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Edward Kavanagh was nationally noticed as the first Catholic elected from New England in 1830. Kavanagh was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-second and Twenty-third Congresses, serving from March 4, 1831, to March 3, 1835. On January 4, 2007, Nancy Pelosi, a Catholic, became the first woman elected as the Speaker of the House.
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 ...
Boulos Basili – priest, first priest to enter the Egyptian Assembly in 1971 after winning a free election in his district Shoubra, in Cairo, Egypt; served in the parliament until 1975; Miron Cristea – first Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church and Prime Minister of Romania
In 1918, Walsh was elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate, serving his first term from March 4, 1919, to March 3, 1925. He was the first Irish Catholic senator from Massachusetts, and second Massachusetts senator to be elected by popular vote, after the passage of the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
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]
This article covers the religious affiliation in the United States House of Representatives.. While the religious preference of elected officials is by no means an indication of their allegiance nor necessarily reflective of their voting record, the religious affiliation of prominent members of all three branches of government is a source of commentary and discussion among the media and public.
This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 1st United States Congress listed by seniority, from March 4, 1789, to March 3, 1791.. The order of service is based on the commencement of the senator's first term, with senators entering service the same day ranked alphabetically.
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. [7] [11] In 1903, he founded the Edward F. Gold Mining Company, a silver and gold mining operation in Montana. [8]