The Alfalfa Club, founded in 1913, is an exclusive social organization, based in Washington, D.C., United States. The Club's only function is to hold an annual banquet in honor of the birthday of Confederate general Robert E. Lee.

  • , member in 2009
  • , member in 2026

Vice Presidents

Vice Presidents of the United States who have been Alfalfa Club members include:

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  • – secretary from 2013 to 2017, senator for Massachusetts from 1985 to 2013

Secretaries of Defense

United States Secretaries of Defense who have been Alfalfa Club members include:

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  • Neil H. McElroy
  • James R. Schlesinger
  • Donald Rumsfeld
  • Robert Gates
  • Jim Mattis (current vice president of the club)

Secretaries of Commerce

United States Secretaries of Commerce who have been Alfalfa Club members include:

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  • Robert Mosbacher – secretary from 1989 to 1992
  • Gina Raimondo – secretary from 2021 to 2025, Governor of Rhode Island from 2015 to 2021

Secretaries of Health and Human Services

United States Secretaries of Health and Human Services who have been Alfalfa Club members include:

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  • Donna Shalala Bechtel CEO
  • Jeff Bezos, Amazon founder
  • Warren Buffett, Lockheed CEO
  • Walter Isaacson, Aspen Institute CEO, author
  • Jay L. Johnson, former Navy CNO and General Dynamics CEO
  • William B. Harrison Jr., JPMorgan Chase CEO
  • Bill Marriott,