A John Abbott (1821–1893), the third Prime Minister of Canada. Initiated: St. Paul's, No. 374, E.R., Montreal, 1847. Joseph Palmer Abbott (1842–1901), Australian politician, 1899 Robert S. Abbott (1870–1940), African-American lawyer and newspaper publisher William "Bud" Abbott (1895–1974), American comedian and actor (part of the Abbott & Costello comedy team) Nicanor Abelardo (1893–1934), Filipino composer. Raised in Luzon Lodge No. 57. Ralph Abercromby (1734–1801), Scottish soldier (lieutenant-general in the British Army) and politician (MP 1774–1780, 1784–1786) Thomas Abernethy (1903–1998), congressman from Mississippi. Received degrees in Eupora Lodge No. 423, Eupora, Mississippi. (digital document by phoenixmasonry: vol. 1, 2 , 3 , 4 ) Edmond François Valentin About (1828–1885), French novelist, publicist and journalist Harold Abrahams, track and field athlete and Olympic champion. Initiated into Oxford and Cambridge University Lodge No.1118, and founding member of Athlon Lodge No. 4674.https://www.ugle.org.uk/9-famous-freemasons/229-harold-abrahams-cbe Benjamin Abrams (1893–1967), Romanian-born American businessman and a founder of the Emerson Radio & Phonograph Corporation. Member of Farragut Lodge No. 976, New York City. Franz Abt (1819–1885), German composer and choral conductor. Initiated in Brunswick Lodge in 1853. Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 11th Baronet (1809–1898), British education reformer and politician. Member of the Apollo University Lodge. Richard Acland (1906–1990), founder of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. Member of the Apollo University Lodge. Roy Acuff (1903–1992), American country music singer Major General Sir Allan Adair, 6th Baronet, GCVO, CB, DSO, MC & Bar, JP, DL (1897–1988), British Army general who served in both World Wars. Household Brigade Lodge No. 2614 and appointed Assistant Grand Master of the G.L. of England in 1953. E. Ross Adair (1907–1983), congressman from Indiana. Raised in Albion Lodge No. 97, Albion, Indiana. Robert Adair, 1st Baron Waveney (1811–1886), British politician Robert Adam (1728–1792), Scottish architect Alva Adams (1850–1922), three-time governor of Colorado. Member of the Supreme Council of the Scottish Rite (Southern Jurisdiction). Alva B. Adams (1875–1941), U.S. senator from Colorado Andrew Adams (1736–1797), delegate for Connecticut to the Continental Congress and later Chief Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court. Member of St. Paul's Lodge No. 11, Litchfield, Connecticut. Charles Adams (1876–1947), American businessman and sports promoter. Was a Knight Templar and Shriner. Courtney Adams (1981-), American Visual Artist and pioneer of Cubo-Expressionistic Primitivism. Raised in West University Lodge No. 1292 Frank R. Adams (1883–1963), American author, screenwriter, composer, and newspaper reporter Jasper Adams (1793–1841), American clergyman, college professor, and college president. Raised in Mt. Vernon Lodge No. 4, Providence, Rhode Island. Sherman Adams (1899–1986), American politician (elected to U.S. Congress and as governor of New Hampshire) Samuel Adams (1805–1850), third governor of Arkansas. Junior Warden pro-tem of the Grand Lodge of Arkansas in 1844. Wilbur L. Adams (1884–1937), American lawyer and politician from Delaware. Served as congressman from Delaware. Henry Adamson (1581–1639), Scottish poet and historian. Wrote one of the earliest known references to the Mason's Word. Michael Adeane, Baron Adeane Lieutenant-Colonel, GCB, GCVO, PC (1910–1984), Private Secretary to Queen Elizabeth II during the first twenty years of her reign and to her father, King George VI prior. Served as Senior Grand Deacon of the Grand Lodge of England in 1946. Charles Adkins (1863–1941), congressman from Illinois Jesse C. Adkins (1879–1955), U.S. federal judge in the District Court for the District of Columbia Julius Ochs Adler (1892–1955), American publisher, journalist, and U.S. Army general. Member of Justice Lodge