Living Past Grand Masters
Past Grand Master Archive
The Beginning
Charles Datcher – 1848
John T. Costin – 1849
Richard Phiske – 1850
Robert Robinson* – 1851
Charles Datcher – 1852-53
Francis Datcher – 1854
Charles Hunt – 1855
Ananias Herbert – 1856
Carter A. Stewart – 1857
Edward Evans – 1858
Carter A. Stewart – 1859
William Anderson – 1860
Edward W. Thomas – 1861
Adolphus Hall – 1862
William Tunnia – 1863
Robert T. Booker – 1864
William Thomas – 1865
John F. Cook – 1866-1873
Reconstruction to turn of the Century – 1872-1900
William H. Myers – 1874
William H. Talliaferro – 1875
John F. Cook – 1876-1877
George W. Brooks – 1878
Leonard C. Bailey – 1879-1881
Charles C. C. Johnson – 1882-1883
check spelling Roberson or Robinson S. Roger Watts – 1884-1885
John H. Lee – 1887-1889
Charles H. Lemos – 1890-1892
Henry Coleman – 1893-1895
Hamilton S. Smith – 1896-1897
John H. Burrill – 1898
Turn of the Century – 1900-1919
Robert H. Terrell – 1899-1902
W. H. Judd Malvin – 1903-1904
William H. Grimshaw – 1906-1908
William A. Warfield – 1909
N. E. Weatherless – 1910-1916
William H. Jackson – 1917
John E. Smith – 1918
John Payne Turner – 1919-1920
World War I to Depression Years – 1920-1941
William A. Warfield – 1921
Jesse H. Mitchell – 1922-1923
Charles P. Ford – 1924-1928
Alphonso E. Dotson – 1929-1930
Frank D. McKinney – 1931-1932
George Amber – 1933
Louis W. Roy – 1934-1940
Royal W. Bailey – 1941-1942
World War II to End of Korean War – 1941-1952
Allen A. C. Griffith – 1943-1944
Simpson W. Wallace – 1945-1946
Melvin J. Key – 1947-1948
Cyrus N. Parker – 1949-1950
Lawrence E. Hawkins – 1951-1952
The 1950s – 1953-1959
Barry Hampton – 1953-1954
Arthur E. Brooks – 1955-1956
George A. Farrar – 1957-1958
William Barnes – 1959-1960
The 1960s – 1960-1969
Curtis J. Blakely, Sr. – 1961-1962
William F. Lawton, Sr. – 1963-1964
David P. Crosby – 1965-1966
Joseph S. Thomas – 1967-1968
S. Matthew Hendershott – 1969-1970
The 1970s – 1970-1979
Joseph N. Yearwood – 1971-1972
Henry A. Dove – 1973-1974
John D. Howard – 1975-1976
Edward E. Marshall, Jr. – 1977-1978
Donald Vowels – 1979-1980
The 1980s – 1980-1989
Thomas L. Johnson – 1981-1982
Matthew Ellis, Jr. – 1983-1984
Charles F. Bates – 1985-1986
Roland D. Williams – 1987-1988
David Brunson – 1989-1990
The 1990s – 1990-1999
Joseph D. Daniels – 1991-1992
Nathaniel M. Adams, Jr. – 1993-1994
Emory M. Levant – 1995-1996
Warren R. Whitley – 1997-1998
Willie H. Griffin – 1999-2000
The 21st Century – 2000-Present
John Ellington, Jr. – 2001-2002
Aaron R. Jordan – 2003-2004
Robert E. Wheeler – 2005-2006
J. Raymond Murray – 2007-2008
David A. McWilliams – 2009-2010
Mackinnon W. Myers – 2011-2012
John T. Doles, Sr. – 2013-2014
Norman L. Campbell – 2015-2016
Phillip David – 2017-2018
Quincy G. Gant – 2019 – 2021
Anthony B. Corbitt – 2022-2023