Every President's Religion

Mr. Beat goes through the religious beliefs of every American President in history.

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Apparently religion is on the decline in the United States

However, it’s still very difficult for a political candidate today to get elected if they are not religious. In fact, candidates often hype up how religious they are by making sure media outlets know when they are going to church. See! Look at me! I’m going to church! I’m a good boy!

The current U.S. President, Joe Biden, identifies as a Roman Catholic, making him only the second American President in history to be Catholic.

Article 6, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution says you can’t be forced to take a religious test in order to hold a government position, but obviously, voters can be biased against or for candidates based on their religion.

In this video, I’m going to briefly look at the religion of every President in American history, and some of them might just surprise you.

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George Washington: 2:17

John Adams: 2:39

Thomas Jefferson: 3:05

James Madison: 4:09

James Monroe: 4:28

John Quincy Adams: 4:45

Andrew Jackson: 5:16

Martin Van Buren: 5:33

William Henry Harrison: 5:46

John Tyler: 6:02

James Polk: 6:22

Zachary Taylor: 7:11

Millard Fillmore: 7:29

William Seward: 8:01

Franklin Pierce: 8:13

James Buchanan: 8:51

Abraham Lincoln: 9:04

Andrew Johnson: 10:36

Ulysses Grant: 11:18

Rutherford Hayes: 11:50

James Garfield: 12:29

Chester Arthur: 13:11

Grover Cleveland: 15:01

Benjamin Harrison: 15:30

William McKinley: 15:54

Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt: 16:29

William Howard Taft: 16:50

Woodrow Wilson: 17:46

Warren Harding: 18:15

Calvin Coolidge: 18:52

Herbert Hoover: 19:06

Franklin Roosevelt (FDR): 19:47

Harry Truman: 20:08

Dwight Eisenhower: 21:01

John F. Kennedy (JFK): 21:49

Lyndon Johnson: 22:01

Richard “It’s Just The Storm, Dick” Nixon: 22:19

Gerald Ford: 22:46

Jimmy Carter: 23:03

Ronald Reagan: 23:28

George H.W. Bush: 23:54

Bill “Relation-less” Clinton: 24:10

George W. Bush: 24:26

Barrack Obama: 25:19

Donald Trump: 25:58

Joe Biden: 26:23

Conclusion: 26:35