Odd Fellows, unlike many other organizations, makes no special effort to attract "name" members. It is a warm, personal type of affiliation that doesn't rely on "rubbing elbows" with the famous to give them satisfaction. Take note that these names are placed below only for educational purposes and not for publicity: |
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Sir Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of U.K. (1951-1955) Sir George Savile, 8th Baronet and English politician. Ulysses S. Grant, 18th U.S. President (1869–1877) Warren Harding, 29th U.S. President (1921–1923) Schuyler Colfax, U.S. Vice President (1869–1873) Wyatt Earp, iconic figure in American folk history George W. Wright, Past U.S. Senator Ernest McFarland, Past U.S. Senator George W.P. Hunt, 1st Governor of Arizona Frank Steunenberg, 4th Governor of Idaho Edwin Carl Johnson, 26th Governor of Colorado Otto Kerner, 33rd Governor of Illinois Earl Warren, U.S. Chief Justice (1953–1969) William Jennings Bryan, 41st U.S. Secretary of State Henry Rathbone, past member of U.S. House of Representatives Harry G. Leslie, past speaker of Indiana House of Representatives, 33rd Governor of Indiana Robert Melville Bailey, notable Bahamian Educator (GUOOF) Joseph McLeskey, prominent Reveren Georgia Dwelle, first female African-American Physician(GUOOF) Paul Mariner, English International Football Player |
Levi Stanley & Matilda Joles Stanley, King and Queen of the Gypsies Henry Peter Brougham, Lord Chancellor of U.K. (1830-1834) Thomas Wildey, founder of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows in North America Rutherford Hayes, 19th U.S. President (1877–1881) Franklin Roosevelt, 32nd U.S. President (1933–1945) Thomas Hendricks, 21st U.S. Vice President Charlie Chaplin, famous actor and comedian Thomas Sterling, Past U.S. Senator Richard Russell Jr, Past U.S. Senator Samuel Pasco, Past U.S. Senator Thomas Bennett, 5th Governor of Chase Orborn, 27th Governor of Michigan Goodwin Knight, 31st Governor of California Hugo Black Associate Justice of U.S. Supreme Court (1937-1971) Nathan Kelley, famous U.S. architect, designed the Ohio statehouse John A. Macdonald, 1st Prime Minister of Canada Oscar Stanton De Priest, past member of U.S. House of Representatives Williman Bankhead, 47th speaker of U.S. House of Representatives Solomon Meredith, Union Brevet Major General Albert Pike, notable confederate Army, lawyer and writer Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, first lady of the United States (1933-1945) and delegate to the United Nations General Assembly. Robert C. Byrd, U.S. Senator (1989-2010) |
Sir Stanley Baldwin, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1923-1937) John Wilkes, English Radical and Journalist Anson Jones, 4th and last President of the Republic of Texas (1844-1846) William Mckinley, 25th U.S. President Red Skelton, famous American Comedian Everett McKinley Driksen, Past U.S. Senator Alexander Stephens Clas, Past U.S.Senator William Borah, Past U.S. Senator William Henry McMaster, 10th Governor of South Dakota Louis Emmerson, 27th Governor of Illinois Oliver Morton, 14th Governor of Indiana Francis M. Drake, Past Governor of Iowa Homer Stille Cummings, 55th U.S. Attorney General William Marsh Rice, Founder of Rice University John Raker, past member of U.S. House of Representatives Edwin Hubbell Chapin, Universalist minister, author, lecturer, and social reformer, was one of the most popular speakers in America from the 1840s until his death.Tom Bevill, past member of U.S. House of Representatives Samuel Brenton, past member of U.S. House of Representatives in Congress Burnt Ives, famous singer actor and writer Lucy Hobbs Taylor, first U.S. female dentist Frances Ruth Roche, Baroness Fermoy, confidante of Queen Elizabeth, maternal grandmother of Princess Diana. |