Society of the Cincinnati The Society of the Cincinnati is a historical , hereditary lineage organization with branches in the United States and France , founded in 1783 to preserve the ideals and fellowship of the American Revolutionary War officers . The city of Cincinnati , Ohio , then a small village , was named after the Society . Now in its third century , the Society promotes public interest in the American Revolution through its library and museum collections , exhibitions , programs , publications , and other activities . Origins . The concept of the Society of the Cincinnati was started by Major General Henry Knox . The first meeting of the Society was held in May 1783 at a dinner at Mount Gulian ( Verplanck House ) in Fishkill , New York , before the British evacuation from New York City . The meeting was chaired by Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Hamilton , and the participants agreed to stay in contact with each other after the war . Membership was generally limited to officers who had served at least three years in the Continental Army or Navy ; it included officers of the French Army and Navy above certain ranks . Later in a system of primogeniture , membership was passed down to the eldest son after the death of the original member . Present - day hereditary members generally must be descended from an officer who served in the Continental Army or Navy for at least three years , from an officer who died or was killed in service , or from an officer serving at the close of the Revolution . Each officer may be represented by only one descendant at any given time , following the rules of primogeniture . ( The rules of eligibility and admission are controlled by each of the 14 Constituent Societies to which members are admitted . They differ slightly in each society , and some allow more than one descendant of an eligible officer . ) ( The requirement for primogeniture made the society controversial in its early years , as the new states quickly did away with laws supporting primogeniture and others associated with the English feudal system . ) The Society is named after Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus , who left his farm to accept a term as Roman Consul and served as Magister Populi ( with temporary powers similar to that of a modern - era dictator ) . He assumed lawful dictatorial control of Rome to meet a war emergency . When the battle was won , he returned power to the Senate and went back to plowing his fields . The Society ' s motto reflects that ethic of selfless service : " Omnia reliquit servare rempublicam " ( " He relinquished everything to save the Republic " ) . The Society has had three goals : " To preserve the rights so dearly won ; to promote the continuing union of the states ; and to assist members in need , their widows , and their orphans . " Within 12 months of the founding , a constituent Society had been organized in each of the 13 states and in France . Of about 5 , 500 men originally eligible for membership , 2 , 150 had joined within a year . King Louis XVI ordained the French Society of the Cincinnati , which was organized on July 4 , 1784 ( Independence Day ) . Up to that time , the King of France had not allowed his officers to wear any foreign decorations , but he made an exception in favor of the badge of the Cincinnati . George Washington was elected the first President General of the Society . He served from December 1783 until his death in 1799 . The second President General was Alexander Hamilton . Upon Hamilton ' s death due to his duel with Aaron Burr , the third President General of the Society was Charles Cotesworth Pinckney . In 1808 , he ran unsuccessfully for President of the United States against James Madison . Its members have included notable military and political leaders , including 23 signers of the United States Constitution . The Cincinnati is the oldest military society in continuous existence in North America . Founding members . Connecticut . Zebulon Butler , John Chester , Jedediah Huntington , Jacob Kingsbury , Jonathan Trumbull , Jr . Delaware . Daniel Jenifer Adams , Enoch Anderson , Joseph Anderson , Thomas Anderson , William Anderson , Caleb Prew Bennett , James Campbell , John Driskill , Henry Duff , Reuben Gilder , David Hall , Joseph Hossman , John Vance Hyatt , Peter Jacquett , Jr . , James Jones , Charles Kidd , David Kirkpatrick , Robert Henry Kirkwood , Henry Latimer , John Learmonth , William McKennan , Allen ( Allan ) McLane , Stephen McWilliam , Nathaniel Mitchell , George Monro , James Moore , John Patten , John Platt , Charles Pope , George Purvis , Edward Roche , Ebenezer Augustus Smith , James Tilton , Nathaniel Twinning , Joseph Vaughan , William Adams ( son of Nathan Adams ) , and Joseph Haslet ( son of