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Past Grand Masters of Rhode Island

1791-1793 Christopher Champlin St. John’s No. 1
1794-1798 Jabez Bowen St. Johns No. 1P
1799 Peleg Clarke St. John’s No. 1
1800-1801 Christopher Olney St. Johns No. 1P
1802-1808 Moses Seixas St. John’s No. 1
1809-1810 Ephraim Bowen, Jr. St. Johns No. 1P
1811-1812 Sylvester Child, Jr. St. Johns No. 1P
1813-1814 Thomas S. Webb St. Johns No. 1P
1815-1816 William Wilkinson St. Johns No. 1P
1817-1824 John Carlile St. Johns No. 1P
1825-1826 Richard Anthony Mount Vernon No. 4
1827-1828 Peter Grinnell Mount Vernon No. 4
1829-1830 Barney Merry Union No. 10
1831 Joseph S. Cooke Mount Vernon No. 4
1832 Stephen A. Robinson St. John’s No. 1
1833-1835 Joseph S. Cooke Mount Vernon No. 4
1836 Joshua B. Rathbun Washington No. 5
1837-1839 Caleb Earle St. Johns No. 1P
1840-1841 Barney Merry Union No. 10
1842-1844 Moses Richardson St. Johns No. 1P
1845-1846 Seth Peck Washington No. 3
1847 Alvin Jenks Union No. 10
1848-1852 William Field Union No. 10
1853-1854 George W. Marsh Friendship No. 7
1855-1856 Oliver Johnson Manchester No. 12
1857-1858 James Hutchinson Union No. 10
1859 Jervis J. Smith Friendship No. 7
1860 William Gray St. John’s No. 1
1861-1864 Ariel Ballou Morning Star No. 13
1865-1871 Thomas A. Doyle St. Johns No. 1P
1872 Lloyd Morton Union No. 10
1873-1876 Nicholas Van Slyck What Cheer No. 21
1877-1878 Charles R. Cutler Washington No. 3
1879-1880 Edward L. Freeman Union No. 10
1881-1882 Thomas Vincent Franklin No. 20
1883-1885 Lyman Klapp What Cheer No. 21
1886 Newton D. Arnold St. Johns No. 1P
1887-1888 William N. Ackley Washington No. 3
1889-1891 George H. Kenyon Rising Sun No. 30
1892 Stillman White Adelphoi No. 33
1893-1894 Elisha H. Rhodes Harmony No. 9
1895 Edward P. Lowdon Union No. 9
1896 William H. Crawley Washington No. 3
1897-1898 Cyrus M. Van Slyck Corinthian No. 27
1899 Milton Livsey Orpheus No. 36
1900 Frederick G. Stiles Nestell No. 37
1901 J. Ellery Hudson Warwick No. 16
1902 William Henry Scott Orpheus No. 36
1903 W. Howard Walker Union No. 10
1904 James E. Tillinghast Corinthian No. 27
1905 Joseph W. Freeman Union No. 10
1906 Walter A. Presbrey St. Johns No. 1P
1907 Arthur H. Armington What Cheer No. 21
1908 William L. Chatterton Barney Merry No. 29
1909 Stephen Magown Morning Star No. 13
1910 Henry W. Rugg St. Johns No. 1P
1911 James B. Gay Adelphoi No. 33
1912 Wendell R. Davis St. Alban’s No. 6
1913 John F. Clark Union No. 10
1914 J. Fred Parker Orpheus No. 36
1915 Reuben S. Bemis Mount Vernon No. 4
1916 Wilbur A. Scott Mount Moriah No. 8
1917 Herbert A. Rice Union No. 10
1918 E. Tudor Gross Adelphoi No. 33
1919 James C. Collins Roger Williams No. 32
1920 James E. Batty Jenks No. 24
1921 Joseph Lawton Warwick No. 16
1922 Norris G. Abbott, Sr. Mount Vernon No. 4
1923 Arthur G. Newell Barney Merry No. 29
1924 Henry C. Dexter Union No. 10
1925 Howard Knight Adelphoi No. 33
1926 William L. Sweet Orpheus No. 36
1927 Winfield S. Solomon Morning Star No. 13
1928 Edwin O. Chase What Cheer No. 21
1929 Arthur S. Vaughn St. Johns No. 1P
1930 Henry S. See Mount Vernon No. 4
1931 J. Irving Shepley St. John’s No. 1
1932 Arthur Whitehead Barney Merry No. 29
1933 Augustas F. Rose Nestell No. 37
1934 Charles W. Littlefield Warwick No. 16
1935 James A. Tillinghast Overseas Lodge No. 40
1936 Albert Knight What Cheer No. 21
1937 Chester M .Aldrich Barney Merry No. 29
1938 Fred H. Barrows Mount Vernon No. 4
1939 Harold W. Browning Hope No. 25
1940 George F. Ward St. Paul’s No. 14