No. 753 of New York City. Adolphus Frederick IV, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1738–1794), Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. Member of the Lodge at New-Brandeburg. Adolf Frederick (1710–1771), King of Sweden from 1751 until his death. Master of a Stockholm lodge and received the title of Protector of Swedish Freemasonry in 1762. Ignacio Agramonte (1841–1873), Cuban revolutionary who played an important part in the Ten Years' War (1868–1878) Gregorio Aglipay (1860–1940), Supreme Bishop of the Philippine Independent Church Emilio Aguinaldo (1869–1964), President of the Philippines. Pilar Lodge No. 203 (now Pilar Lodge No. 15) at Imus Cavite and was founder of Magdalo Lodge No. 31 (renamed Emilio Aguinaldo Lodge No. 31 in his honor). Granville Pearl Aikman (1858–1923), State of Kansas district judge and suffragist William David Blakeslee Ainey (1864–1932), Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania John C. Ainsworth (1822–1893), American pioneer businessman and steamboat owner in Oregon. Helped organize the Grand Lodge of Oregon and served as grand master 1854–55. Milburn Akers (1900–1970), Chicago journalist, chairman of the Board of Trustees of McKendree College, and the ninth president of Shimer College Aretas Akers-Douglas, 1st Viscount Chilston (1851–1926), British politician and Home Secretary. Member of the Apollo University Lodge. George Edward Akerson (1889–1937), American journalist, and the first official White House Press Secretary. Received 32° in Minneapolis 27 February 1929. Adeyemo Alakija KBE (1884–1952), Nigerian lawyer, politician and businessman. Co-founded the Daily Times of Nigeria. Member, Star of Nigeria Chapter No. 255, R.A.M. 23° AASR. Miguel Ricardo de Álava y Esquivel Order of Santiago, Order of Charles III, KCB, MWO (1770–1843), Spanish general and statesman. Imprisoned in 1814 for being a Freemason. Juan Bautista Alberdi (1810–1884), Argentine political theorist and diplomat Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale (1864–1892), eldest son of King Edward VII Carl Albert (1908–2000), American politician. Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1971 to 1977. Member of South McAlester Lodge No. 96, McAlester, Okla. (1946), 32° Indian Consistory, AASR (SJ) and DeMolay Legion of Honor. Horace M. Albright (1890–1987), American conservationist James L. Alcorn (1816–1894), leading southern white Republican during Reconstruction in Mississippi, where he served as governor and U.S. senator Chester Hardy Aldrich (1862–1924), American politician. 16th governor of Nebraska and justice of the Nebraska Supreme Court. Nelson W. Aldrich (1841–1915), U.S. senator from Rhode Island. Treasurer of the Grand Lodge of Rhode Island 1877–78 and member of What Cheer lodge. Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin (1930–), American astronaut; second human to set foot on extraterrestrial soil. Member of Montclair Lodge No. 144 of New Jersey. Elizabeth Aldworth (1693/95Sources disagree as to both birth and death dates–1773/1775), noted female Mason. Entered Apprentice and Fellowcraft Degree in 1712. Vasile Alecsandri (1821–1890), Romanian poet, playwright, politician and diplomatStoica, Stan (coordinator). Dicţionar de Istorie a României, pp. 153–155. Bucharest: Editura Merona, 2007. Miguel Alemán Valdés (1900–1983), President of Mexico from 1946 to 1952. Initiated, Passed, and Raised in Antiquities Lodge No. 9 of Grand Lodge Valle de Mexico. Later demitted to City of Mexico Lodge No. 35. Alexander I of Russia (1777–1825), Czar of Russia from 1801 to 1825. Banned all secret societies in 1801, but rescinded the prohibition in 1803. He banned Freemasonry in Russia in 1822 due to concerns of political power of some lodges. Alexander I of Yugoslavia (1888–1934), last king of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (1921–29) and first king of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1929–34) Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia (1924–2016), Serbian royal prince, initiated in the GLNF, and a member of multiple UGLE lodges, including Royal Sussex No 53, and Entente Cordiale No 9657Obituary, Quarterly Report of the United Grand Lodge of England, dated 10 February 2017, p. 3. George F. Alexander (1882–1948), judge of the United States territorial court for the Alaska Territory from 1933 to 1947. President of the Juneau Shrine Club 1934–39. Grover Cleveland Alexander (1887–1950), American Major League Baseball pitcher. Raised in St. Paul Lodge No. 82, St. Paul, Nebraska, in 1923. Expelled for un-Masonic conduct in 1930. Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis (1891–1969), British military commander and field marshal. Served in both World Wars. Governor General of Canada from 1946 to 1952. Past grand steward and past grand warden of the G.L. of England. Nathaniel Alexander (1756–1808), 13th governor of North Carolina. Officer of the Grand Lodge of North Carolina in 1802, 1803, 1806, 1807 and was senior grand deacon at his death in 1808. Alexander, Prince of Orange (1851–1884), heir apparent of King William III of the Netherlands from 11 June 1879 until his death. Grand Master of the Netherlands. Bernardo Soto Alfaro (1854–1931), President of Costa Rica from 1885 to 1889. Member of Esperanza Lodge. Eloy Alfaro (1842–1912), served as President of Ecuador from 1895 to 1901 and from 1906 to 1911 Bruce Alger (1918–2015), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas Russell A. Alger (1836–1907), 20th governor and U.S. senator from Michigan. U.S. Secretary of War during the Presidential administration of William McKinley. Major general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Raised in 1895 in Corinthian Lodge No. 241 in Detroit. Sir Archibald Alison, 1st Baronet GCB FRSE (1792–1867), Scottish historian Tony Allcock, bowls player J. Frank Allee (1857–1938), American merchant and politician; U.S. senator from Delaware Alfred G. Allen (1867–1932), congressman from Ohio Charles Herbert Allen (1848–1934), American politician and businessman. Served in the Massachusetts state legislature and senate, and in the U.S. House of Representatives. First U.S.-appointed civilian governor of Puerto Rico. Assistant Secretary of the Navy during the administration of William McKinley. Member of William North Lodge of Lowell, Massachusetts. Ethan Allen (1904–1993), American Major League Baseball player from 1926 to 1938. Member of Yeatman Lodge No. 162, Cincinnati, Ohio. Frank G. Allen (1874–1950), 51st governor of Massachusetts. Raised in Orient Lodge, Norwood, Massachusetts. Henry Justin Allen (1868–1950), 21st governor of Kansas (1919–1923) and U.S. senator from Kansas (1929–31) Ira Allen (1751 in Cornwall, Connecticut – 1814), one of the founders of Vermont, and leaders of the Green Mountain Boys. Brother of Ethan Allen. Vermont Lodge No. 1 of Charlestown, New Hampshire. John Allen, 3rd Viscount Allen (1713–1745), Irish peer and politician. Grandmaster of the Grand Lodge of Ireland. Oscar K. Allen (1882–1936), 42nd governor of Louisiana. Member of Eastern Star Lodge No. 151, Winnfield, Louisiana. Samuel C. Allen (1772–1842), politician and master architect Salvador Allende (1908–1973), President of Chile (1970–1973). Lodge Progreso No. 4, Valparaíso. Thomas Allibone (1903–2003), English physicist Roger Allin (1848–1936), fourth governor of North Dakota. Golden Valley Lodge No. 6, Park River, North Dakota. William B. Allison (1829–1908), early leader of the Iowa Republican Party. Member of both houses of the U.S. Congress. Charter member of Mosaic Lodge No. 125 of Dubuque. Honorary senior grand warden of the Grand Lodge of Iowa in 1889. James V. Allred (1899–1959), 33rd governor of Texas, later a U.S. federal judge. Raised in Bowie Lodge No. 578 in 1920. Edward B. Almon (1860–1933), congressman from Alabama J. Lindsay Almond (1898–1986), 58th governor of Virginia; federal judge Alfred S. Alschuler (1876–1940), prolific Chicago architect