Masonic
Presidents

ANDREW JOHNSON (1808-1875)
17th President 1865-1869

• (Lodge records lost during the Civil War) Initiated: May 5, 1851, Greenville Lodge No. 119, Greenville, TN
• President Johnson's page at AmericanPresidents.org

JAMES A. GARFIELD (1831-1881)
20th President July 2 - September 19, 1881

• Initiated: November 19, 1861, Magnolia Lodge, No. 20, Columbus, Ohio.
• 1866 - Affiliated with Garrettsville Lodge No. 246, Garrettsville, Ohio
• 1869 - Charter Member of Pentalpha Lodge No. 23 of Washington, D.C.
• President Garfield's page at AmericanPresidents.org

WILLIAM McKINLEY (1843-1901)
25th President 1897-1901

• Initiated: May 1, 1865, Hiram Lodge #21, Winchester, VA
• 1867 - Affiliated with Canton Lodge #60, Canton, OH
• Demitted from same to become a Charter Member of Eagle Lodge #431 (later renamed to William McKinley Lodge #431)
• His first Vice-President was NJ Mason Garrett A. Hobart, a member of Falls City Lodge #82 (now Wyckoff #287). Hobart died in 1899 during McKinley's first term.
• President McKinley's page at AmericanPresidents.org

THEODORE ROOSEVELT (1858-1919)
Twenty-sixth President 1901-1909

• Initiated: January 2, 1901, Matinecock Lodge #806, Oyster Bay, NY
• President T. Roosevelt's page at AmericanPresidents.org

WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT (1857-1930)
Twenty-seventh President 1909-1913

• Made a "Mason at Sight" in Kilwinning Lodge #356, Cincinnati, OH, by Grand Master Charles S. Hoskinson
• Only American to serve as both President and Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court
• President Taft's page at AmericanPresidents.org