Freemasons & the U.S.Constitution
The purpose of this webpage is to present information aboutFreemasons and the U.S. Constitution. Most of the information comes from abooklet, Masonic Membership of the Signers of the Constitution of the UnitedStates, published by the Masonic Service Association, and written by Bro. RonaldE. Heaton. It was originally published in 1962, reprinted in 1986.
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Signers of the Constitution of the United States
|
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 |
| SUMMARY | 39 men signed the U.S. Constitution 13 (33%) were Freemasons |
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