Religious affiliation in the United States House of Representatives

This article covers the religious affiliation in the United States House of Representatives.

While the religious preference of elected officials is by no means an indication of their allegiance nor necessarily reflective of their voting record, the religious affiliation of prominent members of all three branches of government is a source of commentary and discussion among the media and public. The topic is also of interest to religious groups and the general public who may appeal to Representatives of their denomination on religious or moral issues facing the United States House of Representatives.

Current United States Representatives

The following list reports the religious affiliation of the members of the United States House of Representatives in the 117th Congress. In most cases, besides specific sources, the current Representatives' religious affiliations are those mentioned in regular researches by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life at the Pew Research Center.[1]

Unspecified Protestants (82; 27 Democrats, 55 Republicans)
Representative Party District Religion Notes
Doug LaMalfa Republican California's 1st Unspecified Protestant
John Garamendi Democratic California's 3rd Unspecified Protestant
Jay Obernolte Republican California's 8th Unspecified Protestant
Josh Harder Democratic California's 10th Unspecified Protestant
Eric Swalwell Democratic California's 15th Unspecified Protestant
Mike Garcia Republican California's 25th Unspecified Protestant
Tony Cárdenas Democratic California's 29th Unspecified Protestant
Young Kim Republican California's 39th Unspecified Protestant
Maxine Waters Democratic California's 43rd Unspecified Protestant
Michelle Steel Republican California's 48th Unspecified Protestant
Joe Neguse Democratic Colorado's 2nd Unspecified Protestant
Ken Buck Republican Colorado's 4th Unspecified Protestant
Doug Lamborn Republican Colorado's 5th Unspecified Protestant
Jason Crow Democratic Colorado's 6th Unspecified Protestant
Ed Perlmutter Democratic Colorado's 7th Unspecified Protestant
Lisa Blunt Rochester Democratic Delaware's at-large Unspecified Protestant
Kat Cammack Republican Florida's 3rd Unspecified Protestant
Michael Waltz Republican Florida's 6th Unspecified Protestant
Stephanie Murphy Democratic Florida's 7th Unspecified Protestant
Val Demings Democratic Florida's 10th Unspecified Protestant
Brian Mast Republican Florida's 18th Unspecified Protestant
Byron Donalds Republican Florida's 19th Unspecified Protestant
Maria Elvira Salazar Republican Florida's 27th Unspecified Protestant
Lucy McBath Democratic Georgia's 6th Unspecified Protestant
Carolyn Bourdeaux Democratic Georgia's 7th Unspecified Protestant
Marjorie Taylor Greene Republican Georgia's 14th Unspecified Protestant
Ed Case Democratic Hawaii's 1st Unspecified Protestant
Russ Fulcher Republican Idaho's 1st Unspecified Protestant
Bobby Rush Democratic Illinois's 1st Unspecified Protestant
Mike Quigley Democratic Illinois's 5th Unspecified Protestant
Lauren Underwood Democratic Illinois's 14th Unspecified Protestant
Mary Miller Republican Illinois's 15th Unspecified Protestant
Adam Kinzinger Republican Illinois's 16th Unspecified Protestant
Jackie Walorski Republican Indiana's 2nd Unspecified Protestant
Jim Banks Republican Indiana's 3rd Unspecified Protestant
Jim Baird Republican Indiana's 4th Unspecified Protestant
Trey Hollingsworth Republican Indiana's 9th Unspecified Protestant
Randy Feenstra Republican Iowa's 2nd Unspecified Protestant
Clay Higgins Republican Louisiana's 3rd Unspecified Protestant
Katherine Clark Democratic Massachusetts's 5th Unspecified Protestant
Seth Moulton Democratic Massachusetts's 6th Unspecified Protestant
Peter Meijer Republican Michigan's 3rd Unspecified Protestant
John Moolenaar Republican Michigan's 4th Unspecified Protestant
Fred Upton Republican Michigan's 6th Unspecified Protestant
