Here are some men you may or may not know were Freemasons:
Presidents:
- George Washington (Fredericksburg Lodge #4, Fredericksburg, VA-Initiated November 4th, 1752)
- James Monroe (St. John's regimental Lodge, Continental Army-Initiated November 9th, 1775)
- Andrew Jackson (St. Tammany Lodge #1, Nashville, TN-Initiated prior to 1800)
- James Knox Polk (Columbia Lodge #31, Columbia, TN-Initiated June 5th, 1820)
- James Buchanan (Lodge #43, Lancaster, PA-Initiated December 11th, 1816)
- Andrew Johnson (Greenville Lodge #119, Greenville, TN-Initiated May 5th, 1851)
- James Abram Garfield (Magnolia Lodge #20, Columbus, OH-Initiated November 19th, 1861)
- William McKinley (Hiram Lodge #21, Winchester, VA-Initiated May 1st, 1865)
- Theodore Roosevelt (Matinecock Lodge #806, Oyster Bay, NY-Initiated January 2nd, 1901)
- William Howard Taft (Kilwinning Lodge #356, Cincinnati, OH-Initiated February 18th 1909)
- Warren G. Harding (Marion Lodge #70, Marion, OH-Initiated June 28th 1901)
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Holland Lodge #8, New York, NY-Initiated October 11th 1911)
- Harry S. Truman (Belton Lodge #450, Belton, MO-Initiated February 9th 1909)
- Gerald R. Ford Jr. (Malta Lodge #465, Grand Rapids, MI-Initiated September 30th 1949)
- Lyndon Baines Johnson (Johnson City Lodge #561, Johnson City, TX-Initiated October 30th, 1937 (Only received his EA Degree)
Signers of the U.S. Declaration of Independence:
- William Ellery
- Benjamin Franklin
- John Hancock
- Joseph Hewes
- William Hooper
- Richard Stockton
- Matthew Thornton
- George Walton
- William Whipple
Military Leaders:
- Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin (Astronaut)
- Jim Irwin (Astronaut)
- Gordon "Gordo" Cooper (Astronaut)
- Virgil Grissom (Astronaut)
- Richard E. Byrd (Admiral and explorer)
- David G. Farragut (Admiral)
- Daniel "Chappie" James (General)
- John Paul Jones (Founder of the US Navy)
- Ernest J. King (Admiral)
- Curtis E. LaMay (General)
- Robert E. Peary (Admiral, explorer)
- Henry Knox (general – Revolutionary War)
- Ethan Allen (Revolutionary War)
- George McClellan (General (Union) – Civil war)
- George E. Pickett (General (Confederate) – Civil War)
- Albert Pike (General (Confederate) – Civil war)
- John J. Pershing (general – WW1)
- Henry "Hap" Arnold (General, Army Air Corps - WW2)
- Omar N. Bradley (general, General of the Army - WW2)
- Claire L. Chenault (General – WW2)
- Mark Clark (General – WW2)
- James Doolittle (General - WW2)
- Douglas Macarthur (General – WW2)
- George C. Marshall (General – WW2)
- Audie Murphy (Most decorated US Soldiers – WW2)
- Norman Schwartzkoph (General – Desert Storm)
Other Men of Interest:
- James Bowie (died at the Alamo)
- Christopher "Kit" Carson (Frontiersman)
- William Clark (Explorer)
- William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody (Wild West Showman)
- Samuel Colt (Firearms Inventor)
- David Crockett (Frontiersman)
- Richard Gatling (Built the Gatling gun)
- Prince Hall (Grandfather of Prince Hall Masonry)
- Francis Scott Key (Wrote the National Anthem)
- Meriwether Lewis (Explorer)
- Charles Lindbergh (Aviator)
- Paul Revere (Patriot)
- Orville Wright
- Wilber Wright
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