Politicians

Presidents of the United States

• Warren G. Harding, Marion, Ohio #32
• Franklin D. Roosevelt, Poughkeepsie, New York #275[31]
• Harry S. Truman, Kansas City, Missouri Lodge #26[31]
• Dwight D. Eisenhower
• John F. Kennedy, Boston, Massachusetts Lodge #10[31]
• Gerald R. Ford, Grand Rapids, Michigan Lodge #48

Governors

• Louis Lincoln Emmerson Mount Vernon, Illinois – Lodge #819
• Robert Ehrlich, Towson, Maryland, Lodge #469
• Joseph Flores
• Daniel Jackson Evans, Governor (Washington) The Seattle Elks Lodge #92
• Albert Rosellini, Governor (Washington)
• Goodwin Knight, Governor (California)
• William M. Tuck, Danville, Virginia, Lodge #227 Governor of Virginia (1946–1950)

Members of Congress

• Carl Albert – United States Representative representing Oklahoma, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
• Edward L. Bartlett – United States Senator representing Alaska
• Hale Boggs – United States Representative representing Louisiana
• Harry P. Cain – United States Senator representing Washington
• Richard E. Connell – United States Representative representing New York[41]
• Dan Daniel – United States Representative representing Virginia
• Walter Evans Edge – United States Senator representing New Jersey and United States Ambassador to France
• Tom Foley – United States Representative representing Washington, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
• Barry Goldwater – United States Senator representing Arizona[31]
• Henry M. Jackson – United States Senator representing Washington Everett Elks Lodge #479
• William F. Knowland – United States Senator representing California Oakland Elks Lodge #171
• Warren G. Magnuson – United States Senator representing Washington The Seattle Elks Lodge #92
• John W. McCormack – United States Representative representing Massachusetts, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1962–1971
• Frank Murkowski – United States Senator representing Alaska
• Tip O'Neill – United States Representative representing Massachusetts, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
• Sam Rayburn – United States Representative representing Texas, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
• L. Mendel Rivers – United States Representative representing South Carolina
• Jim Saxton – United States Representative representing New Jersey
• Thomas L. Reilly – United States House of Representatives representing Connecticut from 1910 to 1915, Past Grand Esteemed Leading Knight 1917 Boston
• Paul Tonko – United States Board of Representatives from New York's 20th congressional district
• William M. Tuck – United States Representative representing Virginia
• Arthur H. Vandenberg – United States Senator representing Michigan
• Sherman Minton – United States Senator representing Indiana from 1935 to 1941, Associate Supreme Court Justice 1949–1956, New Albany Elks Lodge #270

Other politicians

• Lonnie O. Aulds, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1968 to 1972, real estate developer in Shreveport, Louisiana[42]

• Edward Francis Blewitt, Pennsylvania State Senator and businessman. Great-grandfather of former Vice-president Joe Biden[43]

• Armand Brinkhaus, member of both houses of the Louisiana State Legislature from St. Landry Parish[44]

• Overton Brooks, member of the United States House of Representatives from Louisiana's 4th congressional district, based in Shreveport

• Mack Cleveland, member of both houses of the Florida State Legislature from 1953 to 1965; attorney from Sanford, Florida

• Richard Daley, Mayor of Chicago[31]

• David Dank, member of Oklahoma House of Representatives since 2007[45]

• Gilbert L. Dupré, state representative and district court judge in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana[46]

• John W. Grabiel, Fayetteville lawyer, Arkansas Republican gubernatorial nominee in 1922 and 1924

• Robert Grant, Kansas House of Representatives

• Dan W. Gray, mayor of San Jose, California

• Gerry E. Hinton, former Louisiana State Senator

• Robert F. Wagner, Jr., Mayor of New York City; Past Exalted Ruler of New York Lodge No. 1

• Charles Plummer, Alameda County Sheriff

• James Record, Alabama State Senator

• Charles F. Smith, Jr., Wisconsin State Senator

• Zelma Wyche, Louisiana mayor and civil rights activist

• J. M. Whorton, Missouri House of Representatives

• Thomas Z. Morrow, one of 28 men who founded the Kentucky Republican Party

• James Keller, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives and the Minnesota Senate

• Ryan Kiesel, Oklahoma House of Representatives

• Charles Langford, Alabama state senator who represented Rosa Parks in the famous civil rights case of the 1960s

• John J. McClure, Pennsylvania State Senator

• Reuben Neil McKellar, mayor of Shreveport, Louisiana, 1896 to 1900

• Frank W. Parker, American judge who served on the New Mexico Supreme Court for 35 years