John Haslet ) . France . Jean Baptiste de Traversay , Maxime Julien Émeriau de Beauverger , Pierre L ' Enfant , Louis - René Levassor de Latouche Tréville , Paul François Ignace de Barlatier de Mas , Gilbert du Motier , Louis Marc Antoine de Noailles , Georges René Le Peley de Pléville , Charles Armand Tuffin , Jean Gaspard Vence , Alexandre - Théodore - Victor , Jean - Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur , Joseph de Cambis Georgia . James Armstrong , Samuel Elbert , George Mathews , John Milton Maryland . Lloyd Beall , Josias Carvel Hall , Mordecai Gist , John Gunby , Thomas Lancaster Lansdale , James Lingan , Daniel Morgan , Nathaniel Ramsey , William Smallwood , Tench Tilghman Massachusetts . Jeduthun Baldwin , John Brooks , Henry Burbeck , David Cobb ( Colonel ) , John Crane , Thomas Cushing , Henry Dearborn , William Eustis , Constant Freeman , John Greaton , Africa Hamlin , William Heath , William Hull , Thomas Hunt , Henry Knox , Henry Jackson , Simon Larned , Benjamin Lincoln , Samuel Nicholson , Rufus Putnam , William Shepard , William Stacy , Benjamin Tupper New Hampshire . Nicholas Gilman , John Sullivan , Joseph Cilley , Henry Dearborn , James Reed New Jersey . Abraham Appleton , Jeremiah Ballard , William Barton , John Beatty ( Continental Congress ) , John Bishop , John Blair , Joseph Bloomfield , Absalom Bonham , James Bonnell , Seth Bowen , Nathaniel Bowman , David Brearley , Joseph Buck , Eden Burrowes , John Burrowes , Lambert Cadwalader , Samuel Conn , John Conway , Richard Cox , John Noble Cumming , Ephraim Darby , Elias Dayton , Jonathan Dayton , Cyrus De Hart , Nathaniel Donnell , Lewis Ford Dunham , Ebenezer Elmer , Peter Faulkner , Chilion Ford , David Forman , Jonathan Forman , Luther Halsey , Jacob Harris , James Heard , John Heard , William Helms , Samuel Hendry , John Holmes , Jonathan Holmes , Richard Howell , Andrew Hunter , Jacob Hyer , William Kersey , Derick Lane , Richard Lloyd , Francis Luce , Absalom Martin , William Malcolm , Aaron Ogden , Matthias Ogden , Benajah Osmun , John Peck , Robert Pemberton , William Sanford Pennington , Jonathan Phillips , Jacob Piatt , William Piatt , Samuel Reading , John Reed , John Reed , John Beucastle , Jonathan Rhea , John Ross , Cornelius Riker Sedam , Samuel Seeley , Israel Shreve , Samuel Moore Shute , William Shute , Jonathan Snowden , Oliver Spencer , Moses Sprowl , Abraham Stout , Wessel Ten Broeck Stout , Edmund Disney Thomas , William Tuttle , George Walker , Abel Weymen , and Ephraim Lockhart Whitlock . New York . Aaron Burr , George Clinton , James Clinton , John Doughty , Nicholas Fish , Peter Gansevoort , Alexander Hamilton , Joseph Hardy , John Lamb ( general ) , Morgan Lewis , Henry Beekman Livingston , Alexander McDougall , Charles McKnight , David Olyphant , Philip Schuyler , John Morin Scott , William Stephens Smith , John Stagg Jr , Ebenezer Stevens , Silas Talbot , Philip Van Courtlandt , Richard Varick , William Scudder , Dr . Caleb Sweet , Maj . Gen . Baron von Steuben . North Carolina . William Lee Alexander , James Armstrong , John Armstrong , Thomas Armstrong , John Baptist Ashe , Samuel Ashe , Jr . , Peter Bacot , Benjamin Bailey , Kedar Ballard , Robert Bell , Jacob Blount , Reading Blount , Adam Boyd , Joseph Blyth ( e ) , Gee Bradley , Alexander Brevard , Joseph Brevard , William Bush , Thomas Callender , John Campbell , James Campen , Benjamin Carter , Thomas Clark , John Clendennen , Benjamin Coleman , John Craddock , Anthony Crutcher , John Daves , Samuel Denny , Charles Dixon , Tilghman Dixon , Wynn Dixon , George Doherty , Thomas Donoho , Thomas Evans , Richard Fenner , Robert Fenner , William Ferebee , Thomas Finney , John Ford ( Foard ) , James Furgus ( Fergus ) , Charles Gerrard ( Garrard ) , Francis Graves , James West Green , Joshua Hadley , Clement Hall , Selby Harney , Robert Hays , John Hill , Thomas Hogg , Hardy Holmes , Robert Howe , John Ingles , Curtis Ivey , Abner Lamb , Nathaniel Lawrence , Nehemiah Long , Archibald Lytle , William Lytle , William Maclean ( McLane ) , William McClure , James McDougall , John McNees , Griffith John McRee , Joseph Monfort , James Moore , Henry Murfree , John Nelson , Thomas Pasture ( Pasteur ) , William Polk , Robert Raiford , Jesse Read , John Read ( Reed ) , Joseph Thomas Rhodes , William Sanders ( Saunders ) , Anthony Sharp ( e ) , Daniel Shaw , Stephen Slade , John Slaughter , Jesse Steed , John Summers , Jethro Sumner , James Tate , Howell Tatum , James Tatum , James Thackston , Nathaniel Williams , William Williams , and Edward Yarborough . Pennsylvania . John Armstrong , Jr . , John Barry , William Bingham , Daniel Brodhead , Edward Butler , Richard Butler , Thomas Butler , William Butler , Thomas Craig , Richard Dale , Edward Hand , Josiah Harmar , Thomas