Past Grand Masters
LIVING PAST GRAND MASTERS
2013 Francis E. Gayton, PGM, Kearsarge Lodge No. 217
2012 Robert D. Comer, PGM, Fraternity Lodge No. 118
2011 Craig Cellitti, PGM, Pequod Lodge No. 229
2010 Gerard Gilmore, Jr, PGM, Bethesda Lodge No 30
2009 Neville Richen, PGM, Nantucket Lodge No. 66
2008 Barry G. Rector, PGM, Nantucket Lodge No. 66
2007 Stephen Umlah, PGM, Everett Lodge No 36
2006 John G. Slaney, PGM, Rising Sun Lodge No. 99
2004 Robert W. Gatchell, PGM, Zenith Lodge No. 42
2003 Robert J. Eddy, PGM, Zenith Lodge No. 42
2002 Richard Whelan, PGM, Rising Sun Lodge No. 99
2000 Thomas Jordan, PGM, Kearsarge Lodge No. 217
1999 Samuel C. White, PGM, Amherst Lodge No. 152
1998 Clarence Plant, PGM, Worcester Lodge No. 56
1997 Donald E. McLaren , PGM, Worcester Lodge No. 56
1996 Walter J. Johnson, PGM, Rising Sun Lodge No. 99
1995 William F. Burdick, Jr., PGM, Nantucket Lodge No. 66
1994 Edward J. Carroll, PGM, Bass River Lodge No. 141
1992 Steven R. Morrow, PGM, Zenith Lodge No. 42
1990 Raymond S. LaBorde, PGM, Springfield Lodge No. 235
1989 Richard B. McDonald, PGM, Friendship Lodge No. 20
1987 Glover B. Preble, Jr., PGM, Kearsarge Lodge No. 217
1976 George E. Shaw, PSGM, Pequod Lodge No. 229
1975 Christopher T. Winders, PGM, Massachusetts Lodge No. 1
DECEASED PAST GRAND MASTERS
1823-1827 - Daniel Hershey, Siloam No. 2
1828-Issac T. Dupee, Siloam No. 2
1829-Josiah H. Robinson, Siloam No. 2
1841 - Daniel Hershey, Massachusetts No. 1
1843 - Edwin H. Chapin, Bunker Hill No. 14
1844 - Thomas F. Norris, New England No. 4
1845 - Newell A. Thompson, Suffolk No.8
1846 - Eleazer M. P. Wells, Siloam No. 2
1847 - William E. Parmenter, New England No. 4
1848 - William E. Ellison, Montezuma No. 33
1849 - Samuel Wells, Nonotuck No. 61
1850 - James M. Usher, Bay State No. 40
1851 - Joseph L. Drew, Massachusetts No. 1
1852 - Timothy Ingraham, Acushnet No. 41
1853 - William A. Bell, Montezuma No. 33
1854 - John R. Mullin, Siloam No. 2
1855 - Samuel B. Krogman, Massachusetts No. 1
1856 - Caleb Rand, Howard No. 22
1857 - Charles E. Buckingham, Suffolk No.8
1858 - William Marble, Franklin No. 23
1859 - Philip K. Hills, Quascacuquen No. 39
1860 - Nathaniel Adams, Tremont No. 15
1861 - Samuel Leonard, Hampden No. 27
1862 - Enos H. Tucker, Siloam No. 21
1863 - Joseph S. Jones, Suffolk No. 8
1864 - William E. Ford, Siloam No. 2
1865 - Samuel W. Hodges, Stoughton No. 72
1866 - E. Dana Bancroft, Fredonian No. 103
1867 - Charles S. Burgess, Tremont No. 15
1868 - Levi F. Warren, Essex No. 26
1869 - Thomas C. Porter, Siloam No. 2
1870 - Corless Wadleigh, Boston No. 25
1871 - Albert B. Plimpton, Overlin No. 28
1872 - George B. Hamlin, New England No. 4
1873 - Fred C. Davis, Siloam No. 2
1874 - Julius L. Clarke, Franklin No. 23
1875 - Horatio Wellington, Bunker Hill No. 14
1876 Richard Drown, Bay State No. 40
1876 - Horace W. Stickney, Bethesda No. 30
1877 - John U. Perkins, Winnisimmet No. 24
1878 - Albert L. Fessender, North Star No. 144
1879 - William W. Gardner, DeSoto No. 155
1880 - James T. Joslin, Hudson No. 154
1881 - Henry W. Clark, Bunker Hill No. 14
1882 - Francis Jewett, Oberlin No. 28
1883 - Samuel Cochra, Norfolk No. 48
1884 - Henry W. Clark, Bunker Hill No. 14
1885 - Edwin L. Pillsbury, Howard No. 22
1886 - William M. Hill, Fraternity No. 188
1887 - Robert W. Taber, Acushnet No. 41
1888 - Alfred S. Pinkerton, Worcester No. 56
1889 - Edward H. Kavanagh, West Lynn No. 65
1890 - Henry Denver, DeSoto No. 155
1891 - Jay B. Crawford, Commonwealth No. 3
1892 - James M. Price, New England No. 4
1893 - Louis A. Cook, Wildey No. 21
1894 - Henry E. Ruggles, King David No. 7
1895 - Austin S. Esty, Paul Revere No. 184
1896 - Winifield S. Nevins, Fraternity No. 118
1897 - John Corkhill, Berkshire No. 57
