Hall of Grand Masters

1. Charles Datcher – Social No. 1 – (1848/1852-1853)
2. John Costin - Felix No.3 – (1849)
3. Richard Phiske - Felix No.3 – (1850)
4. Robert H. Robinson - Social No.1 – (1851)
5. Frances Datcher - Social No.1 – (1854)
6. Charles Hunt - Felix No.3 – (1855)
7. Ananias Herbert - Felix No.3 – (1856)
8. Carter A. Stewart - Felix No.3 – (1857 & 1859)
9. Edward Evans - Social No.1 – (1858)
10. William Anderson - Hiram No.4 – (1860)
11. Edward Thomas – (1861)
12. Adolphus P. Hall - Prince Hall No.14 – (1862)
13. William Tunia - Felix No.3 – (1863)
14. Robert H. Booker - Eureka No.5 – (1864)
15. William H. Thomas – (1865)
16. John F. Cook - Eureka No.5 – (1866-1873 / 1876-1877)
17. William H. Myers - Felix No.3 – (1874)
18. William Taliaferro - Eureka No.5 – (1875)
--re-elected: - John F. Cook – Eureka No.5 – (1866-1873 / 1876-1877)
19. George W. Brooks - Felix No.3 – (1878)
20. Leonard C. Bailey – (1879-1881)
21. Charles C. Johnson - Felix No.3 – (1882-1883)
22. Samuel R. Watts - Eureka No.5 – (1884-1886)
23. John H. Lee - Widow Son No.7 – (1887-1889)
24. Charles H. Lemos - Social No.1 – (1890-1892)
25. Henry Coleman - Social No.1 – (1893-1895)
26. Hamilton Smith - Pythagoras No.9 – (1896-1897)
27. John H. Barrill - Pythagoras No.9 – (1898)
28. Robert H. Terrell - Prince Hall No.14 – (1898-1902)
29. William J. Malvin - Social No.1 – (1903-1904)
30. John T. Layton - Eureka No.5 – (1905)
31. William H. Grimshaw - Social No.1 - (1906-1908)
32. William A. Warfield - Prince Hall No.14 – (1909)
33. Nelson E. Weatherless - Pythagoras No.9 – (1910-1916)
34. William H. Jackson - John F. Cook No.10 – (1917)
35. John E. Smith - Social No.1 – (1918)
36. John Payne Turner - Eureka No.5 – (1919-1920)
37. Jesse H. Mitchell - Social No.1 – (1921-1923)
38. Charles P. Ford - John F. Cook No.10 – (1924-1927)
39. Albert Dotson - Charles Datcher No.15 – (1927-1930)
40. Frank D. McKinney - Corinthian No.18 – (1931-1932)
41. George M. Ambler - Eureka No.5 – (1933)
42. Louis W. Roy - Hiram No.4 – (1934-1940)
43. Royal W. Bailey - Social No.1 – (1941-1942)
44. Allen A.C. Griffith - Charles Datcher No.15 – (1943-1944)
45. Simpson Wallace - John F. Cook No.10 – (1945-1946)
46. Melvin J. Key - Doric No.19 – (1947-1948)
47. Cyrus N. Parker - Widow Son No.7 – (1949-1950)
48. Lawrence Hawkins - Social No.1 – (1951-1952)
49. Barry Hampton - Hiram No.4 – (1953-1954)
50. Arthur E. Brooks - Corinthian No.18 – (1955-1956)
51. George A. Farrar - Redemption No.24 – (1957-1958)
52. William W. Barnes - Charles Datcher No.15 – (1959-1960)
53. Curtis J. Blakely, Sr. - John F. Cook No.10 – (1961-1962)
54. William F. Lawton, Sr. - Social No.1 – (1963-1964)
55. David P. Crosby - Felix No.3 – (1965-1966)
56. Joseph S. Thomas - Redemption No.24 – (1967-1968)
57. S. Matthew Hendershott - Pythagoras No.9 – (1969-1970)
58. Joseph N. Yearwood - Warren No.8 – (1971-1972)
59. Henry A. Dove - Ionic No.17 – (1973-1974)
60. John D. Howard - Charles Datcher No.15 – (1975-1976)
61. Edward E. Marshall, Jr. - Meridian No.6 – (1977-1978)
62. Donald Vowels - St. John No.12 – (1979-1980)
63. Thomas L. Johnson - Social No.1 – (1981-1982)
64. Matthew Ellis, Jr. - James H. Hill No.16 – (1983-1984)
65. Charles F. Bates - Fellowship No.26 – (1985-1986)
66. Roland D. Williams - Pythagoras No.9 – (1987-1988)
67. David Brunson - Hiram No.4 – (1989-1990)
68. Joseph D. Daniels - Prudence No.27 - (1991-1992)
69. Nathaniel M. Adams, Jr. - Charles Datcher No.15 - (1993-1994)
70. Emory M. Levant - Prince Hall No.14 - (1995-1996)
71. Warren R. Whitley - Eureka No.5 - (1997-1998)
72. Willie H. Griffin - Fidelity No.20 - (1999-2000)
73. John Ellington, Jr. - Redemption No. 24 - (2001-2002)
74. Aaron R. Jordan – Harmony No. 22 - (2003-2004)
75. Robert E. Wheeler - Ionic No. 17 - (2005-2006)
76. J. Raymond Murray – Acacia No. 25 – (2007-2008)