Members Directory, 1812-Present
The membership includes scholars, educators, publishers, collectors, cultural administrators, civic leaders, journalists, writers, and filmmakers, as well as lay persons with an interest in the field of American history.
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| Name | Life Dates | Location | Election date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Aaron* | 1912-2016 | Cambridge, MA | April 1973 |
| Benjamin Abbot | 1762-1849 | Exeter, NH | July 1815 |
| John Lovejoy Abbot | 1783-1814 | Boston, MA | June 1813 |
| Quincy Sewall Abbot | 1932-2023 | West Hartford, CT | April 2004 |
| William Wright Abbot III | 1922-2009 | Charlottesville, VA | April 1985 |
| Millicent Demmin Abell | Del Mar, CA | October 1986 | |
| Lawrence Jay Abramoff | Worcester, MA | October 1998 | |
| Robert Comey Achorn | 1922-2015 | Sutton, MA | October 1982 |
| Arthur Adams | 1881-1960 | Hartford, CT | April 1946 |
| Charles Francis Adams | 1835-1915 | Quincy, MA | October 1891 |
| Charles Kendall Adams | 1835-1902 | Ithaca, NY | October 1887 |
| Ebenezer Adams | 1765-1841 | Hanover, NH | October 1813 |
| Eleanor Snow Adams | West Boylston, MA | October 1987 | |
| Frederick Baldwin Adams Jr. | 1910-2001 | New York, NY | October 1949 |
| George Burton Adams | 1851-1925 | New Haven, CT | April 1899 |
| Henry Adams | 1838-1918 | Washington, DC | October 1884 |
| Herbert Baxter Adams | 1850-1901 | Baltimore, MD | April 1881 |
| James Truslow Adams | 1878-1949 | Bridgehampton, NY | April 1922 |
| John Adams | 1875-1964 | Milton, MA | October 1950 |
| John Adams | 1735-1826 | Quincy, MA | December 1813 |
| John Quincy Adams | 1767-1848 | Quincy, MA | October 1839 |
| John Weston Adams | Dover, MA | April 1997 | |
| Nathaniel Adams | 1756-1829 | Portsmouth, NH | June 1814 |
| Randolph Greenfield Adams | 1892-1951 | Ann Arbor, MI | October 1924 |
| Samuel Hopkins Adams | 1871-1958 | Auburn, NY | October 1946 |
| Seth Adams | 1767-1853 | Zanesville, OH | April 1818 |
| Thomas Randolph Adams | 1921-2008 | Providence, RI | April 1959 |
| William Howard Adams | 1926-2023 | Shenandoah Junction, WV | October 1964 |
| Thomas Boylston Adams * | 1910-1997 | South Lincoln, MA | April 1957 |
| Joseph M. Adelman | Framingham, MA | October 2019 | |
| Gretchen S. Adkins | New York, NY | November 2020 | |
| John Adler | 1927-2024 | Sarasota, FL | October 1995 |
| Ruth Elizabeth Adomeit | 1896-1996 | Cleveland, OH | October 1983 |
| Sydney Eckman Ahlstrom | 1919-1984 | New Haven, CT | October 1979 |
| Alfred Lawrence Aiken | 1870-1946 | Worcester, MA | October 1918 |
| John Adams Aiken | 1850-1927 | Greenfield, MA | October 1920 |
| Ebenezer Alden | 1788-1881 | Randolph, MA | October 1865 |
| John Eliot Alden | 1914-1991 | Philadelphia, PA | April 1947 |
| Roger Alden | 1754-1836 | Meadville, PA | July 1815 |
| Timothy Alden | 1771-1839 | Elizabeth Town, NJ | June 1813 |
| Peleg Emory Aldrich | 1813-1895 | Worcester, MA | October 1865 |
| Jesse Alemán | Albuquerque, NM | April 2012 | |
| Anastasio Alfaro | 1865-1951 | San Jose, CA | April 1919 |
| Nicole Aljoe | Boston, MA | April 2015 | |
| Benjamin Allen | 1771-1836 | Albany, NY | October 1816 |
