Notable Pierce-Arrow Owners – Pierce-Arrow Society

Billy Sullivan with his Pierce Arrow at Chicago White Sox Field - Comiskey Park (ca. 1932) — Billy Sullivan with his Pierce Arrow at Chicago White Sox Field – Comiskey Park (ca. 1932)

Pierce-Arrows were considered to be one of the finest motor cars built and their clientele were among the most influential and wealthiest people of the time. The names below were compiled from numerous sources, including The Blue Book of Pierce-Arrow, a 1930 factory publication.

Dan Aykroyd – Actor, Comedian – 1932 Model 52 Sedan
Hon. Charles Francis Adams – Secretary of the Navy, Washington, D.C.
Max Adler – Vice-President, Sears, Roebuck & Co., Chicago, Ill.
King Albert of Belgium
Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle – Silent Movie Comic Video Period Photo Current Photo
M.H. Aylesworth – President, National Broadcasting Co., New York City
Stephen Baker – President, Bank of Manhattan Co, New York City
W.S. Bartholomew – Vice-President – Westinghouse Air Brake Co., Pittsburgh, Pa
Edward S. Beck – Managing Editor, Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Ill.
Max F. Bishop – 2nd Baseman, Philadelphia Athletics Baseball Team
Hon. David H. Blair – Commissioner of United States Internal Revenue
P.D. Block – President, Inland Steel Co., Chicago, Ill.
Mabel T. Boardman – Secretary, American Red Cross, Washington, D.C.
Hon. Wollmar Filip Bostrom – Minister from Sweden, Washington, D.C.
Hon. William F. Broening, Mayor of Baltimore
Dr. Ernest A. Bryant – Fellow the the American College of Surgeons, Los Angeles, Cal.
Adolphus Busch – President, Anheuser-Busch Inc., St. Louis Mo.
E.H. Butler – Editor & Publisher, Buffalo “Evening News”, Buffalo, N.Y.
Hon. Pierce Butler – United States Supreme Court Justice
Hon. Johnson M. Camden – United States Senator from Kentucky
Hon. Guy E. Campbell – Congressman from Pennsylvania
Mrs. Andrew Carnegie – New York City
Aloysio Carvalho de Britto – Director of Banco do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro
Charlie Chaplin – Movie Comic
George Christian – Secretary to President Harding
Walter B. Cline – Chairman of the Board, Los Angeles Gas & Electric Corp.
Hon. William F. Colladay – National Republican Committeeman, Washington, D.C.
Hon. Myers Y. Cooper – Governor of Ohio
F.D. Corley – Vice-President, Marshall Field & Co., Chicago. Ill.
Hon. James Michael Curley – Mayor of Boston
Glenn Curtiss – Aviaton Pioneer
Hon. Fred Davenport – Congressman from New York
George W. Davison – President, Hanover Central Bank & Trust, New York City
Hon. S. Wallace Dempsey – United States Congressman, Lockport N.Y.
Richard Dix – Movie Star
George W. Childs Drexel – Banker & Philanthropist, Philadelphia Pa.
Hon. George R. Fearson – New York State Senator
Julius Fleischmann – Cincinnati, Ohio
Milton S. Florsheim – Head of Florsheim Shoe Co, Chicago, Ill.
Robert A. Franks – Vice-Chairman & Treasurer, Carnegie Corporation of N.Y.
King C. Gillette – President, Gillette Safety Razor Co., Hollywood, Cal.
Eugene G. Grace – President, Bethlehem Steel Co.
Baroness Roland de Graffenreid-Villars
Ulysses S. Grant IV – Descendent of President U.S. Grant, San Francisco, Cal.
Dr. W.D. Haggard – President, American Medical Association, Nashville, Tenn.
Charles Martin Hall – Co-founder of the Aluminum Company of America (ALCOA), Niagara Falls, NY
Roland H. Hartley – Governor of Washington
Frank H. Hiscock – N.Y Supreme Court Justice – Owned 1911 and 1914 Pierce-Arrow 48 hp cars
Emperor Hirohito of Japan
Hon. Harold G. Hoffman – United States Congressman from New Jersey
E.N. Hurley – Chairman, United States Shipping Board, Chicago, Ill.
Daniel C. Jackling – President, Utah Copper Co.
Hon. Wm. P. Jackson – United States Senator from Maryland
Alba B. Johnson – President, Pennsylvania Chamber of Commerce
Hon. F.B. Kellogg – Ambassador to Great Britain & United States Secretary of State
W. Freeland Kendrick – Mayor of Philadelphia
A. Atwater Kent – President, Atwater Kent Mfg. Co, Philadelphia, Pa. – Photo
Kenneth R. Kingsbury – President, Standard Oil Company of California
Brig.-Gen. J.A. Koster, San Fransciso, Cal.
