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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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! Number !! Chaplain !! Photo  !! Religion !! Denomination !! Appointed
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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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Revision as of 06:31, 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]

References

  1. ↑ [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 Samuel Provoost-Bishop Episcopal Church USA.jpg 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
  1. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named first
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