Famous Masons

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• Political and civil rights leaders

• Australia

• Brazil

• Canada

• Chile

• Czechoslovakia

• Fiji Islands

• France

• Gabon

• Germany

• Hawaii

• Iceland

• Ireland

• Italy

• Japan

• Jordan

• Malaysia

• Mexico

• Philippines

• Austria

• Romania

• Russia

• Singapore

• UK: England & Wales, and Scotland

• U.S.

• American Revolution

• U.S. Presidents

• U.S. Supreme Court Justices

• Republic of Texas

• Venezuela

• Military leaders

• Composers, fine artists, and popular musicians

• Actors and entertainers

• Industrialists and labor leaders

• Adventurers

• Philosophers

• Athletes and other sports figures

• Astronauts

• Writers, journalists, and publishers

• Lawyers, jurists, and law enforcement

• Doctors, scientists, and inventors

• Educators, religious leaders, and others

• Famous entered apprentices

Political and civil rights leaders

Australia       back to top         

• Sir Edmund Barton ( 1st Australian Prime Minister) Born 1849 Died 1920, P/M from 1901 to 1903

• Sir George Reid , 4th Prime Minister of Australia, Lodge Centennial No. 169, UGL ofNSW

• SirJoseph Cook 6th Prime Minister of Australia

• Viscount Stanley Melbourne Bruce 8th Prime Minister of Australia

• Sir Robert Menzies, 12th Prime Minister of Australia, Austral Temple Lodge No. 110, VIC

• Sir Arthur William Fadden 13th Prime Minister of Australia

• Sir John Grey Gorton 19th Prime Minister of Australia

• Sir William McMahon 20th Prime Minister of Australia

• Sir Harry Lawson, 27th Premier of Victoria, Scotch Collegians Lodge

• Sir Earle Christmas Grafton

• Sir William Clarke, former Cheif Justice of Victoria, first GM of the United Grand Lodge of Victoria

• Herbert Henry "Smokey Dawson" MBE AM, country music entertainer and community leader

• Sir Donald Bradman, World Famous Australian Cricketer

• Sir Hubert Opperman, World's Fastest Bicyclist in 1930s; Governement Minister; High Commissioner to Malta

• Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, aviator who was first to cross the Pacific from the US to Brisbane in about 1928. He was a MM of a Brisbane lodge, and, as a matter of interest, it is his MM apron which is perambulated in the memorial service each Anzac Day in the Brisbane Memorial Masonic Centre.

• Sir Thomas Playford, Former Premier of South Australia

• Charles Karius Explorer initiated New Guinea Lodge (292 UGLQ) 29 Nov 26, passed 11 Feb 28, raised 9 Oct 35

• Daniel O'Conne*Harry Van Der Sluys(" Roy Rene Mo")Entertainerll, he resigned for political reasons - see the history of the St Stephens Green Club, Dublin

• Charles Goffage (Chips Rafferty)

• Nathan Phillips (Stiffy)

• Harry Van der Sluys (Mo aka Roy Rene)

• Hugh Webster, once Prof of Physics at Uni Qld and for a time Australia's Science Rep to the United Nations

• Lawrence Hargraves...Aeronautical Pioneer

• John William Pilbeam Goffage ( "Chips Rafferty") Film Actor

• John Hosking...First Mayor of Sydney

• Nat Phillips...Entertainer

• Lieutenant John Oxley RN...Explorer

• Sir Edward ( Weary) Dunlop..War Hero & Doctor

• John MacDouall Stuart...Explorer

• Francis Greenway...Architect Colonial era

• Mei Quong Tart...Ist Chinese Initiate in Australia

• Sir Joseph Banks.."Father Of Australia"..Botonist

• Ken G Hall..Australian Film producer

• Sir Ernest Fisk...Radio Pioneer

• Captain Matthew Flinders...Explorer

• Hamilton Hume...Explorer

• Edgar Laurence ( Dunc) Grey..Olympic Cyclist

• Sir John Northcott..NSW State Governor & Grand Master

• Col Dr Sir Weary Dunlop, Doctor in WWII Japanese POW Changi Railway - saved hundreds including Sir *William Clavel (author of Shogun); Since WWII built links with Asia

• Air Commadore Rex Taylor CBE, John Knox Lodge

• Brigadier Sir William Hall KBE DSO ED

• Air Commodore Sir Charles Kingsford Smith..Aviation Pioneer

• Major-General Sir Robert Risson, Past Grand Master

• Lt-General Sir John Northcot, Past Grand Master-NSW (Initiated in Lodge Army and Navy after he was Commissioned as Governor of NSW)

