# List of Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks members

The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, also known as The Elks, is an American fraternal order founded New York City in 1868. Following is a list of some of its notable members.

## Art

| Name | Lodge | Notability | Reference |
| Harry Hershfield | New York Elks Lodge No. 1 | Cartoonist known for Abie the Agent. | |
| Charles Marion Russell | Greater Falls MT Lodge No. 214 | Artist of the American Old West | |

## Business

| Name | Lodge | Notability |
| Joseph E. Grosberg | | Founder and the president of Central Markets, a grocery store chain in upstate New York |
| John Flint Kidder | Grass Valley Elks Club | Owner of the Northern California's Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad |
| Howard Kohn | | Businessman and owner of T4 Cattle Company, |

## Entertainment

| Name | Lodge | Notability |
| Gene Autry | Burbank CA Lodge No. 1497 | Actor, musician, singer, and composer |
| Ed Begley | New York Elks Lodge No. 1 | Actor who won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor |
| Jack Benny | | Comedic entertainer on radio and television |
| Irving Berlin | New York Elks Lodge No. 1 | Songwriter |
| Leonard Bernstein | New York Elks Lodge No. 1 | Conductor, composer, and winner of seven Emmy Awards, two Tony Awards, and 16 Grammy Awards |
| Lew Bloom | | Vaudeville performer and stage actor who popularized the comical tramp character |
| Wilner Burke | | Band director known for leading the Lumberjack Band |
| Bruce Campbell | Ashland OR Lodge No. 944 | Actor |
| Jim Cramer | Summit NJ Elks Lodge No. 1246 | Host of Mad Money on CNBC |
| Walter Cronkite | | Broadcast journalist and anchorman for the CBS Evening News for 19 years |
| Andy Devine | San Fernando CA Elks Lodge No. 1539 | Actor |
| Jack Elam | Ashland OR Lodge No. 944 | Actor |
| Rich Hall | Livingston MT Lodge No. 246 | Comedian, writer, documentary maker, and musician |
| Bill Hughes | | Jazz trombonist and bandleader |
| Al Jolson | New York Elks Lodge No. 1 | Singer, actor, and vaudevillian |
| Martha MacCallum | Summit NJ Elks Lodge No. 1246 | Journalist and news anchor for Fox News |
| Paul Petersen | Gardena CA Lodge No. 1919 | Actor known for The Donna Reed Show. |
| Arthur Pryor | Asbury Park Lodge No. 128 | Bandleader, composer, and virtuoso trombonist in the Sousa Band |
| John Philip Sousa | New York Elks Lodge No. 1 | Composer and conductor known for American military marches |
| Danny Thomas | Toledo OH Lodge No. 53 | Actor and comedian known for The Danny Thomas Show |
| Rudy Vallée | Portland ME Lodge No. 188 | Singer, saxophonist, bandleader, actor, and entertainer |
| Robert Wagner | New York Elks Lodge No. 1 | Actor known for shows It Takes a Thief and Hart to Hart |
| Casey Webb | Red Bank Lodge No. 233 | Television series Man v. Food. |
| Lawrence Welk | | Bandleader and television impresario who hosted The Lawrence Welk Show |
| Charles "Charlie" White | | Blackface minstrel entertainer |
| Tex Williams | Santa Clarita CA Lodge No. 2379 | Western swing musician |

## Law

| Name | Lodge | Notability |
| James R. Armstrong | | Judge who served on the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals |
| James T. Hallinan | | New York Supreme Court |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. | New York Elks Lodge No. 1 | Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States |
| Chester Ralph Hovey | | Justice of the Washington Supreme Court |
| Sherman Minton | New Albany Indiana Lodge No. 270 | Associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States and United States Senate |
| Silas Wright Porter | Kansas City, Kansas | Justice of the Kansas Supreme Court |

## Military

| Name | Lodge | Notability |
| Frederick Funston | New York Elks Lodge No. 1 | United States Army general in the Spanish–American War and the Philippine–American Warl |
| George W. Gibbs Jr. | | United States Navy and first African-American in Antarctica |
| Henry Nash | | Sergeant in Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Riders during the Spanish–American War |
| John J. Pershing | New York Elks Lodge No. 1 | General of the Armies and commander of the American Expeditionary Forces during World War I |
| Eddie Rickenbacker | | Most decorated flying ace in World War I and a Medal of Honor recipient |

