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'''39 men signed the U.S. Constitution. 13 were Freemasons.'''
 
'''39 men signed the U.S. Constitution. 13 were Freemasons.'''
  
* Gunning Bedford, Jr., 1st Grand Master of Delaware
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*Gunning Bedford, Jr., 1st Grand Master of Delaware
* John Blair, 1st Grand Master of Virginia
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*John Blair, 1st Grand Master of Virginia
* David Brearley, 1st Grand Master of New Jersey
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*David Brearley, 1st Grand Master of New Jersey
* Jacob Broom, officer in his Lodge
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*Jacob Broom, officer in his Lodge
* Daniel Carroll, Mason who participated in the Masonic cornerstone laying of the U.S. Capitol, with George Washington
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*Daniel Carroll, Mason who participated in the Masonic cornerstone laying of the U.S. Capitol, with George Washington
* Jonathan Dayton, Member of Temple Lodge No. 1 in Elizabethtown, NJ
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*Jonathan Dayton, Member of Temple Lodge No. 1 in Elizabethtown, NJ
* John Dickinson, Member of a Lodge in Dover, Delaware
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*John Dickinson, Member of a Lodge in Dover, Delaware
* Benjamin Franklin, Grand Master of Pennsylvania
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*[[Benjamin Franklin]], Grand Master of Pennsylvania
* Nicholas Gilman, Member of a St. John's Lodge No. 1, Portsmouth, N.H.
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*Nicholas Gilman, Member of a St. John's Lodge No. 1, Portsmouth, N.H.
* Rufus King, Member of St. John's Lodge, Newburyport, Massachusetts
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*Rufus King, Member of St. John's Lodge, Newburyport, Massachusetts
* James McHenry, Member of Spiritual Lodge No. 23, Maryland (raised 1806, "struck off" 1809)
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*James McHenry, Member of Spiritual Lodge No. 23, Maryland (raised 1806, "struck off" 1809)
* William Paterson, Member of Trenton Lodge No. 5
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*William Paterson, Member of Trenton Lodge No. 5
* George Washington, Raised in the Lodge at Fredericksburg (now Fredericksburg Lodge No. 4), named but did not actively serve as Charter Master of Alexandria Lodge No. 22 in 1788-1789
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*[[George Washington]], Raised in the Lodge at Fredericksburg (now Fredericksburg Lodge No. 4), named but did not actively serve as Charter Master of Alexandria Lodge No. 22 in 1788-1789
  
  
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*William Ellery, First Lodge of Boston, 1748
 
*William Ellery, First Lodge of Boston, 1748
*Benjamin Franklin, Grand Master of Pennsylvania, 1734
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*[[Benjamin Franklin]], Grand Master of Pennsylvania, 1734
 
*John Hancock, became a Mason in Merchants Lodge No. 277 in Quebec, affiliated with Saint Andrew's Lodge in Boston, 1762
 
*John Hancock, became a Mason in Merchants Lodge No. 277 in Quebec, affiliated with Saint Andrew's Lodge in Boston, 1762
 
*Joseph Hewes or  Howes, Unanimity Lodge No. 7, visited in 1776, and buried with Masonic funeral honors
 
*Joseph Hewes or  Howes, Unanimity Lodge No. 7, visited in 1776, and buried with Masonic funeral honors

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Freemason Founding Fathers

39 men signed the U.S. Constitution. 13 were Freemasons.

  • Gunning Bedford, Jr., 1st Grand Master of Delaware
  • John Blair, 1st Grand Master of Virginia
  • David Brearley, 1st Grand Master of New Jersey
  • Jacob Broom, officer in his Lodge
  • Daniel Carroll, Mason who participated in the Masonic cornerstone laying of the U.S. Capitol, with George Washington
  • Jonathan Dayton, Member of Temple Lodge No. 1 in Elizabethtown, NJ
  • John Dickinson, Member of a Lodge in Dover, Delaware
  • Benjamin Franklin, Grand Master of Pennsylvania
  • Nicholas Gilman, Member of a St. John's Lodge No. 1, Portsmouth, N.H.
  • Rufus King, Member of St. John's Lodge, Newburyport, Massachusetts
  • James McHenry, Member of Spiritual Lodge No. 23, Maryland (raised 1806, "struck off" 1809)
  • William Paterson, Member of Trenton Lodge No. 5
  • George Washington, Raised in the Lodge at Fredericksburg (now Fredericksburg Lodge No. 4), named but did not actively serve as Charter Master of Alexandria Lodge No. 22 in 1788-1789


56 men signed the Declaration of Independence. 9 were Freemasons.

  • William Ellery, First Lodge of Boston, 1748
  • Benjamin Franklin, Grand Master of Pennsylvania, 1734
  • John Hancock, became a Mason in Merchants Lodge No. 277 in Quebec, affiliated with Saint Andrew's Lodge in Boston, 1762
  • Joseph Hewes or Howes, Unanimity Lodge No. 7, visited in 1776, and buried with Masonic funeral honors
  • William Hooper, Member of Hanover Lodge in Masonborough, N.C.
  • Robert Treat Paine, Attended Massachusetts Grand Lodge in 1759
  • Richard Stockton, Charter Master of St. John's Lodge in Princeton NJ 1765
  • George Walton, Solomon's Lodge No. 1, in Savannah GA
  • William Whipple, St. John's Lodge, Portsmouth NH 1752

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