Past Grand Masters of the Grand Lodge of Texas

 

Bro. JOHN M. ALLEN
Brought to Texas, from the
Grand Lodge of Louisiana,
the Charter for the First Masonic Lodge in Texas
(Became member of Holland Lodge #1)

Bro. SAM HOUSTON
Presided at the Convention when the
Grand Lodge of the Republic of Texas
was organized at Houston, Texas
December 20, 1837
(Became member of Holland Lodge #1)

Video Interviews
PAST GRAND MASTER  YEAR PARENT  LODGE
THOMAS F. GRIFFIN 2008 Winnie Stowell #1377
DONNY W. BROUGHTON 2007 Caddo #581
BRIAN RICHARD DODSON 2006 Bellaire #1336
ELMER MURPHEY III 2005 Hillcrest #1318
REESE L. HARRISON, JR. 2004 Albert Pike #1169
M. BOYD PATTERSON, JR.
Video Interview 		2003 Washington #1117
MICHAEL D. NANNY 2002 Gray #329
DAVID B. DIBRELL
Video Interview 		2001 Richardson #1214
W. VERNON BURKE, JR.
Video Interview 		2000 St. Johns #5
W. M. "MIKE" GOWER 1999 McAllen #1110
HARRY G. CUNNINGHAM * 1998 Somerset #1205
JOSEPH W. REGIAN * 1997 Trinity Valley #1048
ROBERT P. WALKER 1996 Cosmopolitan #872
FARRIS L. BENHAM  1995 Odessa #955
BILLY W. TINSLEY    * 1994 Houston #1189
R. O. "BOB" SCHNELL *
Video Interview 		1993 Adobe Walls #1355
J. P. VOGEL 1992 Vidor #1286
FRED E. ALLEN
Video Interview 		1991 Temple #70
A. D. HANNA    *
Video Interview 		1990 Iowa Park #713
LEONARD P. HARVEY
Video Interview 		1989 Keystone #1143
GRAHAM H. CHILDRESS
Video Interview 		1988 Sanderson #988
JOHN E. "JACK" KELLY * 1987 Charles W. Anderson #1413
PERRY M. PARKER    * 1986 Cosmopolitan #872
GEORGE R. SCOTT    *
Video Interview 		1985 J. H. Gurley #337
R. H. "BOB" WATERS
Video Interview 		1984 Sunset #1388
J. D. "BUDDY" BACCUS * 1983 Park Place #1172
J. M. WILLSON, JR. 1982 Floydada #712
TOM LAND *
Video Interview 		1981 Polytechnic #925
SAM E. HILBURN 
Video Interview 		1980 Midland #623
W. P. LAMB 
Video Interview 		1979 Cedar Bayou #321
R. FURMAN VINSON  *
Video Interview 		1978 Matador #824
HERMAN VINYARD     * 1977 McAllen #1110
THOMAS C. YANTIS  * 1976 Brownwood #279
ROBERT B. O'CONNOR    *
Video Interview 		1975 Anchor #424
DAN B. JORDAN
Video Interview 		1974 Houston #1189
DUNCAN C. HOWARD  *
Video Interview 		1973 Fidelis #1127
JACK HIGHTOWER
Video Interview 		1972 Vernon #655
JOE W. STEED    * 1971 Temple #70
HAL BURNETT    * 1970 Alpine #766
J. GUY SMITH    * 1969 Tyler #1233
J. W. CHANDLER    * 1968 Reagan #1037
J. D. TOMME, JR.    *
Video Interview 		1967 Panther City #1183
H. W. FULLINGIM    * 1966 H. A. McFarland #1338
J. CARROLL HINSLEY    * 1965 Austin #12
JOHN R. COLLARD, JR.   * 1964 Hansford #1040
JIM W. WEATHERBY    * 1963 Kerrville #697
ROBERT L. DILLARD, JR.   * 1962 Dallas #760
WILLIAM G. PROCTOR    * 1961 Saint John's #51
