List of Quaker members of the United States Congress
As of 2023[update], 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
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Party
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State
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Term
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Notes
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Start
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End
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Length of service (days)
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William Windom
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Republican
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Minnesota
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July 15, 1870
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January 22, 1871
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191 days
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Successor qualified[1]
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March 4, 1871
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March 7, 1881
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10 years, 3 days
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Resigned to become United States Secretary of the Treasury[1]
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March 7, 1889
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January 29, 1891
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1 year, 328 days
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Lost re-election[1]
|
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Arthur Capper
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Republican
|
Kansas
|
March 4, 1919
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January 3, 1949
|
29 years, 305 days
|
Retired[1]
|
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Joseph R. Grundy
|
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Republican
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Pennsylvania
|
December 11, 1929
|
December 1, 1930
|
355 days
|
Lost re-election[1]
|
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Paul Douglas
|
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Democratic
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Illinois
|
January 3, 1949
|
January 3, 1967
|
18 years, 0 days
|
Lost re-election[2]
|
|
Richard Nixon
|
|
Republican
|
California
|
December 1, 1950
|
January 1, 1953
|
2 years, 31 days
|
Resigned, having been elected vice president of the United States[3]
|
|
John Hickenlooper
|
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Democratic
|
Colorado
|
January 3, 2021
|
Incumbent
|
4 years, 11 days
|
[4]
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House of Representatives
Senator
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Party
|
District
|
Term
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Notes
|
Start
|
End
|
Length of service (days)
|
|
John Chew Thomas
|
|
Federalist
|
MD-02
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March 4, 1799
|
March 1, 1801
|
1 year, 362 days
|
Retired[1]
|
|
John Conard
|
|
Democratic- Republican
|
PA-01
|
March 8, 1813
|
March 8, 1815
|
2 years, 0 days
|
Retired[1]
|
|
William Darlington
|
|
Democratic- Republican
|
PA-02
|
March 4, 1815
|
March 3, 1817
|
1 year, 364 days
|
[1]
|
March 4, 1819
|
March 3, 1823
|
3 years, 364 days
|
[1]
|
|
Edward Bates
|
|
National Republican Party
|
MO-AL
|
March 4, 1827
|
March 3, 1829
|
1 year, 364 days
|
[1]
|
|
John Wethered
|
|
Whig
|
MD-03
|
April 8, 1843
|
March 8, 1845
|
1 year, 334 days
|
[1]
|
|
Joseph Grinnell
|
|
Whig
|
MA-10
|
December 7, 1843
|
March 8, 1851
|
7 years, 91 days
|
Retired[1]
|
|
Samuel G. Wright
|
|
Whig
|
NJ-02
|
March 4, 1845
|
July 30, 1845
|
148 days
|
Died in office[1]
|
|
David P. Holloway
|
|
Opposition
|
IN-05
|
January 4, 1855
|
January 3, 1857
|
1 year, 365 days
|
[1]
|
|
William Windom
|
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Republican
|
MN-01
|
January 4, 1863
|
January 4, 1869
|
6 years, 0 days
|
Retired[1]
|
|
Isaac Ambrose Barber
|
|
Republican
|
MD-01
|
January 4, 1897
|
January 3, 1899
|
1 year, 364 days
|
[1]
|
|
Thomas S. Butler
|
|
Republican
|
PA-06
|
March 8, 1897
|
March 8, 1903
|
31 years, 79 days
|
Died in office[5]
|
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
|
5 years, 364 days
|
[1]
|
|
A. Mitchell Palmer
|
|
Democratic
|
PA-26
|
March 4, 1909
|
March 3, 1915
|
5 years, 364 days
|
Retired to unsuccessfully run for the Senate[1]
|
|
Frederick C. Hicks
|
|
Republican
|
NY-01
|
January 4, 1916
|
March 3, 1923
|
6 years, 364 days
|
[1]
|
|
Andrew Biemiller
|
|
Democratic
|
WI-05
|
January 3, 1945
|
January 3, 1947
|
2 years, 0 days
|
Lost re-election[1]
|
January 3, 1949
|
January 3, 1951
|
2 years, 0 days
|
Lost re-election[1]
|
|
Richard Nixon
|
|
Republican
|
CA-12
|
January 3, 1947
|
November 30, 1950
|
3 years, 331 days
|
Resigned on appointment to the Senate[3]
|
|
Edward Tylor Miller
|
|
Republican
|
MD-01
|
January 3, 1947
|
January 3, 1959
|
12 years, 0 days
|
Lost re-election[1]
|
|
William G. Bray
|
|
Republican
|
IN-07
|
January 3, 1951
|
January 3, 1967
|
16 years, 0 days
|
Lost re-election[1]
|
IN-06
|
January 3, 1967
|
January 3, 1975
|
|
Edwin B. Forsythe
|
|
Republican
|
NJ-06
|
November 3, 1970
|
January 3, 1983
|
13 years, 147 days
|
Died in office[1]
|
NJ-13
|
January 3, 1983
|
March 29, 1984
|
|
Rush Holt Jr.
|
|
Democratic
|
NJ-12
|
January 3, 1999
|
January 3, 2015
|
16 years, 0 days
|
Retired[6]
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