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:

Williman Bankhead, 47th speaker of U.S. House of Representatives

William Borah, Past U.S. Senator

John Powers “The Kentucky Giant”. One of PT Barnum’s Famous Side Show performers

Solomon Meredith, Union Brevet Major General

Alfred S. Pinkerton of Worcester MA, lawyer, State Senator, and President of the Massachusetts Senate and Grand Sire of the IOOF in 1898.

Frances Ruth Roche, Baroness Fermoy, confidante of Queen Elizabeth, maternal grandmother of Princess Diana.

Warren Harding, 29th U.S. President (1921–1923)

Hugo Black Associate Justice of U.S. Supreme Court (1937-1971)

Otto Kerner, 33rd Governor of Illinois

Louis Emmerson, 27th Governor of Illinois

Joseph McLeskey, prominent Reverend

Edwin Carl Johnson, 26th Governor of Colorado

William Jennings Bryan, 41st U.S. Secretary of State

Thomas Wildey, founder of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows in North America

Bruce Lee Webb, Artist, Fraternal Art Historian/Collector/Writer

George W.P. Hunt, 1st Governor of Arizona

Harry G. Leslie, past speaker of Indiana House of Representatives, 33rd Governor of Indiana

Ernest McFarland, Past U.S. Senator

Richard Russell Jr, Past U.S. Senator

Homer Stille Cummings, 55th U.S. Attorney General

Rutherford Hayes, 19th U.S. President (1877–1881)

Georgia Dwelle, first female African-American Physician(GUOOF)

Tom Bevill, past member of U.S. House of Representatives from Alabama

Jermaine “JJ” Soto, Muay Thai World Champion

Olav V. King of Norway

Henry Rathbone, past member of U.S. House of Representatives

Thomas Bennett, 5th Governor of Idaho

Goodwin Knight, 31st Governor of California

Eleanor Roosevelt, first lady of the United States (1933-1945) and delegate to the United Nations General Assembly. (Rebekah)

Samuel Pasco, Past U.S. Senator from Florida

Earl Warren, U.S. Chief Justice (1953–1969)

Oliver Morton, 14th Governor of Indiana

Luke Wessman, Tattooer, Designer and Social Media Influencer.

Nathan Kelley, famous U.S. architect, designed the Ohio statehouse

Robert C. Byrd, U.S. Senator (1989-2010)

Thomas Hendricks, 21st U.S. Vice President

Henry Peter Brougham, Lord Chancellor of U.K. (1830-1834)

John A. Macdonald, 1st Prime Minister of Canada

Anson Jones, 4th and last President of the Republic of Texas (1844-1846)

William Marsh Rice, Founder of Rice University

Sir George Savile, 8th Baronet and English politician.

Levi Stanley & Matilda Joles Stanley, King and Queen of the Gypsies

Harry S Truman 33rd U.S. President

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.

Albert Pike, notable Confederate Army soldier, lawyer and Masonic writer

Paul Mariner, English International Football Player

William Mckinley, 25th U.S. President

John Nance Garner 32nd U.S. Vice President From Texas

Alexander Stephens Clas, Past U.S.Senator

Oscar Stanton De Priest, past member of U.S. House of Representatives

William Henry McMaster, 10th Governor of South Dakota

Wyatt Earp, iconic American Lawman

Samuel Brenton, past member of U.S. House of Representatives in Congress

Red Skelton, famous American Comedian

Charles M. Russell, famous Western landscape artist.

George IV,  King of Hanover  and the Unites Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1820-1830)

Chase Orborn, 27th Governor of Michigan

Burl Ives, famous singer actor and writer

Charlie Chaplin, famous actor and comedian

Sir Stanley Baldwin, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1923-1937)

Jacob De Cardova Grand Master of Louisiana Instituted the First Lodge in Texas in Houston Lone Star No. 1 ….. July 25, 1838

Henry S. Rosenthal, Film and Documentary Producer, actor, and drummer from influential punk band “Crime”

John Raker, past member of U.S. House of Representatives

Charles Lindbergh U.S. Aviator, First to fly solo across the Atlantic

Frank Steunenberg, 4th Governor of Idaho

Robert Melville Bailey, notable Bahamian Educator (GUOOF)

Franklin Roosevelt, 32nd U.S. President (1933–1945)

John Wilkes, English Radical and Journalist

Everett McKinley Driksen, Past U.S. Senator

P.T. Barnum, American showman, politician, and businessman remembered for promoting celebrated hoaxes and for founding the Barnum & Bailey Circus

Francis M. Drake, Past Governor of Iowa

Lucy Hobbs Taylor, first U.S. female dentist (Rebekah)

Schuyler Colfax, U.S. Vice President (1869–1873)

Oliver Peck, Tattooer, Celebrity Judge on “Ink Master”, Texas Entrepreneur.

William Mulholland, civil engineer and designer of Los Angeles Aquaduct

Sir Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of U.K. (1951-1955)

Marion Kane Elston, noted synchronized swimming coach

George W. Wright, Past U.S. Senator

Gustaf V. King of Sweden

Ulysses S. Grant, 18th U.S. President (1869–1877)

Thomas Sterling, Past U.S. Senator