List of Skull and Bones members

Skull and Bones, a secret society at Yale University, was founded in 1832. Until 1971, the organization published annual membership rosters, which were kept at Yale's library. In this list of notable Bonesmen, the number in parentheses represents the cohort year of Skull and Bones, as well as their graduation year.

There are no official rosters published after 1982 and membership for later years is speculative. Some news organizations refer to them as a power elite.

Founding members (1832–1833 academic year)

• Frederick Ellsworth Mather (1833), Democratic member of the New York State Assembly (1854–1857) "This list is compiled from material from the Order of Skull and Bones membership books at Sterling Library, Yale University and other public records. The latest books available are the 1971 Living members and the 1973 Deceased Members books. The last year the members were published in the Yale Banner is 1969."
• Phineas Timothy Miller, (1833) American physician
• William Huntington Russell (1833), Connecticut State Legislator, Major General
• Alphonso Taft (1833), U.S. Attorney General (1876–1877), Secretary of War (1876), Ambassador to Austria-Hungary (1882) and Russia (1884–1885), father of William Howard Taft
• George Ingersoll Wood (1833), American clergyman<ref......
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