1. John Sidney "Slew" McCain Sr.
John Sidney "Slew" McCain Sr. was an American naval officer.John Arthur "Jack" Johnson was an American boxer.Lyndon Baines Johnson was an American politician and 36th President of the United States.4. Feast of St. John the Evangelist
The Feast of St. John the Evangelist is celebrated annually on December 27th and marks the mid-winter.5. The Man who would be King by Rudyard Kipling
The Law, as quoted, lays down a fair conduct of life, and one not easy to follow. I have been fellow to a beggar again and again under circumstances which prevented either of us finding out whether the other was worthy. I have still to be broth to a Prince, though I once came near to kinship with what might have been a veritable King, and was promised the reversion of a Kingdom—army, law-courts, revenue, and policy all complete. But, today, I greatly fear that my King is dead, and if I want a crown I must go hunt it for myself.6. The Feast of Saint John the Baptist
Freemasonry reveres two Saints John. Saint John the Baptist and Saint John the Evangelist. The Feast of Saint John the Evangelist is on December 27th each year.Royal Cleaves Johnson was an American politician.David Johnson was an American politician.Johan Zoffany was a German painter.10. John Bigler
John Bigler was an American Lawyer, politician and diplomat.11. John Joseph Caldwell Abbott
John Joseph Caldwell Abbott was a Canadian politician and lawyer.Edwin Thomas Booth was an American actor.13. John Branch, Jr
John Branch, Jr was an American politician.Joseph Rudyard Kipling was a British writer.The point within a circle is a common symbol used in Freemasonry.16. John Wayne
John Wayne was an American actor.In the poem there is no indication whether it is written for St. John the Evangelist or the Baptist. Regardless, today is the Feast of St. John the Evangelist.Coleman Alexander Young was an American politician.John Sidney McCain, Jr. was an American admiral.Robert Sengstacke Abbott was an American Lawyer and News Paper Publisher.21. Earl Warren
Earl Warren was an American politician and jurist.Clandestine Masonry is a term that is used in masonry to describe a Grand Lodge, lodge or individual that is not regular or recognized, often just referred to as clandestine.23. Branch Rickey
Branch Rickey was an American Baseball and Football player and Baseball executive.Thomas Smith Webb was an American author and founder of the York or American Rite.25. John Barry
John Barry was an Irish-born American naval officer.26. Pavlov and the Great Lights
The Great Lights of masonry are the Volume of Sacred Law (VSL), the Square and Compasses.27. John Paul Jones
John Paul Jones was a Scottish-born American sailor.Edmund Gibson Ross was an American politician.29. James Holley "Jim" Douglas
James Holley "Jim" Douglas is an American politician.30. St. John's Day
The Nativity (sometimes feast) of St. John the Baptist occurs near the Summer Equinox. St. John the Baptist is one of the two St. Johns referred to in Masonic ritual. The other St. John being St. John the Evangelist.31. Jacob Collamer
Jacob Collamer was an American politician.John Louis Taylor was an American jurist and politician.John Alexander Macdonald was a Canadian Politician.34. John Marshall
John Marshall was an American politician and jurist.Louis Lincoln Emmerson was an American politician.36. Thomas Bibb
Thomas Bibb was an American politician.37. John Hollis
John Hollis Bankhead is an American politician. He was a member of the Democratic Party and a U.S. Senator from the state of Alabama.Apolinario Mabini y Maranan was a Filipino revolutionary.Karl Friedrich Bahrdt was a German unorthodox theologian.Warren Gamaliel Harding was an American politician and 29th President of the United States.41. Theodorus Bailey
Theodorus Bailey was an American naval officer.Douglas Lloyd Campbell was a Canadian politician.43. Carl Bert Albert
Carl Bert Albert was an American politician.44. John Bell
John Bell was an American politician.Wayne Norviel Aspinall was an American lawyer and politician.William Angus Sutherland was an American politician, attorney and banker.47. John Penn
John Penn was the last colonial governor of Pennsylvania.48. John David Eaton
John David Eaton was a Canadian businessman.George Horatio Derby was an American soldier and humorist.50. James Edward "Pa" Ferguson Jr.
