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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, and the official recommendation of Benjamin Franklin, June 28, 1787:I have lived, Sir, a long time, and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth: that God Governs in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without his notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without his aid?
 
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We have been assured, Sir, in the sacred writings, that ‘except the Lord build the House they labour in vain that build it.’ I firmly believe this; and I also believe that without his concurring aid we shall succeed in this political building no better, than the Builders of Babel . . .
 
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I therefore beg leave to move— that henceforth prayers imploring the assistance of Heaven, and its blessings on our deliberations, be held in this Assembly every morning before we proceed to business, and that one or more of the Clergy of this City be requested to officiate in that Service.”
 
  
 
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==List of Senate chaplains==
 
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The website for the U.S. Senate includes the following list of past and present Senate Chaplains:<ref name="first"/>
 
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|1. ||[[Samuel Provoost]] || [[File:Samuel Provoost-Bishop Episcopal Church USA.jpg|50px]] || [[Christianity|Christian]] || [[Episcopal Church in the United States of America|Episcopal]] || April 25, 1789
 
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|2. ||[[William White (Bishop of Pennsylvania)|William White]] ||[[File:William White-Bishop Episcopal Church USA-1795.jpg|50px]] || [[Christianity|Christian]] || [[Episcopal Church in the United States of America|Episcopal]] || December 9, 1790
 
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|3.||[[Thomas John Claggett]] ||[[File:Thomas john claggett.jpg|50px]] || [[Christianity|Christian]] || [[Episcopal Church in the United States of America|Episcopal]] || November 27, 1800
 
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|4.||[[Edward Gantt]] || || [[Christianity|Christian]] || [[Episcopal Church in the United States of America|Episcopal]] || December 9, 1801
 
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|5.||[[A. T. McCormick]] || || [[Christianity|Christian]] || [[Episcopal Church in the United States of America|Episcopal]] || November 7, 1804
 
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|6.||[[Edward Gantt]] || || [[Christianity|Christian]] || [[Episcopal Church in the United States of America|Episcopal]] || December 4, 1805
 
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|7.||[[John Johnson Sayrs]] || || [[Christianity|Christian]] || [[Episcopal Church in the United States of America|Episcopal]] || December 3, 1806
 
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|8.||[[A. T. McCormick]] || || [[Christianity|Christian]] || [[Episcopal Church in the United States of America|Episcopal]] || November 10, 1807
 
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|9.||[[Robert Elliott (chaplin)|Robert Elliott]] || || [[Christianity|Christian]] || [[Presbyterian]] || November 10, 1808
 
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|10.||[[James Jones Wilmer]] || || [[Christianity|Christian]] || [[Episcopal Church in the United States of America|Episcopal]] || May 24, 1809
 
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|11.||[[Obadiah Bruen Brown]] || [[File:Obadiah Bruen Brown.jpg|50px]]||[[Christianity|Christian]] || [[Baptist]] || December 5, 1809
 
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|12.||[[Walter Dulaney Addison]] || [[File:Walter Delaney Addison.jpg|50px]]||[[Christianity|Christian]] || [[Episcopal Church in the United States of America|Episcopal]] || December 12, 1810
 
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|13.||[[John Brackenridge, D.D.]] || ||[[Christianity|Christian]] || [[Presbyterian]] || November 13, 1811
 
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|14.||[[Jesse Lee (Methodist)|Jesse Lee]] ||[[File:Jesse Lee.gif|50px]] ||[[Christianity|Christian]] || [[Methodist]] || September 27, 1814
 
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|15.||[[John Glendy]] || ||[[Christianity|Christian]] || [[Presbyterian]] || December 8, 1815
 
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|16.||[[Sereno Edwards Dwight]] || ||[[Christianity|Christian]] || [[Congregational church|Congregationalist]] || December 16, 1816
 
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|17.||[[William Dickinson Hawley]] || ||[[Christianity|Christian]] || [[Episcopal Church in the United States of America|Episcopal]] || December 9, 1817
 
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|18.||[[John Clark (chaplain)|John Clark]] || ||[[Christianity|Christian]] || [[Presbyterian]] || November 19, 1818
 
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|19.||[[Reuben Post]] || ||[[Christianity|Christian]] || [[Presbyterian]] || December 9, 1819
 
