REGISTER OF THE CALIFORNIA SOCIETY
OF THE
SONS OF THE AMERICAN
REVOLUTION
Sons of the American Revolution
Constitution
of the
National Society of the Sons of the
American Revolution
ARTICLE I.
NAME.
The name of this Society shall be " THE SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION."
ARTICLE II
OBJECTS.
The objects of this Society shall be to perpetuate the memory of the men who, by their services or sacrifices during the War of the American Revolution, achieved the independence of the American people; to unite and promote fellowship among their descendants; to inspire them and the community at large with a more profound reverence for the principles of the government founded by our forefathers; to encourage historical research in relation to the American Revolution; to acquire and preserve the records of the individual services of the patriots of the war, as well as documents, relics, and landmarks; to mark the scenes of the Revolution by appropriate memorials; to celebrate the anniversaries of the prominent events of the war; to foster true patriotism; to maintain and extend the institutions of American freedom; and to carry out the purposes expressed in the Preamble to the Constitution of our country and the injunctions of Washington in his farewell address to the American people.
ARTICLE III.
MEMBERSHIP.
SECTION I. Any man shall be eligible to membership in this Society who, being of the age of twenty-one years or over, and a citizen of good repute in the community, is the lineal descendant of an ancestor who was at all times unfailing in his loyalty to and rendered actual service in the cause of American independence, either as an officer, soldier, seaman, marine, militiaman or minute-man, in the armed forces of the Continental Congress or of any one of the several Colonies or States; or as a signer of the Declaration of Independence; or as a member of a Committee of Safety or Correspondence; or as a member of any Continental, Provincial, or Colonial Congress or Legislature; or as a civil officer, either of one of the Colonies or States or of the National Government; or as a recognized patriot who performed actual service by overt acts of resistance to the authority of Great Britain.
SEC. 2. Applications for membership shall be made to any State Society, in duplicate, upon blank forms prescribed by the General Board of Managers, and shall in each case set forth the name, occupation, and residence of the applicant, line of descent, and the name, residence, and services of his ancestor or ancestors in the Revolution, from whom he derives eligibility. The applicant shall make oath that the statements of his application are true, to the best of his knowledge and belief. Upon the approval of an application by the State Society, to which it is made, one copy shall be transmitted to the Registrar-General of the National Society, who shall examine further the eligibility of the applicant. If satisfied that the member is not eligible, he shall return the application for correction. And in case of such return the State Society shall, on failure to satisfy the Registrar-General of the eligibility of such applicant, drop his name from membership.
SEC. 3. The official designation of the members of the Society of the Sons of the American Revolution shall be "Compatriots."
ARTICLE IV.
NATIONAL AND STATE SOCIETIES.
SECTION 1. The National Society shall embrace all the members of the State Societies of the Sons of the American Revolution now existing or which may hereafter be established under this Constitution.
SEC. 2. Whenever in any State or Territory in which a State Society does not exist, or in which a State Society has become inactive or failed for two years to pay its annual dues to the National Society, fifteen or more persons duly qualified for membership in this Society may associate themselves as a State Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, and organize in accordance with this Constitution, they may be admitted by the General Board of Managers to the National Society as "The ------ Society of the Sons of the American Revolution," and shall thereafter have exclusive local jurisdiction in the State or Territory or in the District in which they are organized, subject to the provisions of this Constitution; but this provision shall not be construed so as to exclude the admission of members living in other States.
SEC. 3. Each State Society shall judge of the qualifications of its members and of those proposed for membership, subject to the provisions of this Constitution, and shall regulate all matters pertaining to its own affairs. It shall have authority to establish local Chapters within its own jurisdiction and to endow the Chapters with such power as it may deem proper, not inconsistent with this Constitution. It shall have authority, after due notice and impartial trial, to expel any member who, by conduct unbecoming a gentleman, shall render himself unworthy to remain a member of the Society.
SEC. 4 Each State Society shall submit to the Annual Congress of the National Society a report, setting forth by name the additions, transfers, and deaths, and any other changes in the membership and progress of the State Society during the preceding year, and make such suggestions as it shall deem proper for the promotion of the objects of the whole Order.
