CHICAGO (ELCA) -- There will be 23 Lutherans in the 105th
Congress of the United States -- one more than the number of
Lutherans who were in the 104th Congress, according to the
Lutheran Office for Governmental Affairs, Washington, D.C.
Twelve are Democrats; 11 are Republicans.
The five Lutherans in the U.S. Senate are:
Conrad Burns (R-Mont.),
Byron L. Dorgan (D-N.D.),
Rod Grams (R-Minn.),
Ernest F. (Fritz) Hollings (D-S.C.), and
Tim Johnson (D-S.D.).
The 18 Lutherans in the U.S. House of Representatives are:
Douglas K. Bereuter (R-Neb. 1st),
Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio 13th),
*Walter Capps (D-Calif. 22nd),
Norman D. Dicks (D-Wash. 6th),
Paul Gillmor (R-Ohio 5th),
*Darlene Hooley (D-Ore. 5th),
*Ron Kind (D-Wis. 3rd),
Tom Latham (R-Iowa 5th),
David Minge (D-Minn. 2nd),
Mark W. Neumann (R-Wis. 1st),
Jim Nussle (R-Iowa 2nd),
Michael Oxley (R-Ohio 4th),
Collin C. Peterson (D-Minn. 7th),
Thomas E. Petri (R-Wis. 6th),
Martin Olav Sabo (D-Minn. 5th),
*John M. Shimkus (R-Ill. 20th),
Floyd D. Spence (R-S.C. 2nd), and
Charles W. Stenholm (D-Texas 17th).
All are members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in
America, except Senators Burns and Grams and Representatives
Bereuter and Shimkus who are members of the Lutheran Church-
Missouri Synod; Representative Neumann is a member of the
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod.
*Representatives Capps, Hooley, Kind and Shimkus are new
members of Congress. Senator Johnson was a member of the House
in the 104th Congress. Three additional Lutherans served in the
104th Congress: Senator Paul M. Simon (D-Ill.) and
Representatives Steve Gunderson (R-Wis. 3rd) and Fred Heineman (R-
N.C. 4th).
For information contact:
John Brooks, Director (773) 380-2958 or news@elca.org
http://www.elca.org/news
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About the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America:
The ELCA is one of the largest Christian denominations in the United States, with 2.8 million members in more than 8,500 worshiping communities across the 50 states and in the Caribbean region. Known as the church of "God's work. Our hands.," the ELCA emphasizes the saving grace of God through faith in Jesus Christ, unity among Christians and service in the world. The ELCA's roots are in the writings of the German church reformer Martin Luther.
For information contact:
Candice Hill Buchbinder
Public Relations Manager
Candice.HillBuchbinder@ELCA.org
