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The religion of U.S. Presidents varies. George Washington's religious views were doubted despite being an Episcopalian. John Adams rejected the divinity of Jesus and became a Unitarian. Thomas Jefferson was accused of being an atheist but took religion seriously. James Madison treated religion with less respect. John Quincy Adams was a serious Unitarian. Andrew Jackson was a Presbyterian. Martin Van Buren attended a Dutch Reformed church. Many presidents were Episcopalian. Some were Unitarian. Abraham Lincoln had no formal church membership but respected religion. Joe Biden is the second Catholic President. Hello, I'm Jediah D. DeLos Pigon, and today I will be talking about the religion of U.S. Presidents. Starting off this list, we're going to have George Washington. He was an Episcopalian, although he was an Episcopalian, his religious views have been doubted however, have been doubted however. While he did donate money to various churches around the U.S., his church attendance was pretty rough, and he didn't attend church regularly. John Adams. He was born and raised a Congregationalist, however, later in his life he rejected the divinity of Jesus Christ. He later decided to become a Unitarian. Unlike Washington before him, he was more serious of his religious views. Thomas Jefferson. Due to his long-lived crusade to end church and to end state-supported religions, many people doubted he even had a religion. When Jefferson ran against Adams in 1800, Adams' supporters accused Jefferson of being an atheist, however, he always took religion very seriously. Jefferson was raised an Episcopalian, like Adams. He rejected the divinity of Jesus Christ. Jefferson famously went through the New Testament and removed all the Jesus miracles and divinity things, however, he left in all the teachings of Jesus Christ. Today this is called the Jefferson Bible. Historians have called Jefferson a Christian theist. James Madison. He was born and raised an Episcopalian, he had always treated religion with less respect, attended public worship in his neighborhood, invited ministers of religion to his house, had family prayers on such occasions. Though he didn't kneel himself at prayers, note that Med was only assessed that Madison attended church when he was out of home in Orange County. James Madison. Little is known of his religion. All we know is that he was born and raised an Episcopalian. John Quincy Adams. Father like son, he was a Unitarian, unlike his father before him, he was more serious about his religious views. Perhaps one of the most educated men to serve as president. Quincy Adams was not especially religious. He formally joined the Unitarian branch of the Congregational Church, once he took office and attended church every Sunday. Andrew Jackson. He was a Presbyterian, though he attended church throughout his life and subscribed to general Christian principles. Jackson experienced his spiritual conversation at his home in Asheville, Tennessee after leaving the White House. Martin Van Buren. He somewhat attended a Dutch Reformed church. In his birthplace, Kinderhook, New York, and while in Washington, services at St. John's Lafayette Square. His funeral was held at the Reformed Dutch Church in Kinderhook, with burial and a family plot at a nearby church. William Henry Harrison. He was an Episcopalian. John Tyler. He was an Episcopalian. James Mark Polk. Now this one is kind of a weird one. He was born and raised an Episcopalian, however, his wife, he was a Presbyterian, his wife, Sarah, was a Presbyterian, was a Presbyterian. Presbyterian. And, considered he later experienced a change to Methodism when at a camp meeting. While still attending Presbyterian services. Zachary Taylor. Little is known about Taylor's religious views, though he is widely believed to have been an Episcopalian. Millard Fillmore. Like John Adams and Quincy Adams before him, he was Unitarian. Franklin Pierce. Many historians suggest that Pierce was not an especially religious man. During his presidency, at least one historian, Michael Greenhart, the author of The Forgotten Presidents, their untold constitutional legacy, claims that Pierce sought solace for his grief from his Episcopalian religion. James Buchanan. Buchanan was a Presbyterian, attended and supported various churches throughout his life, and joined the Presbyterian church after leaving the presidency. Abraham Lincoln. He had no, he, many people have doubted that he even had a religion, and he quotes, that I am not a member of any Christian church, it's true, but I have never denied the truth of the scriptures, and I have never spoken with any intention or disrespect of religion in general, or denomination of Christians in particular. Andrew Johnson. He was a Christian, he was not a religious man, although he sometimes attended Methodist services with his wife. He liked the Baptist faith because of its democratic structure, but he also had admired the Catholic services, because all Catholics had equal access to church, pure, regardless of their money. Ulysses S. Grant. He was a Methodist, and he got in trouble at West Point for not attending Methodist services. In the 1873 address, Grant said that the government should leave the matter of religion to the family altar. The church and the private school, supported entirely by the private contributions, keep the church and state forever separate. Rutherford Hayes. He was loyal to Christianity and often read the Bible, and he gave money to support Arabic churches, especially the Methodist church in Vermont. Throughout his adult life, however, Hayes reportedly said he was not a Christian. I am not a subscriber to any creed, he wrote in 1890. I belong to no church. James Garfield. The only preacher to occupy the White House, was a product of profound special intellectual and religious ferment of the early decades of the 19th century, which produced the American religious movement known as the Disciples of Christ. Chester Alan Arthur. He was an Episcopalian. As a result of his religious experience, Arthur's father was a Baptist minister, but Arthur didn't seem to have shared his father's religion. Arthur sometimes attended