Past Masters
Charles Shaw………………………………………………………………………1821
George Wilkinson…………………………………………………………1822 – 1823
Nimrod E. Benson…………………………………………………………………1824
Henry Goldthwaite…………………………………………………………………1825
Edward W. Thompson……………………………………………….to Dec. 27, 1830
Thus closed the first chapter in the existence of Montgomery Lodge; the anti-Masonic excitement starting in 1826 had reached its full force and the Lodge surrendered its Charter and remained inactive for the next ten years.
*denotes number of previous terms as Worshipful Master
Thomas McDougal……………………………………………………to Dec. 27, 1840
Nimrod E. Benson……………………………………………………..to Jun. 24, 1841
Charles A. Stewart…………………………………………………….to Dec. 27, 1842
Thomas Welch………………………………………………………...to Dec. 27, 1845
Horace Tarleton………………………………………………………..to Dec. 27, 1847
Nimrod E. Benson*……………………………………………………to Dec. 27, 1848
Edmund M. Hastings…………………………..…………………......to Dec. 27, 1850
Amand O. Pfister…………………………………..……………….....to Dec. 27, 1851
Thomas Welsh……………………..……………………………….....to Dec. 27, 1852
R. Henry Hutchinson……………………..………………………......to Dec. 27, 1853
Charles G. Gunter……………………………..……………………...to Dec. 27, 1854
John P. Dickinson………………………………..…………………...to June 24, 1857
Thomas Welsh…………………………………..…………………....to June 24, 1858
John P. Dickinson………………………………..…………………...to June 24, 1859
Daniel Sayre……………………………………..…………………....to June 24, 1865
William H. Dingley…………………………..…………………….to June 24, 1866
John P. Dickinson…………………………..………………………to June 24, 1867
William P. Chilton………………………..………………………...to June 24, 1868
William H. Dingley*…………………………..…………………….to June 24, 1869
Daniel Sayre*…………………………………..……………………to June 24, 1871
Henry Meyer……………………………..…………………………to June 24, 1872
Daniel Sayre**………………………………………………...………to June 24, 1873
Joseph Winn Moses…………………………………………..…….to June 24, 1875
Ruben W. Sharpe……………………………………………..…….to June 24, 1877
Daniel Sayre***…………………………………………..……………to June 24, 1879
William H. Dingley**…………………………………..…………….to June 24, 1880
Emil Kulman……………………………………………..………...to June 24, 1882
Sigmund Hecht……………………………………………..………to June 24, 1883
Joseph W. Gozales…………………………………………..……...to June 24, 1886
Jacob Pepperman……………………………………………..……..to June 24, 1889
Abraham Issac…………………………………………..…………..to June 24, 1892
Louis Bloch…………………………………………………..……..to June 24, 1896
Samuel Issac……………………………………………………..….to June 24, 1900
Frank P. Chafee………………………………………………..…....to June 24, 1902
Alfred A. Ross…………………………………………..…………..to June 24, 1904
Leo Klein…………………………………………………..………..to June 24, 1906
Wallace J. Chambers……………………………………..…………to June 24, 1907
John L. Harris…………………………………………………..…...to June 24, 1908
Joseph Seeman………………………………………………….…..to June 24, 1909
John E. Andrews……………………………………………..……...to June 24, 1910
William W. Waldo……………………………………….…………to June 24, 1911
Joseph Ross……………………………………………..…………..to June 24, 1912
Julius Hesslein…………………………………………..…………..to June 24, 1913
Simon Wampold……………………………………..……………...to June 24, 1914
Maurice Strauss………………………………………..……………to June 24, 1915
Newman Smith………………………………………..…………….to June 24, 1917
Isaac Morris……………………………………………..………….to June 24, 1918
Bertram M. Gerson…………………………………..……………..to June 24, 1919
William W. Garrett………………………………………..………..to June 24, 1920
Robert R. Covington…………………………………..……………to June 24, 1921
Arthur M. Clanton………………………………………..…………to June 24, 1922
Homer Jackson Lance……………………………………..………..to June 24, 1923
