Talk:Religious affiliation in the United States House of Representatives

Using eg. project smart vote biografies, loads of these "non-specified protestants" have more specified affliations. e.g. Morgan Griffith of Virginia is Episcopalian.

Some churches, especialley Evangelical Covenant Church and United Church of Christ have handfull members in congress, not reported in this data.

Not sure how to properly update this page, but here are some notes:

- Duncan Hunter from California resigned and is no longer a congressman.

- John Rose from Tennesee is listed twice.

- Richard Hudson from North Carolina's 8th district is not listed.

- Vern Buchanan from Florida is not listed.

- Bill Johnson from Ohio is not listed.

Eric 324 (talk) 04:28, 16 April 2020 (UTC) Eric 324

I've corrected the oversights. Thanks! —Morning star (talk) 15:50, 4 December 2020 (UTC)

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Non-voting members?

Wondering if non-voting members of the United States House of Representatives should be added?

Representative	Party	District	Religion	Notes
Delegate Amata Coleman Radewagen	Republican	American Samoa at-large	Roman Catholic
Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton	Democratic	District of Columbia at-large	Episcopalian
Delegate Michael San Nicolas	Democratic	Guam at-large	Roman Catholic
Delegate Gregorio Sablan	Independent	Northern Mariana Islands at-large	Roman Catholic
Resident Commissioner Jenniffer González	New Progressive	Puerto Rico at-large	Roman Catholic
Delegate Stacey Plaskett	Democratic	U.S. Virgin Islands at-large	Lutheran

Joe Neguse

I am wondering if Rep. Neguse is an Orthodox Christian, given his notable role as the first Eritrean-American member of Congress. On this article, he is listed as an unspecified Protestant, but there is no source for the claim. Do we have any sources describing Rep. Neguse's affiliation? 2601:184:4780:3130:709D:B5D0:276:F6ED (talk) 18:02, 10 February 2021 (UTC)

Joe Neguse is labeled as a "Unspecified Protestant" in the Pew poll (for the 116th Congress);[1] as a "Protestant" in a Vote Smart profile;[2] and as just a "Christian" in this NCTM profile.[3] I couldn't find any connection to Eritrean Orthodoxy.—Morning star (talk) 14:09, 11 February 2021 (UTC)

Thanks for the quick answer. Seems that the data on the main article are correct then, at least as far as well can tell. 2601:184:4780:3130:CCBC:1946:77BD:B68D (talk) 21:13, 11 February 2021 (UTC)

Rep. Mayra Flores is Roman Catholic.

Flores belongs to the Roman Catholic faith.

Reliable non-partisan sources (which analyze data rather than writing op-eds) state that Mayra Flores is a Roman Catholic.

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Jews and Denominations

Every other religious group has sub-denominations listed, even if a sub-denomination like Eastern Catholicism only has one Member in the House. However, except for the Judaically disputed movement of "Messianic Judaism," the Jewish members of the House are just listed as "Jewish," not accounting (even in the notes), for the variety of ways (for example Orthodox Judaism, Reform Judaism, and Conservative Judaism) which Members may express their Jewish identities. Should the "Jewish" section of the article, like other faiths here, have more specific subcategories? Joesom333 (talk) 00:11, 20 November 2023 (UTC)