Talk:Winfield Scott Hancock

Was he a Freemason? Interesting. Meagher always accused him of nativism and of allowing it to prejudice him against the Irish Brigade. Being as Masonry was 1. popular among the Founders and 2. an enemy of the Catholic Church, it had nativist associations. Of course, so did the Anti-Masons; Fillmore ran his first campaign on their line and his last on the Know-Nothing line. Turtle Fan 01:47, September 28, 2009 (UTC)