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Grand Masters of Dakota Territory (1875-1888) & South Dakota (1899-Present)
						Age When
#	Year	Name	Home	Occupation	Born	MM	GM	Died
1	1875	Thomas H. Brown	Sioux Falls	Merchant, etc.	England	28	40	86
2	1876-80	Henry H. Blair	Elk Point	Pharmacist	New York	23	38	73
3	1881	Thomas H. Brown	Sioux Falls	Merchant, etc.	England	28	46	86
4	1882-3	Oscar S. Gifford	Canton	Attorney	New York	35	40	71
5	1884	John F. Schrader	Rapid City	Attorney	New York	22	28	79
6	1885-6	William Blatt	Yankton	Merchant	Germany	26	41	85
7	1887	Henry M. Wheeler	Fargo	Physician	New Hampshire	27	33	75
8	1888	John Q. A. Braden	Aberdeen	State Senate, Military	Ohio	21	38	78
9	1889	George V. Ayres	Deadwood	Merchant	Pennsylvania	22	37	87
10	1890	Theodore D. Kanouse	Woonsocket	Farmer, Pen. Warden	Michigan	28	51	89
11	1891	George A. Johnston	Mitchell	Attorney	Ohio	33	43	78
12	1892	Harvey J. Rice	Huron	Merchant	Illinois	34	43	74
13	1893	Richard C. McCallister	Madison	Merchant	Ohio	30	56	86
14	1894	William C. Allen	Groton	Attorney	Ontario, Canada	27	49	65
15	1895	Frederic H. Files	Sioux Falls	Physician	Maine	23	33	49
16	1896	James Lewis	Canton	Pharmacist	Illinois	26	41	69
17	1897	Albert W. Coe	Deadwood	Real Estate	New York	27	64	71
18	1898	Louis G. Levoy	Webster	Merchant	Australia	22	40	87
19	1899	William H. Roddle	Brookings	Merchant	Wisconsin	31	48	78
20	1900	John A. Cleaver	Huron	Merchant	Illinois	30	39	73
21	1901	Charles Hill	Springfield	Banker	Ontario, Canada	39	52	71
22	1902	Frank A. Brown	Aberdeen	Banker	Illinois	30	53	69
23	1903	Byron P. Dague	Deadwood	Insurance	Ohio	40	50	57
24	1904	Ivan W. Goodner	Pierre	Attorney	Illinois	34	46	73
25	1905	Edgar D. Brookman	Vermillion	Flour Miller	New York	33	50	72
26	1906	Robert H. McCaughey	Mellette	Banker	Wisconsin	38	45	63
27	1907	William E. Milligan	Aberdeen	Insurance	Ontario, Canada	33	40	63
28	1908	Joseph J. Davenport	Sturgis	Water Works	Illinois	21	37	87
29	1909	Samuel A. Brown	Sioux Falls	Physician	North Carolina	39	61	70
30	1910	Samuel S. Lockhart	Milbank	Attorney	Scotland, U.K.	25	60	84
31	1911	Charles L. Brockway	Sioux Falls	Attorney	New York	40	61	75
32	1912	William J. McMakin	Lead	Mining	Illinois	26	56	85
33	1913	Owen H. Willams	Springfield	Dentist	Wales, U.K.	39	48	89
34	1914	George Philip	Fort Pierre	Attorney	Scotland, U.K.	22	34	67
35	1915	Marshall R. Brown	Sioux Falls	Insurance	Wisconsin	22	46	85
36	1916	James Roane	Yankton	Physician	Wash., D. C.	31	56	63
37	1917	Fred H. Rugg	Pierre	Insurance	New Hampshire	37	61	84
38	1918	George A. Pettigrew	Sioux Falls	Physician	Vermont	22	60	80
39	1919	Walter B. Burr	Faulkton	Attorney	Indiana	45	69	86
40	1920	John H. McCord	Pierre	Abstractor	Illinois	26	60	61
41	1921	William F. R. Whorton	Huron	Dentist	Iowa	23	43	77
42	1922	Theorus R. Stoner	Lead	Mercantile	Pennsylvania	36	65	84
43	1923	Robert S. Lockhart	Watertown	Real Estate	Wisconsin	27	58	65
