Flashback . It Wasn't Until 1877 That New Hampshire Allowed Non-Protestants to Hold Political Offices

Jewish Virtual Library reports:

One of the original thirteen colonies which broke from England in 1776, New Hampshire is home to approximately 10,120 Jews. The Jewish population is concentrated in the more urban south and southeast section (Manchester, Concord, Nashua, Portsmouth, and the seacoast).

The state was not always hospitable to its Jewish citizens (or Roman Catholics, for that matter) for the first state constitution in 1784 limited office-holding to Protestants. That requirement was in force until 1877 when the document was amended to remove religious qualifications.

For you rookies out there who think America wasn't founded by Protestant Christians....