| Carolyn Alderman Allen | 1924-2017 | Southern Pines, NC | October 1999 |
| Charles Allen | 1797-1869 | Worcester, MA | October 1827 |
| Danielle Allen | Cambridge, MA | October 2016 | |
| Gardner Weld Allen | 1856-1944 | Boston, MA | April 1923 |
| Joseph Allen | 1790-1873 | Northborough, MA | July 1826 |
| Sue Allen | 1918-2011 | New Haven, CT | April 1985 |
| Susan Macall Allen | Claremont, CA | October 2015 | |
| William Allen | 1784-1868 | Pittsfield, MA | June 1814 |
| William Francis Allen | 1830-1889 | Madison, WI | April 1888 |
| Catherine A. Allgor | Marblehead, MA | October 2002 | |
| Frederick Scouller Allis Jr. | 1913-1993 | Harwich, MA | April 1985 |
| Samuel Gummere Allis | Jamaica Plain, MA | April 2007 | |
| Robert J. Allison | Boston, MA | April 2017 | |
| Clarence Walworth Alvord | 1868-1928 | Urbana, IL | April 1912 |
| Juan Bautista Ambrosetti | 1865-1917 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | April 1910 |
| Ellis Ames | 1809-1884 | Canton, MA | April 1854 |
| Hermann Vandenburg Ames | 1865-1935 | Philadelphia, PA | October 1909 |
| Holmes Ammidown | 1801-1883 | Southbridge, MA | October 1879 |
| Hugh Amory | 1930-2001 | Brookline, MA | October 1994 |
| Thomas Coffin Amory | 1812-1889 | Boston, MA | April 1858 |
| Roald Amundsen | 1872-1928 | Christiana, Norway | October 1906 |
| Elgio Ancona | 1836-1893 | Merida, Mexico | April 1880 |
| Elmer Lee Andersen * | 1909-2004 | Arden Hills, MN | October 1976 |
| Freddie Wayne Anderson | Boulder, CO | April 2004 | |
| Jennifer L. Anderson | Huntington, NY | November 2020 | |
| John B. Anderson | Worcester, MA | April 1995 | |
| Joseph Anderson | 1836-1916 | Waterbury, CT | April 1885 |
| Martin Brewer Anderson | 1815-1890 | Rochester, NY | April 1864 |
| Robert Anderson | 1750-1830 | Edinburgh, United Kingdom | October 1816 |
| Thomas Richard Anderson | 1911-1989 | Minneapolis, MN | April 1982 |
| Virginia DeJohn Anderson | Boulder, CO | October 2015 | |
| Walter Herman Anderson | White Plains, NY | October 1989 | |
| Carol Damon Andrews | New Braintree, MA | April 2006 | |
| Charles McLean Andrews | 1863-1943 | Baltimore, MD | October 1907 |
| David Lynnwood Andrews | 1930-2016 | Alpine, NJ | April 1995 |
| Ebenezer Turell Andrews | 1766-1851 | Boston, MA | October 1812 |
| Elisha Benjamin Andrews | 1844-1917 | Providence, RI | April 1893 |
| John Andrews | 1768-1849 | Pittsburgh, PA | October 1822 |
| Joseph Lyon Andrews | Arlington, MA | October 2015 | |
| Josiah Bishop Andrews | 1775-1853 | New York, NY | January 1815 |
| William Leake Andrews | Chapel Hill, NC | April 2001 | |
| David Philip Angel | Westerly, RI | April 2012 | |
| James Burrill Angell | 1829-1916 | Ann Arbor, MI | October 1890 |
| Joyce Oldham Appleby | 1929-2016 | Taos, NM | April 1982 |
| Jesse Appleton | 1772-1819 | Brunswick, ME | September 1813 |
| Nathan Appleton | 1779-1861 | Boston, MA | October 1854 |
| William Sumner Appleton | 1874-1947 | Boston, MA | October 1924 |
| Mortimer Herbert Appley * | 1921-2012 | Cambridge, MA | April 1977 |
| Anna Arabindan-Kesson | Princeton, NJ | April 2023 | |
| Nick Aretakis | Guilford, CT | April 2019 | |
