD-01
Thomas S. ButlerRepublicanPA-06
Died in office[5]
PA-07
PA-08
William W. CocksRepublicanNY-01
A. Mitchell PalmerDemocraticPA-26
Retired to unsuccessfully run for the Senate
Frederick C. HicksRepublicanNY-01
Andrew BiemillerDemocraticWI-05
Lost re-election

Lost re-election
Richard NixonRepublicanCA-12
Resigned on appointment to the Senate
Edward Tylor MillerRepublicanMD-01
Lost re-election
William G. BrayRepublicanIN-07
Lost re-election
IN-06
Edwin B. ForsytheRepublicanNJ-06
Died in office
NJ-13
Rush Holt Jr.DemocraticNJ-12
Retired[6]

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://politicalgraveyard.com/group/quaker.html Political Graveyard
  2. https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/D000456
  3. Book: Ingle, H. Larry . 2015 . Nixon's First Cover-up: The Religious Life of a Quaker President . University of Missouri Press . Columbia, Missouri . 978-0-8262-2042-4 . . registration .
  4. Colorado state portal: Retrieved 10 October 2011.
  5. http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001192 Retrieved 4 October 2011.
  6. Thomas D. Hamm, The Quakers in America, Columbia University Press, 2003, p. 160.