• Lt-General Sir John Lavarack, Past Grand Master-Qld

• Chap Archdeacon GE Lambie, Past Grand Chaplain

• Lt-General Sir Stanley Savige

• Lt-Colonel Sir Harold Luxton, former Lord Mayor of Melbourne

• Brigadier Sir Bernard Evans

• Chap-General Rev AT Holden, Past Grand Master

• Lt-General Sir Carl Jess

• Lt-General Sir Leslie Morshead

• Brigadier The Hon MWJ Bourchier

• Lt-General Sir Frank Berryman

• Lt-General R Bierwirth

• Major-General EJ Milford

• Major-General RE Jackson

• Major-General AG Wilson

• Major-General RE Wade

• Major-General R Kendall

• Lt-Colonel Sir Harold Stokes

• Major-General Sir Alan Ramsay

• Lt-General Sir Horace Robertson

Brazil       back to top

• Emperor Pedro I of Brazil, Past Grand Master of the Grand Orient of Brazil

• Manuel Deodoro da Fonseca, Gr?o Mestre de Grande Oriente do Brasil, later first president of

Canada       back to top

• Prime Minister John J.C. Abbott, St Paul's Lodge No. 374 E.R., Montreal, QC

• James T.M. Anderson, Banner Lodge No. 154, Regina, SK

• Robert Alexander Anderson, Acacia Lodge No. 22

• Harold Ballard, Corinthian Lodge No. 481, Toronto, ON

• Robert Beaven, Quadra Lodge No. 8, Victoria

• Prime Minister Richard Bedford Bennett, Miramichi Lodge No. 187, Chatham, NB

• W.A.C. Bennett, St. George Lodge No. 41, Kelowna, BC

• Alexander Bethune, founding member of Acacia Lodge No. 22

• Prime Minister Robert Laird Borden, St. Andrew's Lodge No. 1, Halifax, NS

• Prime Minister Mackenzie Bowell, St. Lawrence Lodge No. 640 E.R., Montreal, QC

• William John Bowser, Past Provincial Grand Master of Vancouver, BC

• Harlan Carey Brewster, Vancouver and Quadra Lodge No. 2, Victoria, BC

• Samuel Bronfman, Covenant Lodge No. 108, Quebec

• Frederick Buscombe, Cascade Lodge No. 12

• Douglas Lloyd Campbell, Assiniboine Lodge No. 7, Portage La Prairie

• Frederick Cope, Cascade Lodge No. 12

• Amor De Cosmos, Victoria Lodge No. 1085

• A.E.B. Davie, Cariboo Lodge No. 4, Barkerville

• Prime Minister John George Diefenbaker, Wakaw Lodge No. 166, Wakaw, SK

• Charles Douglas, Mount Hermon Lodge No. 7

• Tommy Douglas, Weyburn Lodge No. 20 GRS, Weyburn, SK

• Sir Sandford Fleming, St. Andrew's Lodge No. 16, Toronto, ON

• James Garden, Cascade Lodge No. 12

• Josiah Henson Mount Moriah Lodge No. 4 GRC, Dresden, ON

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• Tim Horton, Kroy Lodge No. 676, Toronto, ON 

• Byron Ingemar Johnson, Saint Andrew's Lodge No, 41, Victoria, BC

• William Jarvis, Provincial Secretary for Upper Canada. First Provincial Grand Master for Upper Canada, 1792

• Alexander Keith, Founder of Keith lodge #23 in Moncton New Brunswick

• Prime Minister Sir. John A. Macdonald, St. John's Lodge No. 5, Kingston, ON

• William M. Martin, Past Grand Master of Saskatchewan

• Sir Allan Napier MacNab, Provincial Grand Master of Upper Canada 1845-57, and Grand Master of the Ancient Grand Lodge of Canada, 1857

