Freemasonry

Masonic officials in the Research Room of the Harry S. Truman Library, standing before the Greta Kempton portrait of Mr. Truman, the Mason. Left to right, seated: Dr. Harold L. Reader; Judge Robert L. Aronson; Harry S. Truman; Frank P. Briggs; William H. Ut. Left to right, standing: Bruce H. Hunt; Judge Arthur U. Goodman; Professor Harold O. Gravel; Freeton K. Hadley; Martin B. Dickinson; Henry W. Fox; A. Basey Vanlandingham; Robert H. Mann; George Morrison; J. Renick Jones; Russell Murray; Judge R. Jasper Smith.

A photograph of the painting by Greta Kempton of President Harry S. Truman in his Masonic regalia as the Grand Master of Missouri.

Poster depicting portraits of the Masonic Presidents of the United States of America, as follows: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, Andrew Jackson, James K. Polk, James Buchanan, Andrew Johnson, James A. Garfield, William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, Warren G. Harding, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Harry S. Truman.

Please note: we have not found evidence that Jefferson and Madison were Masons.

President Harry S. Truman with masonic apron. Photo taken at the Scottish Rites Cathedral, St. Louis, Missouri.

This is a photograph of a painting of President Harry S. Truman in his Masonic regalia by Greta Kempton.

Harry S. Truman (right) is shaking hands with an unidentified member of the Ararat Shrine after Truman received an invitation to attend the Police Rodeo. Others in the background are also unidentified.

Former President Harry S. Truman (right) shakes hands with an unidentified member of the Ararat Shrine, after Truman received an invitation to attend the Police Rodeo. Others in the background are also unidentified.

This is a view of the Masonic case in the exhibit area of the Truman Library, showing items related to former President Harry S. Truman's Masonic memberships. Items from this case may have been removed for use during the funeral of former President Truman.

This is a view of an exhibit case at the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library in Independence, Missouri, related to Mr. Truman's membership in various Masonic organizations.

This portrait of President Harry S. Truman painted by Greta Kempton depicts him as the Grand Master of the Masonic state Lodge of Missouri, in 1940.