Hon. William H. Langdon – Associate Justice, Supreme Court of California
Col. Luke Lea – United States Senator from Tennessee
Jay Leno – Comedian, Car Collector – 1918 Series 66 – Video
F.A. Leovy – Executive Vice-President, Gulf Oil Corporation
Charles J. Livingood – President, Cincinnati Art Museum
Breckenridge Long – Assistant Secretary of State
A. Lawrence Lowell, President, Harvard University
Harold Lloyd – Movie Star Owned a 1936 1602
Frederick MacDonald – President, New York State National Bank
Hon. Harry A. Mackey – Mayor of Philadelphia
George A. Martin – President, Sherwin-Williams Co., Cleveland, Ohio
Willie McFarlane – National Open Golf Champion – New York City
Hon. T.H.B. McKnight – Senator from Pennsylvania
John L. McMillan – President, McMillan Book Company
W.L. Mellon – Chairman, Gulf Refining Co., Pittsburgh, Pa.
F.A. Miller, Chairman of the Board, Dresser Mfg. Co., Chicago, Ill.
Patsy Ruth Miller – Actress – Had a Series 80 Runabout
Hon. William DeWitt. Mitchell – Attorney-General of the United States
Tom Mix – Famous Cowboy Movie Star
R.C. Norberg, – President & General Manager, Willard Storage Battery Co.
Wm. Cardinal O’Connell – Archbishop of Boston
Ransom E. Olds – Founder of Oldsmobile and REO automobile companies
Hon. Chauncey G. Parker – General Counsel, U.S. Shipping Board
Hubert T. Parson – President, F.W. Woolworth Co.
John Barton Payne – Chairman, American Red Cross, Washington, D.C.
Dr. Josiah H. Penniman – President & Provost, University of Pennsylvania
Francis Perkins – Secretary to President Franklin Roosevelt
C.W. Post – Post Cereals
Hon. Fred S. Purnell – Congressman from Indiania
George F. Rand – President, Marine Trust Co., Buffalo, N.Y.
Fritz Reiner, Conductor, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
John Ringling – Ringling Bros. Circus
Hon. Albert C. Ritchie, Governor of Maryland
J.D. Rockefeller, Philanthropist, New York City
Ginger Rogers – Movie Star (Photo)
Hon. James Rolph Jr., Governor of California
Babe Ruth – Baseball Legend
Monsignor James Ryan – Rector, The Catholic University of America – Washington, D.C.
Hon. F.M. Sackett, United States Ambassador to Germany
Earl C. Sams – President, J.C. Penney Co., New York City
King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia
The Shah of Persia (Photos)
Hon. C. Bascom Slemp, Congressman from Virginia and Secretary to President Calvin Coolidge
Matthew S. Sloan, President, New York Edison Co.
Hon. Gale H. Stalker, Congressman from New York
Hon. Ross S. Sterling, – Governor of Texas
Dr. Frederick A. Stock – Director, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Hon. Harlan Stone – Associate Justice of United States Supreme Court
Melville E. Stone – Founder Chicago Daily News and General Manager of the Associated Press from Chicago
Wm. Howard Taft – Former President of the United States
Gen. M.O. Terry – Surgeon General of U.S. Army
Alfred P. Thom – General Counsel for Associated Railways of United States
Hon. Elmer Thomas – Senator from Oklahoma
Spencer Tracy – Actor (Vehicle Photo)
Preston Tucker – Automobile Manufacturer
Hon. Joseph P. Tumulty – Secretary to President Woodrow Wilson.
Rt. Rev. William Turner – Bishop of Buffalo
Alexander Van Rensselar – Philadelphia, Pa.
Hon. Jan Herman Van Royan – Minister from Netherlands, Washington, D.C.
Hon. David I. Walsh – United States Senator from Massachusetts
Hon. James E. Watson, United States Senator from Indiana
White House Pierce-Arrows
Alice White – Actress (Had Series 80 Runabout)
Horace White – Governor of New York
Joseph E. Widener – Capitalist, Philadelphia, Pa.
Horace S. Wilkenson, Chairman of the Board, Crucible Steel Company, New York City
Helen Wills (Moody) (Roark)- Famous Tennis Champion
W.J. Blake Wilson, Director, Royal Bank of Canada, Director, Canadian Pacific Railway Co.
Sidney S. Wilson – Secretary & Treasurer, Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
Woodrow Wilson, Former President of the United States (Vehicle Photo)
Mrs. Sarah Winchester, Heiress to the Winchester Rifle fortune, San Jose, Calif.
Charles S. Woolworth, Chairman of the Board, F.W. Woolworth & Co., Scranton, Pa.
Mrs. F.W. Woolworth
Orville Wright – Aviation Pioneer