Hartley , William Irvine , Francis Johnston , John Paul Jones , Robert Magaw , Thomas Mifflin , John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg , Alexander Murray , Lewis Nicola , Samuel Nicholas , Zebulon Pike , Thomas Proctor , Arthur St . Clair , William Thompson , Anthony Wayne , Maj . Gen . Baron von Steuben Rhode Island . William Barton , Archibald Crary , Nathanael Greene , Moses Hazen , Daniel Jackson , David Lyman , Coggeshall Olney , Jeremiah Olney , Stephen Olney , William Tew , Simeon Thayer , James Mitchell Varnum , Abraham Whipple South Carolina . Isaac Huger , William Jackson , Francis Marion , Lewis Morris , William Moultrie , Charles Cotesworth Pinckney , Thomas Pinckney , Andrew Pickens Sweden . Count Axel von Fersen , Baron Curt von Stedingk Virginia . George Baylor , Francis T . Brooke , Abraham Buford , Nicholas Cabell , William Overton Callis , Edward Carrington , Louis de Corny , John Cropper , William Davies , Christian Febiger , Horatio Gates , John Gibson , William Grayson , John Green , Charles Harrison , William Heth , Samuel Hopkins , Henry Lee III , John Crittenden , Sr . , Charles Lewis , George Matthews , James Monroe , Daniel Morgan , John Muhlenberg , John Neville , Thomas Overton , Thomas Posey , John Pryor , William Russell , John Ward , John Watts , George Washington , George Augustine Washington , George Weedon , Willis Wilson , James Wood . Insignia . On June 19 , 1783 , the General Society of the Cincinnati adopted the Bald Eagle as its insigne . It is one of America ' s first post - revolution symbols and an important piece of American iconography . It is the second official emblem to represent America as the Bald Eagle , following the Great Seal of the United States . It was likely derived from the same discourse that produced the Seal . The suggestion of the Bald Eagle as the Cincinnati insignia was made by Major Pierre L ' Enfant , a French officer who joined the American Army in 1777 , served in the Corps of Engineers and later become a member of the Society . He noted , " The Bald Eagle , which is peculiar to this continent , and is distinguished from those of other climates by its white head and tail , appears to me to deserve attention . " In 1783 , L ' Enfant was commissioned to travel to France to have the first Eagle badges made , based on his design . ( L ' Enfant later planned and partially laid out the city of Washington , D . C . ) The medallion s at the center of the Cincinnati American Eagle depict , on the obverse , Cincinnatus receiving his sword from the Roman Senators and , on the reverse , Cincinnatus at his plow being crowned by the figure of Pheme ( personification of fame ) . The Society ' s colors , light blue and white , symbolize the fraternal bond between the United States and France . A specially commissioned " Eagle " worn by President General George Washington was presented to Lafayette in 1824 during his grand tour of the United States . This medallion had remained in possession of the Lafayette family , until sold at auction on December 11 , 2007 , for 5 . 3 million US $ by Lafayette ' s great - great granddaughter . It was purchased by the Josée and René de Chambrun Foundation and will be displayed at Chateau La Grange , Lafayette ' s home 30 miles east of Paris . The medal , believed to have its original ribbon and red leather box , will be displayed in Lafayette ' s bedroom . It also might be displayed at Mount Vernon , Washington ' s former home in Virginia . This was one of three eagles known to have been owned by Washington . Washington most commonly wore the " diamond eagle , " a diamond - encrusted design that was given to him by the French " matelots " ( sailor s ) . This diamond eagle continues to be passed down to each President General of the Society of the Cincinnati as part of his induction into office . The Cincinnati Eagle is displayed in various places of public importance , including the city center of Cincinnati , Ohio ( named for the Society ) at Fountain Square , alongside the U . S . flag and the city flag . The flag of the Society displays blue and white stripes and a dark blue canton ( containing a circle of 14 stars around the Cincinnati Eagle to designate the thirteen colonies and France ) in the upper corner next to the hoist . Refer to the section below on " The Later Society " for the city ' s historical connection to the Cincinnati . During ceremonial occasions badges of society members may be worn on military and naval uniforms . Criticism . When news of the foundation of the society spread , judge Aedanus Burke published several pamphlets under the pseudonym " Cassius " where he criticized the society for being an attempt at reestablishing an hereditary nobility in the new republic . The pamphlets , entitled " An Adress to the Freemen of South Carolina " ( January 1783 ) and " Considerations on the Society or Order of Cincinnati " ( October 1783 ) sparked a general debate that included prominent names , including Thomas Jefferson and John Adams . The criticism voiced concern about the apparent creation of an hereditary elite ; membership eligibility is inherited through primogeniture , and generally excluded enlisted men and militia officers , unless they were placed under " State Line " or " Continental Line " forces for a substantial time period , and their descendants . Benjamin Franklin was among the Society ' s earliest critics , though he later accepted its role and joined the Pennsylvania Society as an honorary member after the country stabilized . He was concerned about the creation of a quasi - noble order , and of the Society ' s use of the eagle in its emblem , as evoking the traditions of heraldry and the English aristocracy . On January 26 , 1784 , in a letter to his only daughter , Sarah Bache , Franklin commented at length on the ramifications of the Cincinnati he wrote : The influence of the Cincinnati members , former officers , was another concern . When delegates to the Constitutional Convention were debating the method of choosing a president , James Madison ( the secretary of the Convention ) reported the following speech of Elbridge Gerry of Massachusetts : " A popular election in this case is radically vicious . The ignorance of the people would put it in the power of some one set of men dispersed through the Union & acting in Concert to delude them into any appointment . He observed that such a Society of men existed in the Order of the Cincinnati . They are respectable , United , and influential . They will in fact elect the chief Magistrate in every instance , if the election be referred to the people . [ Gerry ' s ] respect for the characters composing this Society could not blind him to the danger & impropriety of throwing such a power into their hands . " The debate spread to France on account of the eligibility of French veterans from the Revolutionary War . In 1785 Honoré Gabriel Riqueti , comte de Mirabeau was approached by Franklin , who was at the time stationed in Paris and suggested to him to write something about the society directed at the French public . Mirabeau was provided with Burkes pamphlets and Franklins letter to his daughter , and from this , with the help of Nicolas Chamfort , created his own enlarged version entitled " Considérations sur l ' Ordre de Cincinnatus " which was published in London November that year , an English translation carried out by Samuel Romilly followed , of which an American edition was published in 1786 . Following this public debate and criticism , George Washington , who had been unaware of the particulars of the charter when he agreed to become president of the society , began to have doubts about the benefit of the society . He had in fact considered abolishing the society on its very first general meeting 4 May 1784 . However in the mean time Major L ' Enfant had arrived bringing his designs of the diplomas and medals , as well as news of the success of the society in France , which made an abolishment of the society impossible . Washington instead at the meeting launched an ultimatum , that if the clauses about heredity were not abandoned , he would resign from his post as president of the society . This was accepted , and furthermore informal agreement was made not to wear the eagles in public , so as not to resemble European chivalrous orders . A new charter , the so - called " Institution " , was printed , which omitted among others the disputed clauses about heredity . This was sent to the local chapters for approval , and it was approved in all of them except for the chapters in New York , New Hampshire and Delaware . However when the public furore about the society had died down , the new " Institution " was rescinded , and the original reintroduced , including the clauses about heredity . The French chapter , who had obtained official permission to form from the king Louis XVI of France , also abolished heredity , but never reintroduced it , and thus the last members was approved 3 February 1792 , shortly before the French monarchy was disbanded . Later activities . The members of the Cincinnati were among those developing many of America ' s first and largest cities to the west of the Appalachians , most notably Cincinnati , Ohio and Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania . The first governor of the Northwest Territory , Arthur St . Clair , was a member of the Society . He renamed a small settlement " Cincinnati " to honor the Society and to encourage settlement by Society members . Among them were Captain Jacob Piatt , who settled across the