| George Argyropoulos | Athens, Greece | May 1839 | |
| D. Noelani Arista | Honolulu, HI | November 2020 | |
| David Richard Armitage | Cambridge, MA | October 2007 | |
| Rodney Armstrong | 1923-2021 | Boston, MA | October 1962 |
| Karl John Richard Arndt | 1903-1991 | Worcester, MA | October 1962 |
| Charles B. Arning | Lunenburg, MA | October 2004 | |
| Morris Sheppard Arnold | Little Rock, AR | October 1998 | |
| Samuel Greene Arnold | 1778-1826 | Providence, RI | July 1815 |
| Stephen Anthony Aron | Santa Monica, CA | October 2011 | |
| James Ernest Arsenault | Arrowsic, ME | October 2014 | |
| Jean Willoughby Ashton | New York, NY | April 2008 | |
| Renée Ater | Providence, RI | April 2022 | |
| Charles Humphrey Atherton | 1773-1853 | Amherst, NH | July 1815 |
| Lawrence Rush Atkinson | Washington, DC | November 2020 | |
| Caleb Atwater | 1778-1867 | Circleville, OH | April 1818 |
| Jeremiah Atwater | 1773-1858 | Carlisle, PA | July 1815 |
| Wallace Walter Atwood | 1872-1949 | Worcester, MA | October 1924 |
| Thomas Augst | New York, NY | October 2011 | |
| Edward M. Augustus Jr. | Franklin, MA | October 2015 | |
| Gillian Elise Avery | 1926-2016 | Oxford, United Kingdom | April 1988 |
| James Lewis Axtell | 1941-2023 | Williamsburg, VA | April 2007 |
| Edward Everett Ayer | 1841-1927 | Chicago, IL | October 1909 |
| James Bourne Ayer | 1849-1910 | Boston, MA | October 1908 |
| Nathaniel Farwell Ayer | 1879-1948 | Boston, MA | October 1942 |
| Edward L. Ayers | Charlottesville, VA | October 1998 | |
| Louis Henri Aymé | 1855-1912 | Merida, Mexico | April 1882 |
| James Tinkham Babb | 1899-1968 | New Haven, CT | October 1946 |
| Homer Daniels Babbidge Jr. | 1925-1984 | Hartford, CT | April 1979 |
| Robert Stephen Bachelder | North Oxford, MA | April 2013 | |
| Elizabeth Bacon | Sutton, MA | April 2024 | |
| Mardges Elizabeth Bacon | Cambridge, MA | October 2011 | |
| Peter Child Bacon | 1804-1886 | Worcester, MA | October 1860 |
| Mia L. Bagneris | New Orleans, LA | April 2023 | |
| Hamilton Vaughan Bail | 1892-1997 | North Hartland, VT | April 1939 |
| John Bailey | 1786-1835 | Canton, MA | October 1816 |
| Bernard Bailyn | 1922-2020 | Belmont, MA | October 1960 |
| Donald Knight Bain | Denver, CO | October 1998 | |
| Lorne Bair | Winchester, VA | April 2024 | |
| Jessie doe Baird | Mashpee, MA | October 2011 | |
| Spencer Fullerton Baird | 1823-1887 | Washington, DC | April 1880 |
| Jean Harvey Baker | Baltimore, MD | October 1989 | |
| Nicholson Baker | Veazie, ME | October 2000 | |
| Robert Francis Baker | Prescott, AZ | October 1991 | |
| Earl Elmer Bakken | 1924-2018 | Kailua-Kona, HI | April 1984 |
| Thomas Willing Balch | 1866-1927 | Philadelphia, PA | April 1911 |
| Christopher Columbus Baldwin | 1800-1835 | Worcester, MA | October 1827 |
| John Denison Baldwin | 1809-1883 | Worcester, MA | October 1869 |
| Loammi Baldwin | 1780-1838 | Cambridge, MA | June 1814 |
| Simeon Eben Baldwin | 1840-1927 | New Haven, CT | October 1893 |
| Edward Rowley Ball | Hamden, CT | April 2015 | |
| Elisabeth Ball | 1897-1982 | Muncie, IN | October 1962 |
| Erica L. Ball | Los Angeles, CA | October 2024 | |
| John Emerson Ballinger | 1941-2010 | Williamsburg, VA | October 2006 |
