Frederick Brown Harris

Frederick Brown Harris (April 10, 1883 – August 18, 1970), a Methodist clergyman has the distinction of the longest service record as Chaplain of the Senate (24 years), in a term of service interrupted by the chaplaincy of Peter Marshall.

He was raised in New Jersey and studied at Dickinson College[1] and Drew Theological Seminary (1912).

[4] In 1924 he was called to serve Foundry United Methodist Church, Washington, D.C., a pastorate he would hold for more than thirty years.

During his pastorate there, he would serve as Chaplain of the Senate (1942–1947) and (1949–1969), his time of service interrupted by the chaplaincy of Peter Marshall.

[5][6] Illustrious world leaders were numbered among those who attended worship at Foundry or became his friends in Congress, including President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill who attended a special service at Foundry on December 25, 1941.,[7] Madame Chaing Kai-Shek (Soong Mei-ling),[8] and Syngman Rhee[9] He conducted the funerals of President Herbert Hoover, Senator Robert A. Taft, and General Douglas MacArthur.