List of Members of the Sons of the American Revolution

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The Sons of the American Revolution (SAR) is a United States patriotic and lineage organization founded in 1889. The following is a list of notable members since the organization's founding.

Heads of State[]

Presidents of the United States[]

To date, 17 presidents of the United States have been members of the SAR. President Grant was admitted posthumously in recognition of his being a member of the Sons of Revolutionary Sires, whose members were later admitted to membership in the SAR.

Of the presidents who lived since the SAR's founding in 1889 and are not listed above, presidents Grover Cleveland, Richard Nixon, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama[4] all had patriot ancestors but did not join the SAR. Presidents Woodrow Wilson, John F. Kennedy, Ronald Reagan, and Donald Trump did not have patriot ancestors.

Vice presidents of the United States[]

In addition to the above, the following vice presidents were SAR compatriots and later became President of the United States: Theodore Roosevelt, Calvin Coolidge, Harry S Truman, Lyndon Johnson, Gerald Ford and George H.W. Bush.

National leaders outside the United States[]

Military Members[]

38 SAR members are known to have received the Medal of Honor.

  • Admiral of the Navy George Dewey – Hero of the Battle of Manila Bay
  • General of the Armies John J. Pershing – U.S. Army Chief of Staff and commander of the American Expeditionary Force in the First World War
  • General of the Army Dwight Eisenhower – Supreme Commander of Allied Forces Europe
  • General of the Army Douglas MacArthur, USA – 5-star general and Medal of Honor recipient.[8] (General MacArthur approved an SAR service medal, the Patriot Medal, bearing his likeness, and was the first recipient following his death in 1964.)[9]
  • General of the Air Force Henry H. Arnold, USAF – Commander of the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II
  • Fleet Admiral William F. Halsey – Commander of the 3rd Fleet in World War II
  • General Joseph E. Johnston, CSA – Confederate general
  • General Frederick Kroesen – Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army
  • General Charles P. Summerall – U.S. Army Chief of Staff and president of The Citadel
  • General William C. Westmoreland – Commander of Military Assistance Command Vietnam (MACV)
  • General Jonathan Wainwright, USA – Commanded the defense of the Philippines and Medal of Honor recipient.
  • Admiral Frank F. Fletcher – Commander of the Vera Cruz intervention and Medal of Honor recipient.
  • Admiral Thomas H. Moorer – Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
  • Admiral David Dixon Porter – Senior admiral of the U.S. Navy
  • Admiral Harry D. Train II – NATO Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic
  • Lieutenant General Nelson A. Miles, USA – U.S. Army Commanding General, 1895–1903 and Medal of Honor recipient.
  • Lieutenant General David Ohle, USA – Deputy Chief of Staff, Personnel
  • Lieutenant General Theodore G. Stroup, USA – Deputy Chief of Staff, Personnel
  • Lieutenant General Guy Swan, USA – Commanding General, 5th US Army
  • Lieutenant General Joseph Wheeler, CSA – Veteran of the Civil War and the Spanish–American War
  • Vice Admiral James Bond Stockdale, USN – Medal of Honor recipient, Prisoner of War in Vietnam, and President of the Naval War College.
  • Major General James A. Adkins, USA – 28th Adjutant General of Maryland
  • Major General Thomas M. Anderson – Veteran of the Civil War, Spanish–American War and the Philippine Insurrection
  • Major General Patrick Brady, USA – Vietnam War helicopter pilot and Medal of Honor recipient.
  • Major General Joseph Cabell Breckinridge Sr., USV – Veteran of the Civil War and the Spanish–American War
  • Major General Donald Burdick, USA – Director, Army National Guard
  • Major General Darius N. Couch, USV – Union Army general during the Civil War
  • Major General Frederick D. Grant, USV – Son of President Ulysses S. Grant
  • Major General Ulysses S. Grant III – Grandson of President Ulysses S. Grant
  • Major General Adolphus Greely, USA – Civil War veteran and Arctic explorer and Medal of Honor recipient.
  • Major General Curtis Guild Jr., MVM – Governor of Massachusetts
  • Major General William Henry Fitzhugh Lee, CSA – Son of General Robert E. Lee
  • Major General William R. Shafter – Commanded U.S. Army Fifth Corps in Cuba in the Spanish–American War
  • Major General George Owen Squier USA, – Chief Signal Officer of the United States Army in World War I, inventor of telephone carrier multiplexing in 1910 and Muzak background music
  • Major General David S. Stanley, USV and Medal of Honor recipient.
  • Rear Admiral Charles Johnston Badger – Superintendent of the United States Naval Academy
