The art of Kevin Blythe Sampson

THE ART OF
KEVIN BLYTHE SAMPSON

9/14/09

Famous Freemasons

Famous Freemasons

U.S. Presidents

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(National Archive/Newsmakers)

More than a dozen U.S. presidents were members of this fraternal organization, including George Washington (pictured), who earned the distinguished title of master Mason. James Monroe and Andrew Jackson also were Masons, and Thomas Jefferson and James Madison are said to have had connections to the organization. Presidents of the 20th century that were members: William McKinley, Teddy Roosevelt, William H. Taft, Warren Harding, Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, and Gerald Ford. Lyndon B. Johnson was initiated but completed only the first of the three Masonic degrees and thus was not a true member.

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