## Politicians
### Presidents and Vice Presidents

| Name | Lodge | Notability |
| Alben W. Barkley | | Vice President of the United States |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower | | President of the United States |
| Gerald Ford | Grand Rapids, Michigan Lodge No. 48 | President of the United States |
| Warren G. Harding | Marion, Ohio Lodge No. 32 | President of the United States |
| John F. Kennedy | Boston, Massachusetts Lodge No. 10 | President of the United States |
| Franklin D. Roosevelt | Poughkeepsie, New York No. 275 | President of the United States |
| Harry S. Truman | Kansas City, Missouri Lodge No. 26 | President of the United States |

### Governors

| Name | Lodge | Notability |
| Fred P. Cone | | Governor of Florida and Florida Senate |
| Bob Ehrlich | Towson MD Lodge No. 469 | Governor of Maryland, United States House of Representatives, and Maryland House of Delegates |
| John Christoph Blucher Ehringhaus | | Governor of North Carolina and North Carolina House of Representatives |
| Joseph Flores | | Governor of Guam and founder of the Guam Daily News |
| William S. Flynn | | Governor of Rhode Island |
| David Sholtz | | Governor of Florida |
| Al Smith | New York Elks Lodge No. 1 | Governor of New York and New York State Assembly |
| William M. Tuck | Danville, Virginia, Lodge No. 227 | Governor of Virginia, Lieutenant Governor of Virginia, United States House of Representatives, Virginia Senate, and Virginia House of Delegates |

### United States Congress

| Name | Lodge | Notability |
| William Clay Cole | | United States House of Representatives and Missouri House of Representatives |
| Richard E. Connell | New York Elks Lodge No. 1 | United States House of Representatives |
| Everett Dirksen | | United States Senator and United States House of Representatives |
| Barry Goldwater | | United States Senate and Major General in the Air Force Reserve |
| Henry M. Jackson | Everett WA Lodge No. 479 | United States Senator and United States House of Representatives |
| Thomas Kean Jr. | Summit NJ Elks Lodge No. 1246 | United States House of Representatives, New Jersey Senate, and New Jersey General Assembly |
| William Knowland | Oakland Lodge No. 171 | United States Senate |
| Fiorello La Guardia | New York Elks Lodge No. 1 | United States House of Representatives, Mayor of New York, and the 2nd Director General of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration |
| Warren Magnuson | Seattle Lodge No. 92 | United States Senator and United States House of Representatives |
| John W. McCormack | | Speaker of the United States House of Representatives and Massachusetts House of Representatives |
| Chester L. Mize | | United States House of Representatives |
| John Matthew Moore | Houston Lodge, No. 151 | United States House of Representatives and Texas House of Representatives |
| Alexander Wiley | | United States Senator |

### State politics

| Name | Lodge | Notability |
| Harvey R. Abraham | Oshkosh Elks Club | Wisconsin State Assembly |
| Lonnie O. Aulds | | Louisiana House of Representatives |
| Edward Francis Blewitt | | Pennsylvania State Senate |
| Edward H. Burke | | Maryland House of Delegates |
| John J. Burns | | Vermont House of Representatives and Mayor of Burlington, Vermont |
| David Dank | | Oklahoma House of Representatives |
| Miles Dewey Davis Jr. | | Failed candidate for the Illinois General Assembly and father of jazz trumpeter Miles Davis. |
| Claude DeBruhl | | North Carolina House of Representatives |
| Joe Dorman | | Oklahoma House of Representatives |
| Gilbert Dupre | | Louisiana State Representative and District Judge for St. Landry Parish |
| Charles R. Fenwick | | Virginia Senate and Virginia House of Delegates |
| Harry Goldstein | | Florida House of Representatives |
| John Grange | | Kansas House of Representatives |
| Jeff Harris | | Missouri House of Representatives |
| Jerry Kearns | | Iowa House of Representatives |
| Ron Kraus | Albert Lea Elks Club | Minnesota House of Representatives |
| Frank J. Lonergan | | Oregon House of Representatives |
| LeRoy J. Louden | | Nebraska Legislature |
| William Lovenstein | | President pro tempore of the Senate of Virginia |
| A. J. Rosier | | Wyoming Senate |
| John Spiros | Marshfield Elks Club | Wisconsin State Assembly |
| Edwin Orin Wood | | Chairman of the Democratic National Committee of Michigan |