44	1924	Frederick Treon	Chamberlain	Physician	Indiana	37	69	78
45	1925	John K. Kutnewsky	Redfield	Physician	Illinois	28	67	99
46	1926	Leonard M. Simons	Belle Fourche	Attorney	New York	31	52	66
47	1927	George O. Goodman	Milbank	Dentist	Minnesota	25	48	76
48	1928	St. Clair Smith	Aberdeen	Attorney	South Dakota	27	40	98
49	1929	William F. Sargent	Yankton	Printer	Iowa	25	52	70
50	1930	Carl H. Kubler	Deadwood	Insurance, Postmaster	South Dakota	21	43	90
51	1931	Alton C. Kingsbury	Philip	Lumber	Iowa	26	59	76
52	1932	Therlo E. Burrington	Rapid City	Dentist	Wisconsin	22	38	57
53	1933	Sanford G. Donaldson	Yankton	Merchant	South Dakota	21	53	73
54	1934	John H. Foasberg	Huron	Laundry Business	Sweden	36	60	87
55	1935	Marion E. Crockett	Sisseton	Pharmacist	Missouri	32	60	84
56	1936	Samuel G. Mortimer	Belle Fourche	Postmaster	South Dakota	22	56	78
57	1937	Herman F. Chapman	Sioux Falls	Attorney	South Dakota	22	49	85
58	1938	William H. Hirsch	Wagner	Dentist	South Dakota	22	39	81
59	1939	Charles C. Smith	Watertown	Chiropractor	Illinois	29	56	77
60	1940	Charles N. Hall	Huron	Attorney	Wisconsin	24	55	80
61	1941	Harry B. Reynolds	Terraville	Mining	Nebraska	24	65	83
62	1942	Irwin R. Erickson	Vermillion	Attorney	South Dakota	26	48	79
63	1943	Theodore N. Engdahl	Sisseton	Civil Engineer	South Dakota	22	56	69
64	1944-5	Rex A. Terry Fort	Pierre	Banker	South Dakota	23	56	76
65	1946	Francis E. Manning	Custer	Physician	Iowa	37	54	78
66	1947	Ralph R. Twamley	White Lake	Merchant	Nebraska	27	59	67
67	1948	Albro C. Ayres	Deadwood	Merchant	South Dakota	25	40	73
68	1949	Harry H. Margolin	Yankton	Merchant	Iowa	25	53	75
69	1950	Neil C. Dewhirst	Aberdeen	Court Reporter	Missouri	27	44	91
70	1951	George W. Toft	Mitchell	Banker	South Dakota	24	48	82
71	1952	Roger S. Brown	Sioux Falls	Editor	South Dakota	22	58	85
72	1953	Arthur E. Munck	Pierre	Lumber	Minnesota	37	61	69
73	1954	Sidney C. Voorhees	Sturgis	County Auditor, etc.	South Dakota	21	60	72
74	1955	George D. Wells	Aberdeen	Dentist	South Dakota	21	56	89
75	1956	Leonel M. Jensen	Wall	Rancher	South Dakota	27	52	98
76	1957	Floyd D. Richards	Woonsocket	Attorney	South Dakota	27	56	71
77	1958	Ernest L. Johnson	Gayville	Farmer	South Dakota	23	57	81
78	1959	Norman J. Doolittle	Sioux Falls	Credit Manager	South Dakota	22	51	89
79	1960	John S. Rowe	Lead	Merchant	South Dakota	27	41	55
80	1961	George F. Westover	Pierre	Lumber	South Dakota	24	59	77
81	1962	Allen P. Stoddard	Plankinton	Farmer	South Dakota	49	64	84
82	1963	Walter H. Reckling	Winner	Postmaster	South Dakota	31	50	68
83	1964	Carl E. Voigt	Sioux Falls	Business Consultant	South Dakota	26	69	83
84	1965	Robert H. Benton	Custer	State Sec. of Finance	South Dakota	26	54	86
85	1966	Harold L. Tisher	Yankton	Merchant	South Dakota	28	58	92
86	1967	Charles A. Howard, Jr.	Aberdeen	Attorney	South Dakota	23	63	76
87	1968	John N. Thomson	Centerville	Banker	South Dakota	23	69	82
88	1969	Harold R. Kaiser	Spearfish	Motor Parts Manager	South Dakota	28	71	76
