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