There were fifteen charter members. When membership increased, members residing in Washington organized the Washington Society at Seattle, June 17, 1895. The Oregon Society functioned as a single Chapter until the Southern Oregon and Portland Chapters were formed, June 14, 1935. The Central Coast chapter was formed in 1991, and the Portland Chapter changed its name to the William Cannon Chapter in 1991 in honor of the only Revolutionary War Veteran known to be buried in Oregon. Judge Wallace McCament was President General of the National Society, 1921-22.
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