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Senator John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts was vying to become the nation's first Catholic president. A key factor that was hurting Kennedy in his campaign was the widespread prejudice against his Roman Catholic religion; some Protestants believed that, if he were elected president, Kennedy would have to take orders from the Pope in Rome .
In conjunction with figures derived from the Pew Research Center's 2021 "survey of the religious composition of the United States", [168] the most basic breakdown of the above data indicates that 84% of the Senate identify as Christian (compared with 62% of the population), 9% identify as Jewish (compared with 2% of the population), 4% have ...
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 first Catholic to be the chairman of the Republican Party. ... Carter was elected as a Republican to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1895 ...
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.
Charles Carroll of Carrollton – the sole Catholic signatory of the American Declaration of Independence [18] Bob Casey Jr. – US Senator and former Pennsylvania state treasurer; Robert P. Casey – former Pennsylvania governor [19] Bill Cassidy – US Senator; Jerome Cavanagh – Detroit mayor; John Michael Clancy – US Congressman [20]
Senator Simmons refused to endorse Al Smith, the Democratic nominee for president in 1928 and the first Catholic nominated by a major party, winning him praise from members of the Ku Klux Klan. [5] Still, rejecting the Democratic nominee in 1928, together with the Great Depression , led to Simmons being defeated in the 1930 Democratic primary ...
In 1906, Blewitt was elected as a member of the Pennsylvania Senate for the 22nd district from 1907 to 1910. Blewitt was the first Irish-Catholic to serve in the Pennsylvania General Assembly. [6] [10] In 1903, he founded the Edward F. Gold Mining Company, a silver and gold mining operation in Montana. [7]