1 May 1789 A.D. Rev. William Linn (Presbyterian) Elected as 1st Chaplain to U.S. House of Representatives—Also Served as Continental Army Chaplain
1 May 1789 A.D. Rev. William Linn (Presbyterian) Elected as 1 st Chaplain to U.S. House of Representatives—Also Served as Continental Army Chaplain Myers, David T. “May 1: Rev. William Linn.” This Day in Presbyterian History. 1 May 2015. http://www.thisday.pcahistory.org/2015/05/may-1-2/ . Accessed 1 May 2015. May 1: Rev. William Linn The First Chaplain to the House of Representatives In a day when everyone is decrying our young people’s lack of knowledge of our American republic, try this question on yourself. Who was the nation’s first chaplain elected to the United States House of Representatives? If you answered the Rev. William Linn, of Pennsylvania, a member minister of the Presbyterian Church, give yourself ten brownie points. His years were February 27, 1752 to January 8, 1809. We don’t know much about his background, but early on, this ardent and most impassioned minister, as he was called by his contemporaries, graduated from the College of New Jer...