The first organizational meeting of The University Club of Washington, DC was held at the new Willard Hotel on February 22, 1904.

On the evening of March 11, 1904, the first President elected was then Secretary of War, William Howard Taft, an active Club member.

In 1936, it merged with the Racquet Club of Washington, and moved to its current location at 1135 Sixteenth Street NW, approximately three blocks north of the White House.

[2] The Club contains a health and fitness center including two international squash courts where it hosts the annual Mosquito Open.

Notable past and current Club members include former Speaker of the House Tip O'Neill,[1] former President Richard Nixon,[5] numerous Supreme Court Justices,[5] former Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge, and former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld.