The Metropolitan Club of the City of Washington is a private club in

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In September 1983, ''

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'' called it "Washington's oldest and most exclusive club".

History

19th century

On October 1, 1863, six U.S. Treasury Department officials met to discuss the creation of a social and literary club in

The Metropolitan Club officially organized twelve days later, with 43 members. The first year, dues were $50. On June 25, 1883, the club acquired a lot on the corner of H Street and 17th Streets for $10. Later In 1883, the club moved into the first purpose-built structure for a club in Washington, D.C. Designed by the architects W. Bruce Gray and Harvey L. Page, the

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-style, four-story building was destroyed in a fire in 1904. From 1905 to 1908, the Metropolitan Club met in various rental properties. The club's current home, designed by the architectural firm of

Heins & LaFarge Heins & LaFarge was a New York City–based architectural firm founded by Philadelphia-born architect George Lewis Heins (1860–1907) and Christopher Grant LaFarge (1862–1938), the eldest son of the artist John La Farge. They were the architec ...

of New York City, was built from 1904 to 1908. The brick and limestone

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-styble building was rebuilt on the 1700 H Street NW lot, two blocks from the

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. In 1925, a two-story annex designed by

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of Donn and Deming was added. Inside the five-story building, there is a lobby, coat room, card room, a library with 15,000 books, a grill room, a lounge, a dining room, sleeping quarters, and a barbershop. There is also a steam room, an exercise room, and two squash courts. Another room serves as a museum, honoring the governors. Other spaces are for offices, the kitchen, and the wine cellar. In 1898,

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plotted much of the

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at the club.

20th century

During the

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regularly met ''

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'' journalist

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at the club. To ensure confidentiality of such meetings, the club prohibits the use of cell phones or note taking at the tables. The Metropolitan Club building was listed on the

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since 1964 and it was listed on the

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in 1995.

21st century

In April 2021, the club opened a new open-air rooftop venue, an $11 million project. The space is used for live music, private functions, and smoking cigars.

Reciprocal clubs

The Metropolitan Club has reciprocal agreements with the following: *

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(London) *

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(London) * Cercle Royal du Parc (Brussels) * Círculo de Armas (Buenos Aires) * Circolo della Caccia (Rome) *

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(Paris) * Jockey Club für Österreich (Vienna) *

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(New York) * Nuevo Club (Madrid) *

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(Boston) * Union Club (New York)

Membership

Members are essentially scions of the East Coast American aristocracy, mainly the

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, the

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, the

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, and the Knickerbocker families of New York. For the first century of its existence, the club was closed to non-white people as members. Thirty club members quit in protest in 1961, including Attorney General

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. The club started accepting black members in 1972; the first black member it admitted was Bishop John T. Walker. The club also did not allow women to join until 1988. In 1983, there was a five-year waiting list for membership.

Notable members

Dean Acheson Dean Gooderham Acheson ( ; April 11, 1893October 12, 1971) was an American politician and lawyer. As the 51st United States Secretary of State, U.S. Secretary of State, he set the foreign policy of the Harry S. Truman administration from 1949 to ...

, 51st

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* Robert J. Atkinson, politician *

George Bancroft George Bancroft (October 3, 1800 – January 17, 1891) was an American historian, statesman and Democratic Party (United States), Democratic politician who was prominent in promoting secondary education both in his home state of Massachusetts ...

, historian and 17th

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Edward Fitzgerald Beale Edward Fitzgerald Beale (February 4, 1822 – April 22, 1893) was an American naval officer, frontiersman, rancher and diplomat. He fought in the Mexican–American War, emerging as a hero of the Battle of San Pasqual in 1846. He achieved n ...

, ambassador, explorer, and surveyor *

Francis Biddle Francis Beverley Biddle (May 9, 1886 – October 4, 1968) was an American lawyer and judge who was the United States Attorney General during World War II. He also served as the primary American judge during Nuremberg trials following World War I ...

, attorney general and

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judge *

Montgomery Blair Montgomery Blair (May 10, 1813 – July 27, 1883) was an American politician and lawyer from Maryland. He served in the Lincoln administration cabinet as Postmaster-General from 1861 to 1864, during the Civil War. He was the son of Francis Pr ...

, politician, lawyer, and U.S. Postmaster General *

Rupert Blue Rupert Lee Blue (May 30, 1868 – April 12, 1948) was an American physician and soldier. He was the fourth Surgeon General of the United States from 1912 to 1920. He served as president of the American Medical Association in 1916–17. Biog ...

, fourth

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* Phillip Bonsal, U.S. ambassador to Cuba *

Stephen Bonsal Stephen Bonsal (March 29, 1865 – June 8, 1951) was an American journalist, war correspondent, author, diplomat, and translator, who won the 1945 Pulitzer Prize for History. Early life and education Bonsal was born in Baltimore, Maryland, in ...

, journalist and diplomat *

Arnaud de Borchgrave Arnaud Charles Paul Marie Philippe de Borchgrave (26 October 1926 – 15 February 2015) was a Belgian–American journalist who specialized in international politics. Following a long career with the news magazine ''Newsweek'', covering 17 wars ...

, journalist * David K.E. Bruce, diplomat * Edward Burling, attorney *

John Lee Carroll John Lee Carroll (September 30, 1830 – February 27, 1911), a member of the United States Democratic Party, was the 37th Governor of Maryland from 1876 to 1880. Early life and education Carroll was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on September 3 ...

, governor of Maryland *

Salmon P. Chase Salmon Portland Chase (January 13, 1808May 7, 1873) was an American politician and jurist who served as the sixth chief justice of the United States from 1864 to his death in 1873. Chase served as the 23rd governor of Ohio from 1856 to 1860, r ...

, treasury secretary and chief justice *

Lucius Eugene Chittenden Lucius Eugene Chittenden (May 24, 1824 – July 22, 1900) was an American author, banker, lawyer, politician and peace advocate who served as Register of the Treasury during the Abraham Lincoln, Lincoln administration. Early life Chittenden was ...

, register of the treasury *

Spencer M. Clark Spencer M. Clark (June 3, 1811 – December 10, 1890) was the first Superintendent of the National Currency Bureau, today known as the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, from 1862 to 1868. Public service Spencer Morton Clark was born in Ve ...

, superintendent of the National Currency Bureau * William T. Coleman, transportation secretary *

William Wilson Corcoran William Wilson Corcoran (December 27, 1798 – February 24, 1888) was an American banker, philanthropist, and art collector. He founded the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. Early life and education Corcoran was born on December 27, ...

, banker and art collector * Viscomte Henri de Sibour, architect *

George Dewey George Dewey (December 26, 1837January 16, 1917) was Admiral of the Navy, the only person in United States history to have attained that rank. He is best known for his victory at the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish–American War, wi ...

, admiral of the Navy * T. Coleman du Pont, U.S. Senator *

Allen Dulles Allen Welsh Dulles ( ; April 7, 1893 – January 29, 1969) was an American lawyer who was the first civilian director of central intelligence (DCI), and its longest serving director. As head of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) during the ea ...

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director *

William Crowninshield Endicott William Crowninshield Endicott (November 19, 1826 – May 6, 1900) was an American politician and Secretary of War in the first administration of President Grover Cleveland (1885–1889). Early life Endicott was born in Salem, Massachusetts ...

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* Rowland Evans, journalist * James V. Forrestal, defense secretary * B. B. French, politician * Hugh S. Gibson, diplomat * George H. Goodrich, judge *

James Lorimer Graham Jr. James Lorimer "Lorrie" Graham Jr. (January 21, 1835 – April 30, 1876) was the American Consul in Florence. Early life James Lorimer "Lorrie" Graham Jr. was born in New York City on January 21, 1835, the son of Gen. Nathan Burr Graham. He was the ...

, attorney *

Katharine Graham Katharine Meyer Graham (June 16, 1917 – July 17, 2001) was an American newspaper publisher. She led her family's newspaper, ''The Washington Post'', from 1963 to 1991. Graham presided over the paper as it reported on the Watergate scandal, wh ...

, publisher *

Ulysses S. Grant Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant; April 27, 1822July 23, 1885) was the 18th president of the United States, serving from 1869 to 1877. In 1865, as Commanding General of the United States Army, commanding general, Grant led the Uni ...

, 18th

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and Union Army general *

Cary T. Grayson Cary Travers Grayson (October 11, 1878 – February 15, 1938) was a surgeon in the United States Navy who served a variety of roles from personal aide to President of the United States, President Woodrow Wilson to chairman of the American Red Cros ...

, physician *

Joseph C. Grew Joseph Clark Grew (May 27, 1880 – May 25, 1965) was an American career diplomat and Foreign Service officer. He is best known as the ambassador to Japan from 1932 to 1941 and as a high official in the State Department in Washington from 1944 to ...

, ambassador *

Warren G. Harding Warren Gamaliel Harding (November 2, 1865 – August 2, 1923) was the 29th president of the United States, serving from 1921 until his death in 1923. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, he was one of the most ...

, president *

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, secretary of state * James L. Holloway III, admiral *

Herbert Hoover Herbert Clark Hoover (August 10, 1874 – October 20, 1964) was the 31st president of the United States, serving from 1929 to 1933. A wealthy mining engineer before his presidency, Hoover led the wartime Commission for Relief in Belgium and ...

, president * Hallett Johnson, ambassador *

Reverdy Johnson Reverdy Johnson (May 21, 1796February 10, 1876) was an American politician, statesman, and jurist from Annapolis, Maryland. He gained fame as a defense attorney, defending notables such as Sandford of the Dred Scott case, Maj. Gen. Fitz John Por ...

, politician *

William Hemphill Jones William Hemphill Jones (October 26, 1811 – April 30, 1880) was an American politician in Delaware. Jones, eldest son of Morgan and Mary (Hemphill) Jones, was born in Wilmington, Delaware, Wilmington, Del., October 26, 1811. Jones graduated ...

, politician * Edward Jordan, solicitor of the treasury *

John F. Kennedy John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), also known as JFK, was the 35th president of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963. He was the first Roman Catholic and youngest person elected p ...

, president *

Jerome H. Kidder Jerome Henry Kidder (October 26, 1842 in Baltimore, Maryland - April 8, 1889 in Woods Hole, Massachusetts) was a surgeon and astronomer. Early education Kidder graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Harvard University in 1862 with a B.A. and a M.A. in 1875. ...

, surgeon and astronomer *

, diplomat and statesman * Philander Chase Knox, secretary of state * Ward H. Lamon, marshal of Washington *

William Henry Fitzhugh Lee William Henry Fitzhugh Lee (May 31, 1837 – October 15, 1891), known as Rooney Lee (often spelled "Roony" among friends and family) or W. H. F. Lee, was the second son of General Robert E. Lee and Mary Anna Custis. He was a planter, a Confe ...

, congressman * Joseph J. Lewis, IRS commissioner *

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, ambassador and secretary of war *

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, journalist *

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, statesman *

Nicholas Longworth Nicholas Longworth III (November 5, 1869 – April 9, 1931) was an American lawyer and politician who became Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. A Republican, he was elected to the Ohio Senate, where he initiated the success ...

III, speaker of the House *

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, director of Voice of America and president of the Corp. for Public Broadcasting *

Arthur MacArthur Jr. Arthur MacArthur Jr. (June 2, 1845 – September 5, 1912) was a lieutenant general of the United States Army. He became the military Governor-General of the American-occupied Philippines in 1900; his term ended a year later due to clashes wi ...

, general *

Alfred Thayer Mahan Alfred Thayer Mahan (; September 27, 1840 – December 1, 1914) was a United States Navy officer and historian whom John Keegan called "the most important American strategist of the nineteenth century." His 1890 book '' The Influence of Sea Pow ...

, historian and naval theorist *

George C. Marshall George Catlett Marshall Jr. (31 December 1880 – 16 October 1959) was an American army officer and statesman. He rose through the United States Army to become Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army under presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. ...

, secretary of state *

John J. McCloy John Jay McCloy (March 31, 1895 – March 11, 1989) was an American lawyer, diplomat, banker, and high-ranking bureaucrat. He served as United States Assistant Secretary of War, Assistant Secretary of War during World War II under Henry L. Stims ...

, chairman of the World Bank *

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, defense secretary, president of the

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Andrew Mellon Andrew William Mellon (; March 24, 1855 – August 26, 1937), known also as A. W. Mellon, was an American banker, businessman, industrialist, philanthropist, art collector, and politician. The son of Mellon family patriarch Thomas Mellon ...

, Treasury Secretary and philanthropist *

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, horse breeder and philanthropist *

Livingston T. Merchant Livingston Tallmadge Merchant (November 23, 1903 – May 15, 1976) was a United States official and diplomat. He twice served as United States ambassador to Canada and was Under Secretary for Political Affairs from 1959 to 1961. Early life ...

