This is a list of members of the Aztec Club of 1847. The Aztecd Club was found as historic society of officers who served with the United States Army in the Mexican-American War.
The first rank indicated is the rank held at the forming of the club during the Mexian War; the later rank is the highest full rank the officer held in Regular, Volunteer or Confederate service.
Original members were 160 officers who joined when the Club when it was formed in 1847. Of the 160 original members, 72 became generals in either the United States Army or the Confederate States Army.
Maj. John J. Abercrombie - Brigadier General
Cpt. Thomas L. Alexander - Lt. Colonel
Ctp. Robert Allen - Brigadier General
1st Lt. Samuel S. Anderson - Colonel, CSA
1st Lt. Benjamin H. Arthur - Captain
Cpt. Electus Backus - Colonel
Maj. Henry Bainbridge - Lt. Colonel
Cpt. John G. Barnard - Brigadier General
Cpt. Moses J. Barnard - Major
1st Lt. Jenks Beaman
1st Lt. P.G.T. Beauregard - General, CSA
2nd Lt. Barnard E. Bee - Brigadier General, CSA
Lt. Col. Francis S. Belton - Colonel
Cpt. Charles John Biddle - Colonel
1st Lt. William B. Blair - Major, CSA
Cpt. George A.H. Blake - Colonel
Cpt. James D. Blanding - Colonel, CSA
Cpt. William Blanding
Col. Milledge L. Bonham - Brigadier General, CSA
1st Lt. Andrew W. Bowman - Lt. Colonel
1st Lt. John M. Brannan - Brigadier General
Cpt. Horace Brooks - Brigadier General
1st Lt. William T.H. Brooks - Major General
Cpt. Robert C. Buchanan - Colonel
Brig. Gen. George Cadwalader - Major General
Cpt. Albemarle Cady - Colonel
Maj. George Caldwell
1st Lt. Robert C. Caldwell (USMC)
1st Lt. George W. Carr - Colonel, CSA
1st Lt. Daniel T. Chandler - Lt. Colonel, CSA
Maj. Philip St. George Cooke - Brigadier General
1st Lt. William H. French - Major General
Cpt. Richard C. Gatlin - Brigadier General, CSA
2nd Lt. Alfred Gibbs - Brigadier General
1st Lt. Ulysses S. Grant – General
2nd Lt. Schuyler Hamilton - Brigadier General
Col. William S. Harney - Brigadier General
Cpt. Joseph Hooker - Major General
Cpt. Joseph E. Johnston - General, CSA
Cpt. Philip Kearny - Major General
Maj. Edmund Kirby
Cpt. Robert E. Lee - General, CSA
Cpt. John B. Magruder - Major General, CSA
2nd Lt. George B. McClellan - Major General
Cpt. Justus McKinstry - Brigadier General
Maj. John Munroe - Lt. Colonel
1st Lt. John C. Pemberton - Lieutenant General, CSA
Brig. Gen. Franklin Pierce
Maj. William H. Polk
1st Lt. Fitz John Porter - Major General
Maj. Gen. John A. Quitman
2nd Lt. Jesse L. Reno - Major General
Cpt. Charles F. Smith - Major General
Col. Persifor F. Smith
2nd Lt. Gustavus W. Smith - Major General, CSA
2nd Lt. Charles Pomeroy Stone - Brigadier General
1st Lt. George Sykes - Major General
2nd Lt. Zealous B. Tower - Brigadier General
Brig. Gen. David E. Twiggs - Major General, CSA
Col. William J. Worth
Maj. Abraham Van Buren
In 1871 Club members agreed to accept other officers who had served in Mexico during the Mexican War as Veteran Members; including officers of the United States Navy. Veteran Members were veterans of the Mexican War but were not among the 160 original members who formed the society in 1847. As of 1895, 127 individuals had been admitted as Veteran Members – 49 of which were generals or admirals in United States or Confederate States service.
