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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 House of Representatives.[citation needed]

Current United States representatives

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The following list reports the religious affiliation of the members of the United States House of Representatives in the 118th 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][2]

Christians (381; 166 Democrats, 215 Republicans)

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Protestants (243; 93 Democrats, 150 Republicans)

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Unspecified Protestants (88; 27 Democrats, 61 Republicans)
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Representative Party District Religion Notes
Shomari Figures Democratic Alabama's 2nd Unspecified Protestant
Gary Palmer Republican Alabama's 6th
Nick Begich III Republican Alaska's at-large
Eli Crane Republican Arizona's 2nd
Juan Ciscomani Republican Arizona's 6th
Doug LaMalfa Republican California's 1st
John Garamendi Democratic California's 8th
Josh Harder Democratic California's 9th
Eric Swalwell Democratic California's 14th
Vince Fong Republican California's 20th
Jay Obernolte Republican California's 23rd
Young Kim Republican California's 40th
Maxine Waters Democratic California's 43rd
Joe Neguse Democratic Colorado's 2nd
Gabe Evans Republican Colorado's 8th
Kat Cammack Republican Florida's 3rd
Aaron Bean Republican Florida's 4th
Michael Waltz Republican Florida's 6th
Cory Mills Republican Florida's 7th
Laurel Lee Republican Florida's 15th
Greg Steube Republican Florida's 17th
Byron Donalds Republican Florida's 19th
Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick Democratic Florida's 20th
Brian Mast Republican Florida's 21st
María Elvira Salazar Republican Florida's 27th Lapsed Catholic[3]
Lucy McBath Democratic Georgia's 6th
Rich McCormick Republican Georgia's 7th
Marjorie Taylor Greene Republican Georgia's 14th Lapsed Catholic[4]
Ed Case Democratic Hawaii's 1st
Jill Tokuda Democratic Hawaii's 2nd
Randy Feenstra Republican Iowa's 4th
Russ Fulcher Republican Idaho's 1st
Mike Quigley Democratic Illinois's 5th
Lauren Underwood Democratic Illinois's 14th
Mary Miller Republican Illinois's 15th
Eric Sorensen Democratic Illinois's 17th
Jim Baird Republican Indiana's 4th
Marlin Stutzman Republican Indiana's 3rd
Erin Houchin Republican Indiana's 9th
Clay Higgins Republican Louisiana's 3rd
Glenn Ivey Democratic Maryland's 4th
Katherine Clark Democratic Massachusetts's 5th
Seth Moulton Democratic Massachusetts's 6th
John Moolenaar Republican Michigan's 2nd
Tim Walberg Republican Michigan's 5th attends churches affiliated with the Church of the United Brethren in Christ
John James Republican Michigan's 10th
Haley Stevens Democratic Michigan's 11th
Kelly Morrison Democratic Minnesota's 3rd
Wesley Bell Democratic Missouri's 1st
Mark Alford Republican Missouri's 4th
Eric Burlison Republican Missouri's 7th
Trent Kelly Republican Mississippi's 1st
Don Bacon Republican Nebraska's 2nd
Adrian Smith Republican Nebraska's 3rd
Mark Amodei Republican Nevada's 2nd
Ann McLane Kuster Democratic New Hampshire's 2nd
Grace Meng Democratic New York's 6th
Yvette Clarke Democratic New York's 9th
Ritchie Torres Democratic New York's 15th Lapsed Catholic[5]
Nick Langworthy Republican New York's 23rd
Richard Hudson Republican North Carolina's 9th Identifies as "Christian".[6] Attends Crossroads Church (Concord, North Carolina),[7] which is a United Methodist congregation.[8]
Wiley Nickel Democratic North Carolina's 13th
Jim Jordan Republican Ohio's 4th
Warren Davidson Republican Ohio's 8th
Mike Turner Republican Ohio's 10th
Troy Balderson Republican Ohio's 12th
Kevin Hern Republican Oklahoma's 1st
Josh Brecheen Republican Oklahoma's 2nd
Scott Perry Republican Pennsylvania's 10th
Summer Lee Democratic Pennsylvania's 12th
Guy Reschenthaler Republican Pennsylvania's 14th
Glenn Thompson Republican Pennsylvania's 15th
William Timmons Republican South Carolina's 4th
Dusty Johnson Republican South Dakota's at-large
Andy Ogles Republican Tennessee's 5th
Mark E. Green Republican Tennessee's 7th
Keith Self Republican Texas's 3rd
Jake Ellzey Republican Texas's 6th
Morgan Luttrell Republican Texas's 8th
August Pfluger Republican Texas's 11th
Troy Nehls Republican Texas's 22nd
