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Essentially all of the presidents can be characterized as Christians, at least by upbringing, though some were unaffiliated with any specific religious body. Mainline Protestants predominate, with Episcopalians and Presbyterians being the most prevalent. John F. Kennedy and Joe Biden were the only Catholic presidents.
The traditional one-seat rule was abandoned by President Ronald Reagan, who nominated two Catholics to serve together: Antonin Scalia in 1986 and Anthony Kennedy in 1988. They joined Brennan to give the court a then-high of three Catholic justices. President George H.W. Bush nominated Clarence Thomas in 1991.
Al Smith governor of New York was the first Catholic nominated for president by a major party as the Democratic nominee in the 1928 election. Two Catholics have been President of the United States: Democratic presidents John F. Kennedy (1961–1963) and Joe Biden (2021–present), both predominantly of Irish heritage.
[16] [17] Only former President John F. Kennedy and President Joe Biden were raised in Roman Catholic families. Two former presidents, Richard Nixon and Herbert Hoover, were raised as Quakers. All the rest were raised in families affiliated with Protestant Christianity. However, many presidents have themselves had only a nominal affiliation ...
Catholic [118] [119] Bernie Moreno: Republican Ohio: Catholic Lisa Murkowski: Republican Alaska: Catholic [120] [121] Patty Murray: Democrat Washington: Catholic [122] [123] Alex Padilla: Democrat California: Catholic [124] Jack Reed: Democrat Rhode Island: Catholic [125] [126] Pete Ricketts: Republican Nebraska: Catholic [127] Jim Risch ...
President Donald Trump signs executive actions in the Oval Office on January 20, 2025. ... And it’s only been two days. Trump has notched early success, but the real tests lie ahead.
He is the only U.S. president to have served more than two terms. [10] Since the ratification of the Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1951, no person may be elected president more than twice, and no one who has served more than two years of a term to which someone else was elected may be elected more than once. [11]
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