Masonic History
Masonic Supreme Court Justices
Introduction
Listing from
1789 to the present of United States Justices that were Freemasons.
Masonically Distinguished Supreme
Court Justices
Two
Supreme Court Justices were Grand Masters
of Virginia. John Blair, Jr., was a
Justice of the United States Supreme
Court from 1789 to 1796. Previously
he was Grand Master of Virginia from
1778 to 1784. John Marshall, the greatest
Chief Justice of the United States,
was in that position from 1801 to 1835.
He was also Grand Master of Virginia,
from 1793-1795.
Many of the Supreme Court Justices who were Freemasons also were members of their local Royal Arch Chapters, Cryptic or Royal and Select Master Councils, Knight Templar Commanderies, Scottish Rite bodies, Shrines, and Grottoes.