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| | The '''chaplain''' is a clergyman elected by the [[United States Senate|Senate]] to open its daily sessions with a prayer. The chaplain is also available as an adviser and counselor to Senators, Senators' families, and congressional employees.<ref>[https://www.senate.gov/reference/glossary_term/chaplain.htm] US Senate Reference</ref> | | The '''chaplain''' is a clergyman elected by the [[United States Senate|Senate]] to open its daily sessions with a prayer. The chaplain is also available as an adviser and counselor to Senators, Senators' families, and congressional employees.<ref>[https://www.senate.gov/reference/glossary_term/chaplain.htm] US Senate Reference</ref> |
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| | + | The inclusion of a prayer before the opening of each session of both the House and the Senate, traces its origins back to the days of the Continental Congress |
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Revision as of 06:41, June 6, 2020
The chaplain is a clergyman elected by the Senate to open its daily sessions with a prayer. The chaplain is also available as an adviser and counselor to Senators, Senators' families, and congressional employees.[1]
The inclusion of a prayer before the opening of each session of both the House and the Senate, traces its origins back to the days of the Continental Congress
References
- ↑ [1] US Senate Reference
List of Senate chaplains
The website for the U.S. Senate includes the following list of past and present Senate Chaplains:[1]
| Number |
Chaplain |
Photo |
Religion |
Denomination |
Appointed
|
| 1. |
Samuel Provoost |
|
Christian |
Episcopal |
April 25, 1789
|
| 2. |
William White |
50px |
Christian |
Episcopal |
December 9, 1790
|
| 3. |
Thomas John Claggett |
50px |
Christian |
Episcopal |
November 27, 1800
|
| 4. |
Edward Gantt |
|
Christian |
Episcopal |
December 9, 1801
|
| 5. |
A. T. McCormick |
|
Christian |
Episcopal |
November 7, 1804
|
| 6. |
Edward Gantt |
|
Christian |
Episcopal |
December 4, 1805
|
| 7. |
John Johnson Sayrs |
|
Christian |
Episcopal |
December 3, 1806
|
| 8. |
A. T. McCormick |
|
Christian |
Episcopal |
November 10, 1807
|
| 9. |
Robert Elliott |
|
Christian |
Presbyterian |
November 10, 1808
|
| 10. |
James Jones Wilmer |
|
Christian |
Episcopal |
May 24, 1809
|
| 11. |
Obadiah Bruen Brown |
50px |
Christian |
Baptist |
December 5, 1809
|
| 12. |
Walter Dulaney Addison |
50px |
Christian |
Episcopal |
December 12, 1810
|
| 13. |
John Brackenridge, D.D. |
|
Christian |
Presbyterian |
November 13, 1811
|
| 14. |
Jesse Lee |
50px |
Christian |
Methodist |
September 27, 1814
|
| 15. |
John Glendy |
|
Christian |
Presbyterian |
December 8, 1815
|
| 16. |
Sereno Edwards Dwight |
|
Christian |
Congregationalist |
December 16, 1816
|
| 17. |
William Dickinson Hawley |
|
Christian |
Episcopal |
December 9, 1817
|
| 18. |
John Clark |
|
Christian |
Presbyterian |
November 19, 1818
|
| 19. |
Reuben Post |
|
Christian |
Presbyterian |
December 9, 1819
|
| 20. |
William Ryland |
|
Christian |
Methodist |
November 17, 1820
|
| 21. |
Charles Pettit McIlvaine |
50px |
Christian |
Episcopal |
December 9, 1822
|
| 22. |
William Staughton |
50px |
Christian |
Baptist |
December 10, 1823
|
| 23. |
Charles Pettit McIlvaine |
