List of Quaker members of the United States Congress

, 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

Senator Party State Term Notes Start End Length ofservice (days) William Windom Republican Minnesota Successor qualifiedPolitical Graveyard 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 Richard Nixon Republican California Resigned, having been electedvice president of the United States John Hickenlooper Democratic Colorado Incumbent Colorado state portal:

House of Representatives

Senator Party District Term Notes Start End Length ofservice (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 officeRetrieved 4 October 2011. 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 RetiredThomas D. Hamm, The Quakers in America, Columbia University Press, 2003, p. 160.

See also List of Buddhist members of the United States Congress List of Hindu members of the United States Congress List of Jewish members of the United States Congress List of Mormon members of the United States Congress List of Muslim members of the United States Congress

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