Presidents’ Religious Affiliations
By Editor
Religious Views of Our Presidents.—Washington, Madison, Monroe, W. H. Harrison, Tyler, Taylor, Arthur, were Episcopalians; Adams, J. Q.12Adams, Fillmore, and Taft, Unitarians; Jackson, Buchanan, Cleveland, B. Harrison, Presbyterians, or became such; Roosevelt, Dutch Reformed; Polk, Grant, Hayes, McKinley, became or were Methodists; Pierce, a Congregationalist; Garfield, Disciple; Jefferson, Jackson, Van Buren, Polk, Lincoln, Johnson, Grant, were not, while presidents, church-members, tho some of them afterward united with churches. None of them were scoffers. Some, like Adams and Jefferson, were strong advocates of religious liberty.