George Washington

**~~diodetriode~~** · 15 Jul 09,, 21:00

Originally Posted by Johnny W

Most presidents were not Episcopalian. Only 12 out of the 44 were Episcopalian.

The subject was not Presidents, but Washington's contemporaries.
Of the 1787 delegates 28 were PRACTICING Anglicans, eight were Presbyterians, seven were Congregationalists, two were Lutherans, two were Dutch Reformed, and two were Methodists. Others professed Unitarianism (e.g. John Adams) which was fashionable at the time. Or professed no religion ( Jefferson--although he was born, married and buried an Anglican).
Congregationalist, Baptists and Methodist were offshoots of Anglicanism in any case.
If one however looks at Washington's CONTEMPORARIES (men of his class and upbringing such as the gentlemen of Virginia) Anglicans were in the majority despite the fact that only 5% of Virginians were paying tithes in 1700 --
Thomas Jefferson, James Monroe, and John Tyler all studied at William & Mary college, an Anglican institution, while Madison's first cousin was the first post-revolutionary Anglican (Now episcopalian) Bishop!

**~~diodetriode~~** · 15 Jul 09,, 21:31

Originally Posted by DragoonGuard

How many are reported to have been masonic?

1 George Washington (Pres. 1789-1797)(MM 1753)
2 James Monroe (Pres. 1817-1825)(MM 1776)
3 Andrew Jackson (1829-1837)(MM 1800?)(Fedl #1 1830)
4 James K. Polk (Pres. 1845-1849)(MM 1820)
5 James Buchanan (Pres. 1857-1861)(MM 1817)
6 Andrew Johnson (Pres. 1865-1869)(MM 1851)
7 James A. Garfield (Pres. 1881)(MM 1864)
8 William McKinley (Pres. 1897-1901)(MM 1865)
9 Theodore Roosevelt (Pres. 1901-1909)(MM 1901)
10 William H. Taft (Pres. 1909-1913)(MM 1901)
11 Warren G. Harding (Pres. 1921-1923)(MM 1920)
12 Franklin D. Roosevelt (Pres. 1933-1945)(MM 1911)
13 Harry S. Truman (Pres. 1945-1953)(MM 1909)
14 Gerald R. Ford (Pres. 1974-1977)(MM 1951)

The MM indicates when these gentlemen attained Master Mason rank.
Unknown degrees, but Masons, applicant Masons or lapsed Masons were:-
Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Lyndon B. Johnson, Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover, Ronald Reagan, George Bush 1st, Bill Clinton, George Bush 2nd.
There is speculation in America that Barak Obama is a Freemason. It would be surprising if he is not.

Before any nutcase thinks that there is anything conspiratorial in this, most people in the Western World in public life joined Masonry before the middle of the 20th century, including every British Monarch since George III