SouthDakotaGMs
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GRAND MASTERS OF SOUTH DAKOTA
Each Grand Master article includes a biography of the presiding Grand Master and a summary of the annual meeting(s) over which he presided.
GRAND MASTERS OF DAKOTA 1875-1889
- Thomas H. Brown, 1875, 1881
- Harry H. Blair, 1876
- George H. Hand, 1877-1880
- Oscar S. Gifford, 1882, 1883
- John E. Schrader, 1884
- William Blatt, 1885, 1886
- Henry M. Wheeler, 1887
- John O. A. Braden, 1888
GRAND MASTERS OF SOUTH DAKOTA 1889 - PRESENT
Living Past Grand Masters are listed in italic.
- George V. Ayres, 1889
- Theodore D. Kanouse, 1890
- George A. Johnston, 1891
- Harvey J. Rice, 1892
- Richard C. McCallister, 1893
- William C. Allen, 1894
- Fredrick H. Files, 1895
- James Lewis, 1896
- Albert W. Coe, 1897
- Louis G. Levoy, 1898
- William H. Roddle, 1899
- John A. Cleaver, 1900
- Charles Hill, 1901
- Frank A. Brown, 1902
- Byron P. Dague, 1903
- Evan W. Goodner, 1904
- Edgar D. Brookman, 1905
- Robert H. McCaughey, 1906
- William E. Milligan, 1907
- Joseph J. Davenport, 1908
- Samuel A. Brown, 1909
- Samuel S. Lockhart, 1910
- Charles I. Brockway, 1911
- William J. McMakin, 1912
- Owen H. Williams, 1913
- George Philip, 1914
- Marshall R. Brown, 1915
- John L. Turner (Hon.), 1915
- James Roane, 1916
- Fred H. Rugg, 1917
- George A. Pettigrew, 1918
- Walter B. Burr, 1919
- John H. McCord, 1920
- William F.R. Whorton, 1921
- Theorus R. Stoner, 1922
- Robert S. Lockhart, 1923
- Fredrick Treon, 1924
- John K. Kutnewsky, 1925
- Leonard M. Simons, 1926
- George O. Goodman, 1927
- St. Clair Smith, 1928
- William E. Sargent, 1929
- Carl H. Kubler, 1930
- Alton C. Kingsbury, 1931
- Therlo E. Burrington, 1932
- Sanford G. Donaldson, 1933
- John H. Foasberg, 1934
- Marion E. Crockett, 1935
- Samuel G. Mortimer, 1936
- Herman E. Chapman, 1937
- William H. Hirsch, 1938
- Charles C. Smith, 1939
- Charles N. Hall, 1940
- Harry B. Reynolds, 1941
- Irwin R. Erickson, 1942
- Theodore N. Engdahl, 1943
- Rex Terry, 1944, 1945
- Francis E. Manning, 1946
- Ralph R. Twamley, 1947
- Albro C. Ayres, 1948
- Harry H. Margolin, 1949
- Neil C. Dewhirst, 1950
- George W. Toft, 1951
- Roger S. Brown, 1952
- Arthur E. Munck, 1953
- Sidney C. Voorhees, 1954
- George D. Wells, 1955
- Leonel M. Jensen, 1956
- F. D. Richards, 1957
- Ernest L. Johnson, 1958
- Norman J. Doolittle, 1959
- John S. Rowe, 1960
- George E. Westover, 1961
- Allen P. Stoddard, 1962
- Walter Reckling, 1963
- Carl E. Voigt, 1964
- Robert H. Benton, 1965
- Harold L. Tisher, 1966
- Charles A. Howard, Jr., 1967
- John N. Thomson, 1968
- Harold R. Kaiser, 1969
- Paul B. Slocum, 1970
- Charles E. Clay, 1971
- Frank L. Roe, 1972
- Lawrence Larson, 1973
- Clair E. Woodard, 1974
- Walter W. Johnson, 1975
- Arthur W. Galligher (Hon.), 1976
- Wilson Sweaney, 1977
- Robert E. Radeke, 1978
- Darrell F. Robbins, 1979
- Harry R. Campbell, 1980
- Eldon J. Deadrick, 1981
- Raymond W. Horn, Sr., 1982
- Ray N. Baker, 1983
- Wesley P. Jarman, 1984
- Lyle P. Rowen, Sr., 1985
- Maurice D. Peterson, 1986
- Wesley D. Sorensen, 1987
- William E. Loudenslager, 1988
- Leslie M. Spies, 1989
- Robert L. Morrow, 1990
- Gerald A. Johnson, 1991
- Ronald E. Lockwood, 1992
- Robert D. Osborne, 1993
- Glen A. Peterson, 1994
- Richard M. Luther, 1995
- Charles E. Bryan, 1996
- Lowell C. Holmgren, 1997
- Hurst E. Williams, 1997
- Kenneth M. Ireland, 1998
- Delbert E. Ripley, 1999
- Donald R. Salmon, 2000
- Charles N. Kaufman, 2001
- Alvin T. Wahlert, 2002
- Gary C. Griffith, 2003
- William A. Coffield, Jr., 2004
- Larry L. Anderson, 2005
- Kenneth L. Glaser, 2006
- Dennis Robinson, 2007
- Virgil D. Andersen, 2008
- Jack H. Welker, 2009
- Dean Behrens, 2010
- Richard Decker, 2011
- John Clayton Hantz, 2012
- Charles H. Gilson, 2013
- Douglas C. McFarland, 2014
- Donald Gray, 2015
- Michael G. Rodman, 2016
- Yancey Smith, 2017
- Daniel D. Wood, 2018
- Harold D. Ireland, 2019
- Jason D. Swindler, 2020
- Jeffery P. VanCuren, 2021
- Daniel A. Nace, 2022
- Aaron F. Zahn, 2023
- Dane Bloch, 2024
