How many Mormons have served in the U.S. government?

Many Mormons have served as senators and congressmen over the past 100 years, practically every senator and congressman ever elected from the state of Utah has been a Mormon. The highest ranking Mormon to ever serve in the U.S. Government was Ezra Taft Benson. He served as secretary of agriculture to President Eisenhower. He was instrumental in shipping thousands of pounds of grain from the United States to Europe after World War II. The highest ranking Mormons currently serving in the Congress are Senator Harry Reid, Democrat from Nevada. He is currently serving as the majority leader in the Senate. Senator Orrin Hatch is a republican senator from Utah. He gets a lot of press as one of the more conservative leaders in the senate.