List of Quaker members of the United States Congress

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This is a list of Quaker members of the United States Congress.

As of 2021, twenty-four Quakers have ever been elected to Congress, the first being John Chew Thomas in 1799. One Quaker currently serves in the Congress.

Senate[]

Senator Party State Term Notes
Start End
William Windom, Brady-Handy photo portrait, ca1870-1880.jpg William Windom Republican Minnesota July 15, 1870 January 22, 1871 Successor qualified[1]
March 4, 1871 March 7, 1881 Resigned to become United States Secretary of the Treasury[1]
March 7, 1889 January 29, 1891 Lost re-election[1]
CAPPER, ARTHUR C. SENATOR LCCN2016860456 (cropped).jpg Arthur Capper Republican Kansas March 4, 1919 January 3, 1949 Retired[1]
Joseph R. Grundy cph.3a44489.jpg Joseph R. Grundy Republican Pennsylvania December 11, 1929 December 1, 1930 Lost re-election[1]
Senator Paul Douglas.jpg Paul Douglas Democratic Illinois January 3, 1949 January 3, 1967 Lost re-election[2]
Richard Nixon congressional portrait.jpg Richard Nixon Republican California December 1, 1950 January 1, 1953 Resigned to run successfully for vice president of the United States[3]
John Hickenlooper, official portrait, 117th Congress.jpeg John Hickenlooper Democratic Colorado January 3, 2021 Incumbent [4]

House of Representatives[]

Senator Party District Term Notes
Start End
John Chew Thomas, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile LCCN2007676947.tif John Chew Thomas Federalist MD-02 March 4, 1799 March 1, 1801 Retired[1]
No image.svg John Conard Democratic-
Republican 		PA-01 March 8, 1813 March 8, 1815 Retired[1]
William Darlington by John Neagle ca-1825.jpg William Darlington Democratic-
Republican 		PA-02 March 4, 1815 March 3, 1817 [1]
March 4, 1819 March 3, 1823 [1]
Edward Bates - Brady-Handy.jpg Edward Bates National Republican Party MO-AL March 4, 1827 March 3, 1829 [1]
No image.svg John Wethered Whig MD-03 April 8, 1843 March 8, 1845 [1]
Joseph Grinnell (Massachusetts).jpg Joseph Grinnell Whig MA-10 December 7, 1843 March 8, 1851 Retired[1]
No image.svg Samuel G. Wright Whig NJ-02 March 4, 1845 July 30, 1845 Died in office[1]
No image.svg David P. Holloway Opposition IN-05 January 4, 1855 January 3, 1857 [1]
William Windom, Brady-Handy photo portrait, ca1870-1880.jpg William Windom Republican MN-01 January 4, 1863 January 4, 1869 Retired[1]
No image.svg Isaac Ambrose Barber Republican MD-01 January 4, 1897 January 3, 1899 [1]
Thomas S. Butler (Pennsylvania Congressman).jpg Thomas S. Butler Republican PA-06 March 8, 1897 March 8, 1903 Died in office[5]
PA-07 March 8, 1903 March 8, 1923
PA-08 March 8, 1923 May 26, 1928
William Willets Cocks.jpg William W. Cocks Republican NY-01 March 4, 1905 March 3, 1911 [1]
Alexander Mitchell Palmer.jpg A. Mitchell Palmer Democratic PA-26 March 4, 1909 March 3, 1915 Retired to unsuccessfully run for Senate[1]
Frederick C. Hicks.jpg Frederick C. Hicks Republican NY-01 January 4, 1916 March 3, 1923 [1]
Andrew Biemiller.jpg Andrew Biemiller Democratic WI-05 January 3, 1945 January 3, 1947 Lost re-election[1]
January 3, 1949 January 3, 1951 Lost re-election[1]
EdwardTylorMiller.jpg Edward Tylor Miller Republican MD-01 January 3, 1947 January 3, 1959 Lost re-election[1]
William G. Bray.jpg William G. Bray Republican IN-07 January 3, 1951 January 3, 1967 Lost re-election[1]
IN-06 January 3, 1967 January 3, 1975
Edwin B. Forsythe.png Edwin B. Forsythe Republican NJ-06 November 3, 1970 January 3, 1983 Died in office[1]
NJ-13 January 3, 1983 March 29, 1984
Rep Holt Official Headshot.jpg Rush Holt Jr. Democratic NJ-12 January 3, 1999 January 3, 2015 Retired[6]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x Political Graveyard
  2. ^ Bowdoin.edu[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ Nixon Library Foundation[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ Colorado state portal: Retrieved 10 October 2011.
  5. ^ Retrieved 4 October 2011.
  6. ^ Thomas D. Hamm, The Quakers in America, Columbia University Press, 2003, p. 160.
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