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As of 2023, twenty-four Quakers have ever been elected to the United States Congress, the first being John Chew Thomas in 1799. One Quaker currently serves in the Congress.

Senate

Senator		Party		State	Term			Notes
					Start	End	Length of service (days)
	William Windom		Republican	Minnesota	July 15, 1870	January 22, 1871	191 (191 days)	Successor qualified
					March 4, 1871	March 7, 1881	3,656 (10 years, 3 days)	Resigned to become United States Secretary of the Treasury
					March 7, 1889	January 29, 1891	693 (1 year, 328 days)	Lost re-election
	Arthur Capper		Republican	Kansas	March 4, 1919	January 3, 1949	10,898 (29 years, 305 days)	Retired
	Joseph R. Grundy		Republican	Pennsylvania	December 11, 1929	December 1, 1930	355 (355 days)	Lost re-election
	Paul Douglas		Democratic	Illinois	January 3, 1949	January 3, 1967	6,574 (18 years, 0 days)	Lost re-election
	Richard Nixon		Republican	California	December 1, 1950	January 1, 1953	762 (2 years, 31 days)	Resigned, having been elected vice president of the United States
	John Hickenlooper		Democratic	Colorado	January 3, 2021	Incumbent	1,446 (3 years, 351 days)

House of Representatives

Senator		Party		District	Term			Notes
					Start	End	Length of service (days)
	John Chew Thomas		Federalist	MD-02	March 4, 1799	March 1, 1801	727 (1 year, 362 days)	Retired
	John Conard		Democratic- Republican	PA-01	March 8, 1813	March 8, 1815	730 (2 years, 0 days)	Retired
	William Darlington		Democratic- Republican	PA-02	March 4, 1815	March 3, 1817	730 (1 year, 364 days)
					March 4, 1819	March 3, 1823	1,460 (3 years, 364 days)
	Edward Bates		National Republican Party	MO-AL	March 4, 1827	March 3, 1829	730 (1 year, 364 days)
	John Wethered		Whig	MD-03	April 8, 1843	March 8, 1845	700 (1 year, 334 days)
	Joseph Grinnell		Whig	MA-10	December 7, 1843	March 8, 1851	2,648 (7 years, 91 days)	Retired
	Samuel G. Wright		Whig	NJ-02	March 4, 1845	July 30, 1845	148 (148 days)	Died in office
	David P. Holloway		Opposition	IN-05	January 4, 1855	January 3, 1857	730 (1 year, 365 days)
	William Windom		Republican	MN-01	January 4, 1863	January 4, 1869	2,192 (6 years, 0 days)	Retired
	Isaac Ambrose Barber		Republican	MD-01	January 4, 1897	January 3, 1899	729 (1 year, 364 days)
	Thomas S. Butler		Republican	PA-06	March 8, 1897	March 8, 1903	11,401 (31 years, 79 days)	Died in office
				PA-07	March 8, 1903	March 8, 1923
				PA-08	March 8, 1923	May 26, 1928
	William W. Cocks		Republican	NY-01	March 4, 1905	March 3, 1911	2,190 (5 years, 364 days)
	A. Mitchell Palmer		Democratic	PA-26	March 4, 1909	March 3, 1915	2,190 (5 years, 364 days)	Retired to unsuccessfully run for the Senate
	Frederick C. Hicks		Republican	NY-01	January 4, 1916	March 3, 1923	2,615 (6 years, 364 days)
	Andrew Biemiller		Democratic	WI-05	January 3, 1945	January 3, 1947	730 (2 years, 0 days)	Lost re-election
					January 3, 1949	January 3, 1951	730 (2 years, 0 days)	Lost re-election
	Richard Nixon		Republican	CA-12	January 3, 1947	November 30, 1950	1,427 (3 years, 331 days)	Resigned on appointment to the Senate
	Edward Tylor Miller		Republican	MD-01	January 3, 1947	January 3, 1959	4,383 (12 years, 0 days)	Lost re-election
	William G. Bray		Republican	IN-07	January 3, 1951	January 3, 1967	5,844 (16 years, 0 days)	Lost re-election
				IN-06	January 3, 1967	January 3, 1975
	Edwin B. Forsythe		Republican	NJ-06	November 3, 1970	January 3, 1983	4,895 (13 years, 147 days)	Died in office
				NJ-13	January 3, 1983	March 29, 1984
	Rush Holt Jr.		Democratic	NJ-12	January 3, 1999	January 3, 2015	5,844 (16 years, 0 days)	Retired

See also

• List of Buddhist members of the United States Congress
• List of Hindu members of the United States Congress
• List of Jewish members of the United States Congress
• List of Mormon members of the United States Congress
• List of Muslim members of the United States Congress

References

1. ^ Political Graveyard
3. ^ Ingle, H. Larry (2015). Nixon's First Cover-up: The Religious Life of a Quaker President. Columbia, Missouri: University of Missouri Press. ISBN 978-0-8262-2042-4.
4. Colorado state portal: Retrieved 10 October 2011. Archived October 13, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
5. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
6. Thomas D. Hamm, The Quakers in America, Columbia University Press, 2003, p. 160.

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