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Presidents List
We've all heard various stories and statistics about US Presidents from fraternities, but do we know who they all were? Here's what I've been able to find so far...
George Washington - Mason James Monroe - Mason John Quincy Adams - Sigma Phi Society Andrew Jackson - Mason James K. Polk - Mason James Buchanan - Mason Andrew Johnson - Mason Rutherford B. Hayes - Delta Kappa Epsilon James A. Garfield - Mason, Delta Upsilon Chester Arthur - Psi Upsilon Grover Cleveland - Sigma Chi Benjamin Harrison - Delta Chi and/or Phi Delta Theta William McKinley - Mason, Sigma Alpha Epsilon Theodore Roosevelt - Mason, Delta Kappa Epsilon William H. Taft - Mason, Psi Upsilon Woodrow Wilson - Phi Kappa Psi Warren G. Harding - Mason Calvin Coolidge - Phi Gamma Delta Franklin D. Roosevelt - Mason Harry S. Truman - Lambda Chi Alpha and/or Alpha Delta Gamma John F. Kennedy - Phi Kappa Theta Lyndon B. Johnson - Mason Gerald Ford - Mason, Delta Kappa Epsilon Ronald Reagan - Tau Kappa Epsilon George Bush - Delta Kappa Epsilon, Phi Beta Kappa Bill Clinton - Alpha Phi Omega, Phi Beta Kappa George W. Bush - Delta Kappa Epsilon Does anybody have different information about any of the above or anything on any of the other Presidents? Thanks. SAEactive |
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My questions is how many of those are honorary? I know bill clinton isn't greek. He's honorary. I won't get into how I feel that piece of shit. On the other hand, Grover clevelend(Sigma Chi), is also honorary, our only honorary sig. I have no idea why we made him a member but im going to try to find out.
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Consul,
Of those I listed, only Phi Beta Kappa is honorary although Alpha Phi Omega is a national coed service fraternity. Other than those two and the Masons, however, all of them are regular national social fraternities. |
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Truman was an honorary initiate, but I think it was before he got into politics, at least before he was pres. I don't know why he was either. I should try to find that out.
------------------ Steve Corbin Lambda Chi Alpha Theta Kappa Chapter Rose-Hulman Inst. of Tech. |
Lyndon Johnson was a brother in the local fraternity called The Harris Blairs. It became Zeta Theta Chapter of Pi Kappa Alpha, and all the alumni were supposed to carry over and become Pikes. Johnson was never initiated however, and the Pikes' National does not publicize him as a Brother.
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This may sound bizzarre, but I am not making it up. I have seen references to Confederate President Jefferson Davis being a Kappa Sig. They were not founded until 1869, so if he was a member it must have been honorary. Anyone know?
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This raises a way to be more specific about the president's greek affiliation. Alpha Phi Omega has had chapters give honorary membership to every US president between Kennedy and George Bush (the elder), but in many (I believe most) cases, the presentation was just "congratulations, our chapter has decided to do this", with the president having almost no idea who we are.
What I would like to see in this list of presidents is for each of the fraternities they are listed as belonging to, did their membership occur 1) the "normal" way, joining the fraternity after a pledging process as a student (for masons, advancing normally before being US president), 2) Honorary Membership granted before the person was elected president, 3) Honorary Membership granted after the person became president. In the case of 2) & 3) I'd like to know if the president ever went through the brotherhood ceremony (Honorary APO brothers can go through the brotherhood ceremony). While Gerald Ford (for example) was given honorary brotherhood in Alpha Phi Omega, I'd be surprised if he remembered us at this point. Brother Clinton, OTOH, definately remembers us. http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif Part of this for me is the idea that President Grant is listed as a greek, but he went through west point... ------------------ Naraht Alpha Phi Omega Alumni Volunteer |
All of the DKE Presidents (Taft, Teddy Roosevelt, Ford, both Bushes) were undergraduate members of the fraternity.
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Thomas Jefferson was a member of the "Flat Hat Club" at William and Mary, one of the precursors to GLO organizations at universities.
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Jefferson Davis's son was a Kappa Sigma initiate, but he died of an illness soon after his initation. The fraternity then made Jefferson Davis an honorary brother.
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Okay here's some corrections and additions:
James K. Polk - Mason AND Kappa Alpha (the original KA which is now extinct) Benjamin Harrison - definately a Phi Delta Theta and possibly a Delta Chi as well Theodore Roosevelt - Mason, DKE, and Alpha Delta Phi Warren G. Harding - Mason and ADPhi Harry S. Truman - Mason, Lambda Chi Alpha and possibly also an Alpha Delta Gamma Lyndon B. Johnson - Entered Apprentice Mason (their 1st of 3 major degrees) US Vice Presidents (other than those who later became President): Adlai E. Stevenson (1893-97 under G. Cleveland) - Phi Delta Theta Charles Fairbanks (1905-09 under Theodore Roosevelt) - Delta Chi and Alpha Delta Phi James S. Sherman (1909-12 under Taft) - Sigma Phi Society Thomas R. Marshall (1913-21 under Wilson) - Phi Gamma Delta (Fiji) Charles Dawes (1925-29 under Coolidge) - Delta Upsilon Henry A. Wallace (1941-45 under FDR) - Delta Tau Delta Alben Barkley (1949-53 under Truman) - Delta Tau Delta ======== Thanks for all the replies so far and if you know of anyone not yet mentioned, PLEASE post it!!! |
Dan Quayle was DKE and on the varsity golf team. Don't remember the school; it wasn't Butler or Wabash, but like one of those. The reason some have double memberships (ie. Phi Delt and Delta Chi, DKE and Alpha Delta Phi) is becaaue at one time in certain northeastern universities it was the practice for soem fraternities to be "sophmore" fraternities and others to be "upperclassmen" fraternities, and it was accepted that a student could progress from one fraternity to another between his junior sophmore and junior years.
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