Congressional Golf Club began in 1921 as the result of efforts by Congressmen Oscar E. Bland. The Club has a rich history of U.S. Presidents being members or visiting the Club. Presidents Coolidge, Taft, Hoover, Wilson and Harding were lifetime members of the Club. President Eisenhower and his Cabinet regularly retreated to the Club's greens. In recent times, Presidents George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and Barack Obama have visited the Club.