Henry Clayton Roton……………………………………..…………to June 24, 1925
Sol Shuwolf………………………………………………..………..to June 24, 1926
Thomas E. Eilliamson……………………………………..………..to June 24, 1927
Blake W. Harper………………………………………..…………..to June 24, 1928
Harry J. Eisenberg…………………………………………..………to June 24, 1929
Augustus C. Griffin…………………………………………..……..to June 24, 1930
Perry J. Cassimus……………………………………………….…..to June 24, 1931
Douglas L. Jarrard……………………………………………..……to June 24, 1932
Frederick B. Waldo………………………………………….……...to June 24, 1933
Richard F. Adams………………………………………..………….to June 24, 1934
Baldwin W. Harvey…………………………………………..……..to June 24, 1935
George O. Hibbert………………………………………..…………to June 24, 1936
Glenville D. Cook……………………………………..…………….to June 24, 1937
John C. Temple……………………………………………..……….to June 24, 1938
Ray S. Bazzell…………………………………………..…………..to June 24, 1939
Archie F. Campbell…………………………………………..……..to June 24, 1941
Luther Vines………………………………………………..……….to June 24, 1943
Roy Talley……………………………………………………..……to June 24, 1946
Ocie E. Graham………………………………………………..……to June 24, 1947
Louis H. Kushner…………………………………………….……..to June 24, 1948
Oren Johnson………………………………………………..………to June 24, 1949
Penson R. Graham…………………………………………..………to June 24, 1950
Raleigh M. Vreeland……………………………………….……….to June 24, 1951
Walter J. Ward……………………………………………..………..to June 24, 1952
Edwin R. Johnson……………………………………………..…….to June 24, 1953
John L. Stinson……………………………………………..……….to June 24, 1954
Perry C. Jinright………………………………………………….…to June 24, 1955
Henry C. Kacker, Jr…………………………………………..……..to June 24, 1956
Joseph O. Bray…………………………………………….………..to June 24, 1957
Geroge A. Thornton………………………………………….……..to June 24, 1958
James O. (Dick) Mathis………………………………………..……to June 24, 1959
Harry E. Gussenbauer……………………………………..………..to June 24, 1960
Frank E. Loftin………………………………………….…………..to June 24, 1961
Gaston H. Mooney……………………………………….…………to June 24, 1962
Issiah P. Russell……………………………………………..………to June 24, 1963
Robert S. Day, Sr. ……………………………………………..……to June 24, 1964
Richard K. Ferrill………………………………………….………..to June 24, 1965
Raymond F. Mathis……………………………………..…………..to June 24, 1966
Curtis L. Wells…………………………………….………………..to June 24, 1967
Joseph H. Robertson, Jr……………………………………..………to June 24, 1968
William H. Thorne, Jr………………………………………..……...to June 24, 1969
Benny Ray Martin…………………………………………….…….to June 24, 1970
George O. McCall………………………………………….……….to June 24, 1971
John Kendrick Dunn…………………………………………..…….to June 24, 1972
William I. Sims……………………………………………..……….to June 24, 1973
Winston T. Peavey………………………….………………………to June 24, 1974
Ernest W. Ratliff………………………………………………..…...to June 24, 1975
Arthur R. Parsons…………………………………….……………..to June 24, 1976
William C. Rivers, Jr…………………………………………..……to June 24, 1977
Joseph M. Cordle……………………………………………..……..to June 24, 1978
Earl A. Blevins…………………………………………….………..to June 24, 1979
Benny R. Martin * …………………………………..……..to June 24, 1980
William E. DeRamus…………………………………………..……to June 24, 1981
Lawrence McCall………………………………………………..….to June 24, 1982
Kenneth E. Draper……………………………………………..……to June 24, 1983
James H. Tomberlin………………………………………….……..to June 24, 1984
Jack B. Tolerson………………………………………………..…...to June 24, 1985
Robert D. Scott………………………………………………..…….to June 24, 1986
Harold O. Thrift………………………………………………..……to June 24, 1987
Toxie C. Glenn……………………………………………….……..to June 24, 1988
