Mason at sight

[3] Early instances in the history of speculative Masonry, in which a man has been made a Mason at sight, include the raising of Francis Stephen, Duke of Lorraine, in 1731 at Houghton Hall, fourteen years before his accession as Holy Roman Emperor, and of Frederick, Prince of Wales in 1737.

[4] Joseph Smith, founder of the LDS Church, was raised at sight in March of 1842, completing the three degrees of Freemasonry within the atypically short timespan of two days.

William Howard Taft was recognized as a Mason at sight by an occasional lodge created for that purpose on February 18, 1909, a few weeks prior to his inauguration as the 27th President of the United States.

[10][11][3] The lodge was convened at about 4:00 p.m. at the Scottish Rite Cathedral in Cincinnati by Charles Hoskinson, the Grand Master of Ohio, and consisted of him and William B.

[11] He dissolved it after 6:00 p.m.[11] Joe Biden was declared a Master Mason at sight by the Prince Hall Grand Lodge of South Carolina on January 19, 2025.