  • Rear Admiral John R. Bartlett – Oceanographer
  • Rear Admiral George Belknap
  • Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd Jr., USN – aviator and Antarctic explorer and Medal of Honor recipient.
  • Rear Admiral Charles Edgar Clark – Captain of the battleship USS Oregon during the Spanish-American War
  • Rear Admiral Walter S. Crosley – Navy Cross recipient
  • Rear Admiral Lewis A. Kimberly
  • Rear Admiral Winfield Scott Schley – Hero of the Battle of Santiago de Cuba
  • Rear Admiral John L. Worden – Commander of the USS Monitor
  • Brevet Major General Lewis Addison Grant, USV – Assistant Secretary of War and Medal of Honor recipient.
  • Brevet Major General Rufus Saxton, USV and Medal of Honor recipient.
  • Brevet Major General Orlando Willcox, USA and Medal of Honor recipient.
  • Brigadier General Charles Wheaton Abbot Jr., RING – Adjutant General of Rhode Island
  • Brigadier General George Andrews – Adjutant General of the United States Army
  • Brigadier General George Lippitt Andrews
  • Brigadier General John B. Babcock, USA Medal of Honor recipient.
  • Brigadier General William H. Bisbee – Veteran of the Civil War and Spanish–American War (lived to age 102)[10]
  • Brigadier General Charles A. Coolidge – Veteran of the Civil War and Spanish–American War.
  • Brigadier General Robert H. Dunlap, USMC Medal of Honor recipient.
  • Brigadier General Charles Duke, USAF – Apollo 16 lunar module pilot.
  • Brigadier General Elisha Dyer Jr., RIM – Adjutant General of Rhode Island
  • Brigadier General Winfield Scott Edgerly – Veteran of the Indian Wars and the Spanish–American War.
  • Brigadier General Joseph Foss, SDANG – Marine fighter pilot, Medal of Honor recipient, and Governor of South Dakota.
  • Brigadier General Oscar F. Long, USA Medal of Honor recipient.
  • Brigadier General Edmund Rice, USV Medal of Honor recipient.
  • Brigadier General James Roosevelt, USMCR – Recipient of the Navy Cross and the Silver Star.
  • Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt Jr., AUS – Landed at Utah Beach on D-Day and Medal of Honor recipient.
  • Brigadier General George Miller Sternberg – U.S. Army Surgeon General.
  • Brigadier General Charles Foster Tillinghast Sr., RING – Veteran of the Spanish–American War and World War I
  • Brevet Brigadier General Byron Mac Cutcheon, USV Medal of Honor recipient.
  • Brevet Brigadier General Edwin S. Greeley, USV – Union Veteran of the Civil War
  • Brevet Brigadier General Horace Porter, USV Medal of Honor recipient, President General of the SAR from 1892 to 1897.
  • Brevet Brigadier General Philip S. Post, USV Medal of Honor recipient, and U.S. Representative.
  • Brevet Brigadier General Edward W. Whitaker, USV Medal of Honor recipient
  • Captain Charles V. Gridley, USN – Captain of the USS Olympia at the Battle of Manila Bay.
  • Colonel John C. Gresham, USA Medal of Honor recipient
  • Colonel Charles H. Heyl, USA Medal of Honor recipient
  • Colonel Ashley Chadbourne McKinley, USAF – Photographer on first flight over the South Pole.
  • Brevet Colonel Clinton A. Cilley, USV Medal of Honor recipient
  • Brevet Colonel Horatio Collins King, USV Medal of Honor recipient
  • Lieutenant Colonel Bernard A. Byrne, USV Medal of Honor recipient
  • Lieutenant Colonel Russell Benjamin Harrison, USV – Veteran of the Spanish–American War and son of President Benjamin Harrison.
  • Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Roosevelt, AUS – Veteran of both world wars and four time recipient of the Silver Star.
  • Brevet Lieutenant Colonel George G. Benedict, USV Medal of Honor recipient
  • Commander Franklin Roosevelt Jr., USN – Recipient of the Silver Star and Congressman.
  • Commander Blake Wayne Van Leer, USN – Recipient of the Legion of Meri and Moreell Medal.
  • Major Washington Irving Lincoln Adams, NA – Politician, banker and veteran of World War I, descendant of President John Adams and president general of the SAR from 1922 to 1923.
  • Major Archibald Butt – Presidential aide who died on the RMS Titanic.
  • Major Ira H. Evans, USV Medal of Honor recipient
  • Major John Alexander Logan Jr., USV Medal of Honor recipient
  • Major Kermit Roosevelt, AUS – Served in the British and American armies in both world wars and recipient of the Military Cross.
  • Brevet Major Augustus P. Davis, USV – Founder of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War.
  • Brevet Major Ira H. Evans, USV Medal of Honor recipient
  • Surgeon John O. Skinner, USA Medal of Honor recipient
  • Captain George Washington Brush, USV Medal of Honor recipient
  • First Lieutenant Powhatan H. Clarke, USA Medal of Honor recipient
  • Chief Warrant Officer Hershel W. Williams, USMCR Medal of Honor recipient
  • Technical Sergeant Charles H. Coolidge, USA Medal of Honor recipient
  • Sergeant John D. Hawk, USA Medal of Honor recipient


