1. John Sidney "Slew" McCain Sr.
John Sidney "Slew" McCain Sr. was an American naval officer.John Arthur "Jack" Johnson was an American boxer.Lyndon Baines Johnson was an American politician and 36th President of the United States.4. Feast of St. John the Evangelist
The Feast of St. John the Evangelist is celebrated annually on December 27th and marks the mid-winter.5. The Man who would be King by Rudyard Kipling
The Law, as quoted, lays down a fair conduct of life, and one not easy to follow. I have been fellow to a beggar again and again under circumstances which prevented either of us finding out whether the other was worthy. I have still to be broth to a Prince, though I once came near to kinship with what might have been a veritable King, and was promised the reversion of a Kingdom—army, law-courts, revenue, and policy all complete. But, today, I greatly fear that my King is dead, and if I want a crown I must go hunt it for myself.6. The Feast of Saint John the Baptist
Freemasonry reveres two Saints John. Saint John the Baptist and Saint John the Evangelist. The Feast of Saint John the Evangelist is on December 27th each year.Royal Cleaves Johnson was an American politician.David Johnson was an American politician.Johan Zoffany was a German painter.10. John Branch, Jr
John Branch, Jr was an American politician.Edwin Thomas Booth was an American actor.12. John Joseph Caldwell Abbott
John Joseph Caldwell Abbott was a Canadian politician and lawyer.13. John Bigler
John Bigler was an American Lawyer, politician and diplomat.14. John Wayne
John Wayne was an American actor.The point within a circle is a common symbol used in Freemasonry.Joseph Rudyard Kipling was a British writer.In the poem there is no indication whether it is written for St. John the Evangelist or the Baptist. Regardless, today is the Feast of St. John the Evangelist.Clandestine Masonry is a term that is used in masonry to describe a Grand Lodge, lodge or individual that is not regular or recognized, often just referred to as clandestine.19. Jacob Collamer
Jacob Collamer was an American politician.20. St. John's Day
The Nativity (sometimes feast) of St. John the Baptist occurs near the Summer Equinox. St. John the Baptist is one of the two St. Johns referred to in Masonic ritual. The other St. John being St. John the Evangelist.21. James Holley "Jim" Douglas
James Holley "Jim" Douglas is an American politician.Edmund Gibson Ross was an American politician.Coleman Alexander Young was an American politician.24. John Paul Jones
John Paul Jones was a Scottish-born American sailor.25. Pavlov and the Great Lights
The Great Lights of masonry are the Volume of Sacred Law (VSL), the Square and Compasses.26. John Barry
John Barry was an Irish-born American naval officer.Thomas Smith Webb was an American author and founder of the York or American Rite.28. Branch Rickey
Branch Rickey was an American Baseball and Football player and Baseball executive.John Sidney McCain, Jr. was an American admiral.30. Earl Warren
Earl Warren was an American politician and jurist.Robert Sengstacke Abbott was an American Lawyer and News Paper Publisher.32. John Marshall
John Marshall was an American politician and jurist.John Louis Taylor was an American jurist and politician.Louis Lincoln Emmerson was an American politician.John Alexander Macdonald was a Canadian Politician.Warren Gamaliel Harding was an American politician and 29th President of the United States.Wayne Norviel Aspinall was an American lawyer and politician.38. John Penn
John Penn was the last colonial governor of Pennsylvania.Karl Friedrich Bahrdt was a German unorthodox theologian.40. Theodorus Bailey
Theodorus Bailey was an American naval officer.41. Thomas Bibb
Thomas Bibb was an American politician.William Angus Sutherland was an American politician, attorney and banker.George Horatio Derby was an American soldier and humorist.44. John Hollis
John Hollis Bankhead is an American politician. He was a member of the Democratic Party and a U.S. Senator from the state of Alabama.45. John David Eaton
John David Eaton was a Canadian businessman.46. John Bell
John Bell was an American politician.47. Carl Bert Albert
Carl Bert Albert was an American politician.William Woods Holden was an American politician.Douglas Lloyd Campbell was a Canadian politician.Apolinario Mabini y Maranan was a Filipino revolutionary.Edwin Porch Morrow was an American politician.52. James Edward "Pa" Ferguson Jr.
