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Still, Catholics were among the Founding Fathers and they were also a part of the First Congress; Daniel Carroll serving Maryland's 6th congressional district, [8] and Charles Carroll of Carrollton serving as the first senator from Maryland. [9] [10] Presidential candidates did not seek Catholic votes until Andrew Jackson and Henry Clay did so ...
This list reports the religious affiliation of the members of the United States Senate in the 119th United States Congress. In most cases, in addition to specific sources, the senators' religious affiliations are those mentioned by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life at the Pew Research Center , which publishes a report at the beginning ...
Bernadine Craft - Former Member of Wyoming House of Representatives and Wyoming’s State Senate. John Danforth – former United States Ambassador to the United Nations and former Republican United States Senator from Missouri; ordained Episcopal priest; Kim Jackson - Democratic Georgia State Senator. First openly out LGBT state senator in ...
He was the only Catholic signatory of the Declaration and the longest surviving, dying 56 years after its signing. [3] Considered one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, [4] Carroll was known contemporaneously as the "First Citizen" of the American colonies, a consequence of signing articles in the Maryland Gazette with that pen name. [5]
This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 1st United States Congress listed by seniority, from March 4, 1789, to March 3, 1791.. The order of service is based on the commencement of the senator's first term, with senators entering service the same day ranked alphabetically.
David Ignatius Walsh (November 11, 1872 – June 11, 1947) was an American politician from Massachusetts.A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the state's 46th governor before winning election to several terms in the United States Senate, becoming the first Irish Catholic from Massachusetts to fill either office.
McMahon is looking to join Trump’s Cabinet after four years as chair of the America First Policy Institute, a Trump-aligned think tank that backs redirecting federal education dollars toward ...
Drinan went on to win election to the House of Representatives, and was re-elected four times, serving from 1971 until 1981. He was the first of two Catholic priests (the other being Robert John Cornell of Wisconsin) to serve as a voting member of Congress.