• Sir Richard McBride, Union Lodge No. 9, New Westminster, BC

• John Foster McCreight, Victoria Lodge No. 783, BC

• John Duncan MacLean, Pacific Lodge No. 16, Mission, BC

• Col. Samuel McLaughlin, Cedar Lodge No. 270, Oshawa

• John Molson, St. Paul's Lodge, Montreal, Prov. GM of Lower Canada 1826

• Thomas Neelands, Mount Hermon Lodge No. 7

• David Oppenheimer, Vancouver Lodge No. 2

• William John Patterson, Evening Star Lodge No. 10, Grenfell, SK

• Edward Gawler Prior, Victoria Columbia Lodge No. 1, Victoria, BC

• Alexander C. Rutherford, Acacia Lodge No. 11

• Joseph E. Seagram, Grand River Lodge No. 151, Kitchener, ON

• Sir John Graves Simcoe, Union Lodge No. 307, E.R. (Moderns), Exeter, England

• Joey Smallwood, Northcliffe Lodge No. 1886

• W. Ross Thatcher, St. George's Lodge No. 136, Moose Jaw, SK

• Thomas Townley, Cascade Lodge No. 12

• John Herbert Turner, Vancouver Lodge No. 421 SR, Victoria, BC

• George Anthony Walkem, King Solomon's Lodge No. 22, Toronto, ON

Chile       back to top

• President Salvador Allende, Lodge Progresso No. 4, Valpara?so

• Air Force General Alberto Bachelet

Czechoslovakia       back to top

• Edvard Bene?, Lodge Ian Amos Komensky No. 1, Prague and Lodge Pravda Vitezi

Fiji Islands       back to top

• Prime Minister Mahendra Chaudhry, Suva Lodge No. 2, Suva, Fiji Islands

France       back to top

• Fr?d?ric Bartholdi, Grand Orient de France, "Alsace-Lorraine" oct 14 1875

• Louis Blanc, La Grand Loge des Philadelphes (Rite of Memphis-Misraim)

• Nicolas Chamfort, Loge Les Neuf S?urs, Paris

• Dr. Robert Moray, Edinburgh [Lodge] 1641.

• F?lix Pyat, La Grand Loge des Philadelphes (Rite of Memphis-Misraim)

• Adolphe Talandier, La Grand Loge des Philadelphes (Rite of Memphis-Misraim)

• Fran?ois-Marie Arouet (Voltaire), Raised 1778 by WM Ben Franklin, Loge des Neuf S?urs, Paris

Gabon       back to top

• Omar Bongo, Past Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Gabon, 1983

Germany       back to top

• Ignaz Aurelius Fessler, Grand Lodge of the 3 Globes at Berlin, 1796

• Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

• Frederick II of Prussia

Hawaii       back to top

• King David Kalakaua, Lodge Le Progress de l'Oceanie No. 124

• King Kamehameha IV, Lodge Le Progress de l'Oceanie No. 124

• King Kamehameha V, Hawaiian Lodge No. 21

Iceland       back to top

• President Sveinn Bj?rnsson, Past Grand Master of Iceland

Ireland       back to top

• Edmund Burke, Jerusalem Lodge No. 44

• Henry Haslett, Lodge 257, Belfast

• Thomas McCabe, Lodge 684, Belfast

• Daniel O'Connell, Lodge No. 189, Dublin; Lodge No. 13, Limerick; charter member, Lodge in Tralee

• William Tenant, Lodge 257, Belfast

Italy       back to top

• Silvio Berlusconi, As a member of P2

• Giuseppe Garibaldi, Loge Les Amis de la Patrie, Uruguay; Tompkinsville Lodge No. 471, Staten Island, NY

• Giuseppe Mazzini, Past Grand Master, Grand Orient of Italy

• Licio Gelli

Japan       back to top

• Prime Minister Ichiro Hatoyama, Hatoyama was made a Mason in March 1955 in Tokyo

• Nishi Amane, La Vertu Lodge No, 7, Leyden, October 20, 1864

Jordan       back to top

• King Hussein of Jordan, Past Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Jordan

Malaysia       back to top

• HRH Colonel Sir Ibrahim, The Sultan of Johor. Initiated, 11th April 1906 in Empire Lodge No. 2108 in London.

• H.H. Tunku Abdul Malik Ibni Sultan Badlishah, House of Kedah. Initiated, 9th January 1959, Lodge Kedah No. 3830 E.C. Sungei Petani.

• HRH Sultan Idris Ibni Sultan Iskandar Shah, Sultan of Johor. Initiated 9th July 1960, Lodge Napier No. 3418 EC in Ipoh.  