, ambassador *

Nelson Appleton Miles Nelson Appleton Miles (August 8, 1839 – May 15, 1925) was a United States Army officer who served in the American Civil War (1861–1865), the later American Indian Wars (1840–1890), and the Spanish–American War, (1898). From 1895 to 1903 ...

, general *

J. P. Morgan John Pierpont Morgan Sr. (April 17, 1837 – March 31, 1913) was an American financier and investment banker who dominated corporate finance on Wall Street throughout the Gilded Age and Progressive Era. As the head of the banking firm that ...

, financier *

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, treasury secretary * Francis G. Newlands, senator * Kichisaburo Nomura, Japanese ambassador * Edwin B. Parker (1868–1929), head, priorities division, War Industries Board *

John J. Pershing General of the Armies John Joseph Pershing (September 13, 1860 – July 15, 1948), nicknamed "Black Jack", was an American army general, educator, and founder of the Pershing Rifles. He served as the commander of the American Expeditionary For ...

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, rear admiral *

David Dixon Porter David Dixon Porter (June 8, 1813 – February 13, 1891) was a United States Navy admiral (United States), admiral and a member of one of the most distinguished families in the history of the U.S. Navy. Promoted as the second U.S. Navy officer ...

, admiral * James "Scotty" Reston, journalist *

George Washington Riggs George Washington Riggs (July 4, 1813 – August 24, 1881) was an American businessman and banker. He was known as "The President's Banker." He was a trustee of the Corcoran Gallery of Art and the Peabody Education Fund. Early life Riggs wa ...

, banker *

Franklin D. Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882April 12, 1945), also known as FDR, was the 32nd president of the United States, serving from 1933 until his death in 1945. He is the longest-serving U.S. president, and the only one to have served ...

, president *

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, secretary of state * John McAllister Schofield, secretary of war * Alexander Shepherd, governor of Washington, D.C. *

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, senator *

William Tecumseh Sherman William Tecumseh Sherman ( ; February 8, 1820February 14, 1891) was an American soldier, businessman, educator, and author. He served as a General officer, general in the Union Army during the American Civil War (1861–1865), earning recognit ...

, general *

John G. Stephenson John Gould Stephenson (March 1, 1828 – November 11, 1883) was an American physician and soldier who served as Librarian of Congress from 1861 to 1864. Born in Lancaster, New Hampshire, to a prominent merchant family, he attended the Dartmouth ...

, librarian of Congress *

William Howard Taft William Howard Taft (September 15, 1857March 8, 1930) served as the 27th president of the United States from 1909 to 1913 and the tenth chief justice of the United States from 1921 to 1930. He is the only person to have held both offices. ...

, president and chief justice *

Richard Wallach Richard Wallach (April 3, 1816 – March 4, 1881) was an American politician who served as the nineteenth and first Republican Mayor of Washington, D.C. History Wallach was born in Alexandria, Virginia in 1816, when it was still part of the D ...

, mayor of Washington, D.C. * John T. Walker, bishop * James M. Wayne, supreme court justice *

George Washington Vanderbilt II George Washington Vanderbilt II (November 14, 1862 – March 6, 1914) was an American art collector and member of the prominent Vanderbilt family, which amassed a huge fortune through steamboats, railroads, and various business enterprises. He ...

, art collector * James W. Wadsworth, senator * William B. Webb, politician, chief of police in Washington D.C. *

George Peabody Wetmore George Peabody Wetmore (August 2, 1846September 11, 1921) was an American politician who was the 37th Governor of Rhode Island, Governor of Rhode Island. He later served as a United States Senator for the same state. Early life George Peabody ...

, governor of Rhode Island * Henry White, ambassador, and one of the signers of the

Treaty of Versailles The Treaty of Versailles was a peace treaty signed on 28 June 1919. As the most important treaty of World War I, it ended the state of war between Germany and most of the Allies of World War I, Allied Powers. It was signed in the Palace ...

John Lorimer Worden John Lorimer Worden (March 12, 1818 – October 19, 1897) was a U.S. Navy officer in the American Civil War, who took part in the Battle of Hampton Roads, the first-ever engagement between ironclad steamships at Hampton Roads, Virginia, on 9 Ma ...

, rear admiral

References

External links

Official website"Writings of Walter Lippmann", broadcast from the Metropolitan Club
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