SEC. 5. Whenever a member in good standing in his Society changes his residence from the jurisdiction of the State Society of which he is a member to that of another, he shall be entitled, if he so elects, to a certificate of honorable dismissal from his own State Society, in order that he may be transferred to the State Society to whose jurisdiction he has changed his residence; provided, that his membership shall continue in the former until he shall have been elected a member of the latter. Each State Society shall, however, retain full control of the admission of members by transfer.
SEC. 6. Whenever the word "State" occurs in this Constitution, it shall be held to include within its meaning the District of Columbia and the Territories of the United States.
SEC. 7. A Society may be formed in any foreign country by fifteen or more persons who are eligible to membership under this Constitution, which shall bear the same relation to the National organization as the State Society, subject to the provisions of this Constitution.
ARTICLE V.
OFFICERS AND MANAGERS.
SECTION 1. The General Officers of the National Society shall be a President-General, five Vice-Presidents-General, a Secretary-General, Treasurer-General, Registrar-General, Historian-General, and Chaplain-General, who shall be elected by ballot by a vote of the majority of the members present at the annual meeting of the Congress of the National Society, and shall hold office for one year, and until their successors are elected; provided, that the President-General and five Vice-Presidents-General shall not be elected for a second consecutive term.
SEC. 2. The General Officers, together with the Presidents of the State Societies ex-officio, shall constitute the General Board of Managers of the National Society, which Board shall have authority to adopt and promulgate the By-laws of the National Society, to prescribe the duties of the General Officers, to provide the seal, to designate and make regulations for the issue of the insignia, and to transact the general business of the National Society during the intervals between the sessions of the Congress. Meetings of the General Board may be held, after not less than ten days' notice, at the call of the President-General, or, in case of his absence or inability, at the call of the Senior Vice-President-General, certified by the Secretary-General. Meetings shall be called at the request of seven members. At such meeting seven shall constitute a quorum.
SEC. 3. An Executive Committee of seven, of whom the President-General shall be Chairman, may be elected by the Board of Managers, which Committee shall, in the interim between the meetings of the Board, transact such business as may be delegated to it by the Board of Managers.
ARTICLE VI.
DUES.
Each State Society shall pay annually to the Treasurer-General, to defray the expenses of the National Society, twenty-five cents for each active member thereof, unless intermitted by the National Congress, provided that the National Board of Management may increase said dues at any time, not to exceed fifty cents in all, by a two-thirds vote, when the necessities of the National Society so demand. All such dues shall be paid on or before the first day of April in each year for the ensuing year, in order to secure representation in the Congress of the National Society.
ARTICLE VII.
MEETINGS AND ELECTIONS.
SECTION I. The annual Congress of the National Society for the election of the General Officers and for the transaction of business shall be held on the 30th day of April or on the 1st day of May in every year. The time, hour, and place of such meeting shall be designated by the Board of Managers.
SEC. 2. Special meetings of the Congress may be called by the President-General, and shall be called by him when directed so to do by the Board of Managers or whenever requested in writing so to do by at least five State Societies, on giving thirty days' notice, specifying the time and place of such meeting and the business to be transacted.
SEC. 3. The following shall be members of all such annual or special meetings of the Congress, and shall be entitled to vote therein:—
1. All the officers and the ex-Presidents-General of the National Society.
2. The President and Senior Vice-President of each State Society.
3. One delegate at large from each State Society.
4. One delegate for every fifty members of the Society within a State and for a fraction of twenty-five or over.
SEC. 4. State Societies shall be represented at meetings of the National Society only by members of their own State Society, or by members of other State Societies who may be designated by the regularly-appointed delegates from such State Society who may be present at any meeting of the National Society; and the delegates representing any State Society, as provided herein, shall be authorized to cast the entire vote to which such State Society is entitled, each delegate or representative present being authorized to cast his proportionate vote, or fraction thereof.
ARTICLE
VIII.
AMENDMENTS.
This Constitution may be altered or amended at any meeting of the Congress of the National Society provided that sixty days' notice of the proposed alterations or amendments, which shall first have been recommended by a State Society, shall be sent by the Secretary-General to the President of each State Society. A vote of two-thirds of those present shall be necessary to their adoption.
By-Laws
of the
National Society of the Sons of the
American Revolution
ARTICLE I
ELECTION OF OFFICERS.
All nominations of officers shall be made from the floor, and the election shall be by ballot. A majority shall elect. The nominations may be acted upon directly, or may be referred to a committee to examine and report.