Larry Norris………………………………………………..………..to June 24, 1989
John L. Dijt……………………………………………………..…...to June 24, 1990
Felix Batson……………………………………………….………..to June 24, 1991
Aubrey L. Heisler………………………………………………..….to June 24, 1992
John F. Danner……………………………………………….……..to June 24, 1993
Ralph S. Foster, Jr……………………………………………..…….to June 24, 1994
Paul St. John………………………………………………..……….to June 24, 1996
John C. Laing………………………………………………….……to June 24, 1997
Clyde E. Hall……………………………………………………..…to June 24, 1998
S. David Wright, Jr……………………………………………..…...to June 24, 1999
Robert D. Scott * …………………………………….…….to June 24, 2000
Edward R. Estrada……………………………………………..……to June 24, 2001
John L. Dijt * ………………………………………..……..to June 24, 2002
Steven A. Starr, III………………………………………………..…to June 24, 2004
S. David Wright, Jr * ………………………………..……..to June 24, 2005
William W. Creech……………………………………………..…...to June 24, 2006
Richard T. Boyett……………………………………………….…..to June 24, 2008
O. Larry Hall…………………………………………………..……to June 24, 2009
Jerry Meehan……...………………………………………….…..…to June 24, 2010
Delbert Daniel………………..…………………………………..…to June 24, 2011
J. Scott Catrett………………………………………………..……..to June 24, 2013
Joseph E. Crysel……………………………………………….……to June 24, 2014
Rick Selfridge………………………………………………..……..to June 24, 2016
Joseph Keithahn……………………………………………….……to June 24, 2018
David E. Royal……………………………………………….……..to June 24, 2020
Richard T. Boyett *…………………………………………….……..to June 24, 2021
Christopher Jackson…………………………………………….…..to June 24, 2023
Christopher Langston………………………………………………to June 24, 2024
Gerald W. Barron……………………………………………………............to Present
Charles Shaw………………...........1821
George Wilkinson…………1822 – 1823
Nimrod E. Benson…………...........1824
Henry Goldthwaite…………...........1825
Edward W. Thompson.....Dec. 27, 1830
Thus closed the first chapter in the existence of Montgomery Lodge; the anti-Masonic excitement starting in 1826 had reached its full force and the Lodge surrendered its Charter and remained inactive for the next ten years.
*denotes number of previous terms as Worshipful Master
Thomas McDougal
to Dec. 27, 1840
Nimrod E. Benson
to June 24, 1841
Charles A. Stewart
to Dec. 27, 1842
Thomas Welch
to Dec. 27, 1845
Horace Tarleton
to Dec. 27, 1847
Nimrod E. Benson
to Dec. 27, 1848
Edmund M. Hastings
to Dec. 27, 1850
Amand O. Pfister
to Dec. 27, 1851
Thomas Welsh
to Dec. 27, 1852
R. Henry Hutchinson
to Dec. 27, 1853
Charles G. Gunter
to Dec. 27, 1854
John P. Dickinson
to June 24, 1857
Thomas Welsh
to June 24, 1858
John P. Dickinson
to June 24, 1859
Daniel Sayre
to June 24, 1865
William H. Dingley
to June 24, 1866
John P. Dickinson
to June 24, 1867
William P. Chilton
to June 24, 1868
William H. Dingley*
to June 24, 1869
Daniel Sayre*
to June 24, 1871
Henry Meyer
to June 24, 1872
Daniel Sayre**
to June 24, 1873
Joseph Winn Moses
to June 24, 1875
Ruben W. Sharpe
to June 24, 1877
Daniel Sayre***
to June 24, 1879
William H. Dingley**
to June 24, 1880
Emil Kulman
to June 24, 1882
Sigmund Hecht
to June 24, 1883
Joseph W. Gozales
to June 24, 1886
Jacob Pepperman
to June 24, 1889
Abraham Issac
to June 24, 1892
Louis Bloch
to June 24, 1896
Samuel Issac
to June 24, 1900
Frank P. Chafee
to June 24, 1902
Alfred A. Ross
to June 24, 1904
Leo Klein
to June 24, 1906
Wallace J. Chambers
to June 24, 1907
John L. Harris
to June 24, 1908
Joseph Seeman
to June 24, 1909
John E. Andrews
to June 24, 1910
William W. Waldo
to June 24, 1911
