NOTE: Editors, please use this version, which adds a name to the list of United Methodists in Congress. A corrected version of the main story is also being sent. UMNS regrets the error in the earlier version.
A roll call of United Methodists in 110th Congress
Dec. 13, 2006
NOTE: This list is a sidebar to UMNS story #714 at http://umns.umc.org.
A UMNS Report By Albert J. Menendez*
The number of United Methodists who will be serving in the 110th Congress will remain the same as in the previous assembly, though some of the names will change.
Here is a list of United Methodists in the Senate and House of Representatives.
Senate (13)
Jeff Sessions
R
Alabama
Johnny Isakson
R
Georgia
Daniel Inouye
D
Hawaii
Larry Craig
R
Idaho
Richard Lugar
R
Indiana
Pat Roberts
R
Kansas
Debbie Stabenow
D
Michigan
Ben Nelson
D
Nebraska
Jeff Bingaman
D
New Mexico
Hillary Rodham Clinton
D
New York
Richard Burr
R
North Carolina
Elizabeth Dole
R
North Carolina
Craig Thomas
R
Wyoming
House (49)
Robert Cramer
D
Alabama
Marion Berry
D
Arkansas
Mike Ross
D
Arkansas
Vic Snyder
D
Arkansas
Doris Matsui
D
California
Allen Boyd
D
Florida
Ric Keller
R
Florida
Tim Mahoney
D
Florida
Jeff Miller
R
Florida
Bill Young
R
Florida
Charlie Norwood
R
Georgia
Steve Buyer
R
Indiana
Baron P. Hill
D
Indiana
Dave Loebsack
D
Iowa
Nancy Boyda
D
Kansas
Jerry Moran
R
Kansas
Edward Whitfield
R
Kentucky
Jim McCrery
R
Louisiana
Richard Baker
R
Louisiana
Wayne Gilchrest
R
Maryland
C.A.Dutch Ruppersberger
D
Maryland
Mike Rogers
R
Michigan
John Kline
R
Minnesota
Bennie Thompson
D
Mississippi
Russ Carnahan
D
Missouri
Emanuel Cleaver II
D
Missouri
Lee Terry
R
Nebraska
James Saxton
R
New Jersey
Heather Wilson
R
New Mexico
Paul Gilmor
R
Ohio
David Hobson
R
Ohio
Steven LaTourette
R
Ohio
Betty Sutton
D
Ohio
Dan Boren
D
Oklahoma
Tom Cole
R
Oklahoma
John Peterson
R
Pennsylvania
Bart Gordon
D
Tennessee
Sam Johnson
R
Texas
Ralph Hall
R
Texas
Joe Barton
R
Texas
Pete Sessions
R
Texas
Lloyd Doggett
D
Texas
Chet Edwards
D
Texas
Kay Granger
R
Texas
Solomon Ortiz
D
Texas
Gene Green
D
Texas
John Culberson
R
Texas
Rick Boucher
D
Virginia
Rick Larsen
D
Washington
*Menendez is a freelance writer and director of research for Americans for Religious Liberty.
EDITOR'S NOTE: This tabulation is based on the religious affiliations reported by Congressional staffs to Congressional Quarterly and to the Almanac of American Politics. The affiliations of the newly elected members of the 110th Congress appeared in CQ's Guide to the New Congress, issued Nov. 9. They have been compiled by Albert J. Menendez. The tabulation does not reflect the outcome of a Dec. 12 runoff for the 23rd Congressional District in Texas.
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