Tim Walberg Republican Michigan's 7th Unspecified Protestant
Haley Stevens Democratic Michigan's 11th Unspecified Protestant
Brenda Lawrence Democratic Michigan's 14th Unspecified Protestant
Vicky Hartzler Republican Missouri's 4th Unspecified Protestant
Trent Kelly Republican Mississippi's 1st Unspecified Protestant
Don Bacon Republican Nebraska's 2nd Unspecified Protestant
Adrian Smith Republican Nebraska's 3rd Unspecified Protestant
Mark Amodei Republican Nevada's 2nd Unspecified Protestant
Ann McLane Kuster Democratic New Hampshire's 2nd Unspecified Protestant
Yvette Herrell Republican New Mexico's 2nd Unspecified Protestant
Grace Meng Democratic New York's 6th Unspecified Protestant
Yvette Clarke Democratic New York's 9th Unspecified Protestant
Ritchie Torres Democratic New York's 15th Unspecified Protestant
Richard Hudson Republican North Carolina's 8th Unspecified Protestant Identifies as "Christian".[2] Attends Crossroads Church (Concord, North Carolina),[3] which is a United Methodist congregation.[4]
Madison Cawthorn Republican North Carolina's 11th Unspecified Protestant
Ted Budd Republican North Carolina's 13th Unspecified Protestant
Jim Jordan Republican Ohio's 4th Unspecified Protestant
Bill Johnson Republican Ohio's 6th Unspecified Protestant
Warren Davidson Republican Ohio's 8th Unspecified Protestant
Mike Turner Republican Ohio's 10th Unspecified Protestant
Troy Balderson Republican Ohio's 12th Unspecified Protestant
Kevin Hern Republican Oklahoma's 1st Unspecified Protestant
Scott Perry Republican Pennsylvania's 10th Unspecified Protestant
Guy Reschenthaler Republican Pennsylvania's 14th Unspecified Protestant
Glenn Thompson Republican Pennsylvania's 15th Unspecified Protestant
William Timmons Republican South Carolina's 4th Unspecified Protestant
Dusty Johnson Republican South Dakota's at-large Unspecified Protestant
Mark E. Green Republican Tennessee's 7th Unspecified Protestant
August Pfluger Republican Texas's 11th Unspecified Protestant
Troy Nehls Republican Texas's 22nd Unspecified Protestant
Roger Williams Republican Texas's 25th Unspecified Protestant
Michael Cloud Republican Texas's 27th Unspecified Protestant
Bob Good Republican Virginia's 5th Unspecified Protestant
Abigail Spanberger Democratic Virginia's 7th Unspecified Protestant
Morgan Griffith Republican Virginia's 9th Unspecified Protestant
Jaime Herrera Beutler Republican Washington's 3rd Unspecified Protestant
Marilyn Strickland Democratic Washington's 10th Unspecified Protestant
Tom Tiffany Republican Wisconsin's 7th Unspecified Protestant[1]
Baptists (55; 24 Democrats, 31 Republicans)
Representative Party District Religion Notes
Jerry Carl Republican Alabama's 1st Baptist
Barry Moore Republican Alabama's 2nd Baptist
Mike D. Rogers Republican Alabama's 3rd Baptist
Debbie Lesko Republican Arizona's 8th Baptist
Rick Crawford Republican Arkansas's 1st Baptist
Steve Womack Republican Arkansas's 3rd Baptist
Bruce Westerman Republican Arkansas's 4th Baptist
Tom McClintock Republican California's 4th Baptist
Barbara Lee Democratic California's 13th Baptist
Kevin McCarthy Republican California's 23rd Baptist
Karen Bass Democratic California's 37th Baptist
Matt Gaetz Republican Florida's 1st Baptist
Daniel Webster Republican Florida's 11th Baptist
Vern Buchanan Republican Florida's 16th Baptist
Sanford Bishop Democratic Georgia's 2nd Baptist
Austin Scott Republican Georgia's 8th Baptist
Andrew Clyde Republican Georgia's 9th Baptist
Jody Hice Republican Georgia's 10th Baptist
Barry Loudermilk Republican Georgia's 11th Baptist
David Scott Democratic Georgia's 13th Baptist
Danny K. Davis Democratic Illinois's 7th Baptist
Mike Bost Republican Illinois's 12th Baptist
James Comer Republican Kentucky's 1st Baptist
Hal Rogers Republican Kentucky's 5th Baptist
Mike Johnson Republican Louisiana's 4th Baptist
Ayanna Pressley Democratic Massachusetts's 7th Baptist
Steny Hoyer Democratic Maryland's 5th Baptist
