Three men laid claim to being the world's smallest Mason: Charles Stratton (1838-1883) at 40" and 70 pounds, St. John's Lodge 3, Bridgeport, CT; Vance Swift (1916-1946) at 26" and 34 pounds, Pythagoras Lodge 355, New Albany, IN; and Reuben Steere (1838-1904) at 44" and 43 pounds, Friendship Lodge 7, Chepachet, RI. The distinction seems to go to Brother Swift, who also claimed to be the world's smallest man. Stratton, raised in 1862, was the shortest Mason of his time and by far the most famous of the three, better known by another name, "Tom Thumb."
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