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The topic is also of interest to religious groups and the general public who may appeal to senators of their denomination on religious or moral issues facing the United States Senate. This list reports the religious affiliation of the members of the United States Senate in the 119th United States Congress .
Al Smith is the first Catholic presidential candidate in major parties. In 1928, Al Smith became the first Roman Catholic to gain a major party's nomination for president. [74] His religion became an issue during the campaign and was one of the factors in his loss. Many feared that he would answer to the pope and not the constitution.
Senator Party Born Occupation(s) Previous elective office(s) Education Assumed office Class Residence [4] Alabama: Tommy Tuberville: Republican September 18, 1954 (age 70) Investment management firm partner
This is a complete list of United States senators during the 119th United States Congress listed by seniority, from January 3, 2025, to January 3, 2027. It is a historical listing and will contain people who have not served the entire two-year Congress should anyone resign, die, or be expelled.
When Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected pope in 2013, he was the first non-European in more than a thousand years and the first Latin American ever to ascend to the papacy. As archbishop of Buenos ...
Derek Jones – first Mayor of Gaborone, Botswana 1966–68; Fred Nile – New South Wales Legislative Council (Australia) member and Fellowship of Congregational Churches minister; Andrew Young – civil rights activist; former mayor of Atlanta, Georgia; America's first African-American ambassador to the United Nations; United Church of Christ ...
Pope Francis taps one of most outspoken and progressive-leaning U.S. Catholic leaders to Washington, D.C., ahead of Trump term, immigration battle.
This emergent Catholic right’s elevated status under President Donald Trump, despite its less decisive appeal among Catholics as a whole, raises the potential for drastic change to policies ...