After watching " National Treasure". they said that there were some men that signed, that were " Free Masons" what were there names and how many were there?
2006-12-18 06:38:01 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Do you mean the Declaration of Independence? Not sure of those, but the Presidents who were Masons include Geo.Washington, Monroe, Andy Jackson, Polk, Buchanan, And.Johnson, Garfield, McKinley, Th.Roosevelt, Taft, Harding, FDR, Truman, Lynd.Johnson & G.Ford.
2006-12-18 07:01:32 · answer #1 · answered by DGS 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here is the complete list of all 55 signers of the Declaration and where they come from. As for which where Free Masons I don't know for sure. But According to the Movie Benjamin Franklin, Charles Carroll, and I think John Adams, Thomas Jefferson were some of them.
Delaware • George Read • Caesar Rodney
• Thomas McKean
Pennsylvania • George Clymer • Benjamin Franklin
• Robert Morris • John Morton
• Benjamin Rush • George Ross
• James Smith • James Wilson
• George Taylor
Massachusetts • John Adams • Samuel Adams
• John Hancock • Robert Treat Paine
• Elbridge Gerry
New Hampshire • Josiah Bartlett • William Whipple
• Matthew Thornton
Rhode Island • Stephen Hopkins • William Ellery
New York • Lewis Morris • Philip Livingston
• Francis Lewis • William Floyd
Georgia • Button Gwinnett • Lyman Hall
• George Walton
Virginia • Richard Henry Lee • Francis Lightfoot Lee
• Carter Braxton • Benjamin Harrison
• Thomas Jefferson • George Wythe
• Thomas Nelson, Jr.
North Carolina • William Hooper • John Penn
• Joseph Hewes
South Carolina • Edward Rutledge • Arthur Middleton
• Thomas Lynch, Jr. • Thomas Heyward, Jr.
New Jersey • Abraham Clark • John Hart
• Francis Hopkinson • Richard Stockton
• John Witherspoon
Connecticut • Samuel Huntington • Roger Sherman
• William Williams • Oliver Wolcott
Maryland • Charles Carroll • Samuel Chase
• Thomas Stone • William Paca
2006-12-18 07:12:17 · answer #2 · answered by ameblueeyes 1 · 2⤊ 1⤋
http://bessel.org/constmas.htm for a complete list. Also lists masons who signed Declaration of Independence
2006-12-18 06:50:13 · answer #3 · answered by senorfrisk 2 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Washington and Franklin from what I remember. Is there an investigation going on?
2006-12-18 06:42:07 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The list is only the ones knows
2006-12-19 01:46:38 · answer #5 · answered by Labatt113 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Almost every signer was a mason.
2006-12-18 07:57:12 · answer #6 · answered by Each1Teach1 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
google the Free Masons...am sure they have a link to it
2006-12-18 08:45:12 · answer #7 · answered by moonnymph42 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