ARTICLE II.
OFFICERS
The duties of the General Officers shall be such as usually appertain to their officers, and they shall have such other duties as are hereinafter imposed. They shall report at the annual meeting, and at such other times as they may be required to do so by the General Board of Managers.
ARTICLE III.
PRESIDENT-GENERAL.
SECTION I. The President-General, in addition to his general duties, shall be ex-officio chairman of the General Board of Managers and of the Executive Committee, and a member of every other committee.
SEC. 2. At each annual meeting he shall appoint the following Standing Committees:—
Committee on Auditing,
" Correspondence,"
" Credentials,
" Finance,
" Organization,
" Unfinished Business.
The duties of the above committees shall be such as usually pertain to committees of like character, and such as may be defined by the Board of Managers.
ARTICLE IV.
VICE-PRESIDENTS-GENERAL. .
SECTION I. In the absence of the President-General the senior VicePresident-General present shall preside at the annual meeting.
SEC. 2. In the prolonged absence or inability to act of the President-General, the executive authority shall be vested in the Vice-President-General first in order of precedence.
ARTICLE V.
SECRETARY-GENERAL.
The Secretary-General, in addition to his general duties, shall have charge of the seal, give due notice of all meetings of the National Society or General Board of Managers, of which he shall be ex-officio a member. He shall give due notice to all general officers and State Societies of all votes, orders, and proceedings affecting or appertaining to their duties. He shall distribute all pamphlets, circulars, rosettes, and supplies, as directed by the General Board of Managers.
ARTICLE VI.
TREASURER-GENERAL.
SECTION I. The Treasurer-General shall collect and receive the funds and securities of the National Society. He shall deposit the same to the credit of the "Sons of the American Revolution," and shall draw them thence for the use of the National Society, as directed by it or by the General Board of Managers, upon the order of the President-General, countersigned by the Secretary-General. His accounts shall be audited by a committee to be appointed at the annual meeting.
SEC. 2. He shall, if so required by the General Board of Managers or the Executive Committee, give bonds for the safe custody and application of the funds.
ARTICLE VII.
REGISTRAR-GENERAL.
The Registrar-General shall keep a Register of the names and dates of the election, resignation or death of all members of the several State Societies, and shall have the care and custody of all duplicate applications for membership. He shall issue, upon the requisition of the Secretary or Registrar of the several State Societies, certificates of membership and insignia to every member entitled thereto, through such Secretary or Registrar.
ARTICLE
VIII.
HISTORIAN-GENERAL.
The Historian-General shall have the custody of all the historical and biographical collection of which the National Society may become possessed, and. shall catalogue and arrange the same, and shall place the same in a fireproof repository for preservation.
ARTICLE IX.
CHAPLAIN-GENERAL.
The Chaplain-General shall be a regularly-ordained minister, and shall open and close all general meetings of the National Society with the services usual and proper on such occasions.
ARTICLE X.
STATE SOCIETIES.
Every State Society shall‑
1. Notify the Secretary-General of the election and appointment of all officers and delegates.
2. Pay to the Treasurer-General on the first day of March, or within sixty days thereafter, the sum of twenty-five cents for each active member thereof.
3. Transmit to the Registrar-General duplicate applications of all accepted members, and notify him of the resignation or death of all members thereof.
ARTICLE XI.
GENERAL BOARD OP MANAGERS.
SECTION 1. The general Board of Managers shall prepare and carry out plans for promoting the objects and growth of the Society; shall generally superintend its interests, and. shall execute such other duties as shall be committed to it at any meeting of the National Society. It shall have charge of the printing of the Diploma and the manufacturing of the Insignia, and shall determine the price at which the same shall be issued.
SEC. 2. It shall have authority to admit or reorganize as a State Society any association of fourteen or more persons duly qualified for membership in the Society.
SEC. 3. It shall have power to fill any vacancy occurring among the General Officers, and. an officer so elected shall act until the following annual election and until his successor shall be elected.
SEC. 4. It shall have authority to make, alter, and amend the Bylaws as hereinafter provided.
SEC. 5. The President-General may call meetings of the general Board of Managers at any time he may deem necessary, and shall call such meeting upon the written request of any five members thereof, provided that not less than five days' notice of the time and place of such meeting shall be given.