50px |
Christian |
Episcopal |
December 14, 1824
|
| 24. |
William Staughton |
50px |
Christian |
Baptist |
December 12, 1825
|
| 25. |
William Ryland |
|
Christian |
Methodist |
December 8, 1826
|
| 26. |
Henry Van Dyke Johns |
|
Christian |
Episcopal |
December 14, 1829
|
| 27. |
John Price Durbin |
50px |
Christian |
Methodist |
December 19, 1831
|
| 28. |
Charles Constantine Pise |
50px |
Christian |
Roman Catholic |
December 11, 1832
|
| 29. |
Frederick Winslow Hatch |
|
Christian |
Episcopal |
December 10, 1833
|
| 30. |
Edward Young Higbee |
|
Christian |
Episcopal |
December 23, 1835
|
| 31. |
John Reinhard Goodman |
|
Christian |
Episcopal |
December 28, 1836
|
| 32. |
Henry Slicer |
50px |
Christian |
Methodist |
September 11, 1837
|
| 33. |
George Grimston Cookman |
|
Christian |
Methodist |
December 31, 1839
|
| 34. |
Septimus Tustin |
|
Christian |
Presbyterian |
June 12, 1841
|
| 35. |
Henry Slicer |
50px |
Christian |
Methodist |
December 16, 1846
|
| 36. |
Clement Moore Butler |
|
Christian |
Episcopal |
January 9, 1850
|
| 37. |
Henry Slicer |
50px |
Christian |
Methodist |
December 7, 1853
|
| 38. |
Henry Clay Dean |
|
Christian |
Methodist |
December 4, 1855
|
| 39. |
Stephen P. Hill |
|
Christian |
Baptist |
December 8, 1856
|
| 40. |
Phineas Densmore Gurley |
50px |
Christian |
Presbyterian |
December 15, 1859
|
| 41. |
Byron Sunderland |
50px |
Christian |
Presbyterian |
July 10, 1861
|
| 42. |
Thomas Bowman |
50px |
Christian |
Methodist |
May 11, 1864
|
| 43. |
Edgar Harkness Gray |
50px |
Christian |
Baptist |
March 9, 1865
|
| 44. |
John Philip Newman |
50px |
Christian |
Methodist |
March 8, 1869
|
| 45. |
Byron Sunderland |
50px |
Christian |
Presbyterian |
December 8, 1873
|
| 46. |
Joseph J. Bullock |
|
Christian |
Presbyterian |
March 24, 1879
|
| 47. |
Elias DeWitt Huntley |
50px |
Christian |
Methodist |
December 18, 1883
|
| 48. |
John George Butler |
50px |
Christian |
Lutheran |
March 15, 1886
|
| 49. |
William Henry Milburn |
50px |
Christian |
Methodist |
April 6, 1893
|
| 50. |
F.J. Prettyman |
50px |
Christian |
Methodist |
November 23, 1903
|
| 51. |
Edward Everett Hale |
50px |
Christian |
Unitarian |
December 14, 1903
|
| 52. |
Ulysses Grant Baker Pierce |
|
Christian |
Unitarian |
June 18, 1909
|
| 53. |
F.J. Prettyman |
50px |
Christian |
Methodist |
March 13, 1913
|
| 54. |
Joseph Johnston Muir |
|
Christian |
Baptist |
January 21, 1921
|
| 55. |
ZeBarney Thorne Phillips |
50px |
Christian |
Episcopal |
December 5, 1927
|
| 56. |
Frederick Brown Harris |
50px |
Christian |
Methodist |
October 10, 1942
|
| 57. |
Peter Marshall |
50px |
Christian |
Presbyterian |
January 4, 1947
|
| 58. |
Frederick Brown Harris |
50px |
Christian |
Methodist |
February 3, 1949
|
| 59. |
Edward L.R. Elson |
50px |
Christian |
Presbyterian |
January 9, 1969
|
| 60. |
Richard C. Halverson |
50px |
Christian |
Presbyterian |
February 2, 1981
|
| 61. |
Lloyd John Ogilvie |
50px |
Christian |
Presbyterian |
March 11, 1995
|
| 62. |
Barry C. Black |
50px |
Christian |
Seventh-day Adventist |
July 7, 2003
|
Denomination Totals:
Episcopalian = 19
Methodist = 17
Presbyterian = 14
Baptist = 6
Unitarian = 2
Congregationalist = 1
Lutheran = 1
Roman Catholic = 1
Seventh-day Adventist = 1
Total: 62
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