Since today is President's Day, and in keeping with yesterday's post of The God of this Land, I consulted Wikipedia this morning for the religious affiliations of our U.S. presidents. I hope you find it interesting.
Baptist
- Warren Harding
- Harry Truman (Southern
Baptist)
- Jimmy Carter (Southern
Baptist)
- Bill Clinton (Former Southern
Baptist)
- Calvin Coolidge
- John Adams (later Unitarian)
- James Garfield
- Lyndon Johnson
- Ronald Reagan (also Presbyterian)
- George Washington
- James Madison
- James Monroe
- William Henry
Harrison
- John Tyler
- Zachary Taylor
- Franklin Pierce
- Chester A. Arthur
- Franklin D.
Roosevelt
- Gerald Ford
- George H. W. Bush
- George W. Bush (later Methodist)
- James Polk (originally Presbyterian)
- Ulysses Grant (allegedly; his theology is
unknown)
- William McKinley
- George W. Bush (originally Episcopalian)
- Andrew Jackson
- James Polk (later Methodist)
- James Buchanan
- Grover Cleveland
- Benjamin Harrison
- Woodrow Wilson
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Ronald Reagan (also Disciples of Christ)
- Thomas Jefferson
- Abraham Lincoln (also attended Presbyterian services)
Not formally
affiliated with a specific church, but declared Christian
- Andrew Johnson (attended Methodist and
Catholic services)
- Rutherford Hayes
(attended Methodist)
No longer
affiliated
- Barack Obama (resigned from United Church of Christ during first campaign)
Text from www.Wikipedia.com
Picture from www.mountvernon.org
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