89	1970	Paul B. Slocum	Sioux Falls	John Morrell & Co.	Washington	36	50	89
90	1971	Charles E. Clay	Hot Springs	Real Estate	Missouri	34	48
91	1972	Frank L. Roe	Beresford	Farm Implement Dealer	Nebraska	21	76	88
92	1973	Lawrence J. Larson	Sioux Falls	Banker	Wisconsin	21	67	71
93	1974	Clair E. Woodard	White	Postmaster	South Dakota	43	62	82
94	1975	Walter W. Johnson	Frankfort	Farmer	South Dakota	38	64	85
95	1976	Arthur W. Galligher	Huron	Professor	Washington	22	68	80
96	1977	J. Wilson Sweaney	Sturgis	Postmaster	Idaho	38	69	82
97	1978	Robert E. Radeke	Rapid City	Soil Scientist	South Dakota	32	63	74
98	1979	Darrell F. Robbins	White	Farmer	South Dakota	30	58	66
99	1980	Harry R. Campbell	Garden City	Farmer	South Dakota	44	64	81
100	1981	Eldon J. Deadrick	Platte	Dentist	Minnesota	32	58	67
101	1982	Raymond W. Horn, Sr.	Brookings	Printer	South Dakota	25	62	85
102	1983	Ray N. Baker	Phillip	Merchant	South Dakota	30	60
103	1984	Wesley P. Jarman	Huron	N.W. Public Service	South Dakota	29	64
104	1985	Lyle P. Rowen, Sr.	Wessington	Farmer	South Dakota	27	54
105	1986	Maurice D. Peterson	Aberdeen	Teacher	SouthDakota	32	45
106	1987	Wesley D. Sorenson	Rapid City	Nash Finch	Nebraska	35	65
107	1988	William E. Loudenslager	Sioux Falls	Accountant	Mississippi	31	61	81
108	1989	Leslie M. Spies	Hudson	Farmer	Nebraska	37	55
109	1990	Robert L. Morrow	Rapid City	Cement Plant	Nebraska	42	54
110	1991	Gerald A. Johnson	Blunt	Highway Construction	South Dakota	24	60
111	1992	Ronald E. Lockwood	Sioux Falls	Contractor	South Dakota	23	55
112	1993	Robert D. Osborne	Wilmot	Banker	Iowa	31	54
113	1994	Glen A. Peterson	Rapid City	Military Sales	California	27	67	83
114	1995	Richard M. Luther	Brookings	Professor	Iowa	21	69	84
115	1996	Charles E. Bryan	Avon	Educator	South Dakota	25	66
116	1997	Lowell C. Holmgren	Rapid City	Association Executive	South Dakota	31	66
117	1998	Kenneth M. Ireland	Philip	Rancher	South Dakota	24	51
118	1999	Delbert E. Ripley	Gettysburg	Auto Sales	South Dakota	47	69	80
119	2000	Donald R. Salmon	Rapid City	Military	Oklahoma	47	66
120	2001	Charles N. Kaufman	Vermillion	Professor	South Dakota	27	68
121	2002	Alvin T. Wahlert	Mitchell	Chiropractor	Minnesota	27	65	69
122	2003	Gary C. Griffith	Hartford	Decorative Painter	South Dakota	22	52
123	2004	William A. Coffield, Jr.	Hot Springs	Educator	South Dakota	21	69
124	2005	Larry L. Anderson	Aberdeen	SD Dept. of Transportation	South Dakota	21	71	76
125	2006	Kenneth L. Glaser	Custer	Air National Guard	Iowa	35	75
126	2007	Dennis Robinson	Letcher	Insurance, Real Estate	Indiana	21	55
127	2008	Virgil Andersen	Sioux Falls	Manager, AT&T	South Dakota	21	64
128	2009	Jack H. Welker	Rapid City	Truck Dispatcher	Montana	49	67
129	2010	Dean Behrens	Hot Springs	Finance/Market Planning, IBM	Minnesota	52	65
130	2011	Richard Decker	Pierre	Budget Director, Dept. of Corrections	Nebraska	24	63

Sources: Viola C. Robbins and Douglas C. McFarland, Grand Historian, and Grand Lodge documents