List of members of the Aztec Club of 1847

This is a list of members of the Aztec Club of 1847. Rank indicated below is highest rank held in either United States or Confederate Service.

Original Members
Original members are those who joined when the Club was formed in 1847.


 * Brigadier General John J. Abercrombie
 * Colonel Electus Backus
 * Brevet Major General John G. Barnard
 * Confederate General P. G. T. Beauregard
 * Colonel Charles John Biddle
 * Confederate Brigadier General Milledge Luke Bonham
 * Brigadier General George Cadwalader
 * Major General Philip St. George Cooke
 * Major General William H. French
 * Governor of Oregon Territory John P. Gaines
 * General Ulysses S. Grant
 * Brevet Major General William S. Harney
 * Major General Joseph Hooker
 * Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston
 * Major General Philip Kearny
 * Major General Edmund Kirby
 * Confederate General Robert E. Lee
 * Confederate Major General John B. Magruder
 * Major General George B. McClellan
 * Brigadier General Justice McKinstry
 * Confederate Lieutenant General John C. Pemberton
 * Brigadier General Franklin Pierce
 * Major General Fitz John Porter
 * Brigadier General Joseph H. Potter
 * Major General John A. Quitman
 * Major General Jesse L. Reno
 * Brevet Lieutenant General Winfield Scott
 * Major General Charles F. Smith
 * Major General Gustavus W. Smith
 * Brevet Major General Persifor F. Smith
 * Major General George Sykes
 * Brevet Major General Zealous B. Tower
 * Confederate Major General David E. Twiggs
 * Brevet Major General William Jenkins Worth

Veteran Members
Club members agreed to accept other veteran officers of the war. Veteran members are members who were Veterans of the Mexican War but joined after 1847.


 * Major General Christopher C. Augur
 * Confederate Lieutenant General Simon B. Buckner
 * Major General Silas Casey
 * Brigadier General Henry Boynton Clitz
 * Major General Darius N. Couch
 * Major General Thomas L. Crittenden
 * Brigadier General Frederick T. Dent
 * Brigadier General Gustavus De Russy
 * Major General William B. Franklin
 * Major General Samuel Gibbs French
 * Major General George W. Getty
 * Rear Admiral Bancroft Gherardi
 * Major General Winfield Scott Hancock
 * Major General Guy V. Henry
 * Brevet Major General Henry Jackson Hunt
 * Confederate Lieutenant General James Longstreet
 * Rear Admiral Stephen Luce
 * Major General William W. Loring
 * General William T. Sherman
 * Major General John A. Quitman

Honorary Members
One member was chosen as an honorary member, as commanding general for the northern campaign of the way.


 * Major General Zachary Taylor

Hereditary Members
After a time, members agreed to accept the first born son of original and veteran members as hereditary members in order to keep the club alive after the deaths of the veterans.


 * Brigadier General Joshua Hall Bates
 * Major Charles J. Biddle
 * Rear Admiral Norman J. Blackwood
 * General Milledge Lipscomb Bonham
 * Lieutenant General James Carson Breckinridge, USMC
 * Rear Admiral Silas Casey, III
 * Major General Ulysses S. Grant, III
 * Major General David Dixon Porter, USMC (Medal of Honor recipient.)
 * Rear Admiral Montgomery Meigs Taylor, USN
 * Major General William Wallace Wotherspoon (Army Chief of Staff.)