river from Cincinnati in northern Kentucky on land granted to him for his service during the War . Captain David Ziegler was the first Mayor of Cincinnati . Richard Varick was a Mayor of New York City . Lt . Ebenezer Denny ( 1761 – 1822 ) , an original Pennsylvanian Cincinnatus , was elected the first mayor of the incorporated city of Pittsburgh in 1816 . Pittsburgh developed from Fort Pitt , which had been commanded since 1777 - 1783 by four men who were founding members of the Society . Today ' s Society supports efforts to increase public awareness and memory of the ideals and actions of the men who created the American Revolution and an understanding of American history , with an emphasis on the period from the outset of the Revolution to the War of 1812 . At its headquarters at Anderson House in Washington , DC , the Society holds manuscript , portrait , and model collections pertaining to events of and military science during this period . Members of the Society have contributed to endow professorships , lecture series , awards , and educational materials in relation to the United States ' representative democracy . The definition and acceptance of membership has remained with the constituent societies rather than with the General Society in Washington . Over the years , membership rules have continued as first established . They provide for approving the application of a collateral heir if the direct male line dies out . Membership has been expanded in some state societies to include descendants of those who died during the war , but it remains limited . An officer of the Continental army during the Revolutionary War can generally be represented in the Society of The Cincinnati by only one descendant at a time . The only U . S . President who was a true hereditary member was Franklin Pierce . The General Society no longer admits honorary members . Andrew Jackson and Zachary Taylor were honorary members before becoming presidents . Other presidents became honorary members while in office , and after leaving office . Each of the fourteen constituent societies has honorary members , but these men cannot designate an heir ( referred to as a successor member ) . The Society maintains a tradition of service in American government , especially in the federal executive branch . Members of the society have served in the Armed Forces , the State Department and other parts of the executive branch . Anderson House , National Headquarters . Anderson House , also known as Larz Anderson House , located at 2118 Massachusetts Avenue , NW in the Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington , D . C . , houses the Society ' s national headquarters , historic house museum , and research library . It is located on the Embassy Row section , near international embassies . Anderson House was built between 1902 and 1905 as the winter residence of Larz Anderson , an American diplomat , and his wife , Isabel Weld Perkins , an author and American Red Cross volunteer . The architects Arthur Little and Herbert Browne of Boston designed Anderson House in the Beaux - Arts style . Anderson House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971 and was further designated a National Historic Landmark in 1996 . Today , Anderson House serves its members and the public as a headquarters , museum , and library . The Society ' s museum collections include portraits , armaments , and personal artifacts of Revolutionary War soldiers ; commemorative objects ; objects associated with the history of the Society and its members , including Society of the Cincinnati china and insignia ; portraits and personal artifacts of members of the Anderson family ; and artifacts related to the history of the house , including the U . S . Navy ' s occupation of it during World War II . Library . The library of the Society of the Cincinnati collects , preserves , and makes available for research printed and manuscript materials relating to the military and naval history of the eighteenth century and early nineteenth century , with a particular concentration on the people and events of the American Revolution and the War of 1812 . The collection includes a variety of modern and rare materials including official military documents , contemporary accounts and discourses , manuscripts , maps , graphic arts , literature , and many works on naval art and science . In addition , the library is the home to the archives of the Society of the Cincinnati as well as a collection of material relating to Larz and Isabel Anderson . The library is open to researchers by appointment . Museum in Exeter , New Hampshire . The Society of the Cincinnati in the State of New Hampshire owns and operates through a board of governors the American Independence Museum in Exeter , New Hampshire . The American Independence Museum is a private , not - for - profit institution whose mission is to provide a place for the study , research , education and interpretation of the American Revolution and of the role that New Hampshire , Exeter , and the Gilman family played in the founding of the new republic . Museum collections include two rare drafts of the U . S . Constitution , an original Dunlap Broadside of the United States Declaration of Independence , as well as an original Badge of Military Merit , awarded by George Washington to soldiers demonstrating extraordinary bravery . Exhibits highlight the Society of the Cincinnati , the nation ’ s oldest veterans ’ society , and its first president , George Washington . Permanent collections include American furnishings , ceramics , silver , textiles and military ephemera . See below for a link to the museum . Representation in other media . Anderson House has been featured on the A & E television series , " America ' s Castles " , as well as C - SPAN . Noteworthy honorary members . Since its inception , the Society of the Cincinnati has allowed for honorary members to be admitted who have distinguished themselves in military or public service . Presidents of the United States . Andrew Jackson , Zachary Taylor , James Buchannan , Ulysses S . Grant , Grover Cleveland , Benjamin Harrison , William McKinley , Theodore Roosevelt , Woodrow Wilson , Warren Harding , Herbert Hoover , Franklin D . Roosevelt , Harry S Truman , Ronald Reagan , George H . W . Bush . Navy officers . Admiral of the Navy George Dewey , Fleet Admiral William D . Leahy , Fleet Admiral Ernest J . King , Fleet Admiral Chester W . Nimitz , Fleet Admiral William Halsey , Admiral David G . Farragut , Admiral David Dixon Porter , Admiral William S . Sims , Admiral Arleigh Burke , Rear Admiral Caspar F . Goodrich , Rear Admiral Samuel E . Morison , Commodore William Bainbridge , Commodore Stephen Decatur , Commodore Isaac Hull , Commodore Thomas Macdonough , Commodore Matthew C . Perry , Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry , Commodore Charles Stewart , Captain Thomas Truxton , Captain Lewis Warrington , Commander John H . G . Pell . Marine Corps officers . Major General John A . Lejeune Army officers . General of the Armies John J . Pershing , General of the Army George C . Marshall , General of the Army Douglas MacArthur , General of the Army Omar Bradley , General Robert E . Lee , General William T . Sherman , General Philip H . Sheridan , General Peyton C . March , General Mark Clark , General Lucius D . Clay , General Matthew B . Ridgway , General William Westmoreland , Lieutenant General John M . Schofield , Lieutenant General Nelson A . Miles , Lieutenant General Willard W . Scott , Jr . , Brevet Lieutenant General Winfield Scott , Major General Jacob Brown , Major General George G . Meade , Major General Lewis Morris , Major General John E . Wool , Major General Winfield Scott Hancock , Major General Oliver O . Howard , Major General Hugh L . Scott , Brevet Major General George Cadwalader , Brevet Major General Galusha Pennypacker , Brevet Major General Nathan Towson , Brevet Major General William Jenkins Worth , Brigadier General Robert Anderson , Brigadier General and Sears Roebuck Chairman Robert E . Wood , Brevet Brigadier General , Ambassador to France and Medal of Honor Recipient Horace Porter , Colonel Samuel Miles . Civilians . Secretary of War Newton D . Baker , Congressman Perry Belmont , Columbia University President Nicholas M . Butler , Secretary of State James F . Byrnes , John Barker Church , Senator Henry A . du Pont , Industrialist Pierre S . du Pont , Yale President Timothy Dwight IV , Yale President Timothy Dwight V , Governor Elisha Dyer , Governor Elisha Dyer , Jr . , New Jersey Governor John Franklin Fort , Postmaster General Benjamin Franklin , Governor and Senator Theodore F . Green , Professor John B . Hattendorf , FBI Director J . Edgar Hoover , Secretary of State Cordell Hull , Ambassador Francis L . Kellogg , Governor Charles Dean Kimball , Senator Rufus King , Senator Henry Cabot Lodge , Jr . , Senator Gouverneur Morris , Secretary of State and Senator Elihu Root , Lieutenant Governor and Major General Stephen Van Rensselaer , Attorney General Elliot L . Richardson , Senator Leverett Saltonstall , Senator William Paine Sheffield , Sr . , Banker and Socialite William Watts Sherman , Yale President Ezra Stiles , Sculptor William Greene Turner , Lieutenant Governor Pierre Van Courtlandt , Secretary of State and Senator Daniel Webster . Foreigners . King of Belgians Albert I , Comte Ferdinand de Chalendar , Marshal of France Ferdinand Foch , King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden , President of France Emile Loubet , Marshal of France Robert Nivelle .