Roger Williams Republican Texas's 25th
Michael Cloud Republican Texas's 27th
Bob Good Republican Virginia's 5th
Abigail Spanberger Democratic Virginia's 7th
Morgan Griffith Republican Virginia's 9th
Marilyn Strickland Democratic Washington's 10th
Derrick Van Orden Republican Wisconsin's 3rd
Tom Tiffany Republican Wisconsin's 7th Unspecified Protestant[1]
Baptists (59; 23 Democrats, 36 Republicans)
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Representative Party District Religion Notes
Jerry Carl Republican Alabama's 1st Baptist
Barry Moore Republican Alabama's 2nd
Mike D. Rogers Republican Alabama's 3rd
Dale Strong Republican Alabama's 5th
Rick Crawford Republican Arkansas's 1st
Steve Womack Republican Arkansas's 3rd
Bruce Westerman Republican Arkansas's 4th
Tom McClintock Republican California's 5th
Barbara Lee Democratic California's 12th Lapsed
Catholic[9]
Maxwell Frost Democratic Florida's 10th
Daniel Webster Republican Florida's 11th
Vern Buchanan Republican Florida's 16th
Sanford Bishop Democratic Georgia's 2nd
Austin Scott Republican Georgia's 8th
Andrew Clyde Republican Georgia's 9th
Barry Loudermilk Republican Georgia's 11th
David Scott Democratic Georgia's 13th
Jonathan Jackson Democratic Illinois's 1st
Danny Davis Democratic Illinois's 7th
Mike Bost Republican Illinois's 12th
Rudy Yakym Republican Indiana's 2nd
James Comer Republican Kentucky's 1st
Hal Rogers Republican Kentucky's 5th
Troy Carter Democratic Louisiana's 2nd
Mike Johnson Republican Louisiana's 4th
Ayanna Pressley Democratic Massachusetts's 7th
Steny Hoyer Democratic Maryland's 5th
Sam Graves Republican Missouri's 6th
Kweisi Mfume Democratic Maryland's 7th
Michael Guest Republican Mississippi's 3rd
Mike Ezell Republican Mississippi's 4th
Valerie Foushee Democratic North Carolina's 4th
David Rouzer Republican North Carolina's 7th
Alma Adams Democratic North Carolina's 12th
Bonnie Watson Coleman Democratic New Jersey's 12th
Steven Horsford Democratic Nevada's 4th
Hakeem Jeffries Democratic New York's 8th
Joyce Beatty Democratic Ohio's 3rd
Shontel Brown Democratic Ohio's 11th
Emilia Sykes Democratic Ohio's 13th
Frank Lucas Republican Oklahoma's 3rd
Dwight Evans Democratic Pennsylvania's 3rd
Jeff Duncan Republican South Carolina's 3rd
Russell Fry Republican South Carolina's 7th
Diana Harshbarger Republican Tennessee's 1st
Nathaniel Moran Republican Texas's 1st
Al Green Democratic Texas's 9th
Randy Weber Republican Texas's 14th
Chip Roy Republican Texas's 21st
Jasmine Crockett Democratic Texas's 30th
Marc Veasey Democratic Texas's 33rd
Brian Babin Republican Texas's 36th
Wesley Hunt Republican Texas's 38th
Gwen Moore Democratic Wisconsin's 4th
Carol Miller Republican West Virginia's 1st
Methodists (27; 16 Democrats, 11 Republicans)
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Representative Party District Religion Notes
Terri Sewell Democratic Alabama's 7th African Methodist Episcopal[10]
Doris Matsui Democratic California's 7th Methodist
Mark Takano Democratic California's 39th
Jahana Hayes Democratic Connecticut's 5th
Bill Posey Republican Florida's 8th
Buddy Carter Republican Georgia's 1st
Nikema Williams Democratic Georgia's 5th
Mike Collins Republican Georgia's 10th
Rick W. Allen Republican Georgia's 12th
Delia Ramirez Democratic Illinois's 3rd
Thomas Massie Republican Kentucky's 4th
Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic Maryland's 2nd
Emanuel Cleaver Democratic Missouri's 5th Ordained minister of the United Methodist Church
Bennie Thompson Democratic Mississippi's 2nd
Gregory Meeks Democratic New York's 5th
Dan Bishop Republican North Carolina's 8th Methodist[11]
Tom Cole Republican Oklahoma's 4th Methodist
Jim Clyburn Democratic South Carolina's 6th
Dan Crenshaw Republican Texas's 2nd
Lizzie Fletcher Democratic Texas's 7th
Kay Granger Republican Texas's 12th
Pete Sessions Republican Texas's 17th
Colin Allred Democratic Texas's 32nd
Lloyd Doggett Democratic Texas's 37th
Rick Larsen Democratic Washington's 2nd
Derek Kilmer Democratic Washington's 6th
Presbyterians (16; 7 Democrats, 9 Republicans)
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Representative Party District Religion Notes
Diana DeGette Democratic Colorado's 1st Presbyterian
Jim Himes Democratic Connecticut's 4th
Kathy Castor Democratic Florida's 14th
