the brotherhood, between the years of 1768 and 1841, claims membership of 15 supreme court justices (seven of which chief justices), 6 united states governors, 13 senators, 45 congressional representatives, 14 presidents of colleges and universities, two united states attorney generals, and a united states vice president. in its catalogue, the brotherhood also asserts: "every president of the united states, with the exception of two, has had in his cabinet one of our members, and the governor's chair of our own state has been filled for twenty years with brothers in unity." 26 yale valedictorians after the position's 1798 founding are attributed to the society.