, 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.
Senator | Party | State | Term | Notes | |||||
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Start | End | Length of service (days) | |||||||
William Windom | Republican | Minnesota | Successor qualified[1] | ||||||
Resigned to become United States Secretary of the Treasury | |||||||||
Lost re-election | |||||||||
Arthur Capper | Republican | Kansas | Retired | ||||||
Joseph R. Grundy | Republican | Pennsylvania | Lost re-election | ||||||
Paul Douglas | Democratic | Illinois | Lost re-election[2] | ||||||
Richard Nixon | Republican | California | Resigned, having run successfully for vice president of the United States[3] | ||||||
John Hickenlooper | Democratic | Colorado | Incumbent | [4] |
Senator | Party | District | Term | Notes | ||||
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Start | End | Length of service (days) | ||||||
John Chew Thomas | Federalist | MD-02 | Retired | |||||
John Conard | Democratic- Republican | PA-01 | Retired | |||||
William Darlington | Democratic- Republican | PA-02 | ||||||
Edward Bates | National Republican Party | MO-AL | ||||||
John Wethered | Whig | MD-03 | ||||||
Joseph Grinnell | Whig | MA-10 | Retired | |||||
Samuel G. Wright | Whig | NJ-02 | Died in office | |||||
David P. Holloway | Opposition | IN-05 | ||||||
William Windom | Republican | MN-01 | Retired | |||||
Isaac Ambrose Barber | Republican | MD-01 | ||||||
Thomas S. Butler | Republican | PA-06 | Died in office[5] | |||||
PA-07 | ||||||||
PA-08 | ||||||||
William W. Cocks | Republican | NY-01 | ||||||
A. Mitchell Palmer | Democratic | PA-26 | Retired to unsuccessfully run for the Senate | |||||
Frederick C. Hicks | Republican | NY-01 | ||||||
Andrew Biemiller | Democratic | WI-05 | Lost re-election | |||||
Lost re-election | ||||||||
Richard Nixon | Republican | CA-12 | Resigned on appointment to the Senate | |||||
Edward Tylor Miller | Republican | MD-01 | Lost re-election | |||||
William G. Bray | Republican | IN-07 | Lost re-election | |||||
IN-06 | ||||||||
Edwin B. Forsythe | Republican | NJ-06 | Died in office | |||||
NJ-13 | ||||||||
Rush Holt Jr. | Democratic | NJ-12 | Retired[6] | |||||