Scott Franklin Republican Florida's 18th
Morgan McGarvey Democratic Kentucky's 3rd
Julia Letlow Republican Louisiana's 5th
Claudia Tenney Republican New York's 24th
Don Davis Democratic North Carolina's 1st
Jeff Jackson Democratic North Carolina's 14th
Joe Wilson Republican South Carolina's 2nd
Ralph Norman Republican South Carolina's 5th
Tim Burchett Republican Tennessee's 2nd
Jodey Arrington Republican Texas's 19th
Jennifer McClellan Democratic Virginia's 4th Presbyterian[12]
Dan Newhouse Republican Washington's 4th Presbyterian
Episcopalians (16; 7 Democrats, 9 Republicans)
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Representative Party District Religion Notes
John Duarte Republican California's 13th Episcopalian
Julia Brownley Democratic California's 26th
Ken Calvert Republican California's 41st
Katie Porter Democratic California's 47th
Frederica Wilson Democratic Florida's 24th
Andy Barr Republican Kentucky's 6th
Thomas Kean Jr. Republican New Jersey's 7th
Scott DesJarlais Republican Tennessee's 4th
Monica De La Cruz Republican Texas's 15th
Beth Van Duyne Republican Texas's 24th
Michael C. Burgess Republican Texas's 26th
Rob Wittman Republican Virginia's 1st
Bobby Scott Democratic Virginia's 3rd
Don Beyer Democratic Virginia's 8th
Suzan DelBene Democratic Washington's 1st
Adam Smith Democratic Washington's 9th
Lutherans (16; 7 Democrats, 9 Republicans)
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Representative Party District Religion Notes
Zoe Lofgren Democratic California's 18th Lutheran
Sydney Kamlager-Dove Democratic California's 37th
Scott Peters Democratic California's 50th
Larry Bucshon Republican Indiana's 8th
Tracey Mann Republican Kansas's 1st Lutheran (Pietist)[1]
Ron Estes Republican Kansas's 4th Lutheran
Chellie Pingree Democratic Maine's 1st
David Trone Democratic Maryland's 6th
Jack Bergman Republican Michigan's 1st
Angie Craig Democratic Minnesota's 2nd
Ryan Zinke Republican Montana's 1st
Donald Norcross Democratic New Jersey's 1st
Kelly Armstrong Republican North Dakota's at-large
Lloyd Smucker Republican Pennsylvania's 11th
John Carter Republican Texas's 31st
Glenn Grothman Republican Wisconsin's 6th
Non-denominational Protestants (12; 4 Democrats, 8 Republicans)
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Representative Party District Religion Notes
Kevin Kiley Republican California's 3rd Nondenominational Protestant
Lauren Boebert Republican Colorado's 3rd
Jeff Crank Republican Colorado's 5th
Jason Crow Democratic Colorado's 6th
Drew Ferguson Republican Georgia's 3rd
Robin Kelly Democratic Illinois's 2nd
Ashley Hinson Republican Iowa's 2nd
Chuck Edwards Republican North Carolina's 11th
Nancy Mace Republican South Carolina's 1st
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez Democratic Washington's 3rd
Cathy McMorris Rodgers Republican Washington's 5th
Harriet Hageman Republican Wyoming's at-large
Restorationist (4; 4 Republicans)
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Representative Party District Religion Notes
Lance Gooden Republican Texas's 5th Restorationist
(Churches of Christ) 		Misidentified as a Congregationalist in the Pew Report.[13]
Brett Guthrie Republican Kentucky's 2nd Restorationist
(Churches of Christ)[13]
John Rose Republican Tennessee's 6th Restorationist
(Churches of Christ) 		Raised Southern Baptist. Classified as an "Unspecified Protestant" in the Pew Report.[13]
Ronny Jackson Republican Texas's 13th Restorationist[1]
Reformed (2; 1 Democrat, 1 Republican)
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Representative Party District Religion Notes
Hillary Scholten Democratic Michigan's 3rd Reformed
Bill Huizenga Republican Michigan's 4th Reformed
(Christian Reformed Church in North America)[14]
Adventists (1; 1 Democrat)
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Representative Party District Religion Notes
Raul Ruiz Democratic California's 25th Seventh-day Adventist[15]
Pentecostals (1; 1 Republican)
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Representative Party District Religion Notes
Jason Smith Republican Missouri's 8th Pentecostal
(Assemblies of God)[16]
Congregationalists (1; 1 Republican)
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Representative Party District Religion Notes
Robert Aderholt Republican Alabama's 4th Congregationalist[17]