Mexico       back to top

• President Benito Ju?rez  

Philippines       back to top

• Dr. Jos? Rizal, national hero and pride of the Malay race, Acacia Lodge No. 9 Spain, Logia Solidaridad 53 Madrid 1890, Nilad Lodge No. 144, 1892

• Manuel L. Quezon, President of the Philippine Commonwealth (1935-1944), Sinukuan Lodge No. 272, 1908

• Jose Abad Santos, former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, one of the greatest heroes of World War II. He was made a Master Mason in 1919

• Numeriano R. Adriano, former Vice-President of the Republic, like many others gave his life (executed) during the Philippine Revolution

• Bishop Gregorio Aglipay, revolutionary Catholic priest, excommunicated for joining the libertarian movement

• Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo, first president of the Philippine Republic. Pilar Lodge No. 203, 1895. Founder of Magdalo Lodge No. 31

• Dr. Galicano C. Apacible, patriot and propagandist, Logia Revoluccion in Barcelona and Logia Solidaridad 53 in Madrid (mid 1880's)

• Conrado Benitez, civic leader, esteemed educator, economist, author. Grand Master of Masons of the Grand Lodge of the Philippines in 1936

• Nicanor Abelardo, musician/composer, "father of the sonata in the Philippines". Luzon Lodge No. 57

• Andres Bonifacio, founded the Katipunan, a secret society established to gain independence from Spain through force. Taliba Lodge No. 165, 1892

• Manuel Camus, philantropist and civic leader, organizer of Boy Scouts and YMCA and charity organizations. Lodge Perla del Oriente 1034, 1908

• Marcelo H. del Pilar, soul of the Philippine Revolution. He co-founded Logia Revoluccion in Barcelona, Spain and revived Logia Solidaridad 53

• Isabelo de los Reyes, labor leader, historian and founder of the Philippine folklore, Luz de Oriente Lodge, 1896

• Teodoro M. Kalaw, prolific writer, scholar, orator and statesman, Nilad Lodge 1907, Gran Logia de Filipinas 1915

• Jose P. Laurel, President of the 2nd Philippine Republic, Supreme Court Justice, patriot. Batangas Lodge No. 383

• Graciano Lopez Jaena, gifted writer, orator, patriot. Logia Povernir No. 2, co-founded Logia Solidaridad 53 in Madrid

• Gen. Antonio Luna, writer, dedicated patriot, foremost military strategist. Logia Solidaridad 53, Madrid

• Apolinario Mabini, considered by many as the "Brains of the Philippine Revolution". Logia Balagtas 149, 1892

• Camilo Osias, foremost, educator, legislator, writer. Bagumbayan Lodge No. 4, 1918

• Rafael Palma, lawyer, statesman, educator. First Filipino president of the University of the Philippines. Bagong Buhay Lodge No. 291, 1908

• Quintin Paredes, first Filipino Prosecuting Attorney, Attorney General, Supreme Court Justice. Sinukuan Lodge No. 16, 1913

• Manuel Roxas, President of the Republic of the Philippines (1946-1948). Makawiwili Lodge No. 55, 1920  

Austria       back to top

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Lodge Zur Wolt?tigkeit, Vienna; Lodge Zur Wahren Eintracht  

Romania       back to top

• Vasile Alecsandri, L'ath?n?e des Etrangers, Paris [1]

• Grigore Alexandrescu, L'ath?n?e des Etrangers, Paris [2]

• Constantin Argetoianu [2]

• Ion C. Bratianu, L'ath?n?e des Etrangers, Paris; "Steaua Dunarii" Lodge, Bucharest [1]

• Nicolae Balcescu, "Fratia" Secret Society [1]

• Dimitrie Bolintineanu [2]

• Cezar Bolliac, Philharmonic Society [3]

• Dimitrie Cantemir, Scottish Rosicrucian [1]

• Victor Eftimiu [2]

• Nicolae Filimon [2]

• Octavian Goga [2]

• Ion Ghica, L'ath?n?e des Etrangers, Paris; "Fratia" Secret Society [2]

• Horea [1]

• Bogdan Petriceicu-Hasdeu [2]

• Mihail Kogalniceanu [1]

• Gheorghe Magheru [1]

• Titu Maiorescu, "Steaua Rom?niei" Lodge, Iasi [2]

• Ion Minulescu [2]

• Eftimie Murgu, "Fratia" Secret Society

• Costache Negruzzi [1]

• Ion Heliade Radulescu, L'ath?n?e des Etrangers, Paris; Philharmonic Society; Marea Loja; "Steaua Dunarii" [2]

• C.A. Rosetti, L';ath?n?e des Etrangers, Paris [1]

