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19-December-1997 
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         Presbyterians Make Up 10 Percent of the U.S. Congress 
 
                     by Jerry L. Van Marter 
 
LOUISVILLE, Ky.--According to the U.S. Congressional Yellow Book, 10 
percent of the members of the 105th Congress of the United States identify 
themselves as Presbyterian. 
 
    The tally lists 45 U.S. House of Representative members and 10 members 
of the U.S. Senate as Presbyterian.  The directory does not indicate 
whether those declaring themselves Presbyterian are members of the 
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). 
 
    Of the 55 Presbyterians in Congress, 38 are Republicans and 17 are 
Democrats.  Presbyterian Republicans outnumber their Democrat counterparts 
30-15 in the House and 8-2 in the Senate. 
 
    U.S. House of Representatives members identifying themselves as 
Presbyterian are Dick Armey, R-Texas; Bill Barrett, R-Neb.; Ken Bentsen, 
D-Texas; Richard Burr, R-N.C.; Charles Canady, R-Fla.; Eva Clayton, D-N.C.; 
Howard Coble, R-N.C.; Diana DeGette, D-Colo.; John J. Duncan Jr., R-Tenn.; 
Jo Ann Emerson, R-Mo.; Bobby R. Etheridge, D-N.C.; Porter J. Goss, R-Fla.; 
Jim Greenwood, R-Pa.; Tony P. Hall, D-Ohio; Joel Hefley, R-Colo.; Van 
Hilleary, R-Tenn. 
 
    And Bob Inglis, R-S.C.; Jay Johnson, D-Wis.; Sue W. Kelly, R-N.Y.; 
Jerry Lewis, R-Calif.; John Linder, R-Ga.; Carolyn B. Maloney, D-N.Y.; Mike 
McIntyre, D-N.C.; George Nethercutt, R-Wash.; Mike Parker, R-Miss.; Joseph 
R. Pitts, R-Pa.; Earl Pomeroy, D-N.D.; John Edward Porter, R-Ill.; Deborah 
Pryce, R-Ohio; Nick Joe Rahall II, D-W.V.; Jim Ryun, R-Kan.; Thomas C. 
Sawyer, D-Ohio; Bob Smith, R-Ore.; Victor F. Snyder, D-Ark. 
 
    Also Gerald B. Solomon, R-N.Y.; John M. Spratt Jr., D-S.C.; Cliff 
Stearns, R-Fla.; James M. Talent, R-Mo.; William M. Thornberry, R-Texas; 
Frederick S. Upton, R-Mich.; Wes Watkins, R-Okla.; Melvin Watt, D-N.C.; 
Rick White, R-Wash.; Frank R. Wolf, R-Va.; and Lynn C. Woolsey, D-Calif. 
 
    Presbyterian members of the U.S. Senate are Christopher Bond, R-Mo.; 
Dan Coats, R-Ind.; Mike Enzi, R-Wyo.; D.M. "Lauch" Faircloth, R-N.C.; Bill 
Frist, R-Tenn.; John Glenn, D-Ohio; James M. Inhofe, R-Okla.; Jon Kyl, 
R-Ariz.; John D. Rockefeller IV, D-W.V.; and Richard Shelby, R-Ala. 

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