List of Alfalfa Club members

Last updated September 17, 2025

The Alfalfa Club , founded in 1913, is an exclusive social organization, based in Washington, D.C., in the United States. The Club's only function is the holding of an annual banquet in honor of the birthday of Civil War Confederate General Robert E. Lee. Its members are composed mostly of American politicians and influential members of the business community, and have included several Presidents of the United States.

Members (incomplete)

Presidents

Vice Presidents

Secretaries of State

Secretaries of Defense

Jim Mattis (current vice president of the club)
Robert Gates
Donald Rumsfeld
Neil McElroy
James R. Schlesinger

Other Cabinet officials

Governors

Jeb Bush ^[1]

Mayors

Michael Bloomberg ^[4]

Supreme Court Justices

Judges

William T. Coleman, Jr.

Ambassadors

Military Officials

Other

James A. Baker IV,^[4] lawyer
Clark Clifford,^[4] lawyer
Valerie Jarrett ^[4]
Vernon Jordan Jr., lawyer
Arnold Palmer, golfer
Landon Parvin,^[4] writer
Richard Pearson,^[4] chief of diplomatic & civic affairs at the National Geographic Society

References

1 2 3 4 Bush, George W. (2014). 41: A Portrait of My Father . London: Ebury Publishing. p. 14. ISBN 9780553447781. OCLC 883645289.
↑ "Bush Belongs to 3 Men's Clubs". February 1, 1989. Archived from the original on August 14, 2018. Retrieved July 28, 2025.
↑ "Obama gets laughs at Alfalfa dinner - CNN.com". CNN. February 1, 2009. Archived from the original on April 8, 2009. Retrieved July 28, 2025.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Roxanne Roberts (January 24, 2014). "The Alfalfa Club: still a place for the powerful to see and be seen". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on January 26, 2020.
1 2 3 4 5 Andrews-Dyer, Helena (January 27, 2019). "John Kerry and Mitt Romney hugging, and Mitch McConnell in a hospital gown? It must be the Alfalfa Club dinner". The Washington Post .
↑ Andrews-Dyer, Helena (January 29, 2017). "A political truce is called at the 104th annual Alfalfa Club dinner". The Washington Post .
↑ Emily Heil (January 29, 2015). "What's the deal with the Alfalfa Club?". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on August 25, 2015.

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[bush41aportrait14-1] 1 2 3 4 Bush, George W. (2014). 41: A Portrait of My Father . London: Ebury Publishing. p. 14. ISBN 9780553447781. OCLC 883645289.

[2] "Bush Belongs to 3 Men's Clubs". February 1, 1989. Archived from the original on August 14, 2018. Retrieved July 28, 2025.

[3] "Obama gets laughs at Alfalfa dinner - CNN.com". CNN. February 1, 2009. Archived from the original on April 8, 2009. Retrieved July 28, 2025.

[WaPo-Still-a-place-4] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Roxanne Roberts (January 24, 2014). "The Alfalfa Club: still a place for the powerful to see and be seen". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on January 26, 2020.

[WaPo-20190127-5] 1 2 3 4 5 Andrews-Dyer, Helena (January 27, 2019). "John Kerry and Mitt Romney hugging, and Mitch McConnell in a hospital gown? It must be the Alfalfa Club dinner". The Washington Post .

[6] Andrews-Dyer, Helena (January 29, 2017). "A political truce is called at the 104th annual Alfalfa Club dinner". The Washington Post .

[WaPo-Whats-the-deal-7] Emily Heil (January 29, 2015). "What's the deal with the Alfalfa Club?". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on August 25, 2015.

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