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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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[[Category:United States Senate Terms]]
 
[[Category:United States Senate Terms]]
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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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Total: 62
 

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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