Dutch Reformed Non-Signing Delegates at the Constitutional Constitution: John Lansing, Jr. - New York
Robert Yates - New York
Dutch Reformed Representatives in
First U.S. Federal Congress (1789-1791): Egbert Benson - New York
James Schureman - New Jersey
Henry Wynkoop - Pennsylvania
Dutch Reformed Senators in
First U.S. Federal Congress (1789-1791): Philip Schuyler - New York
German Reformed Representatives in
First U.S. Federal Congress (1789-1791): Daniel Hiester, Jr. - Pennsylvania
No Reformed Church members are known to have been among the signers of the Declaration of Independence or the U.S. Constitution.
The Dutch Reformed Church is traditionally Calvinist, Protestant and Christian. Often when the religious affiliation of members of this denomination is mentioned, these individuals are simply called "Calvinist." Not all Calvinists, however, are members of the Dutch Reformed Church. There are other Calvinist denominations, although the Reformed Church is a major heir to the Calvinist tradition, ahd the influence of Calvinism within broader Protestantism has greatly declined since 1900.
The Dutch Reformed Church was founded in colonial times by settlers coming to America from the Netherlands (also called "Holland," whose citizens are known as "Dutch"). In 1867 the Dutch Reformed Church officially adopted its present name: the Reformed Church in America, although for a long time many members continued identify themselves, and be identified by others, as "Dutch Reformed." Now, with the name change over 100 years in the past and the assimilation of Dutch Americans into American culture, it is far rare to find Americans who specify their religious preference as "Dutch Reformed." The term may be encountered most often when reading about Dutch Americans who lived during the 1700s and 1800s, or with contemporary Dutch citizens and recent immigrants from the Netherlands.
Unless noted (as RCA), all of the following individuals were known specifically as "Dutch Reformed":
Source: The Political Graveyard (http://politicalgraveyard.com/group/christian-reformed.html; viewed 2 December 2005)
Illinois Conrad F. Becker (b. 1905)
Everett McKinley Dirksen (1896-1969)
Frank M. Ozinga (b. 1914)
Martin Ozinga, Jr. (b. 1921)
Iowa Bert Andrew Bandstra (1922-1995)
Lucas James DeKoster (1918-2000)
Melvin D. Synhorst (b. 1914)
Maryland David John Markey (b. 1882)
Michigan Andrew Bolt (1906-1971)
Bartel John Jonkman (1884-1955)
Ben E. Lohman (1898-1982)
Charles R. Feenstra (b. 1894)
Clyde H. Geerlings (1904-1978)
Edgar A. Geerlings (b. 1937)
Edgar J. Fredericks (b. 1942)
Edward A. Borgman (1894-1980)
Gerrit C. Hasper (1913-1991)
Harold James Volkema (1930-1967)
Henry Geerlings (b. 1868)
Jelt Sietsema (b. 1921)
John Vanderwerp (1866-1939)
Lucas Lugers (1853-1927)
Melvin J. De Stigter (1928-2003)
Milton Zaagman (b. 1926)
Oscar E. Bouwsma (1921-1978)
Paul Brentwood Henry (1942-1993)
Peter Hoekstra (b. 1953)
Peter Kok (b. 1919)
Peter Oppewall (b. 1922)
Robert VanderLaan (b. 1930)
Stephen V. Monsma (b. 1936)
Vernon James Ehlers (b. 1934)
Missouri Omar Schnatmeier (b. 1908)
New Jersey Arthur Harry Moore (1879-1952)
Clarence Edwards Case (1877-1961)
Edna B. Conklin
Edwin Winfield Eden (1887-1953)
New York Alfred Rider Page (1859-1931)
Anning Smith Prall (1870-1937)
D-Cady Herrick II (b. 1908)
George Clinton (1739-1812)
Isaiah Davis Winne (1818-1902)
James Schoolcraft Sherman (1855-1912)
John Lansing, Jr. (1754-c.1829)
Joseph P. Bradley (1813-1892)
Martin Van Buren (1782-1862)
Ralph Waldo Gwinn (1884-1962)
Robert Yates (1738-1801)
Simon Boerum (1724-1775)
Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919)
William MacRae Nicoll (b. 1893)
Ohio Robert T. Oestreicher (1897-1955)
Pennsylvania Daniel Hiester (1747-1804)
John Stothoff Badeau (b. 1903)
Lewis Wesley Rathgeber, Jr. (b. 1922)
Stanley G. Stroup (b. 1904)
Category: Reformed Theologians
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Reformed_theologians (viewed 12 August 2005)
