Grand Masters of the District of Columbia Jurisdiction

In the preparation of the following biographical sketches the author has aimed to bring the subjects into view as men, as citizens, and as Masons. The lapse of time, the fragmentary character of the earlier records, the remarkable dearth of local news in the public prints of the first half of the last century, and the lack of information and sometimes indifference of descendants have prevented the fullest realization of this hope, and yet sufficient data has been gathered to constitute an interesting and valuable addition to our local history, which is here presented.

• Amos Alexander, Grand Master, 1814 And 1817

• Frederick Gooding Alexander, Grand Master, 1892

• George W. Baird, Grand Master, 1896

• Charles E. Baldwin, Senior Grand Warden, 1911

• William Wright Billing, Grand Master, 1838-37

• Walter A. Brown, Grand Master, 1906

• Daniel Burgh, Grand Master, 1823

• Edward H. Chamberlin, Grand Master, 1883

• Thomas P. Chiffelle, Grand Master, 1886

• Augustus Burt Coolidge, Grand Master, 1908

• Clement T. Coote, Grand Master, 1834

• George Edgar Corson, Junior Grand Warden, 1880

• J. Harry Cunningham, Senior Grand Steward, 1911

• John Davidson, Grand Master, 1815-16

• Eldred Griffith Davis, Grand Master, 1877-78

• Harrison Dingman, Grand Master, 1889

• David G. Dixon, Grand Master, 1898

• Robert Bruce Donaldson, Grand Master, 1869-70

• Marmaduke Dove, Grand Master, 1839

• William M. Ellis, Grand Master, 1844

• Charles Stitcher Frailey, Grand Master, 1883-56

• Benjamin Brown French, Grand Master, 1847-53 and 1868

• Thomas F. Gibbs, Grand Master, 1891

• Lurtin Rufus Ginn, Grand Master, 1905

• Alexander Grant, Grand Marshal, 1911

• Kenton Neal Harper, Historian, Grand Lodge, P. A. A. M. District of Columbia

• William George Henderson, Grand Master, 1900

• William Hewitt, Grand Master, 1820-21. 1828-29

• James Edward Frisby Holmead, Grand Master, 1864

• William W. Jermane, Senior Grand Deacon, 1911

• Isaac Larue Johnson, Grand Master, 1875-76

• Arvine W. Johnston, Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge. F. A. A. M.

• J. Claude Keiper, Grand Master, 1911

• Robert Keyworth, Grand Master, 1840-41 and 1843

• Daniel Kurtz, Grand Master, 1818-19

• Noble Danforth Larner, Grand Master, 1881-89

• Jesse Washington Lee, Jr., Grand Master, 1888

• Albert Gallatin Mackey, Secretary General of the Supreme Council

• Alexander McCormick, Grand Master, 1812-13

• Joseph Sylvester McCoy, Grand Master, 1880

• William D. Magruder, Grand Master, 1845-46 and 1854

• John Mason, Jr., Grand Master, 1842

• Henry S. Merrill, Grand Master, 1894

• Joseph Hergus Milans, Grand Pursuivant, 1911

• John Nicholson Moulder, Grand Master, 1826-27, 1830, 1832, 1838

• Ben W. Murch, Deputy Grand Master. 1911

• Thomas John Newton, Junior Grand Warden, 1911

• George Clarke Ober, Grand Master, 1910

• Charles J. O'Neill, Junior Grand Steward, 1911

• Myron M. Parker, Grand Master, 1881-83

• Albert Pike, Grand Commander of the Supreme Council

• Yelverton Peyton Page, Grand Master, 1863

• Samuel Claxton Palmer, Grand Master, 1898

• John Valentine Reintzel, Grand Master, 1811

• James Anthony Sample, Grand Master, 1890

• Malcolm Seaton, Grand Master. 1902

• William Winston Seaton, Grand Master, 1822-24

• Henry Kedglie Simpson, Grand Master, 1909

• William Reynolds Singleton, Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge from, 1878 to 1901

• John Henry Small, Jr., Grand Master, 1899

• Harry Standiford, Grand Master, 1901

• Charles Frederick Stansbury, Grand Master, 1862 and 1871-74

• Lem Towers, Jr., Grand Sword Bearer, 1911

• Matthew Trimble, Grand Master, 1897

• George Harold Walker, Grand Master, 1903 

• Roger C. Weightman, Grand Master, 1833

• James A. Wetmore, Grand Master, 1904

• George C. Whiting, Grand Master, 1837-61 and 1863-67

• Horace A. Whitney, Grand Master, 1879

• Landon Cabell Williamson, Grand Master, 1893 

• James W. Witten, Junior Grand Deacon, 1911

• Francis Joseph Woodman, Grand Master, 1907

• Jos Maria Yznaga, Grand Master, 1887

AHGP District of Columbia

Source: History of the Grand Lodge and Freemasonry in the District of Columbia, compiled by W. Brother Kenton N. Harper, 1911.