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Religion in the United States Government

Signers of the Constitution of the United States of America

 

William Samuel Johnson

   Anglican

Connecticut

Roger Sherman

   Congregationalist

Connecticut

George Read

   Episcopalian

Delaware

Gunning Bedford, Jr.

   Presbyterian

Delaware

John Dickinson

   Quaker

Delaware

Richard Bassett

   Methodist

Delaware

Jacob Broom

   Lutheran

Delaware

William Few

  Methodist

Georgia

Abraham Baldwin

   Episcopalian

Georgia

James McHenry

   Presbyterian

Maryland

Daniel of St. Thomas-Jenifer

   Episcopalian

Maryland

Daniel Carroll

   Roman Catholic

Maryland

Nathaniel Gorham

  Congregationalist

Massachusetts

Rufus King

   Episcopalian

Massachusetts

John Langdon

  Congregationalist

New Hampshire

Nicholas Gilman

   Episcopalian

New Hampshire

William Livingston

   Presbyterian

New Jersey

David Brearly

   Episcopalian

New Jersey

William Paterson

   Presbyterian

New Jersey

Jonathan Dayton

   Episcopalian

New Jersey

Alexander Hamilton

   Episcopalian

New York

William Blount    Episcopalian North Carolina

Richard Dobbs-Spaight, Sr.

   Episcopalian

North Carolina

Hugh Williamson

   Presbyterian

North Carolina

Benjamin Franklin

   Deist (Protestant)

Pennsylvania

Thomas Mifflin

  Quaker

Pennsylvania

Robert Morris

   Episcopalian

Pennsylvania

George Clymer

   Quaker

Pennsylvania

Thomas Fitzsimons

   Roman Catholic

Pennsylvania

Jared Ingersoll

   Presbyterian

Pennsylvania

James Wilson

   Episcopalian

Pennsylvania

Gouverneur Morris

   Episcopalian

Pennsylvania

John Rutledge

   Episcopalian

South Carolina

Charles Cotesworth-Pinckney

   Episcopalian

South Carolina

Charles Pinckney

   Episcopalian

South Carolina

Pierce Butler

   Episcopalian

South Carolina

John Blair

   Episcopalian

Virginia

James Madison, Jr.

   Anglican

Virginia

George Washington

   Deist, Episcopalian

Virginia

      COLONY THAT WAS NOT REPRESENTED AT THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONFERENCE

Rhode Island

British Colonies that remained Loyal

Canada - Quebec - Nova Scotia - Bermuda - Labrador - Newfoundland - Hudson Bay
 Illinois - Bahamas - New South Wales - Jamaica - New Scotland - Vermont - etc., etc.

Note:
By the year 2000 Episcopalians and Anglicans together made up less than 1.7% of the population of the United States.  Lutherans 4.6%, Methodists 6.8%, Presbyterians 2.7% , Congregationalists 0.7% - and practicing Roman Catholics are now 25% and Baptists are 16.5% of the United States population.

The Magna Carta - 1215

Declaration of the First Continental Congress - 1774

The Declaration of Independence - 1776

The Original Thirteen Colonies

Religion and the Founding of the American Republic

Signers of the Declaration of Independence - July 4th, 1776

Signers of the Constitution of the United States of America - September 17th, 1787

Representatives Elected to the 1st Federal Congress of the United States (1789-1791)

Senators Elected to the 1st Federal Congress of the United States (1789-1791)

Senators elected to the 109th Congress of the United States of America