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Honorary Members

The table below lists individuals inducted as honorary members of the New York State Society of the Cincinnati.


July 4th, 1784       REV. STEPHEN GANO
" JOHN LANSING
" JAMES M'CLAUGHERY, Colonel
" LEWIS MORRIS, Major-General, U.S. Army
" THOMAS MOFFATT, Major
" JONAS PLATT, Justice
" PHILIP PELL, Jr., Judge Advocate, U.S. Army
" JOHN MORIN SCOTT, Brigadier-General
" PIERRE VAN CORTLANDT, Lieutenant-Governor of New York
" DANIEL WILLIAMS, Captain
" ROBERT YATES, Chief Justice
July 4th, 1786       RICHARD MORRIS, Chief Justice
" ROBERT R. LIVINGSTON, Chancellor
" JAMES DUANE, Mayor of N.Y City
" WILLIAM DUER, Secretary of the Treasury
" JOHN SLOSS HOBART, Justice
July 4th, 1787       HENRY LIVINGSTON
" WILLIAM FLOYD, Colonel
April 19th, 1791     STEPHEN VAN RENSSELAER (the Patroon)
" JOHN HATHORNE, Colonel
July 4th, 1796       JACOB MORTON
" WILLIAM CONSTABLE
July 4th, 1800       JOHN BARKER CHURCH
" REV. WILLIAM LINN, D.D.
" THOMAS TRUXTON, Captain, U.S. Navy
July 4th, 1803       GOUVERNEUR MORRIS
July 4th, 1805       REV. JOHN MITCHELL MASON, D.D.
July 4th, 1813       STEPHEN DECATUR, Commodore, U.S. Navy
" JACOB JONES, Captain, U.S. Navy
" WILLIAM BAINBRIDGE, Commodore, U.S. Navy
" OLIVER HAZZARD PERRY, Commodore, U.S. Navy
" JAMES LAWRENCE, Captain, U.S. Navy
July 4th, 1815       THOMAS MACDONOUGH, Commodore, U.S. Navy
" ISAAC HULL, Captain, U.S. Navy
" JOHNSTON BLAKELEY, Captain, U.S. Navy
" LEWIS WARRINGTON, Captain, U.S. Navy
July 4th, 1818       JACOB BROWN, Major-General, U.S. Army
February 24th, 1819  ANDREW JACKSON, 7th President of the U.S.
July 4th, 1822       RUFUS KING
July 4th, 1825       BARON D'AURIER, Commander of the French Army
July 4th, 1827       EDWARD LIVINGSTON, Chief Justice
July 4th, 1847       STEPHEN W. KEARNEY, Major-General, U.S. Army
" MATTHEW C. PERRY, Commodore, U.S. Navy
" ZACHARY TAYLOR, 12th President of the U.S.
" WILLIAM J. WORTH, Major-General, U.S. Army
July 4th, 1849       WILLIAM G. BELKNAP, Major-General, U.S. Army
" JOHN E. WOOL, Major-General, U.S. Army
July 4th, 1859       JAMES BUCHANAN, 15th President of the U.S.
" JOHN ALSOP KING, Governor of New York
July 4th, 1862       ROBERT ANDERSON, Brigadier-General, U.S. Army
July 4th, 1866       ULYSSES SIMPSON GRANT, 18th President of the U.S.
" DAVID GLASGOW FARRAGUT, Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy
July 4th, 1879       WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN, General, U.S. Army
July 4th, 1881       WINFIELD SCOTT HANCOCK, Major-General, U.S. Army
prior to 1887       GROVER CLEVELAND, 22nd and 24th President of the United States
prior to 1893       OLIVER OTIS HOWARD, Major-General, U.S. Army
" HONORABLE JOSHUA MELANCTHON ADDEMAN, Late Captain U.S. Volunteers
" GEORGE CHAMPLIN MASON
" HONORABLE WILLIAM PAINE SHEFFIELD
1896              EDWARD NICOLL DICKERSON
1897             NELSON APPLETON MILES, Lieutenant-General, U.S. Army
1899             GEORGE DEWEY, Admiral of the U.S. Navy
1905             ADNA ROMANZA CHAFFEE, Lieutenant-General, U.S.
1902             THEODORE ROOSEVELT, 26th President of the U.S.
1916             HUGH LEONARD SCOTT, Major-General, U.S. Army
1918             ELIHU ROOT, U.S. Secretary of State
1919             HIS MAJESTY ALBERT I, King of the Belgians
1921             ROBERT GEORGES NIVELLE, Commander-in-Chief,French Armies
1925             EMILE DAESCHNER, French Ambassador to the U.S.
1934             FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT, 32nd President of the United States
" JOHN HUSTON FINLEY, American Academy of Art
1935             CHARLES COOK PAULDING
" FREDERIC RENE COUDERT, U.S. Special Asst Attorney General
" GEORGE CREIGHTON WEBB
1937             SIR RONALD CHARLES LINDSAY, Great Britain Ambassador to U.S.
" NICHOLAS MURRAY BUTLER, President of Columbia University
" COMTE CHARLES-HYPPOLITE-MARIE de FERRY de  FONTNOUVELLE, Consul General of France
1938             CORDELL HULL, U.S. Secretary of State
1939             FRANK PETER HOFFMAN
1950             DOUGLAS MacARTHUR, General of the Army
" OMAR NELSON BRADLEY, General of the Army
" ROBERT E. WOOD, Brigadier-General, U.S. Army
1955             JOHN EDGAR HOOVER, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation
1959             AMORY HOUGHTON, U.S. Ambassador to France
1964             ARLEIGH ALBERT BURKE, Admiral, U.S. Navy
1970            JOHN HOWLAND GIBBS PELL, Commander, U.S. Naval
1971             GILBERT DARLINGTON, Lieutenant Commander, Chaplain U.S. New York Naval Militia
May 13th, 1971       BACHE BLEECKER, President Mount Gulian Society
1973             SPRUILLE BRADEN, U.S. Ambassador to Columbia, Cuba, Argentina
" JOHN WHELCHEL FINGER, Governor General, NY Society of Colonial Wars        
May 16th, 1975      THOMAS FLEMING, Author and Historian
1981             WILLARD LEE BRABY
" FRANÇOIS de LABOULAYE, French Ambassador to the United States
1982             SHELBY CULLOM DAVIS, U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland
November 4th, 1984   WILLARD W. SCOTT, JR., Lieutenant- General; U.S. Army; Superintendent, U.S. Military Academy at West Point
1988                 EMMANUEL de MARGERIE, French Ambassador to the United States
 June 1st, 1989      DAVID RICHARD PALMER, Lieutenant-General, U.S. Army; Superintendent, U.S. Military Academy at West Point
November 3rd, 1990   FRANCIS LEONARD KELLOGG, Ambassador and Special Assistant to Secretaries of State Rogers and Kissinger
June 1st, 1991       EDWARD NICHOLAS PENNINGTON GARDINER, Int'l Management Consultant
" THEODORE S. WILKINSON, Lieutenant-Commander U.S. Naval Reserve; President, American Foreign Affairs, Mexico and Brazil
June 6th, 1992       JACQUES ANDREANI, French Ambassador to the United States
1994             IMMO FRIEDRICH HELMUT STABREIT, Federal Republic of Germany, Ambassador to the United States
November 18th, 2000  FRANÇOIS BUJON de l'ESTANG, French Ambassador to the United States
November 17th, 2007  PIERRE VIMONT, French Ambassador to the United States
June 3rd, 2013        FRANÇOIS DELATTRE, French Ambassador to the United States
June 3rd, 2023        JAMES FORSYTH BLEECKER

 
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