Sam Graves Republican Missouri's 6th Baptist
Kweisi Mfume Democratic Maryland's 7th Baptist
Michael Guest Republican Mississippi's 3rd Baptist
Mondaire Jones Democratic New York's 17th Baptist
G. K. Butterfield Democratic North Carolina's 1st Baptist
David Price Democratic North Carolina's 4th Baptist
David Rouzer Republican North Carolina's 7th Baptist
Alma Adams Democratic North Carolina's 12th Baptist
Donald Payne Jr. Democratic New Jersey's 10th Baptist
Bonnie Watson Coleman Democratic New Jersey's 12th Baptist
Steven Horsford Democratic Nevada's 4th Baptist
Hakeem Jeffries Democratic New York's 8th Baptist
Joyce Beatty Democratic Ohio's 3rd Baptist
Marcia Fudge Democratic Ohio's 11th Baptist
Frank Lucas Republican Oklahoma's 3rd Baptist
Dwight Evans Democratic Pennsylvania's 3rd Baptist
Jeff Duncan Republican South Carolina's 3rd Baptist
Diana Harshbarger Republican Tennessee's 1st Baptist
Louie Gohmert Republican Texas's 1st Baptist
Al Green Democratic Texas's 9th Baptist
Randy Weber Republican Texas's 14th Baptist
Chip Roy Republican Texas's 21st Baptist
Eddie Bernice Johnson Democratic Texas's 30th Baptist
Marc Veasey Democratic Texas's 33rd Baptist
Brian Babin Republican Texas's 36th Baptist
Donald McEachin Democratic Virginia's 4th Baptist
Gwen Moore Democratic Wisconsin's 4th Baptist
Carol Miller Republican West Virginia's 3rd Baptist
Methodists (30; 17 Democrats, 13 Republicans)
Representative Party District Religion Notes
Terri Sewell Democratic Alabama's 7th African Methodist Episcopal[5]
Doris Matsui Democratic California's 6th Methodist
Mark Takano Democratic California's 41st Methodist
Jahana Hayes Democratic Connecticut's 5th Methodist
Bill Posey Republican Florida's 8th Methodist
Charlie Crist Democratic Florida's 13th Methodist
Greg Steube Republican Florida's 17th Methodist
Alcee Hastings Democratic Florida's 20th Methodist
Buddy Carter Republican Georgia's 1st Methodist
Nikema Williams Democratic Georgia's 5th Methodist
Rick W. Allen Republican Georgia's 12th Methodist
Thomas Massie Republican Kentucky's 4th Methodist
Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic Maryland's 2nd Methodist
Emanuel Cleaver Democratic Missouri's 5th Methodist
Bennie Thompson Democratic Mississippi's 2nd Methodist
Gregory Meeks Democratic New York's 5th Methodist
Dan Bishop Republican North Carolina's 9th Methodist[6]
Bob Gibbs Republican Ohio's 7th Methodist
Steve Stivers Republican Ohio's 15th Methodist
Tom Cole Republican Oklahoma's 4th Methodist
Jim Clyburn Democratic South Carolina's 6th Methodist
Dan Crenshaw Republican Texas's 2nd Methodist
Lizzie Fletcher Democratic Texas's 7th Methodist
Kay Granger Republican Texas's 12th Methodist
Pete Sessions Republican Texas's 17th Methodist
Colin Allred Democratic Texas's 32nd Methodist
Lloyd Doggett Democratic Texas's 35th Methodist
Rick Larsen Democratic Washington's 2nd Methodist
Derek Kilmer Democratic Washington's 6th Methodist
Liz Cheney Republican Wyoming's at-large Methodist
Episcopalians (20; 10 Democrats, 10 Republicans)
Representative Party District Religion Notes
Don Young Republican Alaska's at-large Episcopalian
Julia Brownley Democratic California's 26th Episcopalian
Ken Calvert Republican California's 42nd Episcopalian
Katie Porter Democratic California's 45th Episcopalian
Al Lawson Democratic Florida's 5th Episcopalian
Frederica Wilson Democratic Florida's 24th Episcopalian
Andy Barr Republican Kentucky's 6th Episcopalian
Kurt Schrader Democratic Oregon's 5th Episcopalian
Tom Rice Republican South Carolina's 7th Episcopalian
Scott DesJarlais Republican Tennessee's 4th Episcopalian
Jim Cooper Democratic Tennessee's 5th Episcopalian
Van Taylor Republican Texas's 3rd Episcopalian
Beth Van Duyne Republican Texas's 24th Episcopalian
Michael C. Burgess Republican Texas's 26th Episcopalian
Rob Wittman Republican Virginia's 1st Episcopalian
Bobby Scott Democratic Virginia's 3rd Episcopalian
Don Beyer Democratic Virginia's 8th Episcopalian