JOHN T. BEAN    * 1960 Ysleta #1333
RANDALL E. BRISCOE    * 1959 Anson Jones #1313
JOHN G. KEMMERER    * 1958 Julian Feild #908
PAUL TURNEY    * 1957 Dee Ora #715
WILLIAM W. BOOTHE    * 1956 Paris #27
GEORGE C. MOFFETT    * 1955 Chillicothe #876
W. B. JACK BALL    *
Video Interview 		1954 Albert Pike #1169
JOHN McKEE    * 1953 Trinity Valley #1048
GIBB GILCHRIST    * 1952 Sul Ross #1300
WILLIAM J. BURRIS    * 1951 McAllen #1110
ALBERT J. DELANGE    * 1950 Houston #1189
HUGH M. CRAIG    * 1949 Fort Worth #148
HORACE K. JACKSON    * 1948 Gatesville #197
R. BRUCE BRANNON    *
Video Interview 		1947 Hillsboro #196
PAT MORRIS NEFF    * 1946 Levelland #1236
BASCOM GILES    * 1945 Austin #12
CLAUD L. AUSTIN    * 1944 A. C. Garrett #1216
ROGERS C. KELLEY    * 1943 Hidalgo #1036
ERNEST M. WOOD    * 1942 Anson #575
SAM B. CANTEY, JR.    * 1941 Julian Feild #908
LEO S. HART    * 1940 Bethseda #142
LEE LOCKWOOD    * 1939 Fidelis #1127
JOHN TEMPLE RICE    * 1938 El Paso #130
GALLOWAY CALHOUN    * 1937 St. Johns #53
W. M. WEATHERRED    * 1936 Coleman #496
JOHN G. CROOKER    * 1935 Gray #329
WILLIAM S. COOKE    * 1934 Cooke-Peavy #1162
WALLACE HUGHSTON    * 1933 Plano #768
ALVA BRYAN    * 1932 Waco #92
JAMES W. McCLENDON    * 1931 Hill City #456
HIRAM F. LIVELY    * 1930 Dallas #760
FRANK HARTGRAVES    * 1929 Ft. San Saba #784
G. R. M. MONTGOMERY    * 1928 Ft. Worth #148
MARVIN A. CHILDERS    * 1927 Sinton #1012
EDWIN R. BRYAN    * 1926 Midland #623
GUINN WILLIAMS    * 1925 Decatur #447
GUS A. BRANDT    * 1924 Holland #1
MICHAEL H. THOMAS    * 1923 Dallas #760
DAVID F. JOHNSON    * 1922 Brownwood #279
ANDREW L. RANDELL    * 1921 Travis #117
GEORGE F. MORGAN    * 1920 Five Points #1137
ALONZO A. ROSS    * 1919 Lockhart #690
JOHN R. ARNOLD    * 1918 Clinton #23
FRANK C. JONES    * 1917 Holland #1
DAN S. McMILLIN    * 1916 Whitewright #167
JEWEL P. LIGHTFOOT    * 1915 Frank Sexton #206
A. W. HOUSTON    * 1914 Alamo #44
JOSEPH J. MANSFIELD    * 1913 Caledonia #68
SAMUEL P. COCHRAN    * 1912 Dallas #760
WALTER L. ACKER    * 1911 Waxahachie #90
THOMAS C. YANTIS    * 1910 Brownwood #279
JAMES J. DAVIS    * 1909 Harmony #6
W. LEE MOORE    * 1908 Wichita Falls #635
JOHN P. BELL    * 1907 Bellville #223
STEPHEN M. BRADLEY    * 1906 Stanfield #217
A. W. CAMPBELL    * 1905 Tannehill #52
WILLIAM JAMES     * 1904 Cleburne #315
W. MADDEN FLY    * 1903 Gonzales #30
WILLIAM CLARK    * 1902 Jefferson #38
NATHAN M. WASHER    * 1901 Fort Worth #148
ROBERT M. LUSK    * 1900 Constantine #13
SAM R. HAMILTON    * 1899 Farmersvliie #214
JOHN L. TERRELL    * 1898 Artesia #406
ALBERT B. WATKINS    * 1897 Athens #165