James Edward "Pa" Ferguson Jr. was an American politician.Joseph "Joe" Lane was an American politician.Harry Guyer Leslie was an American politician.55. John Henry Eaton
John Henry Eaton was an American politician.56. John Dunlap
John Dunlap was an Irish-born American printer.Virgil Ivan "Gus" Grissom was an American astronaut.Alexander Roberts Dunn was a Canadian soldier.59. Pat Morris Neff
Pat Morris Neff was an American politician.Carl Edward Bailey was an American politician.Joseph Robinson Bodwell was an American politician.John Loudon McAdam was a Scottish engineer.63. William Gaston
William Gaston was an American politician.Polydore de Keyser was a Belgian-born English politician.Albert Baird Cummins was an American politician.66. Mason or Not?
In the course of writing the articles for this site we have come upon some interesting tid bits when it comes to researching the individuals we write about.Daniel Gould Fowle was an American politician.68. Anton Joseph "Tony" Cermak
Anton Joseph "Tony" Cermak was a Austria-Hungary born American politician.69. John Earl Fetzer
John Earl Fetzer was an American businessman.Cecil John Rhodes a British businessman and politician.71. John Blair Jr.
John Blair Jr. was an American jurist and founding father.Duncan Upshaw Fletcher was an American politician.Lester Callaway Hunt, Sr. was an American politician.Harold John Arthur was an American politician.Theodore M. Berry was an American politician and Civil Rights leader.76. John Brown
John Brown was an American politician.Innovation within Freemasonry can be something of a dirty word. It conjures up thoughts of changing how a lodge functions from the comfortable, and often ineffective, processes the lodge has been using for generations. Quite often someone will point to the idea "it is no man's power to make innovations in the system of Freemasonry."Arleigh Albert Burke was an American Admiral in the United States Navy.John Geronald Claybourn was a civil engineer.80. John Theophilus Desaguliers
John Theophilus Desaguliers was a French-born British natural philosopher and clergyman.George Edward Pickett was an American soldier and confederate general.Samuel Langhorne Clemens was an American author and humorist.83. John Bidwell
John Bidwell was an American politician and pioneer.John James Audubon was a French-born American naturalist.85. John Drake Sloat
John Drake Sloat was an American naval officer.86. Edward Neville
Edward Neville da Costa Andrade was a British physicist, poet and writer.Denton True "Cy" Young was an American baseball player.88. William Crosby
William Crosby Dawson was an American lawyer, judge, solider and politician.89. James Buchanan
James Buchanan Jr. was an American President.90. John Brown
John Brown was an American abolitionist.St. Cecile lodge began when 12 members of the Grand Lodge of New York presented a petition to the then Deputy Grand Master of New York, Robert D. Holmes. At the time the 12 brothers were seeking to do something virtually unheard of in Freemasonry. They wanted to create a daylight lodge. The initial brothers involved were all musicians and were not able to meet at night as their profession prohibited it.Frank Swett Black was an American news paper editor, lawyer and politician.93. John Jacob Astor
John Jacob Astor was a German-born American businessman.94. Swedish Rite
The Swedish Rite is a branch of Freemasonry found in Scandinavia (Sweden, Denmark, Norway), Germany (1 of the 5 Grand Lodges in Germany), Iceland and in some lodges in Finland.William Claude Dukenfield (a.k.a. W. C. Fields) was an American comedic actor and entertainer.96. John Gutzon de la Mothe Borglum
John Gutzon de la Mothe Borglum was an American sculptor.97. Caleb P. Bennett
Caleb P. Bennett was an American politician and solider.98. George Canning
George Canning was an British politician.Thomas Michael Holt was an American industrialist and politician.Frederick FitzClarence was a British Army Officer.101. Thurgood Marshall
Thurgood Marshall was an American jurist.102. Henry Howard Molyneux Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon
Henry Howard Molyneux Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon was a British politician.103. Richard Parks Bland
Richard Parks Bland was an American politician.104. Anti-Freemasonry
Anti-Freemasonry, sometimes Anti-Masonry, generally falls into three categories. These are political, religious and conspiracy.105. James Francis Byrnes
James Francis Byrnes was an American politician.106. John Archer Lejeune
John Archer Lejeune was a member the United States Marine Corps.107. Edward Ferdinand Arn
Edward Ferdinand Arn was an American politician.108. John L.
John L. Bates is an American politician and lawyer.109. Theodric Romeyn Beck
Theodric Romeyn Beck was an American physician and author.Charles Edward Bennett was an American politician.111. Thomas Bennett, Jr.
Thomas Bennett, Jr. was an American politician.112. Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America and a polymath, a person who is recognized as an expert in multiple fields.113. Johann Joachim
Johann Joachim Bellermann was an German theology professor at Berlin University and a Hebraist (the scholar of the Hebrew language).114. Grover Cleveland Alexander
Grover Cleveland Alexander was an American baseball player.Donald Jay "Don" Rickles was an actor and comedian.