Famous Masons
Famous Masons
Many great men of history were also Freemasons. What is it about the Masonic Fraternity that attracted so many great men of history? From prodigys like Mozart to great leaders like George Washington and Winston Churchill. Great thinkers like Benjamin Franklin, and Gothe. Business leaders like JC Penny, Henry Ford, and Dave Thomas. Freemasons have had such a profound impact on the world.
The wisest and best of men in all ages have been encouragers and promoters of our Art, and have never deemed it derogatory to their dignity to level themselves with the Fraternity, to extend its privileges, and to patronize its assemblies.
Famous Masons
Franklin D. Roosevelt
32nd President of the United States, raised in Holland Lodge No. 8, one of New York's oldest lodges.
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Gerald R. Ford
38th President of the United States, initiated in Grand Rapids and raised by courtesy in Washington, D.C.
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Gus Grissom
Mercury Seven astronaut and the second American in space, Gus Grissom was raised a Master Mason in Mitchell Lodge No. 228 in his Indiana hometown in 1949.
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Gutzon Borglum
Sculptor of Mount Rushmore, which portrays two Freemasons (Washington and Theodore Roosevelt).
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Harry Houdini
Escape artist who moved quickly through the degrees in New York and performed benefits for Masonic charities.
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Harry S. Truman
33rd President of the United States and the only President to serve as a Grand Master, presiding over the Grand Lodge of Missouri.
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Irving Berlin
Songwriter of "White Christmas" and "God Bless America," a life member of his New York lodge.
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James A. Garfield
20th President of the United States, a Union general who was also an ordained preacher and active Mason.
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