### Local politics

| Name | Lodge | Notability |
| Robert E. Lee Chancey | | Mayor of Tampa, Florida |
| Richard J. Daley | | Mayor of Chicago |
| Vincent R. Impellitteri | New York Elks Lodge No. 1 | Mayor of New York City and New York City Criminal Court judge |
| David Levine | | President of the Seattle City Council |
| George P. McLain | | Los Angeles City Council |
| John C. Montana | | Buffalo Common Council and consigliere of the Buffalo crime family |
| John Edward Moran | Buffalo, NY | Mayor of Burlington, Vermont |
| David Roberts | | Mayor of Hoboken, New Jersey |
| Winfred J. Sanborn | | President of the Los Angeles City Council |
| William Pruden Smith | | Mayor of Miami, Florida |
| Francis L. Wing | | Mayor of Tampa, Florida |
| Frank C. Zehrung | | Mayor of Lincoln, Nebraska |

## Religion

| Name | Lodge | Notability | Reference |
| Francis Spellman | New York Elks Lodge No. 1 | Archbishop of New York | |

## Sports

| Name | Lodge | Notability |
| Frank Aasand | | Curler, a 1972 World Men's silver medallist, and a 1972 United States men's curling champion. |
| Michael Badgley | Summit NJ Elks Lodge No. 1246 | Professional football player for the Detroit Lions |
| Shawn Boskie | | Professional baseball player for the Chicago Cubs |
| Jon Condo | Philipsburg PA Lodge No. 1173 | Professional football player for the Dallas Cowboys, Oakland Raiders, Atlanta Falcons, and San Francisco 49ers |
| Wuert Engelmann | | Professional football player with the Green Bay Packers. |
| Dan Feeney | Summit NJ Elks Lodge No. 1246 | Professional football player for the Minnesota Vikings |
| Whitey Ford | Queensborough NY Lodge No. 878 | Professional baseball pitcher for the New York Yankees |
| Jack Fox | | Professional baseball player for the Philadelphia Athletics |
| Will Fries | Cranford Lodge No. 2006 | Professional football player for the Indianapolis Colts |
| Willis Glassgow | | Professional football player |
| Ray Guy | Hattiesburg MS Lodge No. 599 | Professional football player for the Oakland / Los Angeles Raiders |
| August Herrmann | | Executive of the Cincinnati Reds baseball team and president of National Baseball Commission |
| Ned Jarrett | Newton, NC Lodge No. 2042 | Race car driver, two-time NASCAR Grand National Series champion, and broadcaster |
| Bobby Jones | Atlanta-North Lake Lodge No. 78 | Amateur golfer who founded and helped design the Augusta National Golf Club and co-founded the Masters Tournament |
| Bud Jorgensen | | Athletic trainer for the Green Bay Packers |
| Willie Keeler | Brooklyn, New York Lodge No. 22 | Professional baseball player with the Baltimore Orioles |
| King Kelly | Boston, Massachusetts Lodge No. 10 | Professional baseball player and manager with the Chicago White Stockings and the Boston Beaneaters |
| Al Leiter | Summit NJ Elks Lodge No. 1246 | Professional baseball player the New York Yankees, Toronto Blue Jays, Florida Marlins, and New York Mets and current television sports commentator |
| Vince Lombardi | Green Bay Lodge No. 259 | Professional football coach and executive in the National Football League, best known as the head coach of the Green Bay Packers |
| Nicholas Allan Mangold | Madison NJ Lodge No. 1465 | Professional football player for the New York Jets |
| Eli Manning | Summit NJ Elks Lodge No. 1246 | Professional football player for the New York Giants |
| Knute Rockne | South Bend Indiana Lodge No. 235 | Football player and coach at the University of Notre Dame |
| Babe Ruth | New York Elks Lodge No. 1 | Professional baseball player for the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees |
| Spec Shea | Naugatuck CT Lodge No. 967 | Professional baseball player for the New York Yankees and the Washington Senators |
| Monty Stickles | San Francisco Lodge No. 3 | Professional football player for the San Francisco 49ers and the New Orleans Saint |
| Billy Southworth | Kenton OH Lodge No. 157 | Professional baseball player and manager for St. Louis Cardinals and the Boston Braves |
| Ray Tauscher | Portland Elks Club | International motorcycle speedway rider |
| Honus Wagner | Carnegie PA Lodge No. 831 | Professional baseball player for the Pittsburgh Pirates |
| Dick Weber | Florissant MO Lodge No. 2316 | Professional ten-pin bowler and founding member of the Professional Bowlers Association |