Past Grand Masters

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

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