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|20.||[[William Ryland]] || ||[[Christianity|Christian]] || [[Methodist]] || November 17, 1820
 
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|21.||[[Charles Pettit McIlvaine]] ||[[File:Charles Pettit McIlvaine - Brady-Handy.jpg|50px]] ||[[Christianity|Christian]] || [[Episcopal Church in the United States of America|Episcopal]] || December 9, 1822
 
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|22.||[[William Staughton]] ||[[File:William Staughton.jpg|50px]] ||[[Christianity|Christian]] || [[Baptist]] || December 10, 1823
 
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|23.||[[Charles Pettit McIlvaine]] ||[[File:Charles Pettit McIlvaine - Brady-Handy.jpg|50px]] ||[[Christianity|Christian]] || [[Episcopal Church in the United States of America|Episcopal]] || December 14, 1824
 
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|24.||[[William Staughton]] ||[[File:William Staughton.jpg|50px]] ||[[Christianity|Christian]] || [[Baptist]] || December 12, 1825
 
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|25.||[[William Ryland]] || ||[[Christianity|Christian]] || [[Methodist]] || December 8, 1826
 
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|26.||[[Henry Van Dyke Johns]] || ||[[Christianity|Christian]] || [[Episcopal Church in the United States of America|Episcopal]] || December 14, 1829
 
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|27.||[[John Price Durbin]] ||[[File:John Price Durbin.jpg|50px]] ||[[Christianity|Christian]] || [[Methodist]] || December 19, 1831
 
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|28.||[[Charles Constantine Pise]] ||[[File:Charles Constantine Pise.jpg|50px]] ||[[Christianity|Christian]] || [[Roman Catholic]] || December 11, 1832
 
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|29.||[[Frederick Winslow Hatch]] || ||[[Christianity|Christian]] || [[Episcopal Church in the United States of America|Episcopal]] || December 10, 1833
 
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|30.||[[Edward Young Higbee]] || ||[[Christianity|Christian]] || [[Episcopal Church in the United States of America|Episcopal]] || December 23, 1835
 
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|31.||[[John Reinhard Goodman]] || ||[[Christianity|Christian]] || [[Episcopal Church in the United States of America|Episcopal]] || December 28, 1836
 
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|32.||[[Henry Slicer]] ||[[File:Henry Slicer.jpg|50px]] ||[[Christianity|Christian]] || [[Methodist]] || September 11, 1837
 
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|33.||[[George Grimston Cookman]] || ||[[Christianity|Christian]] || [[Methodist]] || December 31, 1839
 
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|34.||[[Septimus Tustin]] || ||[[Christianity|Christian]] || [[Presbyterian]] || June 12, 1841
 
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|35.||[[Henry Slicer]] || [[File:Henry Slicer.jpg|50px]]||[[Christianity|Christian]] || [[Methodist]] || December 16, 1846
 
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|36.||[[Clement Moore Butler]] || ||[[Christianity|Christian]] || [[Episcopal Church in the United States of America|Episcopal]] || January 9, 1850
 
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|37.||[[Henry Slicer]] ||[[File:Henry Slicer.jpg|50px]] ||[[Christianity|Christian]] || [[Methodist]] || December 7, 1853 
 
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|38.||[[Henry Clay Dean]] || ||[[Christianity|Christian]] || [[Methodist]] || December 4, 1855
 
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|39.||[[Stephen P. Hill]] || ||[[Christianity|Christian]] || [[Baptist]] || December 8, 1856
 
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|40.||[[Phineas Densmore Gurley]] ||[[File:Gurley.jpg|50px]] ||[[Christianity|Christian]] || [[Presbyterian]] || December 15, 1859
 
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|41.||[[Byron Sunderland]] ||[[File:Byron Sunderland.jpg|50px]] ||[[Christianity|Christian]] || [[Presbyterian]] || July 10, 1861
 
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|42.||[[Thomas Bowman (Methodist Episcopal Bishop)|Thomas Bowman]] || [[File:Thomas Bowman.jpg|50px]]||[[Christianity|Christian]] || [[Methodist]] || May 11, 1864
 
