List of members of the American Legion

Vice President
Charles Dawes

Vice President
Spiro Agnew

Vice President
Albert Gore, Jr.

Medal of Honor recipient
William Donovan

Medal of Honor recipient
Eddie Rickenbacker

Medal of Honor recipient
Samuel Woodfill

Emmy Award winner
Mickey Rooney

American football player
Warren Grimm

Notable members of the American Legion have included:

• Sherman Adams (1899–1986), 67th Governor of New Hampshire
• Spiro Agnew (1918–1996), 39th Vice President of the United States
• Harold Arthur (1904–1971), 68th Governor of Vermont
• Perry Belmont (1851–1947), Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 1st district
• Humphrey Bogart (1899–1957), Academy Award winner
• Hale Boggs (1914-1972), Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana's 2nd district
• John Breckinridge (1913–1979), Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kentucky's 6th district
• Harold Burton (1888–1964), Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the U.S.
• George Bush (b. 1924), 41st President of the United States
• George Bush (b. 1946), 43rd President of the United States
• Prescott Bush (1895–1972), U.S. Senator from Connecticut
• Richard Byrd (1888–1957), naval officer, aviator, Antarctic explorer and Medal of Honor recipient
• Jimmy Carter (b. 1924), 39th President of the United States
• John Chafee (1922–1999), U.S. Senator from Rhode Island
• Bennett Clark (1890–1954), U.S. Senator from Missouri^[1]
• Max Cleland (b. 1942), U.S. Senator from Georgia and Silver Star recipient
• George Craig (1909–1992), 38th Governor of Indiana
• Dan Daniel (1914–1988), Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 5th district
• Tom Daschle (b. 1947), U.S. Senator from South Dakota
• John Davis (1913–1990), 25th Governor of North Dakota and Silver Star recipient
• Charles Dawes (1865–1951), 30th Vice President of the United States
• Everett Dirksen (1896–1969), U.S. Senator from Illinois
• Bob Dole (b. 1923), U.S. Senator from Kansas and two-time Purple Heart recipient
• William Donovan (1883–1959), army officer and Medal of Honor recipient
• Dwight Eisenhower (1890–1969), 34th President of the United States
• Sam Ervin (1896–1985), U.S. Senator from North Carolina
• Mark Ferguson III (b. 1956), 37th Vice Chief of Naval Operations
• Hamilton Fish III (1888–1991), Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 26th district
• Hamilton Fish IV (1926–1996), Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 19th district
• Gerald Ford (1913–2006), 38th President of the United States^[2]
• William Gardiner (1892–1953), 55th Governor of Maine
• Clark Gable (1901–1960), Academy Award winner
• John Gleason, Jr. (1915-1993), army officer and Silver Star recipient
• Albert Gore, Jr. (b. 1948), 45th Vice President of the United States
• Warren Grimm (1888–1919), football player
• Luther Hodges (1898–1974), 64th Governor of North Carolina
• John Hoeppel (1881-1976), Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 12th congressional district
• Ernest Hollings (b. 1922), U.S. Senator from South Carolina
• Joseph Johnson (1893–1986), 70th Governor of Vermont
• Louis Johnson (1891–1966), 2nd Secretary of Defense
• Lyndon Johnson (1908–1973), 36th President of the United States
• John Kennedy (1917–1963), 35th President of the United States
• Frank Knox (1874–1944), 46th U.S. Secretary of the Navy
• John Lodge (1903–1985), 79th Governor of Connecticut
• Charles Mabey (1877–1959), 5th Governor of Utah
• Douglas MacArthur (1880–1964), army officer and Medal of Honor recipient
• Edward Martin (1879–1967), U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania
• Stewart McKinney (1931–1987), Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Connecticut's 4th district
• Paul McNutt (1891-1955), 34th Governor of Indiana
• Billy Mitchell (1879-1936), army officer and military air power advocate.
• Richard Nixon (1913–1994), 37th President of the United States
• George Patton, Jr. (1885–1945), army officer and two-time Distinguished Service Cross recipient
• Claude Pepper (1900–1989), U.S. Senator from Florida
• Mortimer Proctor (1889–1968), 66th Governor of Vermont
• Ronald Reagan (1911–2004), 40th President of the United States
• Stanley Reed (1884–1980), Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court
• Eddie Rickenbacker (1890–1973), Medal of Honor recipient
• Mickey Rooney (1920–2014), Emmy Award winner
• Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. (1887–1944), Medal of Honor recipient^[3]
• Richard Russell, Jr. (1897–1971), President pro tempore of the United States Senate
• Fernand St. Germain (1928–2014), Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Rhode Island's 1st district
• Leverett Saltonstall (1892–1979), U.S. Senator from Massachusetts
• John Schmitz (1930–2001), Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 35th district
• Robert Stafford (1913–2006), U.S. Senator from Vermont
• John Stelle (1891–1962), 29th Governor of Illinois
• Herman Talmadge (1913–2002), U.S. Senator from Georgia
• John Tower (1913–2002), U.S. Senator from Texas
• Harry Truman (1884–1972), 33rd President of the United States
• Richard Wigglesworth (1891–1960), Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 14th district
• Hosea Williams (1926–2000), civil rights activist and Purple Heart recipient
• Samuel Woodfill (1883–1951), Medal of Honor recipient
• Alvin York (1887–1964), Medal of Honor recipient^[4]

Notes

1. Wheat 1919, pp. 7, 9, 14, 25, 28, 30, 34, 38, 45, 64-66, 258.
2. Ford 1979, p. 62.
3. Wheat 1919, p. 263.
4. York 1930, pp. 290–291.

References

• Ford, Gerald R. (1979). A Time To Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford. New York: Harper & Row. ISBN 0-06-011297-2. OCLC 4835213.
• Wheat, George Seay (1919). "The Story of the American Legion". The Birth of the Legion. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. ISBN 978-1104507251.
• York, Alvin C. (1930). Skeyhill, Tom, ed. His Own Life Story And War Diary. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company.

External links

• American Legion Politician members at The Political Graveyard