Skull and BonesAmerica’s Secret Establishment

The Beginning

Established in 1832 by William Huntington Russell and Alphonso Taft

Network of Graduates Traces Origins Back to 18th

and 19th Century Germany and the German Illuminati

Worship of Eulogia, 322

The Founders

Secretary of War, 1876

U.S. Attorney General 1876-7

U.S. Minister to Austria, 1882-4

U.S. Ambassador to Russia, 1884-5

Teacher, Military Expert. Organized Conn. Militia in Civil War

Served in Conn. State Legislature Helped Organize Republican Party Established Russell Trust Association,

Which Funds Skull and Bones

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Prominent Families

Old Line American Families

The Whitneys The Bundys The Lords The Rockefellers The Harrimans The Tafts The Vanderbilts The Bushs

All Families Have Three Things in Common:

MoneyPowerSkull and Bones

Prominent Members

William Averell Harriman

Skull and Bones Class of 1913 Father and Brother Were Also Members Established W.A. Harriman and Company Merged in the 1930s with Brown Brothers By the 1970s, Brown Brothers, Harriman had

Assets of one-half billion dollars Positions held Under President Truman:

The U.S. Secretary of CommerceThe U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet UnionThe U.S. Ambassador to the UK

Positions Held Under President Kennedy:Ambassador at LargeAsst. Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs

William Collins Whitney

Skull and Bones class of 1863

Prominent New York Lawyer

Actively Involved in Democratic Party Affairs

Opposed Tammany Hall and “Boss” Tweed

Supported Grover Cleveland

Named Secretary of the U.S. Navy

The Whitney Group

Strange Whitney Connections

WIlliam Averell Harriman

Marie Norton

Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney

Gertrude Vanderbilt

Harry Payne Whitney Oliver Payne Whitney

William Collins Whitney

Flora Payne

Oliver Payne

The Quintessential Product of Skull and Bones

Henry L. Stimson

Henry L. Stimson

Skull and Bones class of 1888

Statesman, Served in Five Presidential Administrations

First Job: Wall Street. First Boss: Sherman Evarts, Bones class of 1881.

Second Job: Joins Practice of Elihu Root, One of the Most Powerful New York Lawyers of the Time. Set Up By William Collins Whitney

Bonesmen He Hires Along the Way: Thomas D. Thacher (class of 1904) Harvey H. Bundy (class of 1909) George L. Harrison (class of 1910) Robert A. Lovett (class of 1918) Arthur E. Palmer (class of 1930)

Most Powerful Bones Connection: William Howard Taft

Stimson-Taft Connection

Stimson One of Two Former Bonesmen in Taft’s Eleven-Man CabinetSecretary of War

Chief Justice Taft Swears Stimson in as Secretary of State, Under Herbet Hoover

The Tafts

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Taft Family Tree

Charles Turner Maxwell TaftMe

Thomas Prindle TaftClass of 1971

Seth Chase Taftnon-member

Charles Phelps Taft IIMayer of CIncinnati, Class of 1918

Robert Alphonso TaftMr. Republican, Class of1910

William Howard TaftPresident, Chief Justice, Class of 1878

Horace Dutton TaftClass of 1883

Alphonso TaftFounder, 1832

Sons of Alphonso Taft

William Howard TaftSkull and Bones Class of

187842nd U.S. Secretary of

War27th President of the

United States10th Chief Justice

Horace Dutton TaftSkull and Bones class of

1883Established The Taft

SchoolHeadmaster until 1936Maintained special

connection to Yale

Sons of William Howard Taft

Charles Phelps Taft IISkull and Bones class of

1918Dropped out of Yale to

fight in WWIDirector of U.S.

Community War ServiceDirector of Economic

AffairsMayer of Cincinnati, “Mr.

Cincinnati”

Robert Alphonso TaftSkull and Bones Class of

1910Spent 14 years in U.S.

Senate“Mr. Republican”Co-authored Taft-Hartley

ActIsolationist

Thomas Prindle Taft

Skull and Bones class of 1971

Grandson of Charles Phelps Taft II

First Fourth Generation Skull and Bones Member

Skull and Bones

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