Suzan DelBene Democratic Washington's 1st Episcopalian
Adam Smith Democratic Washington's 9th Episcopalian
David McKinley Republican West Virginia's 1st Episcopalian
Lutherans (16; 7 Democrats, 9 Republicans)
Representative Party District Religion Notes
Zoe Lofgren Democratic California's 19th Lutheran
Scott Peters Democratic California's 52nd Lutheran
Larry Bucshon Republican Indiana's 8th Lutheran
Tracey Mann Republican Kansas's 1st Lutheran (Pietist)[1]
Ron Estes Republican Kansas's 4th Lutheran
Chellie Pingree Democratic Maine's 1st Lutheran
David Trone Democratic Maryland's 6th Lutheran
Jack Bergman Republican Michigan's 1st Lutheran
Jim Hagedorn Republican Minnesota's 1st Lutheran
Angie Craig Democratic Minnesota's 2nd Lutheran
Donald Norcross Democratic New Jersey's 1st Lutheran
Kelly Armstrong Republican North Dakota's at-large Lutheran
Lloyd Smucker Republican Pennsylvania's 11th Lutheran
John Carter Republican Texas's 31st Lutheran
Ron Kind Democratic Wisconsin's 3rd Lutheran
Glenn Grothman Republican Wisconsin's 6th Lutheran
Presbyterians (13; 5 Democrats, 8 Republicans)
Representative Party District Religion Notes
Gary Palmer Republican Alabama's 6th Presbyterian
Diana DeGette Democratic Colorado's 1st Presbyterian
Jim Himes Democratic Connecticut's 4th Presbyterian
Kathy Castor Democratic Florida's 14th Presbyterian
Scott Franklin Republican Florida's 15th Presbyterian
Billy Long Republican Missouri's 7th Presbyterian
Andy Kim Democratic New Jersey's 3rd Presbyterian
Carolyn Maloney Democratic New York's 12th Presbyterian
Joe Wilson Republican South Carolina's 2nd Presbyterian
Ralph Norman Republican South Carolina's 5th Presbyterian
Tim Burchett Republican Tennessee's 2nd Presbyterian
Jodey Arrington Republican Texas's 19th Presbyterian
Dan Newhouse Republican Washington's 4th Presbyterian
Non-denominational Protestants (9; 3 Democrats, 6 Republicans)
Representative Party District Religion Notes
Mo Brooks Republican Alabama's 5th Nondenominational Protestant
Lauren Boebert Republican Colorado's 3rd Nondenominational Protestant
Drew Ferguson Republican Georgia's 3rd Nondenominational Protestant
Robin Kelly Democratic Illinois's 2nd Nondeminanational Protestant
Ashley Hinson Republican Iowa's 1st Nondenominational Protestant
Cori Bush Democratic Missouri's 1st Nondenominational Protestant Previously worked as a pastor.[7]
Earl Blumenauer Democratic Oregon's 3rd Nondenominational Protestant[8][9]
Nancy Mace Republican South Carolina's 1st Nondenominational Protestant
Cathy McMorris Rodgers Republican Washington's 5th Nondenominational Protestant
Restorationist (4; 4 Republicans)
Representative Party District Religion Notes
Lance Gooden Republican Texas's 5th Restorationist
(Churches of Christ)		 Misidentified as a Congregationalist in the Pew Report.[10]
Brett Guthrie Republican Kentucky's 2nd Restorationist
(Churches of Christ)[10]
John Rose Republican Tennessee's 6th Restorationist
(Churches of Christ)		 Raised Southern Baptist. Classified as an "Unspecified Protestant" in the Pew Report.[10]
Ronny Jackson Republican Texas's 13th Restorationist[1]
Adventists (2; 2 Democrats)
Representative Party District Religion Notes
Raul Ruiz Democratic California's 36th Seventh-day Adventism[11]
Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic Texas's 18th Seventh-day Adventism[12]
Congregationalists (2; 2 Republicans)
Representative Party District Religion Notes
Robert Aderholt Republican Alabama's 4th Congregationalist[13]
Fred Keller Republican Pennsylvania's 12th Congregationalist[14]
Pentecostals (2; 2 Republicans)
Representative Party District Religion Notes
Markwayne Mullin Republican Oklahoma's 2nd Pentecostal[15]
Jason Smith Republican Missouri's 8th Pentecostal
(Assemblies of God)[16]
Reformed (1; 1 Republican)
Representative Party District Religion Notes
Bill Huizenga Republican Michigan's 2nd Reformed
(Christian Reformed Church in North America)[17]