ARTICLE XII.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
The President-General may call a meeting of the Executive Committee at any time, and shall call such meeting on the written request of three members thereof.
ARTICLE XIII
SEAL.
The seal of the Society shall be two and three-eighths of an inch in diameter charged with the figure of a minute-man grasping a musket in his right hand, and surrounded by a constellation of thirteen stars, who shall be depicted in the habit of a husbandman of the period of the American Revolution, and as in the act of deserting the plow for the service of his country; the whole encircled by a band three-eighths of an inch wide, within which shall appear the legend, " National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, organized April 30, 1889."
ARTICLE XIV.
CERTIFICATES.
All members of this Society, wherever admitted, shall be entitled to a certificate of membership duly attested by the President-General, Secretary-General, and Registrar-General, countersigned by the President, Secretary, and Registrar of the State Society to which such member shall have been admitted.
ARTICLE XV.
INSIGNIA.
The insignia of the Society shall comprise (1) a cross surmounted by an eagle in gold, (2) a rosette.
SECTION 1. The cross shall be of silver, with four arms, covered with white enamel and eight gold points, same size as Chevaliers' Cross of the Legion of Honor of France, with a gold medallion in the center bearing on the obverse a bust of Washington in profile, and on the reverse the figure of a minute-man, surrounded by a ribbon enameled blue, with the motto, "Libertas et Patria, " on the obverse and the legend, " Sons of the American Revolution," on the reverse, both in letters of gold. The cross shall be surmounted by an eagle in gold, and the whole decoration suspended from a ring of gold by a ribbon of deep blue with white and buff edges, and may be worn by any member of the Society on ceremonial occasions only, and shall be carried on the left breast, or at the collar if an officer of the National Society, or the President, active or past, of a State Society.
SEC. 2. The rosette shall be seven-sixteenths of an inch in diameter, of usual pattern, displaying the colors of the Society, blue, white, and buff, and may be worn by all members at discretion in the upper left-hand button-hole of the coat.
ARTICLE XVI.
INDEBTEDNESS.
No debts shall be contracted on behalf of the National Society. Every obligation for the payment of money, except checks drawn against deposits, executed in the name or on behalf of the National Society, shall be null and void.
ARTICLE XVII.
AMMENDMENTS.
These By-laws may be altered or amended by a vote of three-fourths of the members present at any meeting of the General Board of Managers, notice thereof having been given at a previous meeting.
National Officers for the Years 1889-1901
GENERAL, OFFICERS ELECTED AT NEW YORK, APRIL 30, 1889.
President-General HON. LUCIUS P. DEMING
Vice-President-General for Alabama MAJOR G. B. WEST
Vice-President-General for Arkansas COL. S. W. WILLIAMS
Vice-President-General for California COL. A. S. HUBBARD
Vice-President-General for Connecticut MAJOR J. C. KINNEY
Vice-President-General for Delaware A. J. WOODMAN
Vice-President-General for Illinois BISHOP C. E. CHENEY
Vice-President-General for Indiana HON. WM. E. ENGLISH
Vice-President-General for Kentucky HON. S. B. BUCKNER
Vice-President-Genera/ for Maine HON. C. H. DENISON
Vice-President-General for Maryland REV. JOHN G. MORRIS, D. D.
Vice-President-General for Massachusetts HON. E. S. BARRETT
Vice-President-General for Michigan WILLIAM H. BREARLEY
Vice-President-General for Minnesota HON. JOHN B. SANBORN
Vice-President-General for Missouri HON. D. R. FRANCIS
Vice-President-General for New Hampshire HON. H. K. SLAYTON
Vice-President-General for New Jersey HON. ROBERT S. GREEN
Vice-President-General for New York HON. WM. H. ARNOUX
Vice-President-General for Ohio HON. R. B. HAYES
Vice-President-General for Rhode Island HON. E. E. ANDREWS
Vice-President-General for South Carolina HON. WADE HAMPTON
Vice-President-General for
Tennessee
DR D. C. KELLY
Vice-President-General for Vermont
HON. W. P. DILLINGHAM
Vice-President-General for Virginia HON. FITZHUGH LEE
Vice-President-General for West Virginia HON. JOHN J. JACOB
Vice-President-General for Wisconsin HON. WM. D. HOARD
Vice-President-General for District of Columbia ADMIRAL D. D. PORTER
Vice-President-General for France EDMOND DE LAFAYETTE
Secretary-General LIEUT. J. C. CRESAP
Assistant Secretary-General CHAS. J. KING
Assistant Secretary-General WILSON J. GILL
Assistant Secretary-General WM. F. CREGAR
Treasurer-General JAMES OTIS
Registrar-General L. L. TARBELL
Chaplain-General REV. TIMOTHY DWIGHT
GENERAL OFFICERS ELECTED AT LOUISVILLE, Ky., APRIL 30, 1890.