| Manuel Vincente Ballivian | 1848-1921 | La Paz, Bolivia | April 1910 |
| Aaron Bancroft | 1755-1839 | Worcester, MA | October 1812 |
| George Bancroft | 1800-1891 | Boston, MA | October 1838 |
| Hubert Howe Bancroft | 1832-1918 | San Francisco, CA | April 1875 |
| John Chandler Bancroft | 1789-1821 | Worcester, MA | October 1816 |
| Adolph Francis Bandelier | 1840-1914 | Highland, IL | April 1881 |
| Edward Dillingham Bangs | 1790-1838 | Worcester, MA | January 1819 |
| Edward Bangs | 1756-1818 | Worcester, MA | October 1812 |
| Charles Edward Banks | 1854-1931 | Martha's Vineyard, MA | April 1927 |
| William Nathaniel Banks | 1924-2019 | Temple, NH | October 1978 |
| James Banner Jr. | Washington, DC | October 1981 | |
| Thomas Barbour | 1884-1946 | Boston, MA | October 1935 |
| Horatio Bardwell | 1788-1866 | Oxford, MA | April 1862 |
| J.P. Barger * | Winchester, MA | October 1989 | |
| Frederick Palgrave Barlee | 1827-1884 | , Belize | October 1878 |
| Charles Beach Barlow | 1926-2016 | New Milford, CT | April 1985 |
| William Pusey Barlow Jr. | 1934-2021 | Oakland, CA | April 1985 |
| Georgia Brady Barnhill | Amherst, MA | October 1990 | |
| Frederick U. Baron | South Deerfield, MA | April 2022 | |
| Robert C. Baron | Denver, CO | April 1989 | |
| Clifton Waller Barrett | 1901-1991 | New York, NY | April 1953 |
| William Barry | 1805-1885 | Chicago, IL | April 1859 |
| Alexander Curran Bartholomew | Worcester, MA | November 2020 | |
| Bailey Bartlett | 1750-1830 | Haverhill, MA | January 1819 |
| John Russell Bartlett | 1805-1886 | Providence, RI | April 1856 |
| Josiah Bartlett | 1759-1820 | Charlestown, MA | October 1813 |
| Levi Bartlett | 1763-1828 | Concord, NH | July 1815 |
| Benjamin Smith Barton | 1766-1815 | Philadelphia, PA | June 1814 |
| Edmund Mills Barton | 1838-1918 | Worcester, MA | October 1878 |
| George Sumner Barton | 1881-1964 | Worcester, MA | October 1925 |
| Ira Moore Barton | 1796-1867 | Worcester, MA | May 1841 |
| Melissa Barton | New Haven, CT | April 2024 | |
| William Sumner Barton | 1824-1899 | Worcester, MA | April 1854 |
| William Barton | 1754-1817 | Lancaster, PA | June 1814 |
| Nicholas A. Basbanes | North Grafton, MA | October 1995 | |
| Françoise Y. Basch | 1930-2023 | Paris, France | April 1996 |
| Ben Bascom | Muncie, IN | April 2024 | |
| James G. Basker | New York, NY | April 2001 | |
| Hosea Thomas Baskin | Northampton, MA | April 2021 | |
| Leonard Baskin | 1922-2000 | Leeds, MA | October 1989 |
| Lisa Unger Baskin | Leeds, MA | October 1989 | |
| John Earl Bassett | Auburn Hills, MI | April 2001 | |
| John Spencer Bassett | 1867-1928 | Northampton, MA | April 1911 |
| Lynne Z. Bassett | Palmer, MA | April 2010 | |
| John William Bassick | Paxton, MA | April 2018 | |
| Harvey Bassler | 1883-1950 | New York, NY | October 1932 |
| Albert Carlos Bates | 1865-1954 | Hartford, CT | October 1910 |
| Patricia Meyer Battin * | 1929-2019 | Washington, DC | October 1982 |
| Frederick Edward Bauer Jr. | 1922-2008 | Laconia, NH | April 1972 |
| Ralph Robert Bauer | Silver Spring, MD | April 2008 | |
| Susan S. Baughman | Largo, FL | October 1995 | |