• David Roberts, Mayor of Hoboken, New Jersey

• Joe Fine, Mayor of Marquette, Michigan

• Jason Glennon Crowell, Missouri Senate

• Ron Richard, Missouri House of Representatives

• Joseph Poindexter, Territorial Governor of Hawaii

• Robert A. Costa, Maryland House of Delegates

• James W. Newman, Ohio House of Representatives, Ohio Senate, and was Ohio Secretary of State

• Philip Willkie, Indiana House of Representatives

• Lloyal Randolph, Maryland House of Delegates

• Charles W. Lyon, California State Senate

• Richard A. Sossi, Maryland House of Delegates

• Parley P. Christensen, Utah and California politician, Esperantist

• George M. Borg, Wisconsin State Senator

• Isaac P. Witter, Wisconsin State Senator

• Gary R. Goyke, Wisconsin State Senator

• Charles A. Barnard, Wisconsin State Assemblyman

• Charles L. Valentine, Wisconsin State Assemblyman

• Michael J. Barron, Wisconsin State Assemblyman

• John P. Dobyns, Wisconsin State Assemblyman

• William T. Sullivan, Wisconsin State Assemblyman

• Frank McDonough, Wisconsin State Assemblyman and Senator

• Jim Langfelder, Mayor of Springfield, Illinois

Military

• General Frederick Funston
• General James M. Gavin
• General Douglas MacArthur
• General George S. Patton
• General John Pershing
• Captain Eddie Rickenbacker[47]
• Rough Rider Henry Nash

Business people

• Dave Beck, President International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Past Exalted Ruler, The Seattle Elks Lodge #92 1928–1929
• Caleb Bradham, Inventor Pepsi Cola, Past Exalted Ruler New Bern, NC #764
• Jack Christian, Automobile dealer, former Mayor/President of Baton Rouge, Louisiana[48]
• Jim Cramer, Summit, NJ lodge 1246
• Julius Curtis Lewis, Jr.
• Gordon L. Park, Chevron Oil Company manager and former member of the Wyoming House of Representatives
• Andrew Querbes, Shreveport mayor and banker/planter
• Samuel Lapham VI, architect
• Edward Everett Cox, newspaper publisher
• Henry Frank, early Montana businessman and political figure
• Andrew Jackson Zilker, political figure and philanthropist in Austin, Texas

Entertainers

• Gail Edwards, actor
• Lawrence Welk, band leader
• Will Rogers, comedian
• Jack Benny, comedian
• Edward Arnold, actor
• Andy Devine, actor, Past Exalted Ruler of San Fernando, California, Lodge No. 1539
• Clint Eastwood, actor and director, Monterey, California, Lodge No. 1285
• Gene Autry, singer and actor, Burbank, CA Lodge No. 1497
• Arthur Lyman, band leader, Honolulu Elks Lodge #616
• William F. Cody (Buffalo Bill)
• Donald O'Connor, actor
• Buster Keaton, actor
• Billy Barty, actor
• Richard Moll, actor
• Tim Moore, comedian (vaudeville)
• Nathaniel Carl Goodwin, vaudeville entertainer
• Nat M. Wills, vaudeville entertainer
• Randall Parrish, author
• Charles Hale Hoyt, dramatist
• Daniel Sully, actor and playwright
• Irving Berlin, composer, New York Lodge 1
• Harry Houdini, magician, New York Lodge 1
• Byron G. Harlan, tenor
• Ben Affleck, actor

Sports figures

• Honus Wagner, baseball player
• Bobby Jones, golfer, Atlanta GA Lodge #78
• Vince Lombardi, football coach
• Casey Stengel, baseball manager
• Mickey Mantle, baseball player
• Whitey Ford, baseball player
• Zack Wheat, baseball player
• Petros Papadakis, football player, San Pedro, California, Lodge No. 966
• Joe Glenn, football player
• Jim Finks, football executive
• Knute Rockne, Notre Dame football coach, South Bend Elks #235
• King Kelly, baseball player
• Katy Easterday, football player and coach
• Eddie Blair, early professional football player with the Latrobe Athletic Association
• Willis Glassgow, early professional football player
• Ace Parker, NFL Hall of Fame quarterback and MLB player, Portsmouth-Chesapeake Lodge No. 82
• Dick Weber, professional bowler, Florissant, Missouri, Lodge No. 2316
• Babe Ruth, baseball player, was initiated into New York Lodge #1 at home plate with over 1,000 brothers as witnesses. Feb 13, 1928
• Jon Condo, professional football player and long snapper for the Oakland Raiders, was initiated into Philipsburg, Pennsylvania, Lodge #1173 on July 12, 2015
• Eli Manning, professional football player, Quarterback on the New York Giants, was initiated into Summit, NJ lodge 1246 in 2016

Other influential people

• C.E. Byrd, prominent educator in Louisiana
• Francis Cardinal Spellman, Former Archbishop of New York, New York Lodge 1