Historic members Calvary Baptist Church (Washington, D.C.)

calvary baptist church, 1860s

as church in washington, has had number of high-profile members including:

amos kendall, 8th united states postmaster general , provided significant funding found church. first floor of calvary s sanctuary building called kendall hall after kendall.
charles evans hughes, first president of northern baptist convention, former governor of new york, united states secretary of state, , chief justice of united states.
president warren g. harding attended calvary while president of united states.
william shadrack shallenberger, former republican member of congress pennsylvania , appointed second assistant postmaster general president william mckinley. shallenberger hall, calvary s largest meeting room, named after him. shallenberger served superintendent of sunday school , taught vaughn class.
fred schwengel, former republican member of congress iowa , founding president of united states capitol historical society. schwengel lost re-election in 1972 after opposing prayer in school.
brooks hays, former democratic member of congress arkansas , president of southern baptist convention. hays defeated re-election after attempting mediate little rock integration crisis
george w. hill former pastor of calvary, leader of american baptist convention, appeared in national newspapers , television, , national peace activist. efforts led founding of u.s. institute of peace.




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