• Alecu Russo, L'ath?n?e des Etrangers, Paris

• Mihail Sadoveanu, "Dimitrie Cantemir" Lodge [2]

• Christian Tell, L'ath?n?e des Etrangers, Paris

• Nicolae Titulescu [2]

• Alexandru Vaida-Voevod, "Ernest Renan" Lodge

• Tudor Vladimirescu [1]

• Traian Vuia [2]  

Russia       back to top

• Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin, Famous Russian poet and novelist

• Ivan Perfilevich Elagin, Grand Provincial Master for the Grand Lodge of England

• Alexander Kerensky, La Petite Ourse(Ursa Minor)), "Rose" lodge

• Maxim Maximovich Kovalevsky, L"Avangard Masonnique, Les Vrais Amis Fideles

• Grigoriy Nikolayevich Vyrubov, Rose of the perfect silence (Worshipful Master)

• Pavel Yablochkov, Worshipful Master of Scottish rite lodges in Paris, first Worshipful master of Scottish lodge "Cosmos", 1887-1888  

Singapore       back to top

• Thomas Stamford Raffles, Raised July 5, 1813, Lodge De Vriendschap, Sourabaya  

UK: England & Wales, and Scotland       back to top

(the two Masonic jurisdictions have never been united)

• Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of England

• Sir Winston Churchill, Studholme Alliance Lodge No. 1591, Rosemary Lodge No. 2851. (Note: The Churchill Society claims he resigned from his Lodges in 1912.)

• HRH Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of England (current)

• Prince Michael of Kent, Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons (current)

• HRH Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, Grand Master of the Atholl or Antient Grand Lodge of England (which existed until the Union in 1813)

• HM King Edward VII, previously Grand Master of United Grand Lodge of England; Protector of the Craft

• HM King Edward VIII (later Duke of Windsor), Household Brigade Lodge No. 2614; Past Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of England

• Andrew Bruce, 11th Earl of Elgin, Past Grand Master Mason of Scotland

• HM King George IV, previously Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of England (Moderns), Grand Patron of UGLE from 1814.

• HM King George VI, Naval Lodge No. 2612; Past Grand Master of Scotland; Past Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of England

• HRH Prince Henry Frederick, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn, Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of England (Moderns), who granted Prince Hall his charter in 1784

• Sir Robert Moray, Newcastle 1641

• James Oglethorpe, first Master of King Solomon's Lodge No. 1, Savannah, GA

• George Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon, Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of England (1870)

• Sir Christopher Wren, Master of Lodge Original, No. 1, now the Lodge of Antiquity No. 2

• Charles Bradlaugh, La Grand Loge des Philadelphes (Rite of Memphis-Misraim)

• Sir Michael A. Diamond I  

U.S.       back to top

• John Jacob Astor, Holland Lodge No. 8, NY

• David Rice Atchison, Platte Lodge No. 56, MO

• Gunning Bedford, Jr., Lodge No. 14, Christina Ferry, DE; Past Grand Master of Delaware

• Julian Bond, St. James Lodge No. 4

• Ernest Borgnine, Lodge No. 48, Abingdon, VA

• John C. Breckinridge

• John Brown, Hudson Lodge No. 68, Hudson, OH

• Asa S. Bushnell, (Governor of Ohio 1896-1900), made a Mason at Sight by Grand Master Levi C. Goodale in 1894, Affiliated with Anthony Lodge No. 455 in Springfield on 3 April 1894

• Jonathan Byrne, 33?, Charlotte Lodge No. 39, (former American Gladiator)

• Henry Clay, Past Grand Master of Kentucky

• Samuel L. Clemens - AKA "Mark Twain", Polar Star Lodge No. 79, St. Louis, Missouri

• DeWitt Clinton, Past Grand Master of New York, Holland Lodge No. 8, NY

• George Clinton, Warren Lodge #17, NYC

• Mac Collins, former Congressman, St. John's Lodge #45, Jackson, GA

• George M. Dallas, Past Grand Master of Pennsylvania (1835): Franklin Lodge #134, Pennsylvania

• Cecil B. DeMille, Film Director. Prince Orange Lodge No. 16 NYC

• W.E.B. Du Bois, Widow's Son Lodge No. 1, New Haven, CT

• Bob Dole 33?, Grand Cross. Russell Lodge No. 177, KS

• Jimmy Doolittle 33?, Grand Cross

• Sam Ervin 33?, Grand Cross.

