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Members of Congress celebrate Eagle Scout Day

Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Aug. 1, 2022

Eagle Scout Day, officially Aug. 1, might as well be everyday on the Hill: Members of Congress have disproportionately earned the honor, according to LegiStorm data.

Of those currently serving in Congress, at least 5% of male representatives and 9% of male senators attained the Eagle Scout award in their youth.

The Boy Scouts of America have historically granted the Eagle Scout award, the organization's highest honor, to 2%-6% of all Boy Scouts. In 2010, a Gallup News poll found that about 39% of the general male population had ever claimed Boy Scouts membership.

Republicans make up three out of every four Eagle Scouts serving in the House and more than half in the Senate.

Unsurprisingly, Congress's Eagle Scouts are all men. But that may change with the times: The Boy Scouts of America now accepts girls after long restricting its membership to boys. The organization bestowed young women with its with Eagle Scout awards for the first time last year, and it's not implausible that female Eagle Scouts may join the halls of Congress in the next decade.

Subjects: Boy Scouts of America

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