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Masonic Factoid:
Of the 56 signers of the
Declaration of Independence, 17 are believed to have had Masonic
affiliations:
Benjamin Franklin
Elbridge Gerry
John Hancock
William Hooper
Richard Stockton.
Matthew Thornton
George Walton
William Whipple
Roger Sherman
Josiah Bartlett
Philip Livingston
Joseph Hewes
Robert Treat Paine
John Penn
Lyman Hall
William Ellery
Thomas Nelson, Jr
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Presidential Masons
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George Washington
1st President 1789-1797
Raised August 4, 1753
Fredericksburg Lodge |
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James Monroe
5th President 1817-1825
Raised November 9, 1775 Williamsburg Lodge |
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Andrew Jackson
7th President 1829-1837 Raised in Harmony Lodge Nashville, Tennessee |
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James Knox Polk
11th President 1845-1849
Raised September 4, 1820
Columbia Lodge No. 31 Columbia, Tennessee |
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James Buchanan
15th President 1857-1861 Raised January 24, 1817 Lodge No. 43
Lancaster, Pennsylvania. |
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Andrew Johnson
17th President 1865-1869
Raised May, 1851
Greeneville Lodge No. 119 Greeneville, Tennessee |
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James Abram Garfield
20th President 1881
Raised November 22, 1864
Columbus Lodge No. 30 Columbus, Ohio |
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William McKinley
25th President 1897-1901
Raised May 3, 1865
Hiram Lodge No. 21
Winchester, Virginia |
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Theodore Roosevelt
26th President 1901-1909
Raised April 24, 1901
Matinecock Lodge No. 806
Oyster Bay, New York |
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William Howard Taft
27th President 1909-1913
Raised February 18, 1909
Scottish Rite Cathedral
Cincinnati, Ohio |
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Warren Gamaliel Harding
29th President 1921-1923 Raised August 27, 1920
Marion Lodge No. 70
Marion, Ohio. |
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt
32nd President 1933-1945 Raised November 28, 1911
Holland Lodge No. 8
New York, New York |
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Harry S. Truman
33rd President 1945-1951
Raised March 18, 1909
Belton Lodge No. 450
Belton, Missouri |
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Gerald R. Ford, Jr.
38th President 1974-1977
Raised May 18, 1951
Columbia Lodge No. Washington, D.C. |
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Lyndon Baines Johnson
36th President 1963-1969
Entered Apprentice degree Johnson City Lodge No. 561, Johnson City,
Texas
October 30, 1937. Did not advance. |
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