ORGANIZATION

Invitation-only social club for Washington journalists, founded in 1885. Hosts an annual dinner attended by the President of the United States.

Founding Date:
1885

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Clifford K. Berryman	Cartoonist	2-Apr-1869	11-Dec-1949	Political cartoonist
Tom Brazaitis	Columnist	8-Aug-1940	30-Mar-2005	Cleveland Plain Dealer columnist
David Broder	Journalist	11-Sep-1929	9-Mar-2011	Washington Post reporter
Jack Germond	Columnist	30-Jan-1928	14-Aug-2013	Fat Man in a Middle Seat
Georgie Anne Geyer	Journalist	2-Apr-1935		Foreign correspondent turned columnist
Al Hunt	Journalist	1-Jan-1942		Wall Street Journal editor
Carl Leubsdorf	Journalist	17-Mar-1938		Dallas Morning News
Robert Novak	Columnist	26-Feb-1931	18-Aug-2009	Conservative ideologue, outed Valerie Plame
Susan Page	Journalist	12-Feb-1951		USA Today Washington bureau chief
Tim Russert	Talk Show Host	7-May-1950	13-Jun-2008	Meet the Press
William Safire	Columnist	17-Dec-1929	27-Sep-2009	NYT columnist, language maven
Mark Shields	Columnist	25-May-1937		Shields and Brooks
John Philip Sousa	Composer	6-Nov-1854	6-Mar-1932	Stars and Stripes Forever
Jerald F. ter Horst	Government	11-Jul-1922	31-Mar-2010	Gerald Ford's short-term press secretary
Helen Thomas	Journalist	4-Aug-1920	20-Jul-2013	White House reporter from 1961 - 2010

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