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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 ...
In conjunction with figures derived from the Pew Research Center's 2021 "survey of the religious composition of the United States", [2] [165] 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 ...
Susan Collins – US Senator; Martin Condon – Knoxville mayor [24] John Conness – US Senator [25] James Cooney – US Congressman [26] Chris Coons - US Senator [27] John Coughlin – First Ward Alderman in Chicago, 1893–1938 [28] Richard Croker – Tammany Hall boss [29] Joseph Crowley – US Congressman [30] Ted Cruz - Texas Senator [31]
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]
Senator John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts was vying to become the nation's first Catholic president, Using his base of support among urban Catholics. 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 ...
Robert John Cornell was born in Gladstone, Michigan, and attended parochial schools in Green Bay, Wisconsin.He earned his B.A. from St. Norbert College (De Pere, Wisconsin) in 1941 and his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from The Catholic University of America (CUA) in 1957.
Edward Francis Blewitt (January 2, 1859 – May 26, 1926) was an American civil engineer, businessman, and politician who served as a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania State Senate for the 22nd district from 1907 to 1910. [1] He was a maternal great-grandfather of Joe Biden, the 46th president of the United States. [2] [3]