2007-04-26 14:58:39 · 8 answers · asked by Elisa L 1 in News & Events ➔ Current Events
Many US presidents since George Washington have been freemasons. Also those who signed the Declaration of Independence. Not only are the heads of state presidents, but also legislators and those in state and city level government. Also the leaders of other countries and many religious leaders.
http://www.calodges.org/no406/FAMASONS.HTM
http://www.despatch.cth.com.au/Misc/famous_2.htm
http://www.mastermason.com/wilmettepark/pres.html
http://www.freemasoninformation.com/famous/uspres.htm
2007-04-26 16:18:04 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
None will know because neither of the Bush's are, or were, Freemasons.
Presidents that were Freemasons
George Washington - Fredericksburg Lodge No. 4, Virginia
James Monroe - Williamsburgh Lodge No. 6, Virginia
Andrew Jackson - Harmony Lodge No. 1; Grand Master 1822-24, Tennessee
James Knox Polk - Columbia Lodge No. 31, Tennessee
member: Platte Lodge No. 56, Mo.
James Buchanan - Lodge No. 43, Pennsylvania
Andrew Johnson - Greenville Lodge No. 119, Tennessee
James Abram Garfield - Magnolia Lodge No. 20, Ohio
William McKinley - Hiram Lodge No. 21, Virginia
Theodore Roosevelt - Matinecock Lodge No. 806, Oyster Bay
William Howard Taft - affiliated Kilwinning Lodge 356, Ohio
Warren Gamaliel Harding - Marion Lodge No. 70, Ohio
Franklin Delano Roosevelt - raised Nov. 28. (dont know lodge)
Harry S Truman - Belton Lodge No. 450
Lyndon Baines Johnson initiated only, never carried on
Gerald Ford - Columbia Lodge No.3
Ford, 38th President of the United States, is the most recent president to be a Freemason. I believe his term finished 30, yes that THIRTY, years ago.
Other important figures of American history mentioned in other answers:
Signers of the Decleration of Independance
John Adams - not a Mason
Samuel Adams - not a Mason
Josiah Bartlett - not a Mason
Carter Braxton - not a Mason
Charles Carroll - not a Mason
Samuel Chase - not a Mason
Abraham Clark - not a Mason
George Clymer - not a Mason
William Ellery - Freemason
William Floyd - not a Mason
Benjamin Franklin - Freemason
Elbridge Gerry - not a Mason
Button Gwinnett - not a Mason
Lyman Hall - not a Mason
John Hancock - Freemason
Benjamin Harrison - not a Mason
John Hart New - not a Mason
Joseph Hewes or Howes - Freemason
Thomas Heyward, Jr. - not a Mason
William Hooper - Freemason
Stephen Hopkins - not a Mason
Francis Hopkinson - not a Mason
Samuel Huntington - not a Mason
Thomas Jefferson - not a Mason
Francis Lightfoot - not a Mason
Richard Henry - not a Mason
Francis Lewis - not a Mason
Philip Livingston - not a Mason
Thomas Lynch, Jr. - not a Mason
Thomas McKean - Freemason
Arthur Middleton - not a Mason
Lewis Morris - not a Mason
Robert Morris - no evidence that he was a Mason, but some suggest he was?
John Morton - not a Mason
Thomas Nelson, - no documentation that he was a Mason
William Paca - not a Mason
Robert Treat Paine- Freemason
John Penn - no evidence that he was a Mason
George Read - not a Mason
Caesar Rodney - not a Mason
George Ross - not a Mason
Benjamin Rush - no documentation of Masonic membership
Edward Rutledge - not a Mason
Roger Sherman - not a Mason
James Smith - no evidence that he was a Mason
Richard Stockton - Freemason
Thomas Stone - not a Mason
George Taylor - not a Mason
Matthew Thornton - not a Mason
George Walton - Freemason
William Whipple - Freemason
William Williams - not a Mason
James Wilson - not a Mason
John Witherspoon - no evidence of Masonic membership
Oliver Wolcott - not a Mason
George Wythe - not a Mason
Those where it says "no evidence" is for those where there has been some claim that they may have been.
Signers of the Constitution
Gunning Bedford, Jr
John Blair
David Brearley
Jacob Broom
Daniel Carroll
Jonathan Dayton
John Dickinson
Benjamin Franklin
Nicholas Gilman
Rufus King
James McHenry
William Paterson
2007-04-27 05:29:16 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I didn't because George Bush IS NOT a freemason. Neither was Bush Sr.
He is a member of The Order of Skull and Bones, once known as The Brotherhood of Death, which is a society based at Yale University.
2007-04-27 20:59:07 · answer #3 · answered by Highlander1905 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Can we please move above consipiracy theories about the Freemasons and other groups?
Did you know that Bill Clinton went to the Soviet Union in the '60's during Viet Nam?
Between the 2, I am more unnerved about Bill going to the Soviet Union then anyone in the Freemasons.
2007-04-26 22:42:46 · answer #4 · answered by Talen 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
do you know that the word "new" refers to "not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered; "a new law"; "new cars"; "a new comet"; "a new friend"; "a new year"; "the New World"
The word that you are looking for is knew-----
So, Bush was a mason and you can't spell--so what.
2007-04-26 23:01:57 · answer #5 · answered by Heather 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I know! And so is John Kerry.
It smells of New World Order, no matter the party.
2007-04-26 22:01:41 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Yes. I heard it. It's a service organization.
2007-04-26 22:28:50 · answer #7 · answered by lottyjoy 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
no I didn't.
2007-04-26 22:06:08 · answer #8 · answered by Terri L 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