THE GRAND LODGE OF NORTH DAKOTA

THE GRAND LODGE OF NORTH DAKOTA

North Dakota Masons. Good Men Working To Be Better!

YEAR

GRAND MASTER

 

1887 DT

Henry M. Wheeler (4)

Deceased

1889-1890

James W. Cloes (6)

Deceased

1890-1891

Frank J. Thompson (1)

Deceased

1891-1892

John F. Selby (10)

Deceased

1892-1893

Albert B. Herrick (12) (demit)

Deceased

1893-1894

James McDonald (11)

Deceased

1894-1895

George L. McGregor (6)

Deceased

1895-1896

William H. Best (3)

Deceased

1896-1897

William T. Perkins (5)

Deceased

1897-1898

Robert M. Carothers (4)

Deceased

1898-1899

George H. Keyes (13)

Deceased

1899-1900

John A. Percival (21)

Deceased

1900-1901

Edwin H. James  (30)

Deceased

1901-1902

Thomas L. Foulks (12)

Deceased

1902-1903

Walter L. Stockwell (11)

Deceased

1903-1904

James T. Blacklock (35)

Deceased

1904-1905

James W. Foley (5)

Deceased

1905-1906

Louis A. Jacobson (27)

Deceased

1906-1907

Grant S. Hager (30)

Deceased

1907-1908

John Riessbeck (32) (demit)

Deceased

1908-1909

Sylvester J. Hill (1)

Deceased

1909-1910

Halfdan Bendeke (4)

Deceased

1910-1911

John J. Hull (15)

Deceased

1911-1912

Robert Morrison (2)

Deceased

1912-1913

William E. Hoover (26) (demit)

Deceased

1913-1914

Walter L. Williamson (12)

Deceased

1914-1915

Frank H. Sprauge (11)

Deceased

1915-1916

Harry Lord (40)

Deceased

1916-1917

Alexander B. Taylor (1)

Deceased

1917-1918

William J. Reynolds (74)

Deceased

1918-1919

Henry G. Vick (2)

Deceased

1919-1920

Amil P. Lenhart (5)

Deceased

1920-1921

Allan V. Haig  (21)

Deceased

1921-1922

Henry E. Byorum (33)

Deceased

1922-1923

Edwin A. Ripley (8)

Deceased

1923-1924

Ralph L. Miller (56)

Deceased

1924-1925

Theodore S. Henry (7)

Deceased

1925-1926

Theodore B. Elton (4)

Deceased

1926-1927

Frank C. Falkenstein (44)

Deceased

1927-1928

Walter H. Murfin (41)

Deceased

1928-1929

Herbert C. Merrifield (57)

Deceased

1929-1930

Robert B. Cox (71)

Deceased

1930-1931

Charles H. Starke (32)

Deceased

1931-1932

Charles D. Milloy (51)

Deceased

1932-1933

John W. Robinson (90)

Deceased

1933-1934

Earl K. Bitzing (120)

Deceased

1934-1935

Mark I. Forkner (34)

Deceased

1935-1936

Lewis K. Thompson Jr (5)

Deceased

1936-1937

William H. Hutchinson (18)

Deceased

1937-1938

Charles M. Pollock (1)

Deceased

1938-1939

Robert E. Trousdale (96)

Deceased

1939-1940

Harry W. Gill (84)

Deceased

1940-1941

Eugene Naylor (29)

Deceased

1941-1942

John Moses (116)

Deceased

1942-1943

William Hall (6)

Deceased

1943-1944

Reinhart "Robert" Gilbertson (94)

Deceased

1944-1945

Hjalmer W. Swenson (21)

Deceased

1945-1946

Rilie R. Morgan (11)

Deceased

1946-1947

John A. Storman (66)

Deceased

1947-1948

Verne Wells (124)

Deceased

1948-1949

William J. Hunter (33)

Deceased

1949-1950

Harold S. Pond (4)

Deceased

1950-1951

Harlow L. Walster (1)

Deceased

1951-1952

Glen C. Hulett (7)

Deceased

1952-1953

Edward J. Franta (34)

Deceased

1953-1954

John A. Graham (5)

Deceased

1954-1955

Ernest D. Nelson (88)