Catholics (134; 78 Democrats, 56 Republicans)
Representative Party District Religion Notes
Tom O'Halleran Democratic Arizona's 1st Roman Catholic
Ann Kirkpatrick Democratic Arizona's 2nd Roman Catholic
Raul Grijalva Democratic Arizona's 3rd Roman Catholic
Paul Gosar Republican Arizona's 4th Roman Catholic
David Schweikert Republican Arizona's 6th Roman Catholic
Ruben Gallego Democratic Arizona's 7th Roman Catholic
Greg Stanton Democratic Arizona's 9th Roman Catholic
French Hill Republican Arkansas's 2nd Roman Catholic
Mike Thompson Democratic California's 5th Roman Catholic
Jerry McNerney Democratic California's 9th Roman Catholic
Mark DeSaulnier Democratic California's 11th Roman Catholic
Nancy Pelosi Democratic California's 12th Roman Catholic
Jackie Speier Democratic California's 14th Roman Catholic
Jim Costa Democratic California's 16th Roman Catholic
Anna Eshoo Democratic California's 18th Eastern Catholic Chaldean Catholic
Jimmy Panetta Democratic California's 20th Roman Catholic
David Valadao Republican California's 21st Roman Catholic
Devin Nunes Republican California's 22nd Roman Catholic
Salud Carbajal Democratic California's 24th Roman Catholic
Pete Aguilar Democratic California's 31st Roman Catholic
Grace Napolitano Democratic California's 32nd Roman Catholic
Ted Lieu Democratic California's 33rd Roman Catholic
Jimmy Gomez Democratic California's 34th Roman Catholic
Norma Torres Democratic California's 35th Roman Catholic
Linda Sánchez Democratic California's 38th Roman Catholic
Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic California's 40th Roman Catholic
Nanette Barragán Democratic California's 44th Roman Catholic
Lou Correa Democratic California's 46th Roman Catholic
Mike Levin Democratic California's 49th Roman Catholic Also raised Jewish.[18]
Juan Vargas Democratic California's 51st Roman Catholic
John B. Larson Democratic Connecticut's 1st Roman Catholic
Joe Courtney Democratic Connecticut's 2nd Roman Catholic
Rosa DeLauro Democratic Connecticut's 3rd Roman Catholic
Neal Dunn Republican Florida's 2nd Roman Catholic
John Rutherford Republican Florida's 4th Roman Catholic
Darren Soto Democratic Florida's 9th Roman Catholic
Mario Díaz-Balart Republican Florida's 25th Roman Catholic
Carlos A. Giménez Republican Florida's 26th Roman Catholic[1]
Marie Newman Democratic Illinois's 3rd Roman Catholic[1]
Jesús "Chuy" García Democratic Illinois's 4th Roman Catholic
Rodney Davis Republican Illinois's 13th Roman Catholic
Cheri Bustos Democratic Illinois's 17th Roman Catholic
Darin LaHood Republican Illinois's 18th Roman Catholic
Frank Mrvan Democratic Indiana's 1st Roman Catholic
Greg Pence Republican Indiana's 6th Roman Catholic
Cindy Axne Democratic Iowa's 3rd Roman Catholic
Mariannette Miller-Meeks Republican Iowa's 2nd Roman Catholic
Jake LaTurner Republican Kansas's 2nd Roman Catholic[1]
Steve Scalise Republican Louisiana's 1st Roman Catholic
Garret Graves Republican Louisiana's 6th Roman Catholic
Andy Harris Republican Maryland's 1st Roman Catholic
Anthony G. Brown Democratic Maryland's 4th Roman Catholic
Richard Neal Democratic Massachusetts's 1st Roman Catholic
Jim McGovern Democratic Massachusetts's 2nd Roman Catholic
Lori Trahan Democratic Massachusetts's 3rd Roman Catholic
Stephen F. Lynch Democratic Massachusetts's 8th Roman Catholic
Bill Keating Democratic Massachusetts's 9th Roman Catholic
Dan Kildee Democratic Michigan's 5th Roman Catholic
Lisa McClain Republican Michigan's 10th Roman Catholic
Debbie Dingell Democratic Michigan's 12th Roman Catholic
Betty McCollum Democratic Minnesota's 4th Roman Catholic
Tom Emmer Republican Minnesota's 6th Roman Catholic
Michelle Fischbach Republican Minnesota's 7th Roman Catholic
Pete Stauber Republican Minnesota's 8th Roman Catholic
Steven Palazzo Republican Mississippi's 4th Roman Catholic
Ann Wagner Republican Missouri's 2nd Roman Catholic