B. R. ABERNETHY    * 1896 Gonzales #30
H. A. GARRISON    * 1895 Sulphur Springs #221
B. F. FRYMIER     * 1894 Wharton #621
THOMAS B. COCHRAN    * 1893 San Gabriel #89
JOHN WATSON    * 1892 Friendship #16
GEORGE W. TYLER    * 1891 Salado #296
A. S. RICHARDSON    * 1890 Gray #329
W. S. FLY    * 1889 Gonzales #30
ANSON RAINEY    * 1888 Waxahachie #90
A. J. ROSE    * 1887 Salado #296
Z. E. COOMBES    * 1886 Tannehill #52
BENJAMIN A. BOTTS    * 1885 Holland #1
W. H. NICHOLS    * 1884 Harmony #6
CHARLES STEWART    * 1883 Gray #329
T. M. MATTHEWS    * 1882 Pine #203
JAMES H. McLEARY    * 1881 Alamo #44
EDWIN G. BOWER    * 1880 Tannehill #52
JOHN B. JONES    * 1879 Corsicana #174
NORTON MOSES    * 1878 Robert E. Lee #431
MARCUS F. MOTT    * 1877 Harmony #6
JOSEPH D. SAYERS    * 1876 Gamble #244
THOMAS R. BONNER    * 1875 St. John's #53
JAMES F. MILLER    * 1874 Gonzales #30
WILLIAM BRAMLETTE    * 1873 Paris #27
T. J. H. ANDERSON    * 1872 St. Paul #177
CLINTON M. WINKLER    * 1871 Corsicana #174
PHILIP C. TUCKER, JR.    * 1870 Harmony #6
PETER W. GRAY    * 1869 Holland #1
JOHN R. FRETWELL    * 1868 Lavaca #36
RICHARD DUGLASS    * 1867 Lothrop #21
ROBERT M. ELGIN    * 1866 Austin #12
J. D. GIDDINGS    * 1865 Graham #20
W. P. BRITTAIN    * 1864 Euclid #45
SAMUEL MATHER    * 1863 Sam Houston #32
GEORGE W. Van VLECK    * 1862 Woodville #62
JOHN B. McMAHON    * 1861 Gonzales #30
JAMES F. TAYLOR    * 1860 Marshall #22
HENRY SAMPSON    * 1859 Holland #1
J. M. HALL    * 1859 Lothrop #21
WILLIAM STEDMAN    * 1858 Clinton #23
FRANKLIN B. SEXTON    * 1857 Redland #3
E. B. NICHOLS    * 1856 Harmony #6
W. M. TAYLOR    * 1855 Lothrop #21
ANDREW NEILL    * 1854 Holland #1
JOHN SAYLES    * 1853 Graham #20
W. B. OCHILTREE    * 1852 Redland #3
THOMAS J. HARDEMAN    * 1851 Bastrop #58
GEORGE M. PATRICK    * 1849-50 Orphan's Friend #17
E. W. TAYLOR    * 1848 Milam #11
A. S. RUTHVEN    * 1847 Holland  #1
BARRY GILLESPIE    * 1846 Matagorda #7
N. H. DARNELL    * 1845 Sam Houston #32
JAMES WEBB    * 1843-44 Austin #12
JOHN A. GREER    * 1842 Redland #3
ANTHONY BUTLER    * 1841 Milam No. 11
S. M. WILLIAMS    * 1840 Harmony #6
BRANCH T. ARCHER    * 1839 St. John's #5
ANSON JONES    * 1838 Holland  #1
     
*   Deceased
 

ORIGINAL MEMBERS of
The GRAND LODGE of TEXAS
December 20, 1837
SAM HOUSTON THOMAS J. RUSK JEFF WRIGHT
THOMAS G. WESTERN ADOLPHUS STERNE I. W. BURTON
CHARLES S. TAYLOR WILLIAM G. COOKE A. S. THURSTON
JOHN S. BLACK HENRY MATTHEWS JOHN SHEA
CHRISTOPHER DART ALEXANDER EWING BEN. MILLER
E. TUCKER L. FOWLER W. R. UNDERWOOD
WILLIAM F. GRAY H. MILLARD D. F. FITCHETT
T. J. HARDEMAN K. H. DOUGLASS JAMES H. WINCHELL
ANSON JONES ASA BRIGHAM THOMAS J. GAZLEY