serving. All four grandparents were Portuguese, three from the Azores and one from the Mainland. He has received the Highest civilian award from Portugal "The Order of Prince Henry the Navigator". He has received the Grand Decoration of Honor in Gold with Star from the Republic of Austria and for his work in support of the nation of East Timor's fight for independence he was awarded the Medal of the Order of East Timor. Richard Pombo (born 1961), former Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California (1993–2007). Jack Reed, U.S. Senator from Rhode Island, mother was Portuguese. Michael A. Rice (born 1955), biologist & Rhode Island state legislator since 2009. Francis Salvador (1747–1776), Ronald A. Sarasin, former Member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1973–1979) from Connecticut. Patrick Joseph "Pat" Toomey Sr. (born November 17, 1961), U.S. senator from Pennsylvania. (Native of Providence, Rhode Island. Portuguese-American mother). He is a member of the Republican Party, and succeeded Arlen Specter. He served as the U.S. representative for Pennsylvania's 15th congressional district from 1999 to 2005. Descent from the Azores. Lori Trahan (born 1973), U.S. Representative from Massachusetts David Valadao (born 1977), U.S. Representative from California John Vasconcellos (1932–2014), former member of the California State Assembly and State Senate. (Portuguese father/ German mother). Nick Freitas (born 1979), member of the Virginia House of Delegates John Duarte, is an American politician, businessman, and pistachio farmer. Religion Stephen Peter Alencastre (1876–1940), Hawaiian Roman Catholic prelate. John da Silva Antão (born March 1933, Salreu, Estarreja, Portugal), priest in the Archdiocese of Newark, religious leader of the Portuguese-American community in New Jersey and a community leader in Elizabeth, New Jersey. Marcelino Manoel de Graça (1882–1960), born in Brava, Cape Verde, Charismatic religious leader, also known as "Sweet Daddy Grace", who founded the United House of Prayer for All People in the Harlem area of New York. His congregation, made up mainly of African Americans, included over three million people. William Joseph Levada (1936–2019), Roman Catholic archbishop. Ancestor's name Oliveira. Steven J. Lopes (born 1975), Roman Catholic Bishop of the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter Humberto Sousa Medeiros (1915–1983), Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. Gershom Mendes Seixas (1745–1816), first American born rabbi, patriot, personal friend of George Washington and religious leader of the Portuguese Synagogue of New York. Clarence Richard Silva (born 1949), Roman Catholic Bishop of Hawaii. Science and medicine