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title: "Table: Percentage of Congressmen by Religious Affiliation"
description: "Display: Number | Percentage Religion 87th 91st 96th 101st 106th 111th 112th 113th 114th Net change (’61-’62) (’69-’71) (’79-’80) (’89-’90) (’99-’00) (’09-’10) (’11-’12) (’13-’14) (’15-’16) 87th-114th Protestant 74.8% 70.9% 63.7% 60.7% 59.0% 55.1% 57.4% 56.1% 57.2% -17.6% Baptist 11.7% 9.9% 10.3% 10.3% 13.1% 12.4% 12.7% 13.7% 14.8% +3.1% Methodist 18.2% 16.5% 14.6% 14.6% 12.0% 10.7% […]"
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-percentage-of-congressmen-by-religious-affiliation/"
---

# Table: Percentage of Congressmen by Religious Affiliation

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

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

|  | (’61-’62) | (’69-’71) | (’79-’80) | (’89-’90) | (’99-’00) | (’09-’10) | (’11-’12) | (’13-’14) | (’15-’16) | 87th-114th |
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| Protestant | 74.8% | 70.9% | 63.7% | 60.7% | 59.0% | 55.1% | 57.4% | 56.1% | 57.2% | -17.6% |

| Baptist | 11.7% | 9.9% | 10.3% | 10.3% | 13.1% | 12.4% | 12.7% | 13.7% | 14.8% | +3.1% |

| Methodist | 18.2% | 16.5% | 14.6% | 14.6% | 12.0% | 10.7% | 9.5% | 8.6% | 8.4% | -9.8% |

| Presbyterian | 13.7% | 15.0% | 12.2% | 9.5% | 9.0% | 8.1% | 8.4% | 8.1% | 6.7% | -7.0% |

| Anglican/ Episcopal | 12.4% | 12.0% | 12.8% | 11.8% | 8.1% | 7.1% | 7.7% | 7.3% | 7.7% | -4.7% |

| Lutheran | 3.9% | 2.4% | 3.8% | 4.5% | 4.1% | 4.5% | 4.9% | 4.3% | 5.0% | +1.1% |

| Nondenom. Prot. | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.9% | 0.4% | 0.6% | 0.7% | +0.7% |

| Restorationist | 3.4% | 3.0% | 1.7% | 1.7% | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.6% | -2.8% |

| Holiness | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.2% | +0.2% |

| Congregationalist | 5.1% | 4.7% | 2.3% | 2.2% | 1.7% | 1.1% | 0.6% | 0.4% | 0.7% | -4.4% |

| Adventist | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.6% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.4% | +0.4% |

| Christian Scientist | 0.8% | 0.7% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.9% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.4% | 0.4% | -0.4% |

| Pentecostal | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.6% | 0.4% | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.6% | +0.6% |

| Reformed | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.2% | +0.0% |

| Friends/ Quakers | 0.4% | 0.6% | 0.4% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.0% | -0.4% |

| Anabaptist | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | -0.4% |

| Pietist | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | -0.4% |

| Unspecified/ other | 4.3% | 5.2% | 4.3% | 4.9% | 7.9% | 7.3% | 10.8% | 10.9% | 10.8% | +6.5% |
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| Catholic | 18.8% | 20.4% | 24.2% | 26.0% | 28.3% | 30.1% | 29.2% | 30.6% | 30.7% | +11.9% |
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| Mormon | 1.3% | 1.9% | 2.1% | 2.1% | 3.2% | 2.6% | 2.8% | 2.8% | 3.0% | +1.7% |
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| Orthodox Christian | 0.0% | 0.6% | 1.1% | 1.3% | 1.1% | 1.3% | 0.9% | 0.9% | 0.9% | +0.9% |
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| Jewish | 2.3% | 3.6% | 5.6% | 7.3% | 6.4% | 8.4% | 7.3% | 6.2% | 5.2% | +2.9% |
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| Buddhist | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.4% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.4% | +0.4% |
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| Muslim | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.4% | +0.4% |
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| Hindu | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | +0.2% |
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| Other faiths* | 1.9% | 1.3% | 2.3% | 1.9% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.2% | -1.7% |
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| Unaffiliated | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.9% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | +0.2% |
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| Don't know/ refused | 0.9% | 1.3% | 0.0% | 0.7% | 1.5% | 0.9% | 1.1% | 1.9% | 1.7% | +0.8% |

**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.”