1898 - Charles Q. Tirrell, Takawambalt No. 59
1899 - Nathaniel J. Fish, Sabbatia No. 225
1900 - William F. Dusseault, Malden No. 201
1901 - Newell D. Johnson, Governor Gore No. 198
1902 - Charles N. Bushell, Vesta No. 166
1903 - Summer P. Lawerence, North Star No. 144
1904 - George H. Fuller, Worcester No. 56
1905 - Napoleon B. Dana, Paul Revere No. 184
1906 - Joseph Belcher, Rising Star No. 76
1907 - William A. Hastings, Malden No. 201
1908 - William C. Collett, Tremont No. 15
1909 - Charles B. Perry, Morning Star No. 130
1910 - Horace M. Sargeant, Mizpah No. 152
1911 - George L. Marshall, Caleb Rand No. 197
1912 - John W. Roberts, Hampden No. 27
1913 - William M. Walker, Suffolk No. 8
1914 - James Bennett, Kearsarge No. 217
1915 - J. Herbert Simpson, Zenith No. 42
1916 - Clifford L. Mahoney, Ridgely No. 112
1917 - Lavater W. Powers, Prospect No. 35
1918 - Samuel K. Walker, West Lynn No. 56
1919 - George L. Dolloff, Paul Revere No. 184
1920 - Silas D. Reed, Sabbatia No. 225
1921 - William S. Barker, Zenith No. 42
1922 - Allan A. Rideout, Trans. to Arizona
1923 - Frank G. Potter, Nonantum No. 116
1924 - Gilbert M. Mason, Franklin No. 23
1925 - Arthur F. Douglass, Winnisimmet No. 24
1926 - Herbert B. Bond, Worcester No. 56
1927 - Charles T. Griffiths, Forest No. 148
1928 - Waldo S. Ford, Franklin No. 23
1929 - Ralph F. Morton, DeSoto No. 155
1930 - William Walton, Dunstar No. 220
1931 - George W. Chandler, Geo. Washington No. 8
1932 - William A. Jones, Cape Cod No. 226
1933 - Cecil Taylor, Boston No. 14
1934 - James F. Gaylord, Bay Path No. 234
1935 - Frank T. Currie, Mt. Sinai No. 169
1936 - Lewis S. Bruns, Winnisimmet No. 24
1937 - Walter E. Taylor, Tisquantum No. 4
1938 - James P. Farnsworth, Standish No. 177
1939 - J. Ashton Nickerson, Zenith No. 42
1940 - G. Frank Tinney, Milford No. 223
1941 - Clarence H. Gilman, Longfellow No. 202
1942 - Raymond E. Wentzel, Soughegan No. 38
1943 - Verdie A. Dodds, Jamaica Plain No. 18
1944 - Arthur K. Torrey, Home No. 162
1945 - Harold L. Chalker, Hampden No. 27
1946 - Arthur J. Boucher, Longfellow No. 202
1947 - Russel P. Wentworth, Prospect No. 335
1948 - L. Wilbur Munsey, General No. 200
1949 - Earnest A. Pearson, East Lynn No. 207
1950 - Herbert P. Goodwin, Boston No. 14
1951 - Alvern P. Clough, James B. Barnes No. 10
1952 - Albert Lavine, King Solomon No. 236
1953 - H. Glenwood Burwell, Siloam Lodge No.2
1954 - Harry C. Hawthorne, Massasoit Lodge No. 69
1955 - Paul P. Thivierge, Melrose Lodge No. 157
1956 - R. Hartley Edes, Mt Roulstone Lodge No. 98
1957 - Alvin E Bissett, East Lynn Lodge No.27
1958 - Earle W. Baldwin, Pequod Lodge No. 229
1959 - Chester M. Carr, Friendship Lodge No. 20
1961 - Harry C. Mitton, Rising Star Lodge No. 99
1962 - Orlando S. Colburne, Malden Lodge No. 201
1963 - Charles D. Milton, Kearsarge Lodge No. 217
1964 - Edgar F. Allen, Magnolia Lodge No. 149
1965 - Earle L. Draper, Rising Sun Lodge No.99
1966- Edward W. Doucette, Kearsarge Lodge No.217
1967 - Robert E. Ellis, Souhegan Lodge No. 38
1968 - Wilbert S. MacRae, Prospect Lodge No. 35
1969 - Charles A. Marshall, East Lynn Lodge No. 207
1970 - Leslie H. Cady, Ware Lodge No. 209
1971 - David B. Kravetz, King Solomon Lodge No. 236
1972 - Paul A. Anderson, Rising Sun Lodge No.99
1973 - Raymond E. Olson, Souhegan Lodge No. 38
1974 - Sidney C. Winters, Massachusetts Lodge No. 1
1979 - Hugo A. Santoro, William F. Ray Lodge No. 71
1981 - Chester A. Baldwin, Sr., Pequod Lodge No. 229
1982 - George J. Hughes, Herman Dexter Lodge No. 133
1983 - Earle L. Voigt, Everett Lodge No. 36
1984 - Carrol M. Swaine, Leominster Lodge No.86
1994 - Orrin J. Eaton, Bass River Lodge No.141
2001 - Oscar A. Gayton, Kearsarge Lodge No. 217
2005 Michael Beaulieu, PGM, Amherst Lodge No. 152