Joseph Ross
to June 24, 1912
Julius Hesslein
to June 24, 1913
Simon Wampold
to June 24, 1914
Maurice Strauss
to June 24, 1915
Newman Smith
to June 24, 1917
Isaac Morris
to June 24, 1918
Bertram M. Gerson
to June 24, 1919
William W. Garrett
to June 24, 1920
Robert R. Covington
to June 24, 1921
Arthur M. Clanton
to June 24, 1922
Homer Jackson Lance
to June 24, 1923
Henry Clayton Roton
to June 24, 1925
Sol Shuwolf
to June 24, 1926
Thomas E. Eilliamson
to June 24, 1927
Blake W. Harper
to June 24, 1928
Harry J. Eisenberg
to June 24, 1929
Augustus C. Griffin
to June 24, 1930
Perry J. Cassimus
to June 24, 1931
Douglas L. Jarrard
to June 24, 1932
Frederick B. Waldo
to June 24, 1933
Richard F. Adams
to June 24, 1934
Baldwin W. Harvey
to June 24, 1935
George O. Hibbert
to June 24, 1936
Glenville D. Cook
to June 24, 1937
John C. Temple
to June 24, 1938
Ray S. Bazzell
to June 24, 1939
Archie F. Campbell
to June 24, 1941
Luther Vines
to June 24, 1943
Roy Talley
to June 24, 1946
Ocie E. Graham
to June 24, 1947
Louis H. Kushner
to June 24, 1948
Oren Johnson
to June 24, 1949
Penson R. Graham
to June 24, 1950
Raleigh M. Vreeland
to June 24, 1951
Walter J. Ward
to June 24, 1952
Edwin R. Johnson
to June 24, 1953
John L. Stinson
to June 24, 1954
Perry C. Jinright
to June 24, 1955
Henry C. Kacker, Jr
to June 24, 1956
Joseph O. Bray
to June 24, 1957
Geroge A. Thornton
to June 24, 1958
James O. (Dick) Mathis
to June 24, 1959
Harry E. Gussenbauer
to June 24, 1960
Frank E. Loftin
to June 24, 1961
Gaston H. Mooney
to June 24, 1962
Issiah P. Russell
to June 24, 1963
Robert S. Day, Sr.
to June 24, 1964
Richard K. Ferrill
to June 24, 1965
Raymond F. Mathis
to June 24, 1966
Curtis L. Wells
to June 24, 1967
Joseph H. Robertson, Jr
to June 24, 1968
William H. Thorne, Jr
to June 24, 1969
Benny Ray Martin
to June 24, 1970
George O. McCall
to June 24, 1971
John Kendrick Dunn
to June 24, 1972
William I. Sims
to June 24, 1973
Winston T. Peavey
to June 24, 1974
Ernest W. Ratliff
to June 24, 1975
Arthur R. Parsons
to June 24, 1976
William C. Rivers, Jr
to June 24, 1977
Joseph M. Cordle
to June 24, 1978
Earl A. Blevins
to June 24, 1979
Benny R. Martin*
to June 24, 1980
William E. DeRamus
to June 24, 1981
Lawrence McCall
to June 24, 1982
Kenneth E. Draper
to June 24, 1983
James H. Tomberlin
to June 24, 1984
Jack B. Tolerson
to June 24, 1985
Robert D. Scott
to June 24, 1986
Harold O. Thrift
to June 24, 1987
Toxie C. Glenn
to June 24, 1988
Larry Norris
to June 24, 1989
John L. Dijt
to June 24, 1990
Felix Batson
to June 24, 1991
Aubrey L. Heisler
to June 24, 1992
John F. Danner
to June 24, 1993
Ralph S. Foster, Jr
to June 24, 1994
Paul St. John
to June 24, 1996
John C. Laing
to June 24, 1997
Clyde E. Hall
to June 24, 1998
S. David Wright, Jr
to June 24, 1999
Robert D. Scott*
to June 24, 2000
Edward R. Estrada
to June 24, 2001
John L. Dijt*
to June 24, 2002
Steven A. Starr, III
to June 24, 2004
S. David Wright, Jr*
to June 24, 2005
William W. Creech
to June 24, 2006
Richard T. Boyett
to June 24, 2008
O. Larry Hall
to June 24, 2009
Jerry Meehan
to June 24, 2010
Delbert Daniel
to June 24, 2011
J. Scott Catrett
to June 24, 2013
Joseph E. Crysel
to June 24, 2014
Rick Selfridge
to June 24, 2016
Joseph Keithahn
to June 24, 2018
David E. Royal
to June 24, 2020
Richard T. Boyett*
to June 24, 2021
Christopher Jackson
to June 24, 2023
Christopher Langston
to Present