Catholics (124; 69 Democrats, 55 Republicans)

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Latin Catholics (123; 67 Democrats, 55 Republicans)
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Representative Party District Religion Notes
David Schweikert Republican Arizona's 1st Latin Catholic
Greg Stanton Democratic Arizona's 4th
Raúl Grijalva Democratic Arizona's 7th
Paul Gosar Republican Arizona's 9th
French Hill Republican Arkansas's 2nd
Mike Thompson Democratic California's 4th
Mark DeSaulnier Democratic California's 10th
Nancy Pelosi Democratic California's 11th
Kevin Mullin Democratic California's 15th
Jimmy Panetta Democratic California's 19th
Jim Costa Democratic California's 21st
David Valadao Republican California's 22nd
Salud Carbajal Democratic California's 24th
Pete Aguilar Democratic California's 33rd
Jimmy Gomez Democratic California's 34th
Norma Torres Democratic California's 35th
Ted Lieu Democratic California's 36th
Linda Sánchez Democratic California's 38th
Robert Garcia Democratic California's 42nd
Nanette Barragán Democratic California's 44th
Lou Correa Democratic California's 46th
Mike Levin Democratic California's 49th Also raised Jewish.[18]
Juan Vargas Democratic California's 52nd
John B. Larson Democratic Connecticut's 1st
Joe Courtney Democratic Connecticut's 2nd
Rosa DeLauro Democratic Connecticut's 3rd
Neal Dunn Republican Florida's 2nd
John Rutherford Republican Florida's 5th
Darren Soto Democratic Florida's 9th
Mario Díaz-Balart Republican Florida's 26th
Carlos A. Giménez Republican Florida's 28th Latin Catholic[1]
Jesús "Chuy" García Democratic Illinois's 4th Latin Catholic
Darin LaHood Republican Illinois's 16th
Frank J. Mrvan Democratic Indiana's 1st
Mariannette Miller-Meeks Republican Iowa's 1st
Zach Nunn Republican Iowa's 3rd
Steve Scalise Republican Louisiana's 1st Latin Catholic
Andy Harris Republican Maryland's 1st
Richard Neal Democratic Massachusetts's 1st
Jim McGovern Democratic Massachusetts's 2nd
Lori Trahan Democratic Massachusetts's 3rd
Stephen F. Lynch Democratic Massachusetts's 8th
Bill Keating Democratic Massachusetts's 9th
Debbie Dingell Democratic Michigan's 6th
Lisa McClain Republican Michigan's 9th
Brad Finstad Republican Minnesota's 1st
Betty McCollum Democratic Minnesota's 4th
Tom Emmer Republican Minnesota's 6th
Michelle Fischbach Republican Minnesota's 7th
Pete Stauber Republican Minnesota's 8th
Ann Wagner Republican Missouri's 2nd
Mike Flood Republican Nebraska's 1st Latin Catholic
Susie Lee Democratic Nevada's 3rd
Jeff Van Drew Republican New Jersey's 2nd
Chris Smith Republican New Jersey's 4th
Frank Pallone Democratic New Jersey's 6th
Rob Menendez Democratic New Jersey's 8th
Mikie Sherrill Democratic New Jersey's 11th
Gabe Vasquez Democratic New Mexico's 2nd
Teresa Leger Fernandez Democratic New Mexico's 3rd Latin Catholic[1]
Nick LaLota Republican New York's 1st Latin Catholic
Andrew Garbarino Republican New York's 2nd
Tom Suozzi Democratic New York's 3rd
Nydia Velázquez Democratic New York's 7th
Adriano Espaillat Democratic New York's 13th
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Democratic New York's 14th
Mike Lawler Republican New York's 17th
Pat Ryan Democratic New York's 18th
Paul Tonko Democratic New York's 20th
Elise Stefanik Republican New York's 21st
Joseph Morelle Democratic New York's 25th
Tim Kennedy Democratic New York's 26th
Greg Murphy Republican North Carolina's 3rd Latin Catholic[1]
Virginia Foxx Republican North Carolina's 5th Latin Catholic
Bob Latta Republican Ohio's 5th
Marcy Kaptur Democratic Ohio's 9th
David Joyce Republican Ohio's 14th
Mike Carey Republican Ohio's 15th
Stephanie Bice Republican Oklahoma's 5th Convert[19]
Cliff Bentz Republican Oregon's 2nd
Val Hoyle Democratic Oregon's 4th
Andrea Salinas Democratic Oregon's 6th
Brian Fitzpatrick Republican Pennsylvania's 1st
Brendan Boyle Democratic Pennsylvania's 2nd
Madeleine Dean Democratic Pennsylvania's 4th
Mary Gay Scanlon Democratic Pennsylvania's 5th
Dan Meuser Republican Pennsylvania's 9th
John Joyce Republican Pennsylvania's 13th
Mike Kelly Republican Pennsylvania's 16th
Chris Deluzio Democratic Pennsylvania's 17th
Gabe Amo Democratic Rhode Island's 1st Latin Catholic[20]
Chuck Fleischmann Republican Tennessee's 3rd Latin Catholic
Pat Fallon Republican Texas's 4th
Michael McCaul Republican Texas's 10th
Veronica Escobar Democratic Texas's 16th
Joaquin Castro Democratic Texas's 20th
Tony Gonzales Republican Texas's 23rd
Henry Cuellar Democratic Texas's 28th
Sylvia Garcia Democratic Texas's 29th
Vicente Gonzalez Democratic Texas's 34th
Greg Casar Democratic Texas's 35th
Jen Kiggans Republican Virginia's 2nd
Ben Cline Republican Virginia's 6th
Gerry Connolly Democratic Virginia's 11th
Bryan Steil Republican Wisconsin's 1st
Scott L. Fitzgerald Republican Wisconsin's 5th

