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Contributed by: Arthur Schneier, the Congressional Record of the United States of America, Aharon N. Varady (transcription)
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 10 May 1956. . . .
Contributed by: Selig Sigmund Auerbach, the Congressional Record of the United States of America, Aharon N. Varady (transcription)
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 20 July 1955. . . .
Contributed by: David de Sola Pool, the Congressional Record of the United States of America, Aharon N. Varady (transcription)
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 28 June 1955. . . .
Contributed by: Norman Gerstenfeld, the Congressional Record of the United States of America, Aharon N. Varady (transcription)
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 18 April 1955. . . .
Contributed by: Amos Bunim, the Congressional Record of the United States of America, Aharon N. Varady (transcription)
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 1 June 1954. . . .
Contributed by: Jacob Agus, the Congressional Record of the United States of America, Aharon N. Varady (transcription)
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 20 July 1953. . . .
Contributed by: Abraham Shusterman, the Congressional Record of the United States of America
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 3 February 1953. . . .
Contributed by: Harry J. Kaufman, the Congressional Record of the United States of America
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 13 February 1951. . . .
Contributed by: Arthur T. Buch, the Congressional Record of the United States of America, Aharon N. Varady (transcription)
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 25 April 1951. . . .
Contributed by: Nochum Dovid Herman, the Congressional Record of the United States of America
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 7 March 1950. . . .
Contributed by: Herman E. Snyder, the Congressional Record of the United States of America, Aharon N. Varady (transcription)
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 28 April 1948. . . .
Contributed by: Leo Baeck, the Congressional Record of the United States of America
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on Lincoln’s Birthday, 12 February 1948. . . .
Contributed by: Max Raisin, the Congressional Record of the United States of America
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 30 January 1947. . . .
Contributed by: Norman Gerstenfeld, the Congressional Record of the United States of America, Aharon N. Varady (transcription)
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 29 April 1946. . . .
Contributed by: Solomon H. Metz, the Congressional Record of the United States of America, Aharon N. Varady (transcription)
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 6 June 1945. . . .
Contributed by: Samuel Thurman, the Congressional Record of the United States of America
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 26 February 1945. . . .
Contributed by: Solomon H. Metz, the Congressional Record of the United States of America, Aharon N. Varady (transcription)
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 5 June 1944 on the eve of D-Day in World War Ⅱ. . . .
Contributed by: Israel Goldstein, the Congressional Record of the United States of America, Aharon N. Varady (transcription)
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 21 April 1942. . . .
Contributed by: Bernard Bergman, the Congressional Record of the United States of America, Aharon N. Varady (transcription)
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 26 May 1942. . . .
Contributed by: Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the Congressional Record of the United States of America, Anson Phelps Stokes
This prayer for the United States of America was offered by President Franklin D. Roosevelt as part of his Radio Campaign Address at Hyde Park, New York on 4 November 1940. The prayer was adapted by Roosevelt from one he referred to it in his speech as “an old prayer.” That prayer was originally offered by Rev. Anson Phelps Stoke, canon of the Washington Cathedral (Washington DC), a guest chaplain before the Senate on 25 April 1932. Roosevelt, or a speech write, adapted the text of the prayer by removing the final line, thereby making the prayer a more inclusive and ecumenical civic prayer. . . .
