Past Grand High Priests

YEAR	GRAND HIGH PRIEST	CHAPTER
2024	Russell S. Hanson - Honorary	Columbia No. 17
2024	John S. Lambros - Honorary*	Independence No. 12
2023	Mark A. Bean	Columbia No. 17
2022	Kyle R. Palacios	Keystone No. 146
2021	Kyle R. Palacios	Keystone No. 146
2021	Dan G. Daniel - Honorary*	Bethany No. 80
2020	David L. Leirer	Wilson No. 75, Keystone No. 146
2019	David L. Leirer	Wilson No. 75, Keystone No. 146
2018	Jerry L. Miles	Shelbina No. 99
2017	Ronald L. Barrett*	Liberty No. 3
2016	John W. Siscel III	Keystone No. 146
2015	Loren D. Lloyd	Caldwell No. 53, Putnam No. 123
2014	Roy N. Thomas	Wyoming No. 43
2013	Roy L. Gilkey	Rolla No. 32, Lebanon No. 64
2012	John E. Schofield	Liberty No. 3
2012	Claude M. Eckert - Honorary	Mitchell No. 14
2011	Steven C. Monrotus	Uel No. 129
2010	C. C. McLemore III*	Greenfield No. 38, Meridian Sun No. 61, Vincil No. 110
2009	George L. Duncan*	Liberty No. 3
2008	Robert E. Hardester*	Uel No. 129, Keystone No. 146
2007	Kenneth D. Dingman Jr.*	Lebanon No. 64
2006	William B. Stephenson Jr.*	St. Charles Missouri No. 1, Oriental-Rabboni No. 78, Rabboni No. 131
2005	Harley L. Kropf*	Shelbina No. 99
2005	Kevin B. Sample - Honorary	Columbia No. 17, Poplar Bluff No. 114
2005	Donald L. Trabue - Honorary*	Jefferson City No. 34, Solomon No. 130
2004	Walter W. Doyle*	Springfield No. 15, Greenfield No. 38, Vincil No. 110
2003	Delbert R. Gentry*	Cope Stone No. 33, Wilson No. 75, Uel No. 129
2002	Roy A. Welshon Sr.	Cope Stone No. 33, Uel No. 129
2001	Roy R. Clements*	Lamar No. 101
2000	Ralph S. Cantrell Jr.	Independence No. 12
1999	Josè R. Palacios*	Keystone No. 146
1998	Robert W. Schlichter	Liberty No. 3, Macon No. 22, Shelbina No. 99
1997	Calvin D. Schroff*	Triune No. 93
1996	Ralph P. Bunnell*	Weston No, 4, Mitchell No. 14, Orient No. 102
1995	William E. Brenneman*	Lebanon No. 64
1994	Harry O. Maenner*	Jeremiah No. 48
1993	Clarence L. Alumbaugh*	Independence No. 12
1992	Larry L. Muir*	Caldwell No. 53
1991	Earl Wayne Orr*	Shelbina No. 99
1990	Frank P. Wilfley Jr.*	Mexico No. 27
1989	Ervin A. Drewing*	Oriental No. 78
1988	Foster S. Crawford*	Independence No. 12, Mt. Washington No. 142
1987	Richard D. Carroll	Greenfield No. 38, Vincil No. 110
1986	James E. Anderson*	Keystone No. 146
1985	James M. William*	Mitchell No. 14
1984	Virgil L. Bailey*	Liberty No. 3
1983	David A. Watson*	Tyrian No. 52
1982	James H. Miller*	Oriental 78, Keystone 146
1981	Gene M. Zinn	Bethany No. 80
1980	P. Vincent Kindead*	Uel No. 129
1979	Darrell W. Cross*	Grandview No. 145
1978	Thomas E. Blankenship*	Springfield No. 15
1977	Paul F. Sitze*	Wilson No. 75
1976	E. Allen Kohler	Moberly No. 79
1975	B. Lowman Graddy*	Lexington No. 10
1974	Edward McMurry*	Rabboni No. 131
1973	Lewis C. Wes Cook*	Weston No. 4
1972	Olin S. McDaniel*	Uel No. 129
1971	Charles A. Bottermuller	Jefferson City No. 34
1970	Delno J. Spellman*	Vincil No. 110
1969	W. Alva Bagley*	Shelbina No. 99
1968	A. Eldon Hoover*	Lone Star No. 30
1967	Edward E. Nixon*	Gallatin No. 11
1966	John W. Alverson*	Rabboni No. 131
1965	Bert W. Casselman*	Kansas City No. 28
1964	Howard F. Kizer*	Mexico No. 27
1963	Leonard V. Bowers*	Springfield No. 15
1962	A. B. Vanlandingham*	Boonville No. 60
1961	William R. Denslow*	Trenton No. 66 (son of Ray V. Denslow)
1960	Merritt S. Gwinn*	Fayette No. 94, Jefferson City No. 34, Charleston No. 19, Kingsway No. 144
1959	James P. Hall*	Lexington No. 10
1958	Irvin J. Freiberger*	Wellston No. 132
1957	D. Thomas Moffit*	Orient No. 102
1956	William R. Howell*	Shelbina No. 99
1955	Roscoe A. Miller*	Kahoka No. 126
1954	Marvin E. Boisseau*	Cabany No. 140
1953	Elvin K. Luff*	Independence No. 12
1952	Virgil B. Saville*	Kansas City No. 28, Jefferson City No. 34
1951	Russell L. Wilcox*	Springfield No. 15
1950	James P. Hull*	Tabernack No. 54
1949	Harold M. Jaynes*	Eastern Star No. 29
1948	Artemus H. Harwell*	Poplar Bluff No. 114