1941 Raymond L. Vaughn Overseas No. 40
1942 David Arnott Nestell No. 37
1943 Ralph Simpson Union No. 10
1944-1945 Herbert A. Crowell Roger Williams No. 32
1946 Albert W. Calfin St. Johns No. 1P
1947 James B. Littlefield Thomas Smith Webb No. 43
1948 Ernest L. Lockwood King Solomon’s No. 11
1949 Howard B. Rice What Cheer No. 21
1950 Jethro H. Peckham Eureka No. 22
1951 Albert P. Reurat Doric No. 38
1952 Fred W. Johnstone St. John’s No. 1
1953 Kenneth Craik Mount Vernon No. 4
1954 Bernard B. Abedon Redwood No. 35
1955 Alton T. Curtis Jenks No. 24
1956 Bertram Clarke Chartiy No. 23
1957 George A. Farron Morning Star No. 13
1958 Henry J. Cooper Nathanael Greene No. 45  
1959 Hailes L. Palmer Thomas Smith Webb No. 43
1960 Irving L. Tucker Jenks No. 24
1961 J. Stafford Allen What Cheer No. 21
1962 Donald F. Culton Nestell No. 37
1963 Leonard E. Smith St. Andrews No. 39
1964 Charles R. Bonnemort Rhodes No. 44
1965 Gardner M. Yeaw Ionic No. 28
1966 Walter G. Ballou Morning Star No. 13
1967 Robert W. Markham, Jr. Doric No. 38
1968 Kenneth G. Pearson E.L. Freeman No. 41
1969 Albert W. Abramson Warwick No. 16
1970 S. Everett Wilkins What Cheer No. 21
1971 Arthur R. Medley Washington No. 3
1972 George E. Kettleband Nestell No. 37
1973 Winston H. Leach Unity No. 34
1974 William G. Hunt Rising Sun No. 30
1975 Malcolm C. Bromberg Redwood No. 35
1976 Kenneth W. Jencks Lafayette No. 47
1977 Wesley J. Reuter St. Johns No. 1P
1978 A. Sheffield Reynolds Nathanael Greene No. 45
1979 Paul A. Burkhardt, Jr. Ionic No. 28
1980 Norris G. Abbott, Jr (Honorary) Mount Vernon No. 4
1980 Charles M. Menge Harmony No. 9
1981 Henry G. Spoerer Jenks No. 24
1982 Harvey K. Peet Adelphoi No. 33
1983 Charles A. Calverley, Jr Harmony No. 9
1984 Robert S. Corp Manchester No. 12
1985 Julio A. Paniccia Doric No. 38
1986 Edward V. Hudson Friendship No. 7
1987 William H. Abbey Rising Sun No. 30
1988 Stephen E. Carpenter. Thomas Smith Webb No. 43
1989 Herbert H. McGuire Warwick No. 16
1990 Elmer F. Perkins Nathanael Greene No. 45
1991 Donald F. Hopkins St. Andrews No. 39
1992 Joseph W. Thibodeau Roger Williams No. 32
1993 Stephen E. Mitchell Friendship No. 7
1994 Ralph DiScuillo St. Johns No. 1P
1995 Arthur R. Cole, Jr. St. Johns No. 1P
1996 Arnold B. Wasserman Redwood No. 35
1997 Frank Dias, Jr. Ionic Lodge No. 28
1998 Ronald W. Simpson Roger Williams No. 32
1999 Robert B. Yates Barney Merry No. 29
2000 Benjamin A. Phillips Friendship No. 7
2001 Dennis W. Pothier Roger Williams No. 32
2002 Robert J. Allen St. Andrews No. 39
2003 Joseph B. Brearley Franklin No. 20
2004 Bradford L. Barco King Solomon’s No. 11
2005 Wyman P. Hallstrom, Jr. Roger Williams No. 32
2006 Carl B. Willi St. John’s Lodge No. 1
2007 Steven E. Smith Lafayette Lodge No. 47
2008 Richard S. Sokoll Redwood Lodge No. 35
2009 Richard L. Ault Harmony Lodge No. 9
2010 Kenneth N. Bruns Manchester Lodge No. 12
2011 Leon C. Knudsen Charity Lodge No. 23
2012 Douglas E. Connell Morning Star No. 13
2013 Russell R. Davis, Sr. Roger Williams No. 32
2014 Wyman P. Hallstrom III Roger Williams No. 32
2015 Raymond E, Hassell St. Andrews Lodge No. 39
2016 Stephen T. McGuire Mount Vernon Lodge No.4
2017 Peter Iacobucci Roger Williams No. 32
2018 Glenn S. Carlson Manchester Lodge No. 12
2019 Kenneth F. Poyton Harmony Lodge No. 9
2020 Gary S. Kaufman Redwood Lodge No. 35
2021 Robert B. Ellston Mount Moriah No. 8
2022 Robert A. Palazzo Roger Williams No. 32
2023 Douglas J. Grant St. Andrews No. 39
2024 Andre H. Faria St. John’s Lodge No. 1