PAST GRAND MASTERS

Past Grand Masters

YEAR	PAST GRAND MASTER	COUNCIL
2025	Matthew D. Ruth	Neosho No. 46
2024	Russell S. Hanson - Honorary	Centralia No. 34
2023	Dr. Paul L. Daniels	Carthage No. 41, Nevada No. 65
2022	Michael S. Smith	Hiram No. 1, York No. 40
2021	Donald MacCormick	Kansas City No. 45, Independence No. 49
2021	Christopher E. Tilley - Honorary*	Hiram No. 1, York No. 40
2020	Wayne B. Fryer	Rolla No. 39
2019	Wayne B. Fryer	Rolla No. 39
2018	Aaron M. Shoemaker	Independence No. 49, East Gate No. 51
2018	Kevin E. Weaver - Honorary*	Jeremiah No. 48
2017	Joseph P. Elsen	Centralia No. 34, Shelbina No. 59
2016	Todd A. Schulze	Hiram No. 1, Jeremiah No. 48
2015	William G. Snyder	Kansas City No. 45, Independence No. 49
2014	Terry R. Struse	Centralia No. 34, York No. 40
2013	David C. Witte	Kansas City No. 45, Independence No. 49
2012	William C. Woolsey	Rolla No. 39
2011	George M. Merkle	Hiram No. 1
2010	James G. Haddox	Hiram No. 1, Rolla No. 39, Jeremiah No. 48
2009	Danny D. Smothers	Kansas City No. 45, Liberty No. 50
2008	Edgar F. Coonrod* (died in office 5/3/2008)	York No. 40
2007	Robert L. Wright*	Jeremiah No. 48
2006	Albert H. Miller*	Hiram No. 1, York No. 40, Bonne Terre No. 43
2005	Robert H. Bray*	Centralia No. 34
2005	Kevin B. Sample - Honorary	Poplar Bluff No. 27, Centralia No. 34
2005	Donald L. Trabue - Honorary*	Ezra No. 32, Bonne Terre No. 43
2004	Stanton T. Brown*	Independence No. 49
2003	Gary A. Phillips	Jasper No. 30, Bert S. Lee No. 58
2002	Richard J. Holmes*	Hiram No. 1, York No. 40
2001	LeRoy D. Unruh*	Hiram No. 1, Bonne Terre No. 43
2000	William J. Bowser*	St. Joseph No. 9
1999	Teddie E. Harrison*	Shekinah No. 24, Independence No. 49
1998	E. Allen Kohler - Honorary	Centralia No. 34
1998	Bob L. Detherow	Zabud No. 25
1997	Frederick H. Neal*	Cape No. 40, El Camino No. 52
1996	Clarence W. Wieland*	Rolla No. 39
1995	C. Richard Carter*	St. Joseph No. 9, Kirksville No. 44
1994	Paul K. Kawakami*	Westport No. 38
1993	Lawrence R. Albright, II*	Neosho No. 46
1992	John V. Crampton*	Cape No. 20
1991	James A. Cockerham*	Hiram No. 1
1990	William R. Probst*	Zabud No. 25
1989	Frank W. Hazelrigg, Jr.*	Centralia No. 34
1988	Alvin E. Gerstenschlager*	Bonne Terre No. 43
1987	Jack R. Clark, Sr.*	Westport No. 38
1986	Blair C. Mayford*	Hiram No. 1
1985	Billie L. Bird*	St. Joseph No. 9
1984	William Gordon Buckner*	Sedalia No. 42
1983	Donald C. Treece*	Kirksville No. 44
1982	Ronald R. Bielby*	Josephus No. 36, Harmony No. 35
1981	Robert N. Hunter*	Ezra No. 32
1980	George R. Johnson*	Liberty No. 50
1979	Ernest J. Thacker*	Jeremiah No. 48
1978	Everette L. Gloyd*	Zabud No. 25
1977	Dudley C. Barnes*	Jasper No. 30
1976	James E. Sullivan*	Independence No. 49
1975	Franklin J. Anderson*	Chariton No. 42 (Iowa), Trenton No. 42
1974	Frank A. Arnold*	Centralia No. 34
1973	Clyde M. McCrea*	Poplar Bluff No. 27
1972	Logan E. Wing, Jr.*	St. Joseph No. 9
1971	Everett E. Phillips*	Zabud No. 25
1970	Richard H. Kerr*	Jasper No. 30
1969	Frank K. Roy, Jr.*	Shekinah No. 24
1968	Alfred W. Griffith*	Centralia No. 34
1967	Harold L. Lowe*	York No. 40
1966	G. Fred Kling*	Josephus No. 36
1965	Clovis E. Collier*	Shekinah No. 24
1964	Dewey A. Routh*	Columbia No. 3 (Washington DC), Rolla No. 39
1963	Hiram U. Ford*	Ezra No. 32
1962	William H. Utz, Jr.*	St. Joseph No. 9
1961	Allen C. Sodemann*	Hiram No. 1
1960	Olin S. McDaniel*	Bonne Terre No. 43
1959	R. Marvin Cowden*	Zabud No. 25
1958	Walter H. Baird*	Jasper No. 30, Centralia No. 34
1957	Walter J. Bublitz*	Shekinah No. 24, Kansas City No. 45
1956	Richard P. Dorris*	Ezra No. 32
1955	Edward E. Wilson*	St. Joseph No. 9
1954	Francis J. Bullivant*	Hiram No. 1
