PAST GRAND COMMANDERS

YEAR	PAST GRAND COMMANDER	COMMANDERY
2023	Kevin B. Sample	St. Graal No. 12 and Poplar Bluff No. 67
2022	Michael C. Rohman	Prince of Peace No. 2
2021	Harry L. Tripp, Jr.*	DeSoto No. 56
2021	Dennis A. Abernathy - Honorary*	Liberty No. 6 and Oriental No. 35
2020	Charles E. Cooper	Ely No. 22
2019	Clark A. McLemore	Constantine No. 27
2018	Roger D. Fleer	Ascalon No. 16
2017	K. Trent Moreland	Ivanhoe No. 8
2016	Robert W. Schlichter	Liberty No. 6
2015	Larry T. Odom*	Godfrey de Bouillon No. 24
2014	Harold F. Coots	Prince of Peace No. 29
2013	James L. Woodfin, Jr.	DeSoto No. 56
2012	Richard L. Mansfield	Ely No. 22
2011	Daniel R. Quesenberry	Palestine No. 17
2010	Russell S. Hanson	St. Graal No. 12
2009	Ronnie E. Green	Ascalon No. 16
2008	James J. Hayes	DeSoto No. 56
2007	Frederick A. Troxel, Jr.	Palestine No. 17
2006	Marvin L. Frost*	Jasper No. 31
2006	Kevin B. Sample - Honorary	St. Graal No. 12, Poplar Bluff No. 67
2005	James E. Snavely*	DeSoto No. 56
2004	Nicholas F. Steinmetz*	Ascalon No. 16, Ivanhoe No. 8
2003	Thomas C. Yunick	Ely No. 22
2002	William S. Hall*	East Gate No. 70
2001	Robert L. Hudson*	Prince of Peace No. 29
2000	Rocky E. Weaver	Liberty No. 6
1999	Lionel J. Goede*	Ascalon No. 16
1998	James J. Gibbons*	St. John’s No. 20
1997	Harold J. Richardson*	DeSoto No. 56
1996	Danny L. Ferguson*	St. Omer No. 11
1995	Billy J. Boyer*	Ascalon No. 16
1995	E. Allen Kohler - Honorary	Tancred No. 25
1994	Donald L. Trabue*	Prince of Peace No. 29
1993	J. Edward Blinn*	St. John’s No. 20
1992	Ronald D. Tarr*	Ely No. 22
1991	James H. Pennington*	St. Louis No. 1, consolidated with Ascalon No. 16
1990	Jerry F. Ward*	Liberty No. 6
1989	Kenneth L. Buck*	Cape Girardeau No. 55
1988	Jacob C. Baird*	Mountain Grove No. 66
1987	Chester H. Hazen*	East Gate No. 70
1986	Oren J. Hardman*	St. Louis No. 1
1985	Donald L. Hiatte*	Prince of Peace No. 29
1984	Robert G. Bird*	St. John’s No. 20
1983	Robert D. Jenkins*	Westport No. 68
1982	Austin G. Felton*	Hugh de Payens No. 4
1981	Henry R. Stoker*	Ely No. 22
1980	William H. Sattler*	St. Louis No. 1
1979	Marvin L. Painter*	St. Graal No. 12
1978	Jewell B. Clark*	Cape Girardeau No. 55
1977	Walter F. Ruestman*	Ascension No. 39
1976	John W. Irons*	Liberty No. 6 (died before his Conclave)
1975	Blair C. Mayford*	St. Aldemar No. 18
1974	Pressley L. Crummy*	Ely No. 22
1973	Marion L. Dollison*	Ascalon No. 16
1972	Leslie R. Cox, Jr.*	Palestine No. 17
1971	Joseph W. Nickle*	Mountain Grove No. 66
1970	W. Bush Walden*	St. Graal 12
1969	Harlan C. Boehm*	St. John’s 20
1968	Lloyd E. Poore*	Emmanuel No. 7
1967	James H. Cockerham*	Ivanhoe No. 8
1966	William J. Tobler*	Westport No. 68
1965	Harold N. Painter*	Missouri No. 36
1964	William R. Robbins*	Godfrey de Bouillon No. 24
1963	Samuel L. Jewett*	Olivet No. 53
1962	Julius L. Johnson*	Kansas City No. 10
1961	Charles L. Hickman*	St. Aldemar No. 18
1960	John H. Rich*	Prince of Peace No. 29
1959	Merrill B. Williams*	Hugh de Payens No. 4
1958	Avery A. Drake*	Rolla No. 59
1957	Arthur A. Raymond*	Kansas City No. 10
1956	Adolph H. Roeper*	Ascalon No. 16
1955	Lowell H. Scott*	St. John’s No. 20 (died before his Conclave)
1954	Walter J. Eddlemon*	Olivet No. 53
1953	Calvin M. Keller*	Tancred No. 25
1952	Frederick J. Marston*	Olivet No. 53
1951	James M. Sellers*	DeMolay No. 3
1950	Roy A. Dickie*	St. Louis No. 1
1949	Arthur R. Sullard*	East Gate No. 70
1948	Robert W. Hedrick*	St. Omer No. 11
1947	Ray Bond*	Ascension No. 39
1946	James M. DeWitt*	Ely No. 22
