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* [[Robert L. Caruthers]] - Justice of the [[Tennessee Supreme Court]]. Grand Master of Tennessee in 1849.<ref name="Demott" />{{rp|291}} |
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* [[James Robertson (explorer)|James Robertson]] - A founding father of Tennessee. May have been initiated in 1787 in North Carolina; member of St. Tammany Lodge #1.<ref name="Demott" />{{rp|294}} |
* [[James Robertson (explorer)|James Robertson]] - A founding father of Tennessee. May have been initiated in 1787 in North Carolina; member of St. Tammany Lodge #1.<ref name="Demott" />{{rp|294}} |
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* [[Nathan Bedford Forrest]] - Confederate Army General. Initiated in Angenora Lodge #168, but never advanced past the Entered Apprentice degree.<ref name="Denslow">{{cite book | last = Denslow | first = William R. | title = 10,000 Famous Freemasons | year = 1957 | publisher = Missouri Lodge of Research | location = Columbia, Missouri, USA}} ([http://www.phoenixmasonry.org/10,000_famous_freemasons/Volume_1_A_to_D.htm digital document by phoenixmasonry: vol. 1], [http://www.phoenixmasonry.org/10,000_famous_freemasons/Volume_2_E_to_J.htm 2], [http://www.phoenixmasonry.org/10,000_famous_freemasons/Volume_3_K_to_P.htm 3], [http://www.phoenixmasonry.org/10,000_famous_freemasons/Volume_4_Q_to_Z.htm 4])</ref> |
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Revision as of 19:51, 24 July 2019
Politicians
United States Presidents
- James K. Polk - 11th President of the United States; 9th Governor of Tennessee. Initiated in Columbia Lodge #31 on September 4, 1820; received Holy Royal Arch Degrees in Cumberland Chapter #1 and LaFayette Chapter #4 in 1825.[1]: 286
- Andrew Johnson - 17th President of the United States. Initiated in Greeneville Lodge #119 in 1851; Knight Templar; received the Scottish Rite Degrees in the White House on June 20, 1867.[1]: 287–88
- Andrew Jackson - 7th President of the United States. Likely initiated in St. Tammany Lodge #1 between 1788 and 1800; Royal Arch Mason, likely receiving the degrees in lodge, but was never a member of a Chapter; Grand Master of Tennessee in 1822, 1823. Andrew Jackson is the only Grand Master of Tennessee who had never served as a Worshipful Master or Warden of a lodge.[1]: 281, 295
Governors
- Archibald Yell - 2nd Governor of Arkansas. Likely initiated in Warren Lodge #19 in Fayetteville, Tennessee; Worshipful Master of Shelbyville Lodge #49 in 1824; received Holy Royal Arch Degrees in Cumberland Chapter #1 in 1824; Grand Master of Tennessee in 1832; founded first Masonic lodge in Arkansas in 1837.[1]: 107–108
- Sam Houston - 6th Governor of Tennessee; 1st and 3rd President of the Republic of Texas; 7th Governor of Texas. Initiated in 1817 in Cumberland Lodge # 8 in Nashville. Knighted in Washington Commandery #1 in Washington, D.C., on February 3, 1853.[1]: 109
- Isham G. Harris - 16th Governor of Tennessee. Member of Paris Lodge #108; elected Grand Orator of the Grand Lodge in 1851 (but was unable to serve that term) and 1868.[1]: 290
- Robert Love Taylor - 24th Governor of Tennessee. Member of Dashiell Lodge #238 at Elizabethton, Tennessee.[1]: 291
- Alfred A. Taylor - 34th Governor of Tennessee; U.S. Representative. Member of Johnson City Lodge #486.[1]: 291
- John Sevier - 1st Governor of Tennessee. First Worshipful Master of Tennessee Lodge #2 in Knoxville.[1]: 297
- Archibald Roane - 2nd Governor of Tennessee. Member of Tennessee Lodge #2.[1]: 302
- William Hall - 7th Governor of Tennessee. Member of King Solomon Lodge #6.[1]: 291
- Newton Cannon - 8th Governor of Tennessee. Member of Hiram Lodge #7.[1]: 291
- Aaron V. Brown - 11th Governor of Tennessee. Member of LaFayette Lodge #51.[1]: 291
- William B. Campbell - 14th Governor of Tennessee. Member of Lebanon Lodge #98.[1]: 291
- Dewitt Clinton Senter - 18th Governor of Tennessee. Lodge membership unknown.[1]: 291
- John C. Brown - 19th Governor of Tennessee. Grand Master of Tennessee in 1870; member of Pulaski Lodge #101.[1]: 291
- James D. Porter - 20th Governor of Tennessee. Member of Paris Lodge #108.[1]: 291
- William B. Bate - 23rd Governor of Tennessee. Member of King Solomon Lodge #94.[1]: 291
- John P. Buchanan - 25th Governor of Tennessee. Member of Mt. Moriah Lodge #18.[1]: 291
- Peter Turney - 26th Governor of Tennessee. Member of Winchester Lodge #158.[1]: 291
- James B. Frazier - 28th Governor of Tennessee. Member of Chattanooga Lodge #199.[1]: 291
- Albert H. Roberts - 33rd Governor of Tennessee. Member of Livingston Lodge #259.[1]: 291
- Jim Nance McCord - 40th Governor of Tennessee. Member of Dillahunty Lodge #112.[1]: 291
- Gordon Browning - 38th Governor of Tennessee. Member of Huntington Lodge #106.[1]: 291
- Frank Clement - 41st Governor of Tennessee. Member of Dickson Lodge #468.[1]: 291
- Buford Ellington - 42nd Governor of Tennessee. Member of Dillahunty Lodge #112.[1]: 291
- Winfield Dunn - 43rd Governor of Tennessee. Member of Corinthian Lodge #414.[1]: 291
- Ray Blanton - 44th Governor of Tennessee. Member of Adamsville Lodge #338.[1]: 291
- Ned McWherter - 46th Governor of Tennessee. Member of Dresden Lodge #90.[1]: 291
Congressmen
- James D. Richardson - Tennessee Representative (D) 1885-1905; House Minority Leader 1899-1903. Initiated in Mt. Moriah Lodge #18; Holy Royal Arch Degrees Pythagoras Chapter #23; Grand High Priest (Holy Royal Arch) in 1873; Grand Master of Tennessee in 1883; Grand Commander of the Supreme Council of Scottish Rite Southern Jurisdiction 1900-1914.[1]: 279
Jurists
- John Overton - Judge of the Superior Court of Tennessee. Member of St. Tammany Lodge #1; Worshipful Master of Cumberland Lodge #8; received Holy Royal Arch Degrees Cumberland Chapter #4 on February 14, 1823.[1]: 302
- Robert L. Caruthers - Justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court. Grand Master of Tennessee in 1849.[1]: 291
Frontiersmen
- James Robertson - A founding father of Tennessee. May have been initiated in 1787 in North Carolina; member of St. Tammany Lodge #1.[1]: 294
- Davy Crockett
Military
- Nathan Bedford Forrest - Confederate Army General. Initiated in Angenora Lodge #168, but never advanced past the Entered Apprentice degree.[2]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag Snodgrass, Charles A.; Demott, Bobby J. (1994). The History of Freemasonry in Tennessee. Knoxville, TN: Tennessee Valley Publishing. ISBN 1882194128. OCLC 32626841.
- ^ Denslow, William R. (1957). 10,000 Famous Freemasons. Columbia, Missouri, USA: Missouri Lodge of Research. (digital document by phoenixmasonry: vol. 1, 2, 3, 4)