Blaine Luetkemeyer Republican Missouri's 3rd Roman Catholic
Matt Rosendale Republican Montana's at-large Roman Catholic[1]
Jeff Fortenberry Republican Nebraska's 1st Roman Catholic
Susie Lee Democratic Nevada's 3rd Roman Catholic
Jeff Van Drew Republican New Jersey's 2nd Roman Catholic
Chris Smith Republican New Jersey's 4th Roman Catholic
Frank Pallone Democratic New Jersey's 6th Roman Catholic
Albio Sires Democratic New Jersey's 8th Roman Catholic
Bill Pascrell Democratic New Jersey's 9th Roman Catholic
Mikie Sherrill Democratic New Jersey's 11th Roman Catholic
Deb Haaland Democratic New Mexico's 1st Roman Catholic
Teresa Leger Fernandez Democratic New Mexico's 3rd Roman Catholic[1]
Andrew Garbarino Republican New York's 2nd Roman Catholic
Thomas Suozzi Democratic New York's 3rd Roman Catholic
Kathleen Rice Democratic New York's 4th Roman Catholic
Nydia Velázquez Democratic New York's 7th Roman Catholic
Adriano Espaillat Democratic New York's 13th Roman Catholic
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Democratic New York's 14th Roman Catholic
Sean Patrick Maloney Democratic New York's 18th Roman Catholic
Paul Tonko Democratic New York's 20th Roman Catholic
Elise Stefanik Republican New York's 21st Roman Catholic
Anthony Brindisi Democratic New York's 22nd Roman Catholic
Tom Reed Republican New York's 23rd Roman Catholic
John Katko Republican New York's 24th Roman Catholic
Joseph Morelle Democratic New York's 25th Roman Catholic
Brian Higgins Democratic New York's 26th Roman Catholic
Greg Murphy Republican North Carolina's 3rd Roman Catholic[1]
Virginia Foxx Republican North Carolina's 5th Roman Catholic
Patrick McHenry Republican North Carolina's 10th Roman Catholic
Steve Chabot Republican Ohio's 1st Roman Catholic
Brad Wenstrup Republican Ohio's 2nd Roman Catholic
Bob Latta Republican Ohio's 5th Roman Catholic
Marcy Kaptur Democratic Ohio's 9th Roman Catholic
Tim Ryan Democratic Ohio's 13th Roman Catholic
David Joyce Republican Ohio's 14th Roman Catholic
Anthony Gonzalez Republican Ohio's 16th Roman Catholic
Stephanie Bice Republican Oklahoma's 5th Roman Catholic
Cliff Bentz Republican Oregon's 2nd Roman Catholic
Peter DeFazio Democratic Oregon's 4th Roman Catholic
Brian Fitzpatrick Republican Pennsylvania's 1st Roman Catholic
Brendan Boyle Democratic Pennsylvania's 2nd Roman Catholic
Madeleine Dean Democratic Pennsylvania's 4th Roman Catholic
Mary Gay Scanlon Democratic Pennsylvania's 5th Roman Catholic
Matt Cartwright Democratic Pennsylvania's 8th Roman Catholic
Dan Meuser Republican Pennsylvania's 9th Roman Catholic
John Joyce Republican Pennsylvania's 13th Roman Catholic
Mike Kelly Republican Pennsylvania's 16th Roman Catholic
Conor Lamb Democratic Pennsylvania's 17th Roman Catholic
Mike Doyle Democratic Pennsylvania's 18th Roman Catholic
James Langevin Democratic Rhode Island's 2nd Roman Catholic
Chuck Fleischmann Republican Tennessee's 3rd Roman Catholic
Pat Fallon Republican Texas's 4th Roman Catholic
Kevin Brady Republican Texas's 8th Roman Catholic
Michael McCaul Republican Texas's 10th Roman Catholic
Vicente Gonzalez Democratic Texas's 15th Roman Catholic
Veronica Escobar Democratic Texas's 16th Roman Catholic
Joaquin Castro Democratic Texas's 20th Roman Catholic
Tony Gonzales Republican Texas's 23rd Roman Catholic
Henry Cuellar Democratic Texas's 28th Roman Catholic
Sylvia Garcia Democratic Texas's 29th Roman Catholic
Filemon Vela Jr. Democratic Texas's 34th Roman Catholic
Peter Welch Democratic Vermont's at-large Roman Catholic
Ben Cline Republican Virginia's 6th Roman Catholic
Gerry Connolly Democratic Virginia's 11th Roman Catholic
Alex Mooney Republican West Virginia's 2nd Roman Catholic
Bryan Steil Republican Wisconsin's 1st Roman Catholic
Scott L. Fitzgerald Republican Wisconsin's 5th Roman Catholic
Mike Gallagher Republican Wisconsin's 8th Roman Catholic

