Constituent Society

Members of the Society of the Cincinnati are elected to membership through one of fourteen constituent societies that together are the Society of the Cincinnati.

Membership is not based on the residence of the member, but rather on the eligibility of his ancestor; i.e., each member joins the constituent society that his ancestor would have been eligible to join.

The constituent societies were founded in the original thirteen states and in France after the close of the American Revolution by the officers of the Continental army and navy and their French counterparts. Today's members, who live throughout the globe, are descended from these and other eligible officers.

All members belong to one of the following fourteen constituent societies:

New Hampshire
Society of the Cincinnati in the State of New Hampshire

Massachusetts
Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati

Rhode Island
Society of the Cincinnati in the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantation

Connecticut
Society of the Cincinnati in the State of Connecticut

New York
New York State Society of the Cincinnati

New Jersey
Society of the Cincinnati in the State of New Jersey

Pennsylvania
The State Society of the Cincinnati of Pennsylvania

Delaware
Delaware State Society of the Cincinnati

Maryland
Society of the Cincinnati of Maryland

Virginia
Society of the Cincinnati of the State of Virginia

North Carolina
North Carolina Society of the Cincinnati

South Carolina
Society of the Cincinnati of the State of South Carolina

Georgia
Society of the Cincinnati in the State of Georgia

France
Société des Cincinnati de France