Odd Fellows, unlike many other organizations, makes no special effort to attract “name” members. It is a warm, personal type of affiliation that doesn’t rely on “rubbing elbows” with the famous to give them satisfaction. Take note that these names are placed below only for educational purposes and not for publicity:
Oscar Stanton De Priest, past member of U.S. House of Representatives
Francis M. Drake, Past Governor of Iowa
Ulysses S. Grant, 18th U.S. President (1869–1877)
Charles M. Russell, famous Western landscape artist.
George W. Wright, Past U.S. Senator
Sir Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of U.K. (1951-1955)
Luke Wessman, Tattooer, Designer and Social Media Influencer.
Frances Ruth Roche, Baroness Fermoy, confidante of Queen Elizabeth, maternal grandmother of Princess Diana.
Oliver Morton, 14th Governor of Indiana
Edwin Carl Johnson, 26th Governor of Colorado
Everett McKinley Driksen, Past U.S. Senator
Paul Mariner, English International Football Player
Alexander Stephens Clas, Past U.S.Senator
Levi Stanley & Matilda Joles Stanley, King and Queen of the Gypsies
George W.P. Hunt, 1st Governor of Arizona
Franklin Roosevelt, 32nd U.S. President (1933–1945)
Joseph McLeskey, prominent Reverend
Louis Emmerson, 27th Governor of Illinois
Richard Russell Jr, Past U.S. Senator
William Jennings Bryan, 41st U.S. Secretary of State
Robert Melville Bailey, notable Bahamian Educator (GUOOF)
Tom Bevill, past member of U.S. House of Representatives from Alabama
Harry G. Leslie, past speaker of Indiana House of Representatives, 33rd Governor of Indiana
Charlie Chaplin, famous actor and comedian
Chase Orborn, 27th Governor of Michigan
Henry Rathbone, past member of U.S. House of Representatives
Olav V. King of Norway
Frank Steunenberg, 4th Governor of Idaho
Thomas Hendricks, 21st U.S. Vice President
Otto Kerner, 33rd Governor of Illinois
Alfred S. Pinkerton of Worcester MA, lawyer, State Senator, and President of the Massachusetts Senate and Grand Sire of the IOOF in 1898.
Warren Harding, 29th U.S. President (1921–1923)
Rutherford Hayes, 19th U.S. President (1877–1881)
Oliver Peck, Tattooer, Celebrity Judge on “Ink Master”, Texas Entrepreneur.
Edwin Hubbell Chapin, Universalist minister, author, lecturer, and social reformer, was one of the most popular speakers in America from the 1840s until his death.
Oliver Peck, Tattooer, Celebrity Judge on “Ink Master”, Texas Entrepreneur.
Williman Bankhead, 47th speaker of U.S. House of Representatives
John Powers “The Kentucky Giant”. One of PT Barnum’s Famous Side Show performers
Eleanor Roosevelt, first lady of the United States (1933-1945) and delegate to the United Nations General Assembly. (Rebekah)
Goodwin Knight, 31st Governor of California
Gustaf V. King of Sweden
Georgia Dwelle, first female African-American Physician(GUOOF)
John Raker, past member of U.S. House of Representatives
Hugo Black Associate Justice of U.S. Supreme Court (1937-1971)
Anson Jones, 4th and last President of the Republic of Texas (1844-1846)
Harry S Truman 33rd U.S. President
Burl Ives, famous singer actor and writer
John Nance Garner 32nd U.S. Vice President From Texas
Henry Peter Brougham, Lord Chancellor of U.K. (1830-1834)
John A. Macdonald, 1st Prime Minister of Canada
Homer Stille Cummings, 55th U.S. Attorney General
Earl Warren, U.S. Chief Justice (1953–1969)
Wyatt Earp, iconic American Lawman
Samuel Brenton, past member of U.S. House of Representatives in Congress
Ernest McFarland, Past U.S. Senator
Sir George Savile, 8th Baronet and English politician.
Bruce Lee Webb, Artist, Fraternal Art Historian/Collector/Writer
Lucy Hobbs Taylor, first U.S. female dentist (Rebekah)
Schuyler Colfax, U.S. Vice President (1869–1873)
Thomas Bennett, 5th Governor of Idaho
William Marsh Rice, Founder of Rice University
Charles Lindbergh U.S. Aviator, First to fly solo across the Atlantic
Thomas Sterling, Past U.S. Senator
Jacob De Cardova Grand Master of Louisiana Instituted the First Lodge in Texas in Houston Lone Star No. 1 ….. July 25, 1838
William Borah, Past U.S. Senator
Solomon Meredith, Union Brevet Major General
Nathan Kelley, famous U.S. architect, designed the Ohio statehouse
Albert Pike, notable Confederate Army soldier, lawyer and Masonic writer
Red Skelton, famous American Comedian
P.T. Barnum, American showman, politician, and businessman remembered for promoting celebrated hoaxes and for founding the Barnum & Bailey Circus
William Mckinley, 25th U.S. President
Robert C. Byrd, U.S. Senator (1989-2010)
Sir Stanley Baldwin, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1923-1937)
John Wilkes, English Radical and Journalist
Samuel Pasco, Past U.S. Senator from Florida
Marion Kane Elston, noted synchronized swimming coach
Thomas Wildey, founder of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows in North America
William Henry McMaster, 10th Governor of South Dakota
George IV, King of Hanover and the Unites Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1820-1830)