President-General HON. WM. SEWARD WEBB
HOnOrary Vice-President-General DAVID D. PORTER
HOnOrary Vice-President-General JOSEPH E. JOHNSTON
HOnOrary Vice-President-General EDWIN S. BARRETT
Vice-President-General HON. LUCIUS P. DEMING
Vice-President-General GOV. SIMON B. BUCKNER.
Vice-President-General HON. WM. H. ARNOUX
Vice-President-General JOSIAH C. PUMPELLY
Vice-President-General DR G. BROWNE GOODE
Secretary-General LIEUT. JAMES C. CRESAP, U. S. N.
Treasurer-General JAMES OTIS
Registrar-General LUTHER L. TARBELL
Historian-General WM. FRANCIS CREGAR
Surgeon-General WM. THORNTON PARKER, M. D.
Chaplain-General RT REV. CHAS. E. CHENEY, D. D.
GENERAL OFFICERS ELECTED AT HARTFORD, CONN., APRIL 30, 1891.
President-General. HON. WM. SEWARD WEBB
Active Vice-President-General GEN. HORACE PORTER
Active Vice-President-General HON. JONATHAN TRUMBULL
Active Vice-President-General GEN. BRADLEY T. JOHNSON.
Active Vice-President-General JUDGE ALBERT EDGERTON
Active Vice-President-General
COL. CHAMPION S. CHASE
Honorary Vice-President-General
REAR ADMIRAL WORDEN, U. S. N.
Honorary Vice-President-General LUTHER L. TARBELL
Honorary Vice-President-General. WM. WIRT HENRY
Secretary-General LIEUT. JAMES C. CRESAP, U. S. N.
Treasurer-General JAMES OTIS
Chaplain-General. RT. REV. CHAS E. CHENEY
Registrar-General DR G. BROWNE GOODE
Surgeon-General DR CHAS. E. BRIGGS
Historian-General HENRY HALL
GENERAL OFFICERS ELECTED AT NEW YORK CITY, APRIL 30, 1892.
President-General GEN. HORACE PORTER
Vice-President-General HON. JONATHAN TRUMBULL
Vice-President-General GEN. J. C. BRECKINRIDGE
Vice-President-General HON. HENRY M. SHEPARD
Vice-President-General GEN. T. S. PECK
Vice-President-General PAUL REVERE
Honorary Vice-President-General. HON. CHAUNCEY M. DEPEW
Honorary Vice-President-General HON. THOMAS F. BAYARD
Honorary Vice-President-General GEN. BRADLEY T. JOHNSON
Secretary-General A. HOWARD CLARK
Registrar-General DR. G. BROWNE GOODE
Historian-General HENRY HALL
Surgeon-General DR AURELIUS BOWEN
Chaplain-General RT. REV. CHAS. E. CHENEY, D. D.
GENERAL OFFICERS ELECTED AT CHICAGO, ILL., JUNE 16, 1893.
President-General GEN. HORACE PORTER
Vice-President-General HON. CHAUNCEY M. DEPEW
Vice-President-General HON. HENRY M. SHEPARD
Vice-President-General COL. THOMAS M. ANDERSON
Vice-President-General GEN. J. C. BRECKINRIDGE
Vice-President-General HON. HENRY C. ROBINSON
Secretary-General HON. FRANKLIN MURPHY
Treasurer-General CHAS. W. HASKINS
Registrar-General A. HOWARD CLARK
Historian-General HENRY HALL
Chaplain-General RT. REV. CHAS. E. CHENEY
GENERAL OFFICERS ELECTED AT WASHINGTON, D. C., APRIL 30, 1894.
President-General. GEN. HORACE PORTER
Vice-President-General GEN. J. C. BRECKINRIDGE
Vice-President-General COL. THOMAS M. ANDERSON, U. S. A.
