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Brother Washington became Worshipful Master of
Alexandria Lodge on December 20, 1788 |
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Inaugurated President of the United States on
April 30, 1789, thus becoming the first, and so far the only, Brother to be
simultaneously President and Master of his Lodge |
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Born in Westmoreland County, Virginia in 1758 |
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Attended College of William & Mary
1774-1776, at the outbreak of the Revolution he was one of twenty-five
students who left the College to enlist in the Army, he was wounded at the
Battle of Trenton. |
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Elected to the Virginia legislature in 1782,
later became a member of the Council of State. |
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Sat in the Confederation Congress of 1783-1786
in New York and practiced law in Fredericksburg, Virginia after leaving
Congress. |
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Elected United States Senator in 1790 |
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Appointed Minister to France by President George
Washington 1794 |
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In 1799 was elected Governor of Virginia |
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President Thomas Jefferson sent Monroe to France
to help secure the Louisiana Territory |
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After several other diplomatic appointments, he
was again elected Governor of Virginia in 1811 |
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Served as Secretary of War 1814-1815 |
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Elected President of the United States in 1816
and reelected to a second term in 1820 |
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In his message to Congress in 1823 he laid down
the policy known as the “Monroe Doctrine” |
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At the expiration of his presidential term,
Monroe returned to “Oak Hill” in Loudoun County and subsequently went to
live with his son-in-law, Samuel L. Gouverneur, the Postmaster of New York |
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Poor health and financial difficulties caused
him to live a very quiet life during his last years. He died in New York
July 4, 1831 |
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Brother Jackson is officially listed as a Member
in the Lodge Return to the Grand Lodge of North Carolina and Tennessee for
1805. |
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On December 27, 1813, the Grand Lodge of
Tennessee was granted its own Constitution. |
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Brother Jackson was the sixth Grand Master of
Masons of Tennessee, serving from October 7, 1822 until October 4, 1824 |
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Brother Jackson served as President of the
United States from 1829 to 1837. |
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Notes