Orthodox Christians (7; 3 Democrats, 4 Republicans)
Representative Party District Religion Notes
Darrell Issa Republican California's 50th Orthodox
Gus Bilirakis Republican Florida's 12th Orthodox
Victoria Spartz Republican Indiana's 5th Orthodox[1][19]
John Sarbanes Democratic Maryland's 3rd Orthodox
Chris Pappas Democratic New Hampshire's 1st Orthodox
Nicole Malliotakis Republican New York's 11th Orthodox
Dina Titus Democratic Nevada's 1st Orthodox

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (6; 6 Republicans)
Representative Party District Religion Notes
Andy Biggs Republican Arizona's 5th The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Mike Simpson Republican Idaho's 2nd The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Blake Moore Republican Utah's 1st The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Chris Stewart Republican Utah's 2nd The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
John Curtis Republican Utah's 3rd The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Burgess Owens Republican Utah's 4th The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Jewish (27; 25 Democrats, 2 Republicans)
Representative Party District Religion Notes
Adam Schiff Democratic California's 28th Jewish
Brad Sherman Democratic California's 30th Jewish
Alan Lowenthal Democratic California's 47th Jewish
Mike Levin Democratic California's 49th Jewish Also raised Catholic.[18]
Sara Jacobs Democratic California's 53rd Jewish
Lois Frankel Democratic Florida's 21st Jewish
Ted Deutch Democratic Florida's 22nd Jewish
Debbie Wasserman Schultz Democratic Florida's 23rd Jewish
Jan Schakowsky Democratic Illinois's 9th Jewish
Brad Schneider Democratic Illinois's 10th Jewish
John Yarmuth Democratic Kentucky's 3rd Jewish
Jamie Raskin Democratic Maryland's 8th Jewish
Jake Auchincloss Democratic Massachusetts's 4th Jewish
Elissa Slotkin Democratic Michigan's 8th Jewish
Andy Levin Democratic Michigan's 9th Jewish
Dean Phillips Democratic Minnesota's 3rd Jewish
Josh Gottheimer Democratic New Jersey's 5th Jewish
Lee Zeldin Republican New York's 1st Jewish
Jerry Nadler Democratic New York's 10th Jewish
Kathy Manning Democratic North Carolina's 6th Jewish
Suzanne Bonamici Democratic Oregon's 1st Jewish[20][21][22] She was raised Episcopalian and Unitarian.[21]
Susan Wild Democratic Pennsylvania's 7th Jewish
David Cicilline Democratic Rhode Island's 1st Jewish
David Kustoff Republican Tennessee's 8th Jewish
Steve Cohen Democratic Tennessee's 9th Jewish
Elaine Luria Democratic Virginia's 2nd Jewish
Kim Schrier Democratic Washington's 8th Jewish