1st Lt. Christopher C. Augur - Major General
Midn. Oscar C. Badger - Commodore
2nd Lt. Simon B. Buckner - Lieutenant General, CSA
2nd Lt. John L. Broome - Lt. Colonel, USMC
2nd Lt. Henry B. Clitz - Lt. Colonel
Cpt. Silas Casey - Major General
2nd Lt. Darius N. Couch - Major General
Lt. Col. Thomas L. Crittenden - Major General
2nd Lt. Frederick T. Dent - Brigadier General
1st Lt. William H. Emory - Major General
2nd Lt. William B. Franklin - Major General
1st Lt. Samiel G. French - Major General, CSA
2nd Lt. James Barnet Fry - Brigadier General
2nd Lt. George W. Getty - Brigadier General
Midn. Bancroft Gherardi - Rear Admiral
2nd Lt. Winfield Scott Hancock - Major General
2nd Lt. Henry Heth - Major General, CSA
1st Lt. Henry J. Hunt - Brigadier General
Lt. Thornton A. Jenkins - Rear Admiral
Maj. William W. Loring - Major General, CSA
1st Lt. James Longstreet - Lieutenant General, CSA
Midn. Stephen Luce, Rear Admiral
2nd Lt. Charles G. McCawley - Colonel, USMC
2nd Lt. Joseph H. Potter - Brigadier General
Maj. Gen. John A. Quitman
Cpt. Henry Prince - Brigadier General
Midn. Alexander C. Rhind - Rear Admiral
2nd Lt. Gustavus De Russy - Brigadier General
1st Lt. William T. Sherman - General
2nd Lt. Egbert L. Viele - Brigadier General
2nd Lt. Thomas J. Wood - Major General
Only two individuals were chosen as an honorary members of the Aztec Club.
Chaplain John D. McCarty
Maj. Gen. Winfield Scott - Bvt. Lieutenant General
In 1883 provisions were also made to allow male relatives of officers who had died during the Mexican War, prior to the Club's founding, to become members. In 1887, membership was extended to the eldest son or nearest male relative of original and veteran members as hereditary members in order to keep the club alive after the deaths of the veterans. Later, this rule was extended to include direct and collateral male descendants of eligible officers.
Brig. Gen. Joshua H. Bates
Henry L. P. Beckwith
Maj. Charles J. Biddle
Radm. Norman J. Blackwood
Justice Milledge Lipscomb Bonham
Lt. Gen. James Carson Breckinridge (USMC)
Radm. Silas Casey, III
2nd Lt. Loyall Farragut
Alfred W. Gibbs
Maj. Gen. Frederick D. Grant
Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, III
Maj. Gen. Guy V. Henry
Mayor George B. McClellan, Jr.
Maj. Gen. David D. Porter (USMC)
John Stone Stone
Radm. Montgomery M. Taylor
Radm. Aaron Ward
Maj. Gen. William W. Wotherspoon
As the Mexican War was fought only 14 years prior to the American Civil War, many senior officers in both the Union and Confederate armies had been members of the Aztec Club. Of 287 members who joined the society by 1895, 121 were generals in the Union or Confederate armies.
Two presidents of the United States were members of the Aztec Club – Franklin Pierce and Ulysses S. Grant.
Another president who was a veteran of the Mexican War was President and Major General Zachary Taylor, who, although having served with great distinction during the war and despite some sources to the contrary, was not a member of the Aztec Club. He does not appear on the roll of the 160 original members of the society in The Constitution of the Aztec Club of 1847 and the List of Members, 1893. This is because the Club was formed by officers serving in Mexico City in 1847 and Taylor served in northeastern Mexico. The Aztec Club did not expand its membership beyond the original 160 members until 1871 – 21 years after Taylor's death.
John C. Breckinridge, who was Vice President of the United States from 1857 to 1861 and a candidate for president in 1860, who served with the Army of Occupation of Mexico City as the major of the 3rd Kentucky Infantry, did not join the Aztec Club before his death in 1875. He served as a Major General in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.