| Kabria Baumgartner | Newburyport, MA | April 2021 | |
| James Phinney Baxter III | 1831-1921 | Portland, ME | April 1887 |
| James Phinney Baxter | 1893-1975 | Cambridge, MA | April 1933 |
| Mia Elisabeth Bay | Philadelphia, PA | October 2010 | |
| James Asheton Bayard | 1767-1815 | Wilmington, DE | July 1815 |
| Thomas Francis Bayard | 1828-1898 | Wilimington, DE | April 1897 |
| William Baylis | 1776-1865 | Bridgewater, MA | June 1814 |
| Nina Baym | 1936-2018 | Urbana, IL | April 1992 |
| Ross W. Beales Jr. | Reading, MA | April 1982 | |
| Philip Charles Beals | 1919-2008 | Southborough, MA | October 1966 |
| Whitney Austin Beals | 1946-2023 | Southborough, MA | April 2010 |
| James Franklin Beard Jr. | 1919-1989 | Worcester, MA | October 1962 |
| Steven Douglas Beare | Wilmington, DE | October 2007 | |
| Kenneth Karl Bechtel * | 1904-1978 | Kentfield, CA | April 1972 |
| Theodric Romeyn Beck | 1791-1855 | New York, NY | January 1815 |
| Carl Lotus Becker | 1873-1945 | Ithaca, NY | October 1932 |
| Sven Sven Beckert | Cambridge, MA | April 2019 | |
| John Beddoe | 1826-1911 | Bristol, United Kingdom | April 1887 |
| Silvio A. Bedini | 1917-2007 | Washington, DC | October 1972 |
| Richard Roy Beeman | 1942-2016 | Philadelphia, PA | April 2005 |
| William Beer | 1849-1927 | New Orleans, LA | April 1908 |
| Terry Belanger | Charlottesville, VA | October 1994 | |
| Henry Wyckoff Belknap | 1860-1946 | Salem, MA | October 1922 |
| Alexander Graham Bell | 1847-1922 | Washington, DC | April 1899 |
| Charles Henry Bell | 1823-1893 | Exeter, NH | October 1868 |
| J. L. Bell | Newton, MA | April 2011 | |
| James Brugler Bell | New Haven, CT | April 1980 | |
| John James Bell | 1827-1893 | Exeter, NH | April 1879 |
| Walter Douglas Bell | 1921-1993 | Groton, MA | October 1974 |
| Whitfield Jenks Bell Jr. | 1914-2009 | Carlisle, PA | April 1961 |
| Wendy A. Bellion | Newark, DE | April 2011 | |
| John Bellows | 1831-1902 | Gloucester, United Kingdom | October 1892 |
| Frank Brewer Bemis | 1861-1935 | Beverly Farms, MA | April 1925 |
| Samuel Flagg Bemis | 1891-1973 | Washington, DC | October 1932 |
| Thomas Bender | New York, NY | April 2006 | |
| George Grenville Benedict | 1826-1907 | Montpelier, VT | April 1899 |
| Joseph Targonski Benedict | 1912-1995 | West Boylston, MA | April 1977 |
| Peter Benes | 1934-2021 | Concord, MA | October 2006 |
| Justo Benitez | 1833-1900 | Mexico City, Mexico | April 1884 |
| Michael Damien Benjamin | 1951-2020 | Bala Cynwyd, PA | October 1999 |
| Richard Dyke Benjamin | New York, NY | October 1984 | |
| William Evarts Benjamin | 1859-1940 | New York, NY | October 1927 |
| Bruce Shaw Bennett | Boynton Beach, FL | October 1989 | |
| Egbert Benson | 1746-1833 | New York, NY | December 1813 |
| Lee Benson* | 1922-2012 | Swarthmore, PA | October 1975 |
| William Bentinck-Smith | 1914-1993 | Groton, MA | April 1976 |
| William Bentley | 1759-1819 | Salem, MA | February 1813 |
| Thomas Hart Benton | 1782-1858 | St. Louis, MO | January 1855 |
| Sacvan Bercovitch | 1933-2014 | Cambridge, MA | April 1976 |
| B. Cheryl Beredo | New Haven, CT | April 2023 | |
| Carl Hermann Berendt | 1917-1878 | Merida, Mexico | October 1876 |