Order of Sparta

The Order of Sparta was an American fraternal and relief (life insurance) order, formed at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in around 1880. It was organised into local chapters known as Senates, presided over by elected officers &mdash; High Priest, King, Regent, Captain of the Guard, Recording Secretary, Financial Secretary, Treasurer, Page, Herald, Warder, Ephor, Hurtle, and Medical Examiner &mdash; which, in turn, were under the executive jurisdiction of the Great Senate.