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title: "Table: Number of Congressmen by Religious Affiliation"
description: "Display: Number | Percentage Religion 87th 91st 96th 101st 106th 111th 112th 113th 114th (’61-’62) (’69-’71) (’79-’80) (’89-’90) (’99-’00) (’09-’10) (’11-’12) (’13-’14) (’15-’16) Protestant 398 379 340 325 315 295 307 299 306 Baptist 62 53 55 55 70 66 68 73 79 Methodist 97 88 78 78 64 57 51 46 45 Presbyterian 73 […]"
date: "2015-01-05"
authors:
  - name: "Benjamin Wormald"
    job_title: "Senior Engineer"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/benjamin-wormald/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2015/01/05/table-number-of-congressmen-by-religious-affiliation/"
---

# Table: Number of Congressmen by Religious Affiliation

Display: **Number** | [Percentage](https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2015/01/05/table-percentage-of-congressmen-by-religious-affiliation/)

| Religion | 87th | 91st | 96th | 101st | 106th | 111th | 112th | 113th | 114th |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |

|  | (’61-’62) | (’69-’71) | (’79-’80) | (’89-’90) | (’99-’00) | (’09-’10) | (’11-’12) | (’13-’14) | (’15-’16) |
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| Protestant | 398 | 379 | 340 | 325 | 315 | 295 | 307 | 299 | 306 |

| Baptist | 62 | 53 | 55 | 55 | 70 | 66 | 68 | 73 | 79 |

| Methodist | 97 | 88 | 78 | 78 | 64 | 57 | 51 | 46 | 45 |

| Presbyterian | 73 | 80 | 65 | 51 | 48 | 43 | 45 | 43 | 36 |

| Anglican/Episcopal | 66 | 64 | 68 | 63 | 43 | 38 | 41 | 39 | 41 |

| Lutheran | 21 | 13 | 20 | 24 | 22 | 24 | 26 | 23 | 27 |

| Nondenom. Prot. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 |

| Restorationist | 18 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 |

| Holiness | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |

| Congregationalist | 27 | 25 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 |

| Adventist | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

| Christian Scientist | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 |

| Pentecostal | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |

| Reformed | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |

| Friends/Quakers | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |

| Anabaptist | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

| Pietist | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

| Unspecified/other | 23 | 28 | 23 | 26 | 42 | 39 | 58 | 58 | 58 |
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| Catholic | 100 | 109 | 129 | 139 | 151 | 161 | 156 | 163 | 164 |
****
| Mormon | 7 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 |
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| Orthodox Christian | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
****
| Jewish | 12 | 19 | 30 | 39 | 34 | 45 | 39 | 33 | 28 |
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| Buddhist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
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| Muslim | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
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| Hindu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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| Other faiths* | 10 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
****
| Unaffiliated | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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| Don't know/refused | 5 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 9 |
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| Total | 532 | 534 | 533 | 535 | 534 | 535 | 535 | 533 | 535 |

**Sources:** 1961 data from the Library of Congress; other data from CQ Roll Call and the Pew Research Center. Figures for 114th Congress reflect members of Congress to be sworn in on Jan. 6, 2015. Includes Rep. Michael G. Grimm, R-N.Y., who recently announced his intention to resign effective Jan. 5.

Numbers for total members of Congress vary depending on how many seats were empty – for a variety of reasons – when the data was collected.

*Unitarian Universalists are included in “Other Faiths.”