Constitution

Freemasons & the U.S. Constitution

The purpose of this webpage is to present information about Freemasons and the U.S. Constitution. Most of the information comes from a booklet, Masonic Membership of the Signers of the Constitution of the United States, published by the Masonic Service Association, and written by Bro. Ronald E. Heaton. It was originally published in 1962, reprinted in 1986.

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Signers of the Constitution of the United States

SUMMARY		39 men signed the U.S. Constitution 13 (33%) were Freemasons
Name	State	Masonic Membership, if any
Abraham Baldwin	Georgia	no evidence of Masonic membership
Richard Bassett	Delaware	no evidence of Masonic membership
Gunning Bedford, Jr.	Delaware	1st Grand Master of Delaware
John Blair	Virginia	1st Grand Master of Virginia
William Blount	North Carolina	doubtful if he was a Mason
David Brearley	New Jersey	1st Grand Master of New Jersey
Jacob Broom	Delaware	officer in his Lodge
Pierce Butler	South Carolina	no evidence of Masonic membership
Daniel Carroll	Maryland	Mason who participated in the Masonic cornerstone laying of the U.S. Capitol, with George Washington
George Clymer	Pennsylvania	no evidence of Masonic membership
Jonathan Dayton	New Jersey	Member of Temple Lodge No. 1 in Elizabethtown, NJ
John Dickinson	Delaware	Member of a Lodge in Dover, Delaware
William Few	Georgia	doubtful if he was a Mason
Thomas FitzSimons	Pennsylvania	no evidence of Masonic membership
Benjamin Franklin	Pennsylvania	Grand Master of Pennsylvania
Nicholas Gilman	New Hampshire	Member of a St. John's Lodge No. 1, Portsmouth, N.H.
Nathaniel Gorham	Massachusetts	no evidence of Masonic membership
Alexander Hamilton	New York	no evidence of Masonic membership
Jared Ingersoll	Pennsylvania	no evidence of Masonic membership
Daniel Jenifer of St. Thomas	Maryland	no evidence of Masonic membership
William Samuel Johnson	Connecticut	doubtful if he was a Mason
Rufus King	Massachusetts	Member of St. John's Lodge, Newburyport, Massachusetts
John Langdon	New Hampshire	doubtful if he was a Mason
William Livingston	New Jersey	no evidence of Masonic membership
James McHenry	Maryland	Member of Spiritual Lodge No. 23, Maryland (raised 1806, "struck off" 1809)
James Madison	Virginia	no evidence of Masonic membership
Thomas Mifflin	Pennsylvania	no evidence of Masonic membership
Gouverneur Morris	Pennsylvania	no evidence of Masonic membership
Robert Morris	Pennsylvania	doubtful if he was a Mason
William Paterson	New Jersey	Member of Trenton Lodge No. 5
Charles Pinckney	South Carolina	no evidence of Masonic membership
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney	South Carolina	no evidence of Masonic membership
George Read	Delaware	doubtful if he was a Mason
John Rutledge	South Carolina	no evidence of Masonic membership
Roger Sherman	Connecticut	doubtful if he was a Mason
Richard Dobbs Spaight	North Carolina	no evidence of Masonic membership
George Washington	Virginia	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
Hugh Williamson	North Carolina	no evidence of Masonic membership
James Wilson	Pennsylvania	no evidence of Masonic membership

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