1947	Robert O. Whitaker*	Westport No. 134
1946	Sherman A. Smith*	Joplin No. 91
1945	Jolly P. Hurtt*	Sedalia No. 18 (served two years due to WWII)
1944	Jolly P. Hurtt*	Sedalia No. 18
1943	Henry C. Chiles*	Lexington No. 10
1942	Oliver F. Cuddy*	Missouri No. 1
1941	Don Chapman*	Lone Star No. 30
1940	Walter J. Bublitz*	Kansas City No. 28
1939	Carter W. Atkins*	Columbia No. 17
1938	Robert L. Barger*	Midian No. 71
1937	George C. Marquis*	Lexington No. 10
1936	Frank P. Briggs*	Trenton No. 66
1935	Guy C. Million*	Boonville No. 60
1934	Willis J. Bray*	Caldwell No. 53
1933	Thomas A. Harbaugh*	Webb City No. 119
1932	Harold L. Reader*	Kilwinning No. 50, Rabboni No. 131
1931	Leroi Beck*	Mitchell No. 14
1930	Fred O. Wood*	Orient No. 102
1929	Edward F. Von Gunden*	St. Louis No. 8
1928	Bion L. Waldron*	Hannibal No. 7
1927	James A. Kinder*	Wilson No. 75
1926	Edward W. Taylor*	Marceline 118
1925	Orson H. Swearingen*	Kansas City No. 28
1924	Willis A. McCullah*	Marionville 97
1923	John Pickard*	Columbia No. 17
1922	Edmund E. Morris*	Orient No. 102
1921	Bert S. Lee*	Vincil No. 110
1920	Herb W. Powers*	Missouri No. 1
1919	Ray V. Denslow*	Trenton No. 66
1918	Thomas F. Hurd*	Monroe No. 16
1917	Albert E. Diamant*	Helm No. 117
1916	George T. Burnham*	Milan No. 103
1915	Olaf A. Lucas*	Kansas City No. 28
1914	Martin T. Balsley*	Joplin No. 91
1913	William F. Johnson*	Boonville No. 60
1912	Louis E. Vogelsang*	Bellefontaine No. 25
1911	Austin L. McRae*	Rolla No. 32
1910	F. H. Trimble*	Liberty No. 3
1909	Van F. Boor*	Orient No. 102
1908	Alfred H. White*	St. Louis No. 8
1907	David M. Wilson*	Milan No. 103
1906	Tandy A. Dunn*	Bethany No. 80
1905	Nathan J. Swetland*	Lone Star No. 30
1904	Lewis F. McCoy*	Independence No. 12
1903	R. E. Bainbridge*	Kansas City No. 28
1902	John T. Ruffin*	Clinton No. 73
1901	Thurston B. Duncan*	Mexico No. 27
1900	Arthur M. Hough*	Jefferson City No. 34
1899	H. L. Bosworth*	Springfield No. 15
1898	Charles S. Glaspell*	Trenton No. 66
1897	William F. Kuhn*	Orient No. 102
1896	I. M. Abraham*	Signet No. 68
1895	Alvin Haynie*	Clinton No. 73
1894	Corona H. Briggs*	Springfield No. 15
1893	Allan McDowell*	Springfield No. 15
1892	John R. Parson*	Bellefontaine No. 25
1891	Ira V. McMillan*	Owens No. 96
1890	James B. Austin*	St. Louis No. 8
1889	James P. Wood*	Ralls No. 55
1888	William B. Wilson*	Wilson No. 75
1887	Reuben Barney*	Lone Star No. 30
1886	Robert F. Stevenson*	Jefferson City No. 34
1885	Lee A. Hall*	St. Louis No. 8
1884	Charles C. Woods*	Boonville No. 60
1883	Alex M. Dockery*	Gallatin No. 11
1882	Erwin Ellis*	Lebanon No. 64
1881	Samuel H. Owens*	California No. 58
1880	James E. Cadle*	Lone Star No. 30
1878	Noah M. Givan*	Signet No. 68
1877	William R. Stubblefield*	Kilwinning No. 50
1876	Joseph S. Browne*	St. Joseph No. 14
1875	Charles F. Leavitt*	Springfield No. 15
1874	Rufus E. Anderson*	Palmyra No. 2
1873	Xenophon Ryland*	Lexington No. 10
1872	James E. Carter*	Jefferson City No. 34
1871	Joseph M. Fox*	Sedalia No. 18
1870	Joseph M. Fox*	Sedalia No. 18
1869	John F. Houston*	Cyrus No. 36
1868	‡ Oren Root Jr.*	Columbia No. 17
1867	Martin Collins*	St. Louis No. 8
1866	Samuel Russell*	St. Joseph No. 14
1865	Thomas E. Garrett*	Missouri No. 1
1864	A. H. Lampton*	St. Louis No. 8
1863	James N. Burnes*	Weston No. 4
1862	James Carr*	Monroe No. 16
1861	William R. Penick*	St. Joseph No. 14
1860	John W. Crane*	St. Louis No. 8
1859	Marcus Boyd*	Springfield No. 15
1858	Marcus Boyd*	Springfield No. 15
1857	D. DeHaven*	Boonville No. 5
1856	J. W. Chenoweth*	Springfield No. 15
1855	Thomas S. Miller*	Hannibal No. 7
1854	P. H. McBride*	Columbia No. 17
1853	Thornton Grimsley*	Missouri No. 1
1852	John F. Ryland*	Lexington No. 10
1851	George H. C. Melody*	Weston No. 4
1850	John D. Daggett*	Missouri No. 1
1849	John D. Daggett*	Missouri No. 1
1848	Thomas H. Capers*	St. Louis No. 8
1847	James W. S. Mitchell*	Fayette No. 6
1846	James W. S. Mitchell*	Fayette No. 6