Religious affiliations of vice presidents of the United States

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The following is a list of religious affiliations of vice presidents of the United States.

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By term

No.NameTermReligious affiliation
1 John Adams 1789–1797 Unitarian originally Congregationalist
2 Thomas Jefferson 1797–1801 Christian Deist/Deist. Although raised as an Anglican, Jefferson later in life rejected the idea of the divinity of Jesus and became a deist. [1]
3 Aaron Burr 1801–1805Presbyterian, later rejected the Resurrection of Jesus
4 George Clinton 1805–1812 Dutch Reformed
5 Elbridge Gerry 1813–1814 Episcopalian
6 Daniel D. Tompkins 1817–1825 Presbyterian
7 John C. Calhoun 1825–1832 Presbyterian; Unitarian
8 Martin Van Buren 1833–1837 Dutch Reformed
9 Richard M. Johnson 1837–1841 Baptist
10 John Tyler 1841 Episcopalian
11 George M. Dallas 1845–1849 Episcopalian
12 Millard Fillmore 1849–1850 Unitarian
13 William R. King 1853 Protestant
14 John C. Breckinridge 1857–1861 Presbyterian
15 Hannibal Hamlin 1861–1865 Protestant
16 Andrew Johnson 1865No specific denomination, occasionally attended Methodist services with his wife. [2]
17 Schuyler Colfax 1869–1873 Protestant
18 Henry Wilson 1873–1875 Congregationalist
19 William A. Wheeler 1877–1881 Presbyterian
20 Chester A. Arthur 1881 Episcopalian
21 Thomas A. Hendricks 1885 Presbyterian; Episcopalian
22 Levi P. Morton 1889–1893 Protestant [3]
23 Adlai E. Stevenson 1893–1897 Presbyterian
24 Garret A. Hobart 1897–1899 Presbyterian [4]
25 Theodore Roosevelt 1901 Dutch Reformed
26 Charles W. Fairbanks 1905–1909 Protestant
27 James S. Sherman 1909–1912 Reformed
28 Thomas R. Marshall 1913–1921 Presbyterian
29 Calvin Coolidge 1921–1923 Congregationalist
30 Charles G. Dawes 1925–1929 Presbyterian
31 Charles Curtis 1929–1933 Protestant
32 John Nance Garner 1933–1941 Protestant
33 Henry A. Wallace 1941–1945 Presbyterian; Episcopalian;
34 Harry S. Truman 1945 Baptist
35 Alben W. Barkley 1949–1953 Methodist
36 Richard Nixon 1953–1961 Quaker
37 Lyndon B. Johnson 1961–1963 Disciples of Christ
38 Hubert Humphrey 1965–1969 Lutheran; Methodist; Congregationalist
39 Spiro Agnew 1969–1973 Greek Orthodox; Episcopalian [5] (baptized Episcopalian) [nb 1]
40 Gerald Ford 1973–1974 Episcopalian
41 Nelson Rockefeller 1974–1977 Baptist
42 Walter Mondale 1977–1981 Presbyterian
43 George H. W. Bush 1981–1989 Episcopalian
44 Dan Quayle 1989-1993 Presbyterian
45 Al Gore 1993–2001 Southern Baptist
46 Dick Cheney 2001–2009 Methodist
47 Joe Biden 2009–2017 Catholic
48 Mike Pence 2017–2021 Evangelical (was raised Catholic) [7]
49 Kamala Harris 2021–2025 Baptist. Attended Hindu services with her mother as a child. [8]
50 JD Vance 2025–present Catholic, [9] formerly Protestant

Affiliation totals

Affiliation
Protestant (all denominations) [a] 48
Presbyterian 13
Episcopalian 10
Protestant (unspecified) [a] 7
Baptist 5
Dutch Reformed 3
Congregationalist 4
Methodist 4
Unitarian 3
Catholic 2-3 [b]
Deist 1
Lutheran 1
Disciples of Christ 1
Evangelical 1 [b]
Greek Orthodox 1
Quaker 1
  1. 1 2 Includes non-denominational Christianity.
  2. 1 2 Mike Pence was raised Catholic but identified as Evangelical during his vice presidency.

See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Jefferson's Religious Beliefs | Thomas Jefferson's Monticello
  2. ↑ "American President: Andrew Johnson: Family Life". Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia. Archived from the original on July 19, 2008. Retrieved October 8, 2008.
  3. ↑ Levi P. Morton's father, Rev. Daniel Oliver Morton, was a Congregationalist minister.
  4. ↑ "San Francisco Call 25 June 1896 — California Digital Newspaper Collection". cdnc.ucr.edu. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  5. ↑ "A Vice President Who Extolled the Old Virtues (Published 1973)". October 11, 1973. Retrieved August 12, 2025.
  6. ↑ Coffey, Joseph P. (2015). Spiro Agnew and the Rise of the Republican Right. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO. ISBN   978-1-4408-4141-5.
  7. ↑ Mahler, Jonathan; Johnson, Dirk (July 20, 2016). "Mike Pence's Journey: Catholic Democrat to Evangelical Republican". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved May 10, 2017.
  8. ↑ Gettleman, Jeffrey; Raj, Suhasini (August 16, 2020). "How Kamala Harris's Family in India Helped Shape Her Values". The New York Times. Retrieved January 25, 2021. For [Harris's mother], it was important to maintain her Indian heritage. She introduced her daughters to Hindu mythology and South Indian dishes such as dosa and idli, and took them to a nearby Hindu temple where she occasionally sang.
  9. ↑ "How JD Vance Found His Way to the Catholic Church". New York Times. August 25, 2024.

References

Notes

  1. ↑ Agnew's father was Greek Orthodox and his mother was Episcopalian. In accordance with his mother's wishes, the infant Spiro was baptized as an Episcopalian. In 1969, however, after his vice presidential inauguration, Baltimore's Greek community endowed a scholarship in Theodore Agnew's name, Spiro Agnew told the gathering: "I am proud to say that I grew up in the light of my father. My beliefs are his." [6]
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