Indeed, of all the islands in the Chesapeake, Jefferson, as it exists under its present occupants, is by far the the nation's finest example of pastoral simplicity and quiet. It is perhaps the only accessible spot within a few hours of the national capital where a careworn statesman, yearning for the placid life, can find it in an atmosphere of privacy…

- New York Sun, July 25, 1939

The Jefferson Islands Club was founded in 1931 on Poplar Island in the Chesapeake Bay by several Democratic Senators as a refuge from their hectic political lives.

Objectives:

To support, defend, and advance the fundamental principles of government enunciated by Thomas Jefferson.

To provide a Club House with suitable surroundings and comforts where members may assemble, discuss and promote Jeffersonian philosophies, to the end they may become controlling in Federal and State Governments.

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