Muslims (3; 3 Democrats)
Representative Party District Religion Notes
André Carson Democratic Indiana's 7th Sunni Islam[23] Raised Baptist and attended a Catholic school.
Rashida Tlaib Democratic Michigan's 13th Sunni Islam[24][25]
Ilhan Omar Democratic Minnesota's 5th Islam[26]

Unitarian Universalists (3; 3 Democrats)
Representative Party District Religion Notes
Ami Bera Democratic California's 7th Unitarian Universalism[27] Raised Hindu. Reportedly "samples different churches every Sunday."[28]
Judy Chu Democratic California's 27th Unitarian Universalism In a previous survey, Chu did not answer the religion question.[29]
Deborah K. Ross Democratic North Carolina's 2nd Unitarian Universalism

Hindus (2; 2 Democrats)
Representative Party District Religion Notes
Ro Khanna Democratic California's 17th Hinduism[30]
Raja Krishnamoorthi Democratic Illinois's 8th Hinduism[30][31]

Buddhist (1; 1 Democrat)
Representative Party District Religion Notes
Hank Johnson Democratic Georgia's 4th Buddhist
(Soka Gakkai)[32]

Unknown/refused to state (13; 12 Democrats, 1 Republican)
Representative Party District Religion Notes
Kai Kahele Democratic Hawaii's 2nd Unknown/refused to state
Sean Casten Democratic Illinois's 6th Unknown/refused to state
Bill Foster Democratic Illinois's 11th Unknown/refused to state
Sharice Davids Democratic Kansas's 3rd Unknown/refused to state
Jared Golden Democratic Maine's 2nd Unknown/refused to state Unspecified Christian[33]
Tom Malinowski Democratic New Jersey's 7th Unknown/refused to state
Jamaal Bowman Democratic New York's 16th Unknown/refused to state
Antonio Delgado Democratic New York's 19th Unknown/refused to state
Chris Jacobs Republican New York's 27th Unknown/refused to state Previously board member of Catholic institutions[34] and benefactor of Catholic students[35]
Chrissy Houlahan Democratic Pennsylvania's 6th Unknown/refused to state Although she is of Jewish origin on her father's side, does not identify herself as such.[36]
Jennifer Wexton Democratic Virginia's 10th Unknown/refused to state She grew up as a Catholic; she got married to her husband, of Jewish faith, in a mixed ceremony officiated by a rabbi and a Catholic priest.[37]
Pramila Jayapal Democratic Washington's 7th Unknown/refused to state
Mark Pocan Democratic Wisconsin's 2nd Unknown/refused to state

Unaffiliated (1; 1 Democrat)
Representative Party District Religion Notes
Jared Huffman Democratic California's 2nd Secular humanist/agnostic[38] Raised in the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (RLDS), he lost faith at age 19.[39] Does not describe himself as an atheist, instead saying he is "a humanist, [perhaps an] agnostic."

Comparison with general population

In conjunction with figures derived from the Pew Research Center's 2014 Religious Landscape Study,[40] the most basic breakdown of the above data indicates that 89% of the House identify as Christian (compared with 70.6% of the population), 6% of the House identify as Jewish (compared with 1.9% of the population), 2% of the House identify with other religions (compared with 5.9% of the population), <1% of the House is unaffiliated (compared with 22.8% of the population), and 3% percent of the House don't know or refused to state their affiliation (compared with 0.6% of the population).

ReligionGroup# of Reps% of Reps% of PopulationProportional # of RepsNet Reps
ChristianityRoman or Eastern Catholics
135 / 435
31%20.8%90 45
Unspecified Protestants
82 / 435
18.9%2.3%10 72
Baptists
55 / 435
12.6%15.3%67 12
Methodists
31 / 435
6.9%4.4%19 11
Episcopalians
20 / 435
4.6%1.2%5 15
Lutherans
16 / 435
3.7%3.6%16
Presbyterians
13 / 435
3%2.2%10 3
Non-denominational Protestants
9 / 435
2.1%3.5%15 8
Other Christians
12 / 435
2.8%14.4%63 51
Orthodox Christians
7 / 435
1.6%0.4%2 5
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons)
6 / 435
1.4%1.6%7 1
Jewish
27 / 435
6.2%1.9%8 19
Muslims
3 / 435
0.7%0.8%3
Unitarian Universalists
3 / 435
0.7%Unknown
Hindus
2 / 435
0.5%1%4 2
Buddhists
1 / 435
0.2%1%4 3
Unknown/Refused to state
13 / 435
3%0.6%3 10
Unaffiliated
1 / 435
0.2%22.8%99 98

See also

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