Made with Xara Web Designer Albert Pike (December 29, 1809–April 2, 1891) was an attorney, soldier, writer, and Freemason. He is the only Confederate military officer or figure to be honored with an outdoor statue in Washington, D.C. (in Judiciary Square). He was extremely active in Freemasonry, being elected Sovereign Grand Commander of the Scottish Rite's Southern Jurisdiction in 1859. He remained Sovereign Grand Commander for the remainder of his life (a total of thirty-two years), devoting a large amount of his time to developing the rituals of the order. Notably, he published Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry in 1871, of which there were several subsequent editions. Brother Pike died in Washington, D.C., aged 81, and was buried at Oak Hill Cemetery (against his wishes—he had left instructions for his body to be cremated). In 1944 his remains were moved to the House of the Temple in Washington, headquarters of the Southern Jurisdiction of the Scottish Rite.