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                            MASONIC PRESIDENTS
     The names of James Monroe and Lyndon B. Johnson who each received only
the Entered Apprentice Degree are included for the record.
          GEORGE WASHINGTON P.M.
          JAMES MONROE (E.A. only 1775)
          ANDREW JACKSON P.G.M. R.A.M.
          JAMES K. POLK R.A.M.
          JAMES BUCHANAN R.A.M.
          ANDREW JOHNSON 32~ - 1867; R.A.M; K.T.
          JAMES A. GARFIELD 14~ - 1872; R.A.M; K.T.
          WILLIAM McKINLEY R.A.M; K.T.
          THEODORE ROOSEVELT
          WILLIAM H. TAFT
     *    WARREN G. HARDING 32~-1920 R.A.M; K.T.
     *    FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT 32~ - 1929; R.A.M; K.T.
     *    HARRY S. TRUMAN 32~-1929/33~-1945 R.A.M; K.T.
          LYNDON B. JOHNSON (E.A. only 1929)
     *    GERALD R. FORD,Jr.  33~-1962; R.A.M; R.& S.M.

* next to name indicates Shriner.
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             MASONIC U.S. VICE-PRESIDENTS WHO RECEIVED THE 32~

     *     #6 DANIEL DECIUS TOMPKINS 1808 & 1813 active & S.C.
     *    #14 JOHN CABELL BRECKINRIDGE 32~ by Albert Pike 33~ 1860
          #16 ANDREW JOHNSON (17TH President) 1867
          #24 GARRETT AUGUSTUS HOBART 1876
          #26 CHARLES WARREN FAIRBANKS 1905
     *    #28 THOMAS RILEY MARSHALL 1888 & 1911 active
          #33 HENRY AGARD WALLACE 1928
     *    #34 HARRY S. TRUMAN (33rd President) 1917 & 1945
     *    #40 GERALD RUDOLPH FORD (38th President) 1957 & 1962
  * next to name indicates Worthy Bro. also received 33~
         Dates indicate when degrees conferred.
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           UNITED STATES PRESIDENTS AND THE THIRTY-THIRD DEGREE

     There has been some loose talk about Presidents of the U.S. secretly
being Thirty-third degree Masons. Actually only two Presidents have received
this honor -  Harry S. Truman and Gerald R. Ford Jr.
     Truman was coronetted in Washington,D.C. on October 19, 1945. He was
Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Missouri in 1940 and signed the
Dispensation and Charter of the Missouri Lodge of Research of which he became
its Master in 1950 while President.
     Warren Gamaliel Harding was elected to receive the 33~ on September
22,1921 On September 20,1921 he wrote a letter to the Sovereign Grand
Commander stating that he could not be present. He was given an extenson of
one year,but died before the degree was conferred. An oddity in this case is
that he became an Entered Aprentice on June 28,1901, received his Fellowcraft
on August 13,1920, & Master Mason on August 27,1920. A short time later he
became a member of a great many Masonic Bodies and visited frequently.
     Ford received the 32~ in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on October 16,1957 &
the 33~ on September 26,1962, in Philadelphia,Pennsylvania.

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                         U.S. SECRETARIES OF STATE

     At least fourteen of the fourty-odd Secretaries of State were Masons:

                       JOHN MARSHALL       1800-1801
                       JAMES MONROE        1811-1817
                       EDWARD LIVINGSTON   1831-1833
                       LOUIS McLANE        1833-1834
                       JAMES BUCHANAN      1845-1849
                       LOUIS CASS (P.G.M.) 1857-1860
                       WILLIAM H. SEWARD   1861-1869
                       PHILANDER C. KNOX   1909-1913
                       WILLIAM C. BRYAN    1913-1915
                       BAINBRIDGE COLBY    1920-1921
                       FRANK B. KELLOGG    1925-1929
                       JAMES F. BYRNES     1945-1947
                       GEORGE C. MARSHALL  1947-1949
                     * CHRISTIAN A. HERTER 1959-1961

* Scottish Rite Mason, received the 33~ on September 23,1953.
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                 GENERALS OF THE ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES

JOHN J. PERSHING (1860-1948) 32~ - 1920; 33~ - 1930
CHAS. PELOT SUMMERALL (1867-1955) 32~-1934; 33~-1937 active G.T.
DOUGLAS MacARTHUR (1880-1964) 32~ - 1936; 33~ - 1947
MALIN CRAIG (1875-1945) 32~ - 1926; K.C.C.H. - 1937
HENRY HARLEY ARNOLD (1886-1950) 32~ - 1929 33~ - 1945
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MASONS ON THE U.S. SUPREME COURT (Part 1 - Chief Justices)
Name:                      Term:              Lodge:
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JOHN JAY                1789-1795    UNKNOWN
OLLIVER ELLSWORTH       1796-1800    St.JOHN'S (N.J.)
JOHN MARSHALL (P.G.M.)  1801-1835    RICHMOND #13 (VA.)
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT     1921-1930    KILWINNING #365 (OH.)
FREDERICK M. VINSON     1946-1953    APPERSON #195 (KY.)
EARL WARREN (P.G.M.)    1953-1969    SEQUOIA #349 OAKLAND,CA
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MASONS ON THE U.S. SUPREME COURT (Part 2 - Associate Justices)
Name:                      Term:              Lodge:
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WILLIAM CUSHING         1790-1810    St.ANDREWS (BOSTON,MA.)
JOHN BLAIR Jr. (P.G.M.) 1790-1796    WILLIAMSBURG #6 (VA.)
WILLIAM PATTERSON       1793-1803    TRENTON #6 (N.J.)
THOMAS TODD             1807-1826    Chrtr.Memb. LEXINGTON
JOSEPH STORY            1812-1845    PHILANTHROPIC (MASS.)
ROBERT TRIMBLE          1826-1828    UNION #16 (PARIS,KY.)
JOHN McLEAN             1830-1861    COLUMBUS #30 (OHIO)
HENRY BALDWIN           1830-1844    UNKNOWN (prob. PA.)
JOHN CATRON             1837-1865    CUMBERLAND #5,NASHVILLe
SAMUEL NELSON           1845-1872    SOLOMON'S #5 (N.Y.C.)
NOAH H. SWAYNE          1862-1881    CONSHOCTON #96 (OHIO)
DAVID DAVIS             1862-1877    UNKNOWN (ILLINOIS?)
STEPHEN J. FIELD        1863-1897    CORINTHIAN #9 (CA.)
JOHN MARSHALL HARLAN    1877-1911    (E.A. only)HIRAM #4 KY
WILLIAM BURNHAM WOODS   1881-1887    NEWARK,OH. #62(now #97
STANLEY MATTHEWS        1881-1889    CINCINATTI #133 (OHIO)
SAMUEL BLATCHFORD       1882-1892    MANHATTAN #62 (N.Y.C.)
WILLIAM HENRY MOODY     1906-1910    SAGGAHEW LODGE (MASS.)
WILLIS VanDEVANTER      1911-1937    ACACIA #11 (CHEYENNE,Wy
JOSEPH RUCKER LAMAR     1911-1916    WEBB #166 (GA.)
JOHN H. CLARK           1916-1922    WESTERN STAR #21 (OHIO)
HUGO L. BLACK           1937-1971    TEMPLE #636(ASHLAND,AL
STANLEY F. REED         1938-1957    MAYSVILLE #52 (KY.)
WILLIAM O. DOUGLAS      1939-1975    Mt.ADAMS #227 (WA.)
JAMES F. BYRNES         1941-1942    SPARTAN #70 (AIKEN,S.C)
ROBERT H. JACKSON       1941-1954    Mt.MORIAH #145 (N.Y.)
WILEY B. RUTLEDGE       1943-1949    BOULDER #45 (CO.)
HAROLD H. BURTON        1945-1958    PYTHAGORAS #682 (OHIO)
THOMAS C. CLARK         1949-1967    WASHINGTON #1117(DALLAS, TX)
SHERMAN MINTON          1949-1956    DePAUW #338 (IN)
POTTER STEWART          1958-1981    LAFAYETTE #81 (OHIO)
THURGOOD MARSHALL       1967-1991    MECCA #10(Wa.DC)AEAONM

Notes:    Brother Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed 1 Chief Justice (Harlan
Stone) and 8 Associate Justices (Black, Reed, Frankfurter, Douglas, Murphy,
Byrnes, Jackson, and Rutledge). Six of his appointees were Masons; only
Stone, Frankfurter, and Murphy were not.
     M.W.B. Harry S. Truman appointed 1 Chief Justice (Vinson) and three
Associate Justices (Burton, Clark, and Minton); all four were Masons.
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