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|43.||[[Edgar Harkness Gray]] ||[[File:Edgar Harkness Gray.jpg|50px]] ||[[Christianity|Christian]] || [[Baptist]] || March 9, 1865
 
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|44.||[[John Philip Newman]] ||[[File:John Philip Newman - Brady-Handy.jpg|50px]] ||[[Christianity|Christian]] || [[Methodist]] || March 8, 1869
 
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|45.||[[Byron Sunderland]] ||[[File:Byron Sunderland.jpg|50px]] ||[[Christianity|Christian]] || [[Presbyterian]] || December 8, 1873
 
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|46.||[[Joseph J. Bullock]] || ||[[Christianity|Christian]] || [[Presbyterian]] || March 24, 1879
 
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|47.||[[Elias DeWitt Huntley]] ||[[File:Elias DeWitt Huntley.jpg|50px]] ||[[Christianity|Christian]] || [[Methodist]] || December 18, 1883
 
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|48.||[[John George Butler]] ||[[File:John George Butler.jpg|50px]] ||[[Christianity|Christian]] || [[Lutheran]] || March 15, 1886
 
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|49.||[[William Henry Milburn]] ||[[File:William Henry Milburn.jpg|50px]] ||[[Christianity|Christian]] || [[Methodist]] || April 6, 1893
 
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|50.||[[F.J. Prettyman]] ||[[File:Forrest Johnston Prettyman.jpg|50px]] ||[[Christianity|Christian]] || [[Methodist]] || November 23, 1903
 
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|51.||[[Edward Everett Hale]] || [[File:1855 EdwardEverettHale.png|50px]]||[[Christianity|Christian]] || [[Unitarianism|Unitarian]] || December 14, 1903
 
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|52.||[[Ulysses Grant Baker Pierce]] || ||[[Christianity|Christian]] || [[Unitarianism|Unitarian]] || June 18, 1909
 
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|53.||[[F.J. Prettyman]] ||[[File:Forrest Johnston Prettyman.jpg|50px]] ||[[Christianity|Christian]] || [[Methodist]] || March 13, 1913
 
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|54.||[[Joseph Johnston Muir]] || ||[[Christianity|Christian]] || [[Baptist]] || January 21, 1921
 
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|55.||[[ZeBarney Thorne Phillips]] ||[[File:ZeBarney Phillips.jpg|50px]] ||[[Christianity|Christian]] || [[Episcopal Church in the United States of America|Episcopal]] || December 5, 1927
 
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|56.||[[Frederick Brown Harris]] ||[[File:Frederick Brown Harris.jpg|50px]] ||[[Christianity|Christian]] || [[Methodist]] || October 10, 1942
 
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|57.||[[Peter Marshall (preacher)|Peter Marshall]] ||[[File:Peter Marshall.jpg|50px]] ||[[Christianity|Christian]] || [[Presbyterian]] || January 4, 1947
 
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|58.||[[Frederick Brown Harris]] ||[[File:Frederick Brown Harris.jpg|50px]] ||[[Christianity|Christian]] || [[Methodist]] || February 3, 1949
 
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|59.||[[Edward L.R. Elson]] ||[[File:Edward L. R. Elson 2.jpg|50px]] ||[[Christianity|Christian]] || [[Presbyterian]] || January 9, 1969
 
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|60.||[[Richard C. Halverson]] ||[[File:Richard C. Halverson.jpg|50px]] ||[[Christianity|Christian]] || [[Presbyterian]] || February 2, 1981
 
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|61.||[[Lloyd John Ogilvie]] ||[[File:Lloyd John Ogilvie.gif|50px]] ||[[Christianity|Christian]] || [[Presbyterian]] || March 11, 1995
 
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|62.||[[Barry Black|Barry C. Black]] || [[File:Barry Black.jpg|50px]] ||[[Christianity|Christian]] || [[Seventh-day Adventist Church|Seventh-day Adventist]] || July 7, 2003
 
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Episcopalian = 19
 
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Methodist = 17
 
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Presbyterian = 14
 
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Baptist = 6
 
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Unitarian = 2
 
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Congregationalist = 1
 
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Lutheran = 1
 
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Roman Catholic = 1
 
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Seventh-day Adventist = 1
 
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Latest revision as of 01:14, August 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]

References

  1. ↑ [1] US Senate Reference
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