Vice-President-General COL. WM. RIDGELY GRIFFITH
Vice-President-General HON. EDWIN S. BARRETT
Vice-President-General HON. JOHN WHITEHEAD
Secretary-General HON. FRANKLIN MURPHY
Treasurer-General. CHAS. W. HASKINS
Registrar-General A. HOWARD CLARK
Historian-General HENRY HALL
Chaplain-General RT. REV. CHAS. E. CHENEY
GENERAL OFFICERS ELECTED AT BOSTON, MASS., MAY 1, 1895.
President-General GEN. HORACE PORTER
Vice-President-General GEN. J. C. BRECKINRIDGE
Vice-President-General COL. THOMAS M. ANDERSON, U. S. A.
Vice-President-General HON. EDWIN SHEPARD BARRETT
Vice-President-General HON. JOHN WHITEHEAD
Vice-President-General HON. CUSHMAN K. DAVIS
Secretary-General HON. FRANKKIN [Franklin] MURPHY
Treasurer-General. CHAS. W. HASKINS
Registrar-General A. HOWARD CLARK
Historian-General HENRY HALL
Chaplain-General RT. REV. CHAS. E. CHENEY
GENERAL OFFICERS ELECTED AT RICHMOND, VA., APRIL 30, 1896.
President-General GEN. HORACE PORTER
Vice-President-General COL. THOMAS M. ANDERSON, U. S. A.
Vice-President-General HON. EDWIN S. BARRETT
Vice-President-General HON. JOHN WHITEHEAD
Vice-President-General COL. WM. RIDGELY GRIFFITH
Vice-President-General HON. WM. WIRT HENRY
Secretary-General HON. FRANKLIN MURPHY
Treasurer-General. CHAS. W. HASKINS
Registrar-General. A. HOWARD CLARK
Historian-General HENRY HALL
Chaplain-General. RT. REV. CHAS. E. CHENEY
GENERAL OFFICERS ELECTED AT CLEVELAND, OHIO, APRIL 30, 1897.
President-General HON. EDWIN SHEPARD BARRETT
Vice-President-General COL. THOMAS M. ANDERSON, U. S. A.
Vice-President-General HON. JOHN WHITEHEAD
Vice-President-General HON. JAMES M. RICHARDSON
Vice-President-General CAPT. SAMUEL EBERLY GROSS
Vice-President-General GEN. J. C. BRECKINRIDGE, U. S. A.
Secretary-General HON. FRANKLIN MURPHY
Treasurer-General. CHAS. W. HASKINS
Registrar-General A. HOWARD CLARK
Historian-General HENRY HALL
Chaplain-General. RT. REV. CHAS. E. CHENEY
GENERAL OFFICERS ELECTED AT MORRISTOWN, N. J., APRIL 30, 1898.
President-General* HON. EDWIN SHEPARD BARRETT
Vice-President-General. HON. FRANKLIN MURPHY
Vice-President-General GEN. 5. C. BRECKINRIDGE, U. S. A.
Vice-President-General COL. THOMAS M. ANDERSON, U. S. A.
Vice-President-General HON. JAMES M. RICHARDSON
Vice-President-General HON. JOHN WHITEHEAD
Secretary-General CAPT. SAMUEL EBERLY GROSS
Treasurer-General. CHAS. W. HASKINS
Registrar-General A. HOWARD CLARK
Historian-General EDWARD M. GALLAUDET, LL. D.
Chaplain-General. REV. RUFUS W. CLARK, D. D.
* Died, Dec. 21, 1898.
GENERAL OFFICERS ELECTED AT DETROIT, MICH., MAY 2, 1899.
President-General HON. FRANKLIN MURPHY
Vice-President-General GEN. J. C. BRECKINRIDGE, U. S. A.
Vice-President-General HON. JOHN WHITEHEAD
Vice-President-General HON. THOMAS W. PALMER
Vice-President-General HON. JAMES H. ANDERSON
Secretary-General CAPT. SAMUEL EBERLY GROSS
Treasurer-General. CHARLES WALDO HASKINS
Registrar-General A. HOWARD CLARK
Historian-General EDWARD M. GALLAUDET, LL. D.
Chaplain-General REV. RUFUS W. CLARK, D. D.