• Benjamin Franklin, February 1731, St. John's Lodge of Philadelphia; Lodge at Tun Tavern, Philadelphia, PA; WM, Loge des Neuf S?urs, Paris; Past Grand Master of Pennsylvania

• Elbridge Gerry, Philanthropic Lodge, Marblehead, MA

• John H. Glenn, Jr. 33?. Concord Lodge No. 688, Concord, Ohio.

• Barry Goldwater, Arizona Lodge No. 2, Phoenix, AZ

• Gus Grissom Mitchell Lodge No. 228, Indiana

• Jesse Helms, Past Grand Orator of North Carolina

• Burl Ives 33?, Grand Cross

• Jack Kemp, Fraternal Lodge No. 625, Hamburg, NY

• William King, Past Grand Master of Maine

• Fiorello H. LaGuardia, Garibaldi Lodge No. 542, NY

• General Douglas MacArthur 33?, Manila Lodge No. 1, 1936, Philippines

• George C. Marshall Made mason on site at GL of Washington, DC

• Abner V. McCall 33?, Grand Cross

• Kweisi Mfume, Mt. Olive Lodge No. 25, Baltimore, MD

• Audie Murphy 33?

• Sam Nunn 33?, Grand Cross. Honored as Supreme Temple Architect 1995

• Arnold Palmer 33?

• Norman Vincent Peale 33?, Grand Cross

• Matthew Perry, (Commodore) Holland Lodge No. 8, NY

• Albert Pike, Western Star Lodge No. 2, Little Rock, Arkansas. Sovereign Grand Commander AASR, Southern Jurisdiction.

• Joel Roberts Poinsett, Solomon's Lodge No. 1, Charleston

• John A. Quitman, Past Grand Master of Mississippi

• Will Rogers 32?

• John Sparkman, Helion Lodge #1, Huntsville, Alabama

• John Philip Sousa 33?

• Richard Tea Aztlan Lodge #4, Prescott, Arizona

• Daniel D. Tompkins, Grand Master of New York, 1819-22

• George Wallace, Past Grand Orator of the Grand Lodge of Alabama

American Revolution       back to top

• Benedict Arnold, Hiram Lodge No. 1, New Haven, CT

• John Blair, Williamsburg Lodge No. 6; Past Grand Master of Virginia

• Chief Joseph Brant, Hiram's Cliftonian Lodge No. 47, Barton Lodge No. 6, Hamilton, ON

• Benjamin Franklin, February 1731, St. John's Lodge of Philadelphia; Lodge at Tun Tavern, Philadelphia, PA; WM, Loge Les Neuf S?urs, Paris; Past Grand Master of Pennsylvania

• John Hancock, Massachusetts Lodge No. 277, QC; St. Andrew's Lodge, Boston, MA

• Brigadier General Nicholas Herkimer, St. Patrick's Lodge, Johnstown, NY

• William Hooper, Hanover Lodge, Masonborough, NC

• John Paul Jones, St. Bernards Lodge No. 122, Kirkudbright, Scotland

• Rufus King, St John's Lodge, Newburyport, MA

• General Rufus Putnam, Past Grand Master of Ohio

• Paul Revere, St. Andrew's Lodge, Boston, MA; Grand Master of Massachusetts 1794-97.

• Baron von Steuben, Trinity Lodge No. 10, New York, NY

• Richard Stockton, charter Master, St. John's Lodge, Princeton, NJ

• George Walton, Solomon's Lodge No. 1, Savannah, GA

• Joseph Warren, St. Andrew's Lodge, Boston, MA; Past Provincial Grand Master of Massachusetts

• William Whipple, St. John's Lodge, Portsmouth, NH  

U.S. Presidents       back to top

• George Washington, Fredericksburg Lodge No. 4; Alexandria Lodge No. 22, VA

• James Monroe, Williamsburgh Lodge No. 6, VA

• Andrew Jackson, Harmony Lodge No. 1; Past Grand Master of Tennessee.

• James K. Polk, Columbia Lodge No. 31, TN

• James Buchanan, Past Master of Lancaster Lodge No. 43, Lancaster, PA; Past District Deputy Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania

• Andrew Johnson, Greenville Lodge No. 119, TN

• James A. Garfield, Magnolia Lodge No. 20, OH

• William McKinley, Hiram Lodge No. 21, VA

• Theodore Roosevelt, Matinecock Lodge No. 806, Oyster Bay, NY

• William Howard Taft, "Mason at sight"; affiliat