Deceased

1955-1956

Zephaniah "Merle" Kidder (43)

Deceased

1956-1957

James C. McCormick (54)

Deceased

1957-1958

John A. Barner (37)

Deceased

1958-1959

L. Claude Mensing (93)

Deceased

1959-1960

Bernhard G. Gustafson (4)

Deceased

1960-1961

Gordon L. Paxman (35)

Deceased

1961-1963

J. Marlin Kyle (66)

Deceased

1962-1963

Edwin A. Haakenson (51)

Deceased

1963-1964

Ralph E. Ulrich (81)

Deceased

1964-1965

John A. Sakariassen (8)

Deceased

1965-1966

Alfred P. Underdahl (114)

Deceased

1966-1967

Ernest R. Nyman (11)

Deceased

1967-1968

Gilbert Movius (53)

Deceased

1968-1969

Hayden M. Williams (33)

Deceased

1969-1970

Otto Haakenstad (1)

Deceased

1970-1971

Reuben J. Bloedau (96)

Deceased

1971-1972

Gordon H. Hansen (6)

Deceased

1972-1973

James F. Woodward (132)

Deceased

1973-1974

Raymond O. Hanson (65)

Deceased

1974-1975

James Erickson (16)

Deceased

1975-1976

Robert K. Muhs Sr. (43)

Deceased

1976-1977

Ward M. Kirby (32)

Deceased

1977-1978

Richard C. Lord (40)

Deceased

1978-1979

F. Stan Sharkey (5)

Bismarck

1979-1980

Gerald M. Skogley (4)

Deceased

1980-1981

H. G. Poulson (3)

Deceased

1981-1982

Dr. Arne J. Springan (5)

Deceased

1982-1983

Dorsey H. Doyle (6)

Deceased

1983-1984

Clair T. Blikre (15)

Deceased

1984-1985

Arnold L. Ellingson (1)

Fargo

1985-1986

James T. Stokke (51)

Deceased

1986-1987

Jack T. Rowe (23)

Deceased

1987-1988

R. Gail Hodgins (87)

Deceased

1988-1989

Donald J. Laschkewitsch (5)

Bismarck

1989-1990

James K. Wells (65)

Deceased

1990-1991

Arv Burvee (37)

Fairmount

1991-1992

H. Allen Ohrt (130)

Fargo

1992-1993

James L. Savaloja (21)

Leeds

1993-1994

Neil C. Rowe (4)

Deceased

1994-1995

Curtiss D. Mundahl (40)

Cando

1995-1996

Ronald D. Engel (5)

Deceased

1996-1997

Bruce I. Christianson (69)

Minot

1997-1998

Charles I. Ottem (48)

Deceased

1998-1999

Denzil Hicks (113)

Deceased

1999-2000

Howard D. Freiji (131)

Deceased

2000-2001

Ray F. Webb (33)

Deceased

2001-2002

Chris Christianson (130)

Deceased

2002-2003

Alan Malm (106)

Flasher

2003-2004

William "Del" Alvord (66)

Bottineau

2004-2005

Ronald L. Penfold (33)

Minot

2005-2006

Darrel Schrader (34)

Kansas City

2006-2007

David Jensen (132)

Bismarck

2007-2008

Ed Samuelson Jr (66)

West Fargo

2008-2009

Alvin Wold (128)

Watford City

2009-2010

Michael R. Bakken (19)

Mayville

2010-2011

Brain E. Burkett (5)

Bismarck

2011-2012

Lon Kvasager (131)

Grand Forks

2012-2013

Charles P. Beeber (130)

Fargo

2013-2014

Wendel VanWechel (19)

Mayville

2014-2015

E David Bickel (5)

Bismarck

2015-2016

Tony Telken (131)

Deceased

2016-2017

Roger Stout (51)

Williston

2017-2018

Mark Williamson (16)

Larimore

2018-2019

Dale Sandstrom (132)

Bismarck

2019-2020

Lowell Domeir (19)

Mayville

2020-2021

Bob Wedberg (1)

Hunter

2021-2022

Daniel Haugen

Bismarck

2022-2023

Rick Wightman

Tioga

2023-2024

Chad Kainz

Hope

2024-2025

Darrin Galde

Horace

 

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