GENERAL OFFICERS ELECTED AT NEW YORK, MAY 1, 1900.
President-General . . GEN. J. H. C. BRECKINRIDGE, U. S. A.
Vice-President-General GEN. THOMAS M. ANDERSON, U. S. A.
Vice-President-General HON. JAMES H. GILBERT
Vice-President-General. GEN. FRANCIS H. APPLETON
Vice-President-General GEN. E. S. GREELEY
Vice-President General HON. HOWARD DE HAVEN Ross
Secretary-General SAMUEL EBERLEY GROSS
Treasurer-General CORNELIUS AMORY PUGSLEY
Registrar-General A. HOWARD CLARK
Historian-General. GEN. THEODORE S. PECK
Chaplain-General REV. ETHELBERT E. WARFIELD, D. D.
GENERAL OFFICERS ELECTED AT PITTSBURG, PENN., MAY 1, 1901.
President-General HON. WALTER SETH LOGAN
Vice-President-General HON. JAMES DENTON HANCOCK
Vice-President-General HON. THOMAS PITTS
Vice-President-General HON. HORACE DAVIS
Vice-President-General HON. JOHN WHITEHEAD
Vice-President-General HON. GEORGE A. PEARRE
Secretary-General CAPT. SAMUEL EBERLY GROSS
Treasurer-General
HON. CORNELIUS AMORY PUGSLEY
Registrar-General
A. HOWARD CLARK
Historian-General GEORGE WILLIAMS BATES
Chaplain-General REV. ETHELBERT D. WARPIELD, D. D.
Past Presidents=General
LUCIUS P. DEMING, of Connecticut.
Elected at the Congress held in New York City, April 30, 1889.
DR. WILLIAM SEWARD WEBB, of Vermont.
Elected at the Congress held in Louisville, April 30, 1890, and re-elected at the Congress held in Hartford, April 30, 1891.
Col,. A. S. HUBBARD, Past President California Society.
Made Past President-General by unanimous vote of the Congress held in Louisville, April 30, 1890.
GENERAL HORACE PORTER, LL. D., Of New York.
Elected at the Congress held in New York, April 30, 1892, and re-elected at the Congress held in Chicago, June 16, 1893; in Washington, April 30, 1894;
in Boston, May 1, 1895, and in Richmond, April 30, 1896.
HON. EDWIN SHEPARD BARRETT, of Massachusetts.
Elected at the Congress held in Cleveland, April 30, 1897, and re-elected at the Congress held in Morristown, April 30, 1898. Died in Office December
21,1898.
HON. FRANKLIN MURPHY, of New Jersey.
Succeeded to the Office upon the death of Hon. Edwin Shepard Barrett, in 1898, and elected at the Congress held in Detroit, May 2, 1899.
GEN. JOSEPH CABELL BRECKINRIDGE.
Elected at the Congress held in New York, May 1, 1900.
HON. WALTER SETH LOGAN.
Elected at the Congress held in Pittsburg, Penn., May 1, 1900.
HONORARY PAST PRESIDENT-GENERAL. GEN. ALBERT M. WINN, Past President California Society.
Made Honorary Past President-General by vote of the Congress held in New York City, April 30, 1892.
Resolutions Adopted by National Society Honoring California Members.
The National Society adopted at the first National Congress, at Louisville, Ky., April 30, 1890, the following resolutions:‑
" WHEREAS, The Society of the Sons of the American Revolution was first organized in the State of California on the Fourth of July, 1876; and,
" WHEREAS, TO Colonel A. S. Hubbard, of the California Society, is due, in a large degree, the credit of organizing that Society, and, in a still greater degree, the credit of maintaining that Society through trials which would have discouraged a less patriotic man; now, therefore,
" Resolved, That in the publication of the names of the Presidents-General of the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, the name of Colonel A. S. Hubbard be hereafter included.
" Resolved, That the Secretary-General be, and is hereby, instructed to inform Colonel A. S. Hubbard of the honor which this Congress has conferred. upon him."
At the third National Congress, at New York City, April 30, 1892, on motion Of Mr. Henry Hall, Historian-General, it placed on record the following tribute to the memory of the late General Albert M. Winn:
" Resolved, That the name of A. M. Winn, first President of California Society, shall hereafter appear in the roll of Past Presidents-General of this Society."
Transcribed by Kathy Sedler.