Grand Lodges'
Age Requirements for Candidates
MLC - Masonic Leadership Center (sponsored
by the Philalethes Society)
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website about
The information in this chart was prepared by Paul M.
Bessel, Executive Secretary of the Masonic Leadership Center at the George Washington
Masonic National Memorial. If anyone wants to send me email, especially if any of the
information on this chart is not correct or if you know of additional information that
should be included,
please send me email by clicking on my name Paul M.
Bessel.
U.S.
Grand Lodges
| # |
Grand Lodge |
Min. Age for Candidates |
| 1 |
Alabama |
|
|
21 |
| 2 |
Alaska |
|
|
21 |
| 3 |
Arizona |
18 |
|
|
| 4 |
Arkansas |
|
|
21 |
| 5 |
California |
|
|
21 |
| 6 |
Colorado |
18 |
|
|
| 7 |
Connecticut |
|
|
21 |
| 8 |
Delaware |
|
|
21 |
| 9 |
District
of Columbia |
18 |
|
|
| 10 |
Florida |
|
|
21 |
| 11 |
Georgia |
|
|
21 |
| 12 |
Hawaii |
|
|
21 |
| 13 |
Idaho |
18 |
|
|
| 14 |
Illinois |
18 |
|
|
| 15 |
Indiana |
18 |
|
|
| 16 |
Iowa |
18 |
|
|
| 17 |
Kansas |
18 |
|
|
| 18 |
Kentucky |
|
|
21 |
| 19 |
Louisiana |
|
|
21 |
| 20 |
Maine |
|
|
21 |
| 21 |
Maryland |
|
|
21 |
| 22 |
Massachusetts |
|
|
21 |
| 23 |
Michigan |
|
|
21 |
| 24 |
Minnesota |
18 |
|
|
| 25 |
Mississippi |
|
|
21 |
| 26 |
Missouri |
18 |
|
|
| 27 |
Montana |
|
19 |
|
| 28 |
Nebraska |
18 |
|
|
| 29 |
Nevada |
|
|
21 |
| 30 |
New Hampshire |
|
|
21 |
| 31 |
New Jersey |
|
|
21 |
| 32 |
New
Mexico |
|
19 |
|
| 33 |
New York |
|
|
21 |
| 34 |
North Carolina |
|
|
21 |
| 35 |
North Dakota |
don't know yet |
| 36 |
Ohio |
|
19 |
|
| 37 |
Oklahoma |
|
19 |
|
| 38 |
Oregon |
18 |
|
|
| 39 |
Pennsylvania |
18 |
|
|
| 40 |
Rhode Island |
|
|
21 |
| 41 |
South Carolina |
|
|
21 |
| 42 |
South
Dakota |
|
19 |
|
| 43 |
Tennessee |
|
|
21 |
| 44 |
Texas |
|
|
21 |
| 45 |
Utah |
18 |
|
|
| 46 |
Vermont |
18 |
|
|
| 47 |
Virginia
|
18 |
|
|
| 48 |
Washington
|
18 |
|
|
| 49 |
West Virginia |
|
|
21 |
| 50 |
Wisconsin |
|
19 |
|
| 51 |
Wyoming
|
18 |
|
|
| Summary |
18 |
6 |
26 |
Non-U.S.
Grand Lodges
| Grand
Lodge |
Min. Age
for Candidates |
Ontario |
21 |
| Grand Lodge of France (GLF) |
21 |
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