SUNNYSIDE LODGE #163  A.F. & A.M.

Fourteen U.S. Presidents have been Masons.

George Washington, Fredericksburg Lodge #4 & Alexandria Lodge #22 - VA
James Monroe, Williamsburgh Lodge #6 - VA
Andrew Jackson, Harmony Lodge #1
James Polk, Columbia Lodge #31 - TN
James Buchanan, Lancaster Lodge #43 - Lancaster, PA
Andrew Johnson, Greenville Lodge #119 - TN
James Garfield, Magnolia Lodge #20 - OH
William McKinley, Hiram Lodge #21 - VA
Theodore Roosevelt, Matinecock Lodge #806 - Oyster Bay, NY
William Howard Taft, Kilwinning Lodge #356 - OH
Warren Harding, Marion Lodge #70 - OH
Franklin Roosevelt, Holland Lodge #8 - NY
Harry Truman, 33° Belton Lodge #450 - Belton, MO
Gerald Ford, Columbia Lodge #3 - Washington, DC, courtesy to Malta Lodge #465 - Grand Rapids, MI

Fine Artists, Composers and Popular Musicians

Roy Acuff, East Nashville Lodge #560 - TN
Johann Bach, Lodge of Nine Muses #235 - London
Josephine Baker - France
Frédéric Bartholdi, Lodge Alsace-Lorraine - Paris
William "Count" Basie, Wisdom Lodge #102 - Chicago, IL
Irving Berlin, Munn Lodge #190 - New York, NY
Gutzon Borglum, Howard Lodge #35 - NY
Roy Clark, Jenks Lodge #497 - OK
George M. Cohan, Pacific Lodge #223 - CA
Nat King Cole, Thomas Waller Lodge #49 - Los Angeles, CA PHA
Phil Collins, Soho Lodge #3
Nate Dogg, Sacramento Lodge #24 - CA
Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington, Social Lodge #1 - Washington, DC PHA
Sir Banister Flight Fletcher, Authors Lodge #3456 - London
Sir William S. Gilbert, Lodge St. Machar #54 - Aberdeen, Scotland
Lionel Hampton, Boyer Lodge #1 - New York, NY PHA
William C. Handy, Hiram Lodge #4 - New York, NY PHA
Joseph Haydn, Lodge Zur Wahren Eintracht - Vienna
Franz Liszt, Lodge Zur Einigkeit - Frankfurt
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Lodge Zur Woltatigkeit - Vienna & Lodge Zur Wahren Eintracht
Alfons Mucha, Paris; founder of Czech Freemasonry
Brad Paisley, Hiram Lodge #4 - Franklin, TN
Tex Ritter, Metropolitan Lodge #646 - CA
Jean Sibelius, Suomi Lodge #1 - Helsinki, Finland
John Philip Sousa, Hiram Lodge #10 - Washington, DC
Sir Arthur Sullivan, Past Grand Organist of the United Grand Lodge of England
Mel Tillis, Branson Lodge #587

Actors and Entertainers

Bud Abbott, Daylight Lodge #525 - MI
Cliff Arquette, Ravenwood Lodge #777 - Chicago, IL
Gene Autry, 33°, Grand Cross. Catoosa Lodge #185 - OK
Wallace Beery, Blaney Lodge #271 - IL
Mel Blanc, Mid Day Lodge #188 - OR
Ernest Borgnine, Abingdon Lodge #48 - VA
Eddie Cantor, Munn Lodge #190 - New York, NY
William "Buffalo Bill" Cody, Platte Valley Lodge #15 - NE
Harry H. Corbett, Chevin Lodge #6848 - UK
Charles Correll, Trio Lodge #57 - Chicago, IL
Donald Crisp, Harry S. Orme Lodge #458 - CA
Jim Davidson, British comedian
Cecil B. DeMille, Prince of Orange Lodge #16 - NY
Richard Dix, Harry S. Orme Lodge #458 - CA
Douglas Fairbanks, Beverly Hills Lodge #528 - CA
Glenn Ford, Palisades Lodge #637, CA & Riviera Lodge #780 - CA
W.C. Fields, E. Coppee Mitchell Lodge #605 - Philadelphia, PA
J.D. Fortune, Oakville Lodge #400 - Oakville, ON
Clark Gable, Beverly Hills Lodge #528 - CA
Arthur Godfrey, Acacia Lodge #18 - Washington, DC
Freeman Gosden, Petersburg Lodge #15 - VA
D.W. Griffith, St. Cecile Lodge #568 - NY
Oliver Hardy, Solomon Lodge #20 - Jacksonville, FL
Anthony Harper, Baraboo Lodge #34 - Barbaoo, WI
Harry Houdini Initiated Aug 21, 1923, St. Cecile Lodge #568 - NY
Sir Henry Irving, Jerusalem Lodge #44 - London
Burl Ives, Magnolia (now Magnolia-La Cumbre) Lodge #242 - CA
Al Jolson, St. Cecile Lodge #568 - NY
Harold Lloyd, Hamilton Lodge #535 - Hollywood, CA
Cedric The Entertainer, Sacramento Lodge #313 - Sacramento, CA
Louis B. Mayer, St. Cecile Lodge #568 - New York, NY
Tom Mix, Utopia Lodge #537 - CA
Eddie Murphy, Hollywood Lodge #542 - North Hollywood, CA
Bronson Pinchot, Harford Lodge #445 - Hop Bottom, PA
Richard Pryor, Henry Brown Lodge #22 - Peoria, IL
Michael Richards, 33°, Riviera Lodge #780 - CA
Alfred, John, Albert, Charles, William, August & Henry Ringling & father, August Rüngeling, Baraboo Lodge #34, Baraboo,WI
Jimmie Rodgers, John L. Spinks Lodge #507 - MS
Roy Rogers, Hollywood Lodge #355 - CA
Will Rogers, Claremore Lodge #53 - OK
Peter Sellers, Chelsea Lodge #3098 - London
Richard "Red" Skelton, Vincennes Lodge #1 - Vincennes, IN
Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer
Robert Pershing Wadlow, Franklin Lodge #25 - Alton, IL
Hal B. Wallis, Prudence Lodge #958 - Chicago, IL
Jack Warner, Mount Olive Lodge #506 - Los Angeles, CA
John Wayne, Marion McDaniel Lodge #56 - Tucson, AZ
Ed Wynn, Philadelphia Lodge #9 - PA
Darryl F. Zanuck, Mount Olive Lodge #506 - Los Angeles, CA
Florenz Ziegfeld, Accordia Lodge #277
Adolph Zukor, Centennial Lodge #763 - New York, NY

Astronauts

Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin, Jr., Clear Lake Lodge #1417 - Seabrook, TX
Leroy Gordon Cooper, Carbondale Lodge N#82 - Carbondale, CO
Donn F. Eisele, Luthor B. Turner Lodge #732 - Columbus, OH
John Glenn, Concord Lodge #688 - Concord, OH
Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom, Mitchell Lodge #228 - Mitchell, IN
James Irwin, Tejon Lodge #104 - Colorado Springs, CO
Edgar Mitchell, Artesia Lodge #28 - Artesia, NM
Walter M. Schirra, Jr., Canaveral Lodge #339 - Cocoa Beach, FL
Thomas Stafford, Western Star Lodge #138 - Weatherford, OK
James E. Webb, University Lodge #408 - Chapel Hill, NC
Paul J. Weitz, Lawrence Lodge #708 - Erie, PA

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