Other Public officials[]

United States Cabinet officers[]

Diplomats[]

Governors[]

United States senators[]

  • Lamar Alexander – United States senator from Tennessee
  • Russell A. Alger – United States senator from Michigan
  • Scott Brown – United States senator from Massachusetts
  • Quentin N. Burdick – United States senator from North Dakota
  • Harry F. Byrd Jr. – United States senator from Virginia
  • Royal S. Copeland – United States senator from New York
  • Chauncey M. Depew – United States senator, member of the Skull and Bones Society and President of the Empire State Society of the SAR from 1890 to 1899
  • Sam Ervin – United States senator and Distinguished Service Cross recipient
  • William P. Frye – United States senator from Maine
  • Barry M. Goldwater – United States senator from Arizona and presidential candidate
  • Chuck Grassley - United States senator from Iowa and President pro tempore of the United States Senate
  • Marcus A. Hanna – United States senator from New York
  • Hamilton Fish Kean – United States senator from New Jersey
  • Kenneth B. Keating – United States senator from New York and Ambassador to India and Israel
  • Henry F. Lippitt – United States senator from Rhode Island
  • Henry Cabot Lodge – United States senator from Massachusetts[14]
  • John S. McCain, III – United States senator from Arizona
  • Mitch McConnell – United States senator from Kentucky and United States Senate Minority Leader
  • Jesse H. Metcalf – United States senator from Rhode Island
  • John Holmes Overton – United States senator from Louisiana
  • Thomas W. Palmer – United States senator from Michigan
  • Gary Peters – United States senator from Michigan[15]
  • Orville H. Platt – United States senator from Connecticut
  • Leverett Saltonstall – United States senator and governor of Massachusetts
  • Robert Taft Jr. – United States senator from Ohio
  • Herman Talmadge – United States senator from Georgia
  • Strom Thurmond – United States senator from South Carolina
  • John Tower – United States senator from Texas
  • Roger Wicker – United States senator from Mississippi

U.S. representatives[]

Judges[]

Other public officials[]

Other notable members[]

References[]

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  9. ^ "Patriot Medal". SAR Store.
  10. ^ "William Henry Bisbee". Arlington National Cemetery. Retrieved 2019-05-04.
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  13. ^ "Texas SAR". www.txssar.org.
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  15. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-10-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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