1953	Robert E. Armstrong*	Jasper No. 30, Neosho No. 46
1952	Edwin Knudsen*	Trenton No. 37
1951	Bruce H. Hunt*	Kirksville No. 44
1951	Ray V. Denslow - Honorary*	Trenton No. 37
1951	George C. Marquis - Honorary*	Westport No. 38
1950	Ralph J. Brooks*	Zabud No. 25
1949	Cornelius D. Struble*	Shekinah No. 24, Westport No. 38
1948	Henry C. Thompson II*	Bonne Terre No. 43
1947	Joseph D. Stewart*	Chillicothe No. 28
1946	Walter H. Niestrath*	Hiram No. 1
1945	Joseph V. Gaddy*	St. Joseph No. 9
1944	Joseph V. Gaddy*	St. Joseph No. 9
1943	Bruce J. Carl*	Centralia No. 34
1942	Paul R. Byrum*	Shekinah No. 24
1941	Clyde C. Evans*	Solomon No. 26, Trenton No. 37
1940	Walter B. Pingree*	Carthage No. 41
1939	Samuel A. Gilliland*	Rabboni No. 9, Westport No. 38
1938	Walter A. Higbee*	Eastern Star No. 29, Soloman 26, Kirksville 44
1937	Carl P. Westerhaus*	York No. 40
1936	Robert W. Hedrick*	Sedalia No. 18
1935	John M. Gallatin*	Chillicothe No. 28
1934	Charles Gurley*	St. Joseph No. 9
1933	Ralph T. Finley*	Centralia No. 34
1932	Carl A. Swenson*	Zabud No. 25
1931	W. Ed Johnson*	Jasper No. 30
1930	Henry C. Elberg*	Westport No. 32
1929	Kipp C. Johnson*	Poplar Bluff No. 27
1928	Thomas H. Raynolds*	Shekinah No. 24
1927	¶ Frank P. McAtee*	Zabud No. 25
1926	John M. Waller*	Centralia No. 34
1925	Bernal L. Tatman*	St. Louis No. 1
1924	James R. McLachlan*	Soloman No. 26
1923	George W. Walker*	Cape No. 20
1922	William M. Campbell*	St. Joseph No. 9
1921	James Price*	Shekinah No. 24
1920	Louis Moller*	St. Louis No. 1
1919	William C. Glenn*	Jasper No. 30
1918	John Pickard*	Centralia No. 34
1917	William J. Vannix*	St. Joseph No. 9
1916	Sanford M. Daniels*	Shekinah No. 24
1915	V. H. Falkenhainer*	Hiram No. 1
1914	James L. Heckenlively*	Zabud No. 25
1913	Walter R. Anthony*	Shekinah No. 24
1912	William H. Herrick*	Hiram No. 1
1911	Henry Schroeder*	Campbell No. 23
1910	Bert S. Lee*	Zabud No. 25
1909	¶ William R. Brock*	Hiram No. 1
1908	Thomas A. Milburn*	Shekinah No. 24
1907	George T. Burnham*	Soloman No. 26
1906	¶ John H. Barr*	Shekinah No. 24
1905	Martin T. Balsley*	Jasper No. 36
1904	Gibbon W. Carson*	Hiram No. 1
1903	Robert F. Stevenson*	Shekinah No. 24
1902	‡ Cyrus H. Jones*	Hiram No. 1
1901	Reuben Barney*	Hiram No. 1, Chillicothe No. 28
1900	John H. Murphy*	Shekinah No. 24
1899	David M. Wilson*	Soloman No. 26
1898	William Y. Bean*	Arcana No. 16
1897	Elijah H. Phelps*	Shekinah No. 24
1896	Emanuel F. Hartzell*	St. Joseph No. 9
1895	Fred A. Kage*	Cape No. 20
1894	William Richardson*	Hiram No. 1
1893	William F. Kuhn*	Shekinah No. 24
1892	Ulrich Schneider*	St. Joseph No. 9
1891	Thomas Seal*	Hiram No. 1
1890	F. J. Tygard*	Butler No. 22
1889	John J. Pierron*	Hiram No. 1
1888	H. C. Christopher*	Hiram No. 1
1887	William H. Stansbury*	Arcana No. 16
1886	‡ William A. Lord*	St. Joseph No. 9
1885	P. R. Flitcraft*	Hiram No. 10
1884	William H. Dale*	Hiram No. 10
1883	William G. Hall*	St. Joseph No. 9
1882	William B. Wilson*	Cape No. 20
1881	John R. Parson*	Hiram No. 10
1880	John A. Dolman*	St. Joseph No. 9
1878	B. Peter Bailey*	Hebron No. 18
1877	William R. Penick*	St. Joseph No. 9
1876	William R. Stubblefield*	Tyrian No. 13
1875	Noah M. Givan*	Arcana No. 16
1874	W. W. Garth*	Melody No. 17
1873	Joseph S. Browne*	St. Joseph No. 9
1872	Allan McDowell*	Sedalia No. 5
1871	William A. Prall*	St. Louis No. 1, Tyrian No. 13
1870	Martin Collins*	St. Louis No. 1
1869	Martin Collins*	St. Louis No. 1
1868	‡ George W. Belt*	Weston No. 2
1867	Thomas E. Garrett*	St. Louis No. 1
1866	Anthony O'Sullivan*	St. Louis No. 7 (Illinois)
1864	Anthony O'Sullivan*	St. Louis No. 7 (Illinois)

Note: St. Louis No. 1 and Hiram No. 10 were consolidated under the name Hiram No. 1 on July 17, 1886.