James Edward "Pa" Ferguson Jr. was an American politician.William Woods Holden was an American politician.Edwin Porch Morrow was an American politician.53. Johann Joachim
Johann Joachim Bellermann was an German theology professor at Berlin University and a Hebraist (the scholar of the Hebrew language).Polydore de Keyser was a Belgian-born English politician.Arleigh Albert Burke was an American Admiral in the United States Navy.Theodric Romeyn Beck was an American physician and author.57. John Brown
John Brown was an American abolitionist.58. John Bidwell
John Bidwell was an American politician and pioneer.59. John Drake Sloat
John Drake Sloat was an American naval officer.Frank Swett Black was an American news paper editor, lawyer and politician.61. John Jacob Astor
John Jacob Astor was a German-born American businessman.Cecil John Rhodes a British businessman and politician.Edward Ferdinand Arn was an American politician.Virgil Ivan "Gus" Grissom was an American astronaut.Theodore M. Berry was an American politician and Civil Rights leader.Harold John Arthur was an American politician.Alexander Roberts Dunn was a Canadian soldier.68. John Theophilus Desaguliers
John Theophilus Desaguliers was a French-born British natural philosopher and clergyman.Benjamin Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America and a polymath, a person who is recognized as an expert in multiple fields.William Claude Dukenfield (a.k.a. W. C. Fields) was an American comedic actor and entertainer.71. John Gutzon de la Mothe Borglum
John Gutzon de la Mothe Borglum was an American sculptor.72. Swedish Rite
The Swedish Rite is a branch of Freemasonry found in Scandinavia (Sweden, Denmark, Norway), Germany (1 of the 5 Grand Lodges in Germany), Iceland and in some lodges in Finland.St. Cecile lodge began when 12 members of the Grand Lodge of New York presented a petition to the then Deputy Grand Master of New York, Robert D. Holmes. At the time the 12 brothers were seeking to do something virtually unheard of in Freemasonry. They wanted to create a daylight lodge. The initial brothers involved were all musicians and were not able to meet at night as their profession prohibited it.74. James Buchanan
James Buchanan Jr. was an American President.Samuel Langhorne Clemens was an American author and humorist.76. William Crosby
William Crosby Dawson was an American lawyer, judge, solider and politician.Denton True "Cy" Young was an American baseball player.78. Edward Neville
Edward Neville da Costa Andrade was a British physicist, poet and writer.John James Audubon was a French-born American naturalist.80. Caleb P. Bennett
Caleb P. Bennett was an American politician and solider.81. George Canning
George Canning was an British politician.82. John L.
John L. Bates is an American politician and lawyer.83. Grover Cleveland Alexander
Grover Cleveland Alexander was an American baseball player.Thomas Bennett, Jr. was an American politician.Charles Edward Bennett was an American politician.Donald Jay "Don" Rickles was an actor and comedian.Frederick FitzClarence was a British Army Officer.John Archer Lejeune was a member the United States Marine Corps.James Francis Byrnes was an American politician.90. Anti-Freemasonry
Anti-Freemasonry, sometimes Anti-Masonry, generally falls into three categories. These are political, religious and conspiracy.Richard Parks Bland was an American politician.92. Henry Howard Molyneux Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon
Henry Howard Molyneux Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon was a British politician.Thurgood Marshall was an American jurist.Thomas Michael Holt was an American industrialist and politician.George Edward Pickett was an American soldier and confederate general.John Loudon McAdam was a Scottish engineer.Carl Edward Bailey was an American politician.98. John Henry Eaton
John Henry Eaton was an American politician.99. John Dunlap
John Dunlap was an Irish-born American printer.100. Harry Guyer Leslie
Harry Guyer Leslie was an American politician.101. Joseph "Joe" Lane
Joseph "Joe" Lane was an American politician.102. William Gaston
William Gaston was an American politician.103. Albert Baird Cummins
Albert Baird Cummins was an American politician.104. Daniel Gould Fowle
Daniel Gould Fowle was an American politician.105. Anton Joseph "Tony" Cermak
Anton Joseph "Tony" Cermak was a Austria-Hungary born American politician.106. John Earl Fetzer
John Earl Fetzer was an American businessman.John Geronald Claybourn was a civil engineer.Duncan Upshaw Fletcher was an American politician.109. Lester Callaway Hunt, Sr.
Lester Callaway Hunt, Sr. was an American politician.110. Innovation in Freemasonry
Innovation within Freemasonry can be something of a dirty word. It conjures up thoughts of changing how a lodge functions from the comfortable, and often ineffective, processes the lodge has been using for generations. Quite often someone will point to the idea "it is no man's power to make innovations in the system of Freemasonry."111. Mason or Not?
In the course of writing the articles for this site we have come upon some interesting tid bits when it comes to researching the individuals we write about.112. John Brown
John Brown was an American politician.113. John Blair Jr.
John Blair Jr. was an American jurist and founding father.114. Pat Morris Neff
Pat Morris Neff was an American politician.Joseph Robinson Bodwell was an American politician.