church, generally favoring Episcopal services. Franklin Steiner, in his book, The Religious Beliefs of Our Presidents, categorized Arthur among presidents whose religious beliefs are doubtful. Grover Cleveland. He was a Presbyterian. Cleveland was the son of a Presbyterian minister, but he seemed not to have been especially religious himself. He was quite tolerant of other religions, with the exception of Mormonism. But even there, his real objections seem to have been polygamy rather than religion itself. Benjamin Harrison. Out of Miami, Harrison was strongly influenced by history and political economy with Professor Robert Hamilton Bishop. He also joined a Presbyterian church at college, like his mother, and became a lifelong Presbyterian. At least from his college days onward, Harrison appears to have been quite devout. In addition to frequently attending church, Harrison became a church elder and taught Sunday school. Harrison's religious faith instilled in him a sense of duty which underlay his political activities. William McKinley. He was a lifelong Pious Methodist. In 1852, his family moved from Niles to Poland, Ohio, so that their children could attend better schools. Graduating from Poland's seminary in 1859, McKinley enrolled the following year at Allegheny College in Medford, Pennsylvania. Teddy Roosevelt. He attended a Reformed church. While Roosevelt's faith was not that of contrary evangelical Protestantism, it was nevertheless real. Indeed, despite a lack of evangelical bonafides, lifelong engagement with Christianity has lessons to teach believers today. Roosevelt was born on April 27, 1858, to a wealthy family in Manhattan. William Howard Taft. Like Quincy Adams and somewhere before him, he was a Unitarian. Taft describes his religious beliefs as, I am a Unitarian. I believe in God. I do not believe in the divinity of Christ. And there are many other postulates of the Orthodox creed which I cannot describe. Howard Taft was also offered president of Yale, but he turned it down. Why? Because Yale is like a Catholic church in Texas. I think Yale is a Catholic church. Never mind, skip that. Woodrow Wilson. Wilson was deeply influenced by his Christian faith and upbringing. A committed Presbyterian, he was generally mocked during the 1912 presidential campaign for running a Calvinist ticket. Warren G. Harding. Holy, do we have our first Baptist president? I think we do. Warren Harding was a Baptist. He wasn't very religious. He once, quote, It is my conviction to the problem of the U.S. citizens that they are too far from God. He acted atheist at times, and his mom was a Methodist. Calvin Coolidge. He was a Congregationalist, the only president that was a Congregationalist, and was only made so once he became president. Herbert Hoover. He was one of two he was president of that was a Quaker. Hoover was born into a low Quaker family in Iowa. His family were Quakers for generations, and while he was president, he traveled around. However, when he was back in Iowa, he attended Quaker services. Franklin Delano Roosevelt. He was an Episcopalian. As a young man, he helped missionaries. He held leadership roles in the church. However, he rarely attended church. Harry S. Truman. He was a Baptist, and referred to the U.S. as a Christian country. He said that Buddhists, Jews, and other religions worship the same God as we do, and he called the Soviets and the allied countries of the Soviets as people who turned their back on God. Eisenhower. Eisenhower was a Presbyterian, and the first U.S. president to be baptized as one during his time in office. On February 1, 1953, just 12 days after he was elected president, John F. Kennedy. He was one of two Catholic presidents. He was loyal to the Catholic Church, and regularly attended mass. Lyndon B. Johnson. He showed Christian influence. He decided to join the Disciples of Christ Church. Much of their influence guided him for spiritual civil rights. Richard Nixon. He was the second Quaker president. Attending an Anglican Quaker meeting every Sunday, he played the piano for Sunday school and sang for the church choir. As an adult, he dropped his belief in the divinities and miracles of Jesus Christ. Just like Adams and John Quincy Adams, Jefferson before him. Gerald R. Ford. He was an Episcopalian. While in Congress, he attended Bible service meetings quite regularly with his colleagues from the House of Representatives. Jimmy Carter. He wears his religion on his sleeve, and he was a passionate Christian. Ronald Reagan. Ronald Reagan was born a member of the Disciples of Christ Church, and later became a Presbyterian. After he was nearly killed, he found himself becoming much more religious. In 1982, he announced his support for the Constitutional Amendment, which would allow schools to have prayer. George H. W. Bush. He was an Episcopalian. George H. W. Bush was an Episcopalian. Bill Clinton. During his presidency, he attended a Methodist church in Washington along with his wife, Hillary Clinton, who was a Methodist from childhood. George W. Bush. Bush was raised to the Episcopal Church, but converted to Methodism upon his marriage in 1977. Barack Obama. Obama's resignation from the Trinity United Church of Christ in the course of the Jeremiah Wright controversy ended more than 20 years of affiliation with the United Church of Christ. As president, he attended several different Christian churches, but in most parts, he attended Methodist services. Donald Trump. Donald Trump's son, in 2015, he attended a Reformed Marble College Church in Manhattan, where he married his first wife, Ivana, in 1977. Although the church says that he is not an active member, he is also loosely affiliated with the Lakeside Presbyterian Church in Western Palm Beach, Florida. He lives in Mar-a-Lago State. Trump has also longed for an association with Paula White, an evangelical minister whom he called his personal pastor, while delivering the invocation of the prayer at Trump's 2017 inauguration and joining the White House staff. In 2019, to work on religious outreach issues, in October 2020, Trump declared that he no longer identified as Presbyterian and was now non-nominational. Joe Biden, the second Catholic U.S. President.