1945	James F. Park*	West Plains No. 48 – served two terms due to WWII
1944	James F. Park*	West Plains No. 48
1943	Earle B. Potter*	Kansas City No. 10
1942	Louis F. Heger*	Ascalon No. 16
1941	Morris E. Ewing*	St. Elmo No. 43
1940	Thomas P. Bedford*	Temple No. 38
1939	John W. Calhoun*	St. Aldemar No. 18
1938	Leo H. Johnson*	Neosho No. 57
1937	James A. Kinder*	Cape Girardeau No. 55
1936	R. Burns Strader*	Kansas City No. 10
1935	Bernard C. Hunt*	St. Graal No. 12
1934	Alex S. Rankin*	Oriental No. 35
1933	Theodore J. Evers*	Ivanhoe No. 8
1932	William C. Gordon*	Missouri No. 36
1931	Albert Linxwiler*	O’Sullivan No. 15
1930	Taylor B. Wyrick*	St. Louis No. 1
1929	Frank H. DeCou*	Kansas City No. 10
1928	Walter L. Eshelman*	Hugh de Payens No. 4
1927	George C. Marquis*	De Molay No. 3
1926	Curtis J. Neal*	Cape Girardeau No. 55
1925	Thomas H. Reynolds*	Oriental No. 35
1924	William S. Campbell*	Ascalon No. 16
1923	Arthur C. Daily*	St. John’s No. 20
1922	William Y. Bean*	Bayard No. 26
1921	Arthur T. Nelson*	Lebanon No. 33
1920	G. Doodson Wright*	Oriental No. 35
1919	Herman Mauch*	Ascalon No. 16
1918	Herbert A. Hatfield*	Tancred No. 25
1917	William K. Davis*	West Plains No. 48
1916	Charles F. Blomberg*	St. Louis No. 1
1915	Ernest Fowkes*	Excalibar No. 5
1914	Isaac H. Hettinger*	Mt. Olivet No. 12
1913	William H. Glancy*	St. Aldemar No. 18
1912	Millard F. Faulkner*	Rolla No. 59
1911	Bert S. Lee*	St. John’s No. 20
1910	William F. Kuhn*	Oriental No. 35
1909	Arthur M. Hough*	Prince of Peace No. 29
1908	William Harvey*	Oriental No. 35
1907	Gib. W. Carson*	St. Aldemar No. 18
1906	Campbell Wells*	Belt No. 9
1905	William H. Huters*	Cape Girardeau No. 55
1904	William A. Hall*	St. John’s No. 20
1903	Emanuel F. Hartzell*	Hugh de Payens No. 4
1902	John F. Eaton*	Oriental No. 35
1901	Horace G. Clark*	St. Omer No. 11
1900	Reuben Barney*	Paschal No. 32
1899	John Greenough*	Ascalon No. 16
1898	Morris Frederick Bell*	Calvary No. 28
1897	John Gillies*	Ascension No. 39
1896	Ira V. McMillan*	Maryville No. 40
1895	Leslie Orear*	Missouri No. 36
1894	Thomas R. Morrow*	Oriental No. 35
1893	Charles S. Glaspell*	Godfrey de Bouillon No. 24
1892	David W. Wallace*	Palestine No. 17
1891	Noah M. Givan*	Bayard No. 26
1890	‡ Walter J. Hilton*	Excalibar No. 5
1889	Robert McCulloch*	St. Aldemar No. 18
1888	Allan McDowell*	Prince of Peace No. 29
1887	Eli H. Mix*	Tancred No. 25
1886	Joseph S. Browne*	Hugh de Payens No. 4
1885	George F. Rogers*	Kadosh No. 21
1884	John A. Sloan*	Ivanhoe No. 8
1883	Flavius J. Tygard*	Gouley No. 30
1882	‡ William J. Terrell*	Bayard No. 26
1881	William G. Hall*	Hugh de Payens No. 4
1880	Sol. E. Waggoner*	Emanuel No. 7
1879	No Grand Commander Listed	No Conclave possibly because of Yellow Fever
1878	Carroll J. Atkins*	Cyrene No. 13
1877	John R. Parson*	St. Aldemar No. 18
1876	!!Fred B. Young*	St. Graal No. 12
1875	‡ John C. Bloomfield*	St. Louis No. 1
1874	‡ Sam A. Gilbert*	Weston No. 2
1873	‡ John Ure*	Excalibar No. 5
1872	‡ Oren Root, Jr.*	St. Graal No. 12
1871	Francis M. Tufts*	Belt No. 9
1870	John D. Vincil*	Emanuel No. 7
1869	James F. Aglar*	St. Louis No. 1
1868	James F. Aglar*	St. Louis No. 1
1867	George Frank Gouley*	St. Louis No. 1
1866	George Frank Gouley*	St. Louis No. 1
1865	Thomas M. Wannall*	St. Louis No. 1
1864	George W. Belt*	Weston No. 2
1863	George W. Belt*	Weston No. 2
1862	No Grand Commander Listed	No Conclave due to the Civil War
1861	George W. Belt*	Weston No. 2
1860	George W. Belt*	Weston No. 2