Eastern Orthodox Christians (8; 4 Democrats, 4 Republicans)

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Antiochian Orthodox (1; 1 Republican)
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Representative Party District Religion Notes
Darrell Issa Republican California's 48th Antiochian Orthodox[21]
Greek Orthodox (4; 2 Republicans; 2 Democrats)
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Representative Party District Religion Notes
Gus Bilirakis Republican Florida's 12th Greek Orthodox[22]
Chris Pappas Democratic New Hampshire's 1st Greek Orthodox[23]
Nicole Malliotakis Republican New York's 11th Greek Orthodox[24]
Dina Titus Democratic Nevada's 1st Greek Orthodox[25]
Unspecified Orthodox (1; 1 Republican)
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Representative Party District Religion Notes
Victoria Spartz Republican Indiana's 5th Unspecified Eastern Orthodox[26]

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (6; 6 Republicans)

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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
Blake Moore Republican Utah's 1st
Celeste Maloy Republican Utah's 2nd
Burgess Owens Republican Utah's 4th

Messianic Jewish (1; 1 Republican)

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Representative Party District Religion Notes
Anna Paulina Luna Republican Florida's 13th Messianic Jewish Self-describes as a Christian[2]

Jewish (23; 21 Democrats, 2 Republicans)

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Representative Party District Religion Notes
Brad Sherman Democratic California's 32nd Jewish
Sara Jacobs Democratic California's 51st
Lois Frankel Democratic Florida's 22nd
Jared Moskowitz Democratic Florida's 23rd
Debbie Wasserman Schultz Democratic Florida's 25th
Jan Schakowsky Democratic Illinois's 9th
Brad Schneider Democratic Illinois's 10th
Jamie Raskin Democratic Maryland's 8th
Jake Auchincloss Democratic Massachusetts's 4th
Josh Gottheimer Democratic New Jersey's 5th
Dan Goldman Democratic New York's 10th
Jerry Nadler Democratic New York's 12th
Greg Landsman Democratic Ohio's 1st
Max Miller Republican Ohio's 7th
Suzanne Bonamici Democratic Oregon's 1st Jewish[27][28][29] She was raised Episcopalian and Unitarian.[28]
David Kustoff Republican Tennessee's 8th
Steve Cohen Democratic Tennessee's 9th
Becca Balint Democratic Vermont's at-large
Kim Schrier Democratic Washington's 8th

Muslims (3; 3 Democrats)

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Sunni Muslims (2; 2 Democrats)

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Representative Party District Religion Notes
André Carson Democratic Indiana's 7th Sunni Islam[30] Raised Baptist and attended a Catholic school.
Rashida Tlaib Democratic Michigan's 12th Sunni Islam[31][32]

Unspecified Muslims (1; 1 Democrat)

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Representative Party District Religion Notes
Ilhan Omar Democratic Minnesota's 5th Islam[33]

Unitarian Universalists (3; 3 Democrats)

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Representative Party District Religion Notes
Ami Bera Democratic California's 6th Unitarian Universalism[34] Raised Hindu. Reportedly "samples different churches every Sunday."[35]
Judy Chu Democratic California's 28th Unitarian Universalism In a previous survey, Chu did not answer the religion question.[36]
Deborah K. Ross Democratic North Carolina's 2nd

Hindus (3; 3 Democrats)

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Representative Party District Religion Notes
Ro Khanna Democratic California's 17th Hinduism[37]
Raja Krishnamoorthi Democratic Illinois's 8th Hinduism[37][38]
Shri Thanedar Democratic Michigan's 13th

Buddhist (1; 1 Democrat)

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Representative Party District Religion Notes
Hank Johnson Democratic Georgia's 4th Buddhist
(Soka Gakkai International)[39]

Unknown/refused to state (19; 15 Democrats, 4 Republicans)

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Representative Party District Religion Notes
Greg Lopez Republican Colorado's 4th Unknown/refused to state
Brittany Pettersen Democratic Colorado's 7th
Sean Casten Democratic Illinois's 6th
Bill Foster Democratic Illinois's 11th
Nikki Budzinski Democratic Illinois's 13th
Sharice Davids Democratic Kansas's 3rd
Jared Golden Democratic Maine's 2nd Unspecified Christian[40]
LaMonica McIver Democratic New Jersey's 10th
Melanie Stansbury Democratic New Mexico's 1st
Jamaal Bowman Democratic New York's 16th
Michael Rulli Republican Ohio's 6th
Earl Blumenauer Democratic Oregon's 3rd
Chrissy Houlahan Democratic Pennsylvania's 6th Although she is of Jewish origin on her father's side, she does not identify herself as such.[41]
Seth Magaziner Democratic Rhode Island's 2nd His father is Jewish, his mother Catholic.[42]
Erica Lee Carter Democratic Texas's 18th
Jennifer Wexton Democratic Virginia's 10th She grew up as a Catholic; she married her husband, of Jewish faith, in a mixed ceremony officiated by a rabbi and a Catholic priest.[43]
Pramila Jayapal Democratic Washington's 7th
Mark Pocan Democratic Wisconsin's 2nd
Tony Wied Republican Wisconsin's 4th

Unaffiliated (1; 1 Democrat)

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Representative Party District Identity Notes
Jared Huffman Democratic California's 2nd Secular humanist/agnostic[44] Raised in the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (RLDS), he lost faith at age 19.[45] Does not describe himself as an atheist, instead saying he is "a humanist, [perhaps an] agnostic."

Numbers and percentages

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The most basic breakdown of the above data in this page indicates that 89% of the House identify as Christian, 6% of the House identify as Jewish, 2% of the House identify with other religions, <1% of the House is unaffiliated, and 3% of the House have unknown affiliation.

Religion Group No. of reps % of reps
Christians Roman or Eastern Catholics
124 / 435
 28.5%
Unspecified Protestants
88 / 435
 20.2%
Baptists
59 / 435
 13.6%
Methodists
27 / 435
 6.2%
Presbyterians
16 / 435
 3.7%
Episcopalians
16 / 435
 3.7%
Lutherans
16 / 435
 3.7%
Non-denominational Protestants
12 / 435
 2.8%
Other Christians
11 / 435
 2.5%
Orthodox Christians
8 / 435
 1.8%
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons)
5 / 435
 1.1%
Jews
23 / 435
 5.3%
Muslims
3 / 435
 0.7%
Unitarian Universalists
3 / 435
 0.7%
Hindus
2 / 435
 0.5%
Buddhists
1 / 435
 0.2%
Unknown/refused to state
